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

Karlsruher SC2–2Bayer Leverkusen
Reich 6'
Dundee 81'		 Report Beinlich 5'
Kirsten 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
Attendance: 6,000
Borussia Dortmund1–0VfL Bochum
Chapuisat 62' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 13,000

Semi-finals

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

Final

Main article: 1997 DFB-Ligapokal final
Bayern Munich2–0VfB Stuttgart
 Report
Attendance: 15,000

See also

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_DFB-Ligapokal
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