2001 DFB-Ligapokal

2001 DFB-Ligapokal
Country Germany Germany
Teams 6
Champions Hertha BSC
Runners-up Schalke 04
Matches played 5
Goals scored 14 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Victor Agali
Marcelinho (2)

The 2001 DFB-Ligapokal was the fifth edition of the DFB Liga-Pokal. Hertha BSC won the competition for the fourth consecutive year, beating Schalke 04 4–1 in the final. Hertha had ended Bayern Munich's dominance of the competition by beating them in the semi-finals.


Preliminary round

11 July 2001
20:30
Borussia Dortmund 1 – 1 SC Freiburg
Kohler  61' Report Müller  47'
  Penalties  
Rosicky
Evanilson
Dédé
Koller
3 – 1 Tskitishvili
Iashvili
Kobiashvili
Zeyer
Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion, Hoffenheim
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Lutz Wagner

12 July 2001
20:30
Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 2 Hertha BSC
Neuville  44' Report Marcelinho  49'
Deisler  63'
Paul Greifzu Stadium, Dessau
Attendance: 14,400
Referee: Michael Weiner

Semi-finals

17 July 2001
20:30
Schalke 04 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund
Agali  2', 12' Report Bobic  75'
Nattenberg Stadion, Lüdenscheid
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Christian Wack

18 July 2001
20:30
Bayern Munich 0 – 1 Hertha BSC
Report Preetz  39'
Rosenaustadion, Augsburg
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen

Final

July 21, 2001
17:45
Hertha BSC 4 – 1 Schalke 04
Waldoch  24' (o.g.)
Marcelinho  29'
Alex Alves  66'
Hartmann  84'
Report Böhme  40'
Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alfons Berg
Hertha BSC
Schalke 04
HERTHA BSC:
GK 1 Hungary Gabor Kiraly
CB 5 Greece Kostas Konstantinidis
CB 14 Croatia Josip Simunic
CB 33 Germany Marko Rehmer
RWB  26 Germany Sebastian Deisler  63'
LWB 21 Germany Michael Hartmann  88'
CM 20 Germany Andreas Neuendorf
CM 22 Germany Stefan Beinlich
AM 30 Brazil Marcelinho
CF 7 Brazil Alex Alves  82'
CF 11 Germany Michael Preetz
Substitutes:
GK Germany Christian Fiedler
DF Iceland Eyjolfur Sverrisson
MF 8 Belgium Bart Goor  82'
MF 18 Hungary Pal Dardai  63'
MF Netherlands Rob Maas
MF 32 Germany Thorben Marx  88'
MF Germany René Tretschok
Manager:
Germany Jürgen Röber
SCHALKE 04:
GK 13 Norway Frode Grodas
RB 12 Netherlands Marco van Hoogdalem
CB 6 Poland Tomasz Hajto
CB 15 Poland Tomasz Waldoch
LB 2 Belgium Nico van Kerckhoven
RM 16 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kristijan Djordjevic
CM 20 Czech Republic Jiri Nemec
CM 7 Germany Andreas Möller  57'
LM 18 Germany Jörg Böhme
CF 14 Germany Gerald Asamoah  57'
CF 11 Denmark Ebbe Sand  70'
Substitutes:
GK Germany Oliver Reck
DF Germany Marcel Rozgonyi
DF Germany Mike Büskens
MF Germany Sven Kmetsch
MF 17 Belgium Sven Vermant  57'
FW 21 Belgium Emile Mpenza  57'
FW 22 Nigeria Victor Agali  70'
Manager:
Netherlands Huub Stevens