2003 DFB-Pokal Final
# 2003 DFB-Pokal Final

The 2003 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal, the 60th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 31 May 2003 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 3–1 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern to claim their 11th 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).

| Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | Round | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2002–03 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| Werder Bremen Amateure (A) | 3–0 | Round 1 | USC Paloma (A) | 5–0 |
| Hannover 96 (H) | 2–1 | Round 2 | Energie Cottbus (A) | 1–0 |
| Schalke 04 (H) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Round of 16 | SC Freiburg (H) | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Köln (H) | 8–0 | Quarter-finals | VfL Bochum (A) | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
| Bayer Leverkusen (H) | 3–1 | Semi-finals | Werder Bremen (H) | 3–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Bayern Munich | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Oliver Kahn (c) |
| RB | 2 | Willy Sagnol |
| CB | 25 | Thomas Linke |
| CB | 4 | Samuel Kuffour |
| LB | 3 | Bixente Lizarazu | | 84' |
| DM | 16 | Jens Jeremies | 18' | 76' |
| RM | 23 | Owen Hargreaves |
| CM | 13 | Michael Ballack |
| LM | 11 | Zé Roberto | | 76' |
| CF | 9 | Giovane Élber |
| CF | 14 | Claudio Pizarro |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Bernd Dreher |
| DF | 18 | Michael Tarnat | | 84' |
| MF | 7 | Mehmet Scholl | | 76' |
| MF | 8 | Niko Kovač |
| MF | 17 | Thorsten Fink | | 76' |
| MF | 21 | Markus Feulner |
| MF | 31 | Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Manager: ||
| Ottmar Hitzfeld ||
| GK | 12 | Tim Wiese |
| RB | 24 | Harry Koch (c) | 44' | 46' |
| CB | 20 | Tomasz Kłos |
| CB | 2 | Nzelo Hervé Lembi |
| LB | 3 | Bill Tchato |
| DM | 18 | Markus Anfang | 24' |
| CM | 7 | Marian Hristov | 78' |
| CM | 10 | Lincoln | | 63' |
| RW | 11 | Miroslav Klose | 61' |
| CF | 9 | Vratislav Lokvenc |
| LW | 32 | José Dominguez | | 81' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Georg Koch |
| DF | 4 | Aleksander Knavs |
| MF | 17 | Ratinho |
| MF | 23 | Thomas Riedl | | 46' |
| MF | 30 | Mario Basler |
| FW | 14 | Selim Teber | | 81' |
| FW | 22 | Christian Timm | | 63' |
| Manager: ||
| Eric Gerets ||
| Assistant referees: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin) Olaf Blumenstein (Berlin) Fourth official: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark) | 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. |
