2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final
# 2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final

The 2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2001 DFB-Ligapokal, the 5th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 21 July 2001 at the Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim. Hertha BSC won the match 4–1 against Schalke 04 for their 1st title.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| Schalke 04 | 2000–01 DFB-Pokal winners and 2000–01 Bundesliga runners-up | None |
| Hertha BSC | 2000–01 Bundesliga fifth place | 1 (2000) |

## 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 | 2001 DFB-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Bye | Bye | Preliminary round | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | Semi-finals | Bayern Munich | 1–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Schalke 04 | Hertha BSC |
| - | - |
| GK | 13 | Frode Grodås |
| CB | 6 | Tomasz Hajto |
| CB | 15 | Tomasz Wałdoch (c) |
| CB | 2 | Nico Van Kerckhoven |
| DM | 12 | Marco van Hoogdalem |
| DM | 20 | Jiří Němec |
| RM | 16 | Kristijan Đorđević |
| LM | 8 | Jörg Böhme |
| AM | 7 | Andreas Möller | 57' |
| CF | 14 | Gerald Asamoah | 57' |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand | 70' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Oliver Reck |
| DF | 25 | Marcel Rozgonyi |
| MF | 5 | Sven Kmetsch |
| MF | 17 | Sven Vermant | 57' |
| MF | 19 | Mike Büskens |
| FW | 21 | Émile Mpenza | 57' |
| FW | 22 | Victor Agali | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Huub Stevens ||
| GK | 1 | Gábor Király |
| CB | 33 | Marko Rehmer |
| CB | 5 | Kostas Konstantinidis |
| CB | 14 | Josip Šimunić |
| RM | 21 | Michael Hartmann | 88' |
| CM | 26 | Sebastian Deisler | 63' |
| DM | 22 | Stefan Beinlich |
| CM | 30 | Marcelinho |
| LM | 20 | Andreas Neuendorf |
| CF | 7 | Alex Alves | 82' |
| CF | 11 | Michael Preetz (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Christian Fiedler |
| DF | 6 | Eyjólfur Sverrisson |
| MF | 8 | Bart Goor | 82' |
| MF | 18 | Pál Dárdai | 63' |
| MF | 23 | René Tretschok |
| MF | 25 | Rob Maas |
| MF | 32 | Thorben Marx | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Jürgen Röber ||
