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1997 DFB-Ligapokal

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1997 DFB-Ligapokal
Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsBayern Munich
Runner-upVfB Stuttgart
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored12 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Giovane Élber (2)

The 1997 DFB-Ligapokal was the inaugural DFB-Ligapokal, 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 Bundesliga champions, who beat 1996–97 DFB-Pokal winners VfB Stuttgart in the final.

Participating clubs

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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
Semi-finals
Bayern Munich (1st) VfB Stuttgart (CW + 4th)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) VfL Bochum (5th)
Borussia Dortmund (3rd) Karlsruher SC (6th)

Matches

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Preliminary round

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Borussia Dortmund1–0VfL Bochum
Chapuisat 62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 13,000

Semi-finals

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Bayern Munich2–0Borussia Dortmund
Giovane Élber 29'
Babbel 75'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final

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Bayern Munich2–0VfB Stuttgart
Report

References

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