2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final
# 2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final

The 2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2005 DFL-Ligapokal, the 9th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 2 August 2005 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Schalke 04 won the match 1–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2004–05 Bundesliga fifth place | 2 (1997, 1998) |
| Schalke 04 | 2004–05 Bundesliga runners-up | 2 (2001, 2002) |

## Route to the final

The DFL-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.

| VfB Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | Round | Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2005 DFL-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Hertha BSC | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Preliminary round | Bye | Bye |
| Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Semi-finals | Werder Bremen | 2–1 |

## Match

### Details

| VfB Stuttgart | Schalke 04 |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Timo Hildebrand |
| RB | 2 | Andreas Hinkel |
| CB | 6 | Fernando Meira |
| CB | 17 | Matthieu Delpierre |
| LB | 4 | Boris Živković | 46' |
| CM | 7 | Silvio Meißner |
| CM | 20 | Zvonimir Soldo (c) |
| CM | 11 | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| RW | 18 | Cacau |
| CF | 33 | Mario Gómez | 46' |
| LW | 22 | Jesper Grønkjær | 64' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 23 | Dirk Heinen |
| DF | 5 | Markus Babbel |
| DF | 21 | Ludovic Magnin | 46' |
| MF | 16 | Horst Heldt |
| MF | 40 | Christian Gentner |
| FW | 9 | Marco Streller | 64' |
| FW | 10 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Giovanni Trapattoni ||
| GK | 1 | Frank Rost (c) |
| RB | 6 | Hamit Altıntop |
| CB | 5 | Marcelo Bordon |
| CB | 20 | Mladen Krstajić |
| LB | 3 | Levan Kobiashvili |
| DM | 2 | Christian Poulsen |
| CM | 8 | Fabian Ernst | |
| CM | 25 | Zlatan Bajramović |
| AM | 10 | Lincoln | 90+1' |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand | | 62' |
| CF | 22 | Kevin Kurányi | 66' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 29 | Manuel Neuer |
| DF | 15 | Tomasz Wałdoch |
| DF | 16 | Darío Rodríguez |
| DF | 27 | Tim Hoogland |
| MF | 19 | Gustavo Varela |
| FW | 9 | Søren Larsen |
| FW | 14 | Gerald Asamoah | | 62' |
| Manager: ||
| Ralf Rangnick ||
