1997 DFB-Ligapokal

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.

1997 DFB-Ligapokal
Tournament programme cover
CountryGermany
Teams6
ChampionsBayern Munich
Runners-upVfB Stuttgart
Matches played5
Goals scored12 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Giovane Élber (2)
1996 SC
1998

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

Matches

Preliminary round


Borussia Dortmund1 – 0VfL Bochum
Chapuisat  62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Best

Semi-finals

VfB Stuttgart3 – 0Karlsruher SC
Hagner  11'
Balakov  28'
Soldo  64'
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

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

Final

Bayern Munich2–0VfB Stuttgart
Report

References

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