1997 DFB-Ligapokal

1997 DFB-Ligapokal

File:1997 DFB-Ligapokal programme.jpg Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runner-up	VfB Stuttgart
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	12 (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

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

18 July 1997

17:45

Karlsruher SC	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Reich File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Dundee File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Beinlich File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Kirsten File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'
Penalties
Häßler soccer ball with check mark Régis soccer ball with red X Reich soccer ball with check mark Keller soccer ball with red X Dundee soccer ball with check mark Hengen soccer ball with check mark Gilewicz soccer ball with check mark Nyarko soccer ball with check mark	6–5	soccer ball with red X N. Kovač soccer ball with check mark Kirsten soccer ball with check mark Heintze soccer ball with check mark Rydlewicz soccer ball with red X Neuendorf soccer ball with check mark Beinlich soccer ball with check mark Happe soccer ball with red X Ramelow

Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Michael Prengel

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20 July 1997

20:30

Borussia Dortmund	1–0	VfL Bochum
Chapuisat File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Hans-Peter Best

Semi-finals

22 July 1997

19:00

VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Karlsruher SC
Hagner File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Balakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Soldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Report

Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

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23 July 1997

19:00

Bayern Munich	2–0	Borussia Dortmund
Giovane Élber File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Babbel File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final

Main article: 1997 DFB-Ligapokal final

26 July 1997 (1997-07-26)

19:30 CEST

Bayern Munich	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Basler File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Élber File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report

Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)