2002 DFB-Pokal Final
# 2002 DFB-Pokal Final

The 2002 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2001–02 DFB-Pokal, the 59th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 11 May 2002 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Schalke 04 won the match 4–2 against Bayer Leverkusen to claim their 4th cup title.

## Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

| Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | Round | Bayer Leverkusen | Bayer Leverkusen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2001–02 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| SC Freiburg Amateure (A) | 1–0 | Round 1 | Jahn Regensburg (A) | 3–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld (A) | 2–1 | Round 2 | VfL Bochum (A) | 3–2 |
| Darmstadt 98 (A) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Round of 16 | Hannover 96 (A) | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (H) | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | 1860 Munich (H) | 3–0 |
| Bayern Munich (H) | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Semi-finals | 1. FC Köln (H) | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |

## Match

### Details

| Schalke 04 | Bayer Leverkusen |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Oliver Reck | 43' |
| RB | 12 | Marco van Hoogdalem | 31' |
| CB | 6 | Tomasz Hajto | | 46' |
| CB | 15 | Tomasz Wałdoch (c) |
| LB | 2 | Nico Van Kerckhoven |
| DM | 20 | Jiří Němec | 82' |
| RM | 14 | Gerald Asamoah | | 81' |
| CM | 7 | Andreas Möller | | 75' |
| LM | 8 | Jörg Böhme | 28' |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand |
| CF | 22 | Victor Agali | 90' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Frode Grodås |
| DF | 3 | Aníbal Matellán |
| MF | 16 | Kristijan Đorđević |
| MF | 17 | Sven Vermant | | 81' |
| MF | 18 | Niels Oude Kamphuis | | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Mike Büskens |
| MF | 24 | Marc Wilmots | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Huub Stevens ||
| GK | 1 | Hans-Jörg Butt |
| RB | 6 | Boris Živković |
| CB | 19 | Lúcio |
| CB | 28 | Carsten Ramelow (c) | 16' |
| LB | 35 | Diego Placente |
| RM | 25 | Bernd Schneider |
| CM | 13 | Michael Ballack |
| LM | 8 | Zé Roberto |
| AM | 10 | Yıldıray Baştürk | 20' |
| CF | 12 | Dimitar Berbatov | 63' | 77' |
| CF | 27 | Oliver Neuville | | 67' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 20 | Frank Juric |
| DF | 26 | Zoltán Sebescen |
| DF | 47 | Thomas Kleine |
| MF | 3 | Marko Babić |
| MF | 15 | Jurica Vranješ |
| FW | 9 | Ulf Kirsten | | 77' |
| FW | 23 | Thomas Brdarić | 90+1' | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Klaus Toppmöller ||
| Assistant referees: Günter Perl (Pullach) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Stuttgart) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |
