2002 DFB-Ligapokal Final
# 2002 DFB-Ligapokal Final

The 2002 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2002 DFB-Ligapokal, the 6th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 1 August 2002 at the Ruhrstadion in Bochum. Hertha BSC won the match 4–1 against Schalke 04, an exact repeat of the previous final, for their 2nd title.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| Schalke 04 | 2001–02 DFB-Pokal winners and 2001–02 Bundesliga fifth place | 1 (2001) |
| Hertha BSC | 2001–02 Bundesliga fourth place | 2 (2000, 2001) |

## Route to the final

The DFB-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.

| Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | Round | Hertha BSC | Hertha BSC |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2002 DFB-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Bye | Bye | Preliminary round | Bayern Munich | 2–2 (4–3 p) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | Semi-finals | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 |

## Match

### Details

| Schalke 04 | Hertha BSC |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Frank Rost |
| RB | 18 | Niels Oude Kamphuis | 40' |
| CB | 6 | Tomasz Hajto |
| CB | 12 | Marco van Hoogdalem |
| LB | 3 | Aníbal Matellán |
| DM | 20 | Christian Poulsen |
| CM | 17 | Sven Vermant | 70' |
| CM | 7 | Andreas Möller (c) |
| CM | 8 | Jörg Böhme | 46' |
| CF | 22 | Victor Agali |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 27 | Oliver Reck |
| DF | 32 | Christian Pander |
| MF | 5 | Sven Kmetsch | 40' |
| MF | 19 | Mike Büskens |
| MF | 35 | Filip Trojan |
| FW | 14 | Gerald Asamoah | 46' |
| FW | 34 | Abdul Iyodo | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Frank Neubarth ||
| GK | 1 | Gábor Király |
| RB | 19 | Andreas Schmidt | 73' |
| CB | 3 | Arne Friedrich |
| CB | 14 | Josip Šimunić |
| LB | 21 | Michael Hartmann |
| CM | 25 | Rob Maas |
| CM | 20 | Andreas Neuendorf | 67' |
| RW | 13 | Bartosz Karwan | 79' |
| AM | 10 | Marcelinho |
| LW | 8 | Bart Goor (c) |
| CF | 7 | Alex Alves |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Christian Fiedler |
| DF | 5 | Kostas Konstantinidis |
| MF | 16 | Roberto Pinto | 79' |
| MF | 18 | Pál Dárdai |
| MF | 23 | René Tretschok | 67' |
| MF | 32 | Thorben Marx | 73' |
| FW | 11 | Michael Preetz |
| Manager: ||
| Huub Stevens ||
