1997 DFB-Ligapokal final

The 1997 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 1997 DFB-Ligapokal, the 1st edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 26 July 1997 at the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 2–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title.^[1]

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]

Bayern Munich

VfB Stuttgart

GK 1 Oliver Kahn SW 10 Lothar Matthäus (c) CB 2 Markus Babbel CB 5 Thomas Helmer RWB 16 Dietmar Hamann  86' LWB 11 Bixente Lizarazu CM 8 Thomas Strunz CM 6 Christian Nerlinger AM 14 Mario Basler  60' CF 20 Ruggiero Rizzitelli  65' CF 9 Giovane Élber Substitutes: GK 22 Bernd Dreher DF 15 Dennis Grassow MF 7 Mehmet Scholl  60' MF 17 Thorsten Fink  86' MF 18 Michael Tarnat FW 19 Carsten Jancker  65' Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

GK 1 Franz Wohlfahrt CB 8 Marco Haber CB 20 Zvonimir Soldo CB 4 Thomas Berthold RWB 7 Matthias Hagner  72' LWB 3 Thorsten Legat CM 6 Murat Yakin CM 23 Gerhard Poschner AM 10 Krasimir Balakov CF 11 Fredi Bobic (c) CF 27 Jonathan Akpoborie  80' Substitutes: GK 25 Marc Ziegler DF 21 Jochen Endreß MF 12 Danny Schwarz MF 16 Kristijan Đorđević  72' MF 22 Krisztián Lisztes FW 9 Sreto Ristić FW 15 Matthias Becker  80' Manager: Joachim Löw