2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final

The 2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2005 DFL-Ligapokal, the 9th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 2 August 2005 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Schalke 04 won the match 1–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title.^[1]

Route to the final

The DFL-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

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

2 August 2005 (2005-08-02) 20:30 CEST

VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Schalke 04
	Report	Kurányi  10'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

VfB Stuttgart

Schalke 04

GK 1 Timo Hildebrand RB 2 Andreas Hinkel CB 6 Fernando Meira CB 17 Matthieu Delpierre LB 4 Boris Živković  46' CM 7 Silvio Meißner CM 20 Zvonimir Soldo CM 11 Thomas Hitzlsperger RW 18 Cacau CF 33 Mario Gómez  46' LW 22 Jesper Grønkjær  64' Substitutes: GK 23 Dirk Heinen DF 5 Markus Babbel DF 21 Ludovic Magnin  46' MF 16 Horst Heldt MF 40 Christian Gentner FW 9 Marco Streller  64' FW 10 Jon Dahl Tomasson  46' Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

GK 1 Frank Rost RB 6 Hamit Altıntop CB 5 Marcelo Bordon CB 20 Mladen Krstajić LB 3 Levan Kobiashvili DM 2 Christian Poulsen CM 8 Fabian Ernst CM 25 Zlatan Bajramović AM 10 Lincoln  90+1' CF 11 Ebbe Sand  62' CF 22 Kevin Kurányi  66' Substitutes: GK 29 Manuel Neuer DF 15 Tomasz Wałdoch DF 16 Darío Rodríguez DF 27 Tim Hoogland MF 19 Gustavo Varela FW 9 Søren Larsen FW 14 Gerald Asamoah  62' Manager: Ralf Rangnick

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