1998 DFB-Ligapokal

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1998 DFB-Ligapokal
1998 DFB-Ligapokal programme.jpg
Tournament programme cover
CountryGermany
Teams6
ChampionsBayern Munich
Runners-upVfB Stuttgart
Matches played5
Goals scored16 (3.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Giovane Élber (3)
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The 1998 DFB-Ligapokal was the second edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. In a repeat of last year's competition, Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart in the final.

Participating clubs[]

A total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position
  • CW: Cup winners
  • TH: Title holders
Semi-finals
1. FC Kaiserslautern (1st) Bayern MunichTH (CW + 2nd)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) Schalke 04 (5th)
VfB Stuttgart (4th) MSV Duisburg (8th)[a]

Notes

  1. ^ The 8th placed team of the 1997–98 Bundesliga, MSV Duisburg, qualified as teams in 6th and 7th (Hansa Rostock and Werder Bremen) were involved in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup during the same period.

Matches[]

Preliminary round[]

Bayer Leverkusen3 – 0MSV Duisburg
Beinlich Goal 13'
Kirsten Goal 46'
Rink Goal 64'		 Report
Nattenberg Stadion, Lüdenscheid
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Markus Merk
VfB Stuttgart2 – 1Schalke 04
Akpoborie Goal 48'
Poschner Goal 78'		 Report Büskens Goal 16'
Attendance: 5,500

Semi-finals[]

Bayer Leverkusen0 – 1Bayern Munich
Report Basler Goal 30'
Attendance: 20,000
VfB Stuttgart3 – 21. FC Kaiserslautern
Balakov Goal 18' (pen.)
Poschner Goal 78'
Bobic Goal 87'		 Report Marschall Goal 8', 53' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final[]

Main article: 1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final
Bayern Munich4–0VfB Stuttgart
 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: (Berlin)

References[]

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