2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final
# 2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final

The 2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2000 DFB-Ligapokal, the 4th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 1 August 2000 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 5–1 against Hertha BSC for their 4th title.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| Hertha BSC | 1999–2000 Bundesliga sixth place | None |
| Bayern Munich | 1999–2000 Bundesliga champions and 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal winners | 3 (1997, 1998, 1999) |

## 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.

| Hertha BSC | Hertha BSC | Round | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2000 DFB-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Hamburger SV | 3–1 | Preliminary round | Bye | Bye |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Semi-finals | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4–1 |

## Match

### Details

| Hertha BSC | Bayern Munich |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Gábor Király |
| CB | 33 | Marko Rehmer | 27' |
| CB | 14 | Josip Šimunić | 55' |
| CB | 6 | Eyjólfur Sverrisson |
| DM | 18 | Pál Dárdai |
| RWB | 26 | Sebastian Deisler |
| LWB | 24 | Kai Michalke |
| CM | 22 | Stefan Beinlich | 72' |
| CM | 10 | Dariusz Wosz |
| CF | 11 | Michael Preetz (c) |
| CF | 9 | Ali Daei |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Christian Fiedler |
| DF | 3 | Rui Marques | 55' |
| MF | 16 | Sixten Veit | 27' |
| MF | 19 | Andreas Schmidt |
| MF | 20 | Tony Sanneh | 72' |
| MF | 21 | Michael Hartmann |
| FW | 29 | Piotr Reiss |
| Manager: ||
| Jürgen Röber ||
| GK | 1 | Oliver Kahn (c) |
| RB | 20 | Hasan Salihamidžić |
| CB | 5 | Patrik Andersson |
| CB | 25 | Thomas Linke |
| LB | 18 | Michael Tarnat | 78' |
| DM | 17 | Thorsten Fink |
| CM | 6 | Michael Wiesinger | 46' |
| CM | 15 | Sławomir Wojciechowski |
| AM | 10 | Ciriaco Sforza |
| CF | 21 | Alexander Zickler |
| CF | 24 | Roque Santa Cruz | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 33 | Stefan Wessels |
| DF | 2 | Willy Sagnol |
| DF | 4 | Samuel Kuffour |
| MF | 7 | Mehmet Scholl | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Thomas Strunz |
| MF | 23 | Owen Hargreaves | 78' |
| FW | 19 | Carsten Jancker | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Ottmar Hitzfeld ||
