2004 DFB-Ligapokal Final

The 2004 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2004 DFB-Ligapokal, the 8th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 2 August 2004 at the Bruchwegstadion in Mainz. Bayern Munich won the match 3–2 against Werder Bremen for their 5th title.^[1]

Route to the final

The DFB-Ligapokal is a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams enter the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.^[2]

Match

Details

Bayern Munich

Werder Bremen

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 18 Andreas Görlitz CB 6 Martín Demichelis CB 25 Thomas Linke LB 20 Hasan Salihamidžić DM 8 Torsten Frings RM 26 Sebastian Deisler  71' CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 11 Zé Roberto  46' CF 10 Roy Makaay  46' CF 24 Roque Santa Cruz Substitutes: GK 22 Michael Rensing DF 3 Lúcio  46' DF 4 Samuel Kuffour MF 7 Mehmet Scholl MF 16 Jens Jeremies  71' MF 34 Piotr Trochowski FW 9 Vahid Hashemian  46' Manager: Felix Magath

GK 1 Andreas Reinke RB 3 Petri Pasanen CB 25 Valérien Ismaël CB 2 Frank Fahrenhorst LB 7 Paul Stalteri  46' DM 6 Frank Baumann  46' CM 24 Tim Borowski CM 4 Fabian Ernst  83' AM 10 Johan Micoud CF 17 Ivan Klasnić CF 11 Miroslav Klose Substitutes: GK 16 Pascal Borel DF 23 Ludovic Magnin  46' MF 15 Pekka Lagerblom  46' MF 27 Christian Schulz FW 38 Nelson Valdez  83' Manager: Thomas Schaaf

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