1997 DFB-Ligapokal

1997 DFB-Ligapokal
Country Germany Germany
Teams 6
Champions Bayern Munich
Runners-up VfB Stuttgart
Matches played 5
Goals scored 12 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Giovane Élber (2)

The 1997 DFB-Ligapokal was the inaugural DFB Liga-Pokal, a pre-season competition in Germany. The Ligapokal was an extended Supercup, including the reigning League champions, Cup winners, plus the next four highest placed teams in the previous season's Bundesliga. It was won by Bayern Munich, the 1996–97 Fußball-Bundesliga champions, who beat 1996–97 DFB-Pokal winners VfB Stuttgart in the final.

Preliminary round


20 July 1997
20:30
Borussia Dortmund 1 – 0 VfL Bochum
Chapuisat  62' (pen.) Report
Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Best

Semi-finals

22 July 1997
19:00
VfB Stuttgart 3 – 0 Karlsruher SC
Hagner  11'
Balakov  28'
Soldo  64'
Report
Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich

23 July 1997
19:00
Bayern Munich 2 – 0 Borussia Dortmund
Élber  29'
Babbel  75'
Report
Rosenaustadion, Augsburg
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final

July 26, 1997
19:30 (CEST)
Bayern Munich 2 – 0 VfB Stuttgart
Basler  57'
Élber  71'
Report
Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
BAYERN MUNICH:
GK 1 Germany Oliver Kahn
RWB 2 Germany Thomas Strunz
LWB  3 France Bixente Lizarazu
CB 4 Germany Markus Babbel
CB 5 Germany Thomas Helmer
CM 6 Germany Christian Nerlinger
CM 7 Germany Dietmar Hamann  86'
AM 8 Germany Mario Basler  60'
CF 9 Brazil Giovane Élber
SW 10 Germany Lothar Matthäus
CF 11 Italy Ruggiero Rizzitelli  65'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Germany Bernd Dreher
DF 13 Germany Dennis Grassow
MF 14 Germany Thorsten Fink  86'
MF 15 Germany Michael Tarnat
FW 16 Germany Carsten Jancker  65'
MF 17 Germany Mehmet Scholl  60'
Manager:
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni
VFB STUTTGART:
GK 1 Austria Franz Wohlfahrt
CB 2 Germany Thomas Berthold
CM 3 Germany Marco Haber
RWB  4 Germany Matthias Hagner  72'
SW 5 Switzerland Murat Yakin
CB 6 Croatia Zvonimir Soldo
CM 7 Germany Gerhard Poschner
LWB 8 Germany Thorsten Legat
CF 9 Nigeria Jonathan Akpoborie  80'
AM 10 Bulgaria Krassimir Balakov
CF 11 Germany Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK 12 Germany Marc Ziegler
DF 13 Germany Jochen Endress
MF 14 Germany Danny Schwarz
MF 15 Hungary Krisztian Lisztes
FW 16 Germany Matthias Becker  80'
MF 17 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kristijan Djordjevic  72'
FW 18 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sreto Ristic
Manager:
Germany Joachim Löw
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