1999 DFB-Ligapokal Final
# 1999 DFB-Ligapokal Final

The 1999 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 1999 DFB-Ligapokal, the 3rd edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 17 July 1999 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against Werder Bremen for their 3rd title.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| Werder Bremen | 1998–99 DFB-Pokal winners | None |
| Bayern Munich | 1998–99 Bundesliga champions | 2 (1997, 1998) |

## 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.

| Werder Bremen | Werder Bremen | Round | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 1999 DFB-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | Semi-finals | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Werder Bremen | Bayern Munich |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Frank Rost |
| RB | 4 | Dirk Flock |
| CB | 24 | Sven Benken |
| CB | 6 | Frank Baumann |
| LB | 13 | Andree Wiedener |
| RM | 22 | Torsten Frings | 60' |
| CM | 5 | Dieter Eilts (c) | 60' |
| CM | 3 | Raphaël Wicky |
| LM | 7 | Yuriy Maksymov |
| CF | 25 | Sören Seidel |
| CF | 32 | Aílton | 75' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Stefan Brasas |
| DF | 33 | Mike Barten |
| MF | 2 | Lodewijk Roembiak |
| MF | 23 | Christoph Dabrowski | 60' |
| FW | 9 | Rade Bogdanović | 60' |
| FW | 11 | Adrian Kunz | 75' |
| FW | 20 | Dirk Weetendorf |
| Manager: ||
| Thomas Schaaf ||
| GK | 22 | Bernd Dreher |
| CB | 5 | Patrik Andersson |
| CB | 25 | Thomas Linke |
| DM | 10 | Lothar Matthäus (c) | 79' |
| RWB | 2 | Markus Babbel |
| LWB | 18 | Michael Tarnat |
| CM | 7 | Mehmet Scholl |
| CM | 17 | Thorsten Fink |
| RW | 21 | Alexander Zickler | 77' |
| LW | 13 | Paulo Sérgio |
| CF | 19 | Carsten Jancker |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 33 | Stefan Wessels |
| DF | 23 | Frank Wiblishauser |
| DF | 29 | Sebastian Backer |
| MF | 6 | Michael Wiesinger |
| MF | 20 | Hasan Salihamidžić | 77' |
| MF | 31 | David Jarolím | 79' |
| FW | 32 | Emanuel Bentil |
| Manager: ||
| Ottmar Hitzfeld ||
