2006 DFL-Ligapokal Final
# 2006 DFL-Ligapokal Final

The 2006 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2006 DFL-Ligapokal, the 10th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 5 August 2006 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Werder Bremen won the match 2–0 against Bayern Munich for their 1st title.

## Teams

In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the DFB-Ligapokal era, since 2005 were in the DFL-Ligapokal era.

| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| Werder Bremen | 2005–06 Bundesliga runners-up | 2 (1999, 2004) |
| Bayern Munich | 2005–06 Bundesliga champions and 2005–06 DFB-Pokal winners | 5 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004) |

## 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.

| Werder Bremen | Werder Bremen | Round | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2006 DFL-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Hamburger SV | 2–1 | Semi-finals | Schalke 04 | 0–0 (4–1 p) |

## Match

### Details

| Werder Bremen | Bayern Munich |
| - | - |
| GK | 18 | Tim Wiese |
| RB | 15 | Patrick Owomoyela |
| CB | 2 | Frank Fahrenhorst |
| CB | 4 | Naldo |
| LB | 5 | Pierre Womé |
| DM | 22 | Torsten Frings (c) |
| CM | 20 | Daniel Jensen | 77' |
| CM | 27 | Christian Schulz | 81' |
| AM | 10 | Diego |
| CF | 17 | Ivan Klasnić |
| CF | 11 | Miroslav Klose | 60' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 33 | Christian Vander |
| DF | 8 | Clemens Fritz |
| DF | 16 | Leon Andreasen | 77' |
| MF | 6 | Frank Baumann |
| MF | 7 | Jurica Vranješ | 81' |
| MF | 14 | Aaron Hunt | 60' |
| FW | 9 | Mohamed Zidan |
| Manager: ||
| Thomas Schaaf ||
| GK | 1 | Oliver Kahn (c) |
| RB | 2 | Willy Sagnol |
| CB | 3 | Lúcio |
| CB | 5 | Daniel Van Buyten |
| LB | 21 | Philipp Lahm | 46' |
| DM | 23 | Owen Hargreaves |
| CM | 8 | Ali Karimi |
| CM | 31 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 46' |
| AM | 24 | Roque Santa Cruz |
| CF | 10 | Roy Makaay |
| CF | 11 | Lukas Podolski | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 29 | Bernd Dreher |
| DF | 32 | Mats Hummels |
| MF | 7 | Mehmet Scholl |
| MF | 19 | Julio dos Santos | 46' |
| MF | 20 | Hasan Salihamidžić | 46' |
| MF | 39 | Andreas Ottl | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Felix Magath ||
