2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final
# 2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final

The 2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2007 DFL-Ligapokal, the 11th and final edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 28 July 2007 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Bayern Munich won the match 1–0 against Schalke 04 for their 6th 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) |
| - | - | - |
| Bayern Munich | 2006–07 Bundesliga fourth place | 6 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006) |
| Schalke 04 | 2006–07 Bundesliga runners-up | 3 (2001, 2002, 2005) |

## Route to the final

The DFL-Ligapokal was a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams entered the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they were joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advanced. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary a penalty shoot-out were used to determine the winner.

| Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | Round | Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2007 DFL-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Werder Bremen | 4–1 | Preliminary round | Karlsruher SC | 1–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Semi-finals | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4–2 |

## Match

### Details

| Bayern Munich | Schalke 04 |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Oliver Kahn (c) |
| RB | 21 | Philipp Lahm |
| CB | 3 | Lúcio | 43' |
| CB | 6 | Martín Demichelis |
| LB | 23 | Marcell Jansen |
| CM | 15 | Zé Roberto | 77' |
| CM | 16 | Andreas Ottl |
| RW | 30 | Christian Lell | | 75' |
| AM | 8 | Hamit Altıntop |
| LW | 20 | José Sosa |
| CF | 18 | Miroslav Klose | | 89' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Michael Rensing |
| DF | 5 | Daniel Van Buyten |
| DF | 28 | Stefano Celozzi |
| MF | 14 | Julio dos Santos | | 75' |
| FW | 34 | Sandro Wagner | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Ottmar Hitzfeld ||
| GK | 1 | Manuel Neuer |
| RB | 18 | Rafinha | | 75' |
| CB | 5 | Marcelo Bordon (c) |
| CB | 20 | Mladen Krstajić | 33' |
| LB | 24 | Christian Pander |
| CM | 8 | Fabian Ernst |
| CM | 3 | Levan Kobiashvili | 64' |
| AM | 19 | Halil Altıntop | 54' |
| RW | 10 | Ivan Rakitić | | 66' |
| CF | 22 | Kevin Kurányi |
| LW | 11 | Peter Løvenkrands | | 58' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 33 | Mathias Schober |
| DF | 2 | Heiko Westermann | | 75' |
| DF | 31 | Sebastian Boenisch |
| MF | 13 | Jermaine Jones |
| MF | 25 | Zlatan Bajramović |
| MF | 26 | Mimoun Azaouagh | | 66' |
| FW | 14 | Gerald Asamoah | 72' | 58' |
| Manager: ||
| Mirko Slomka ||
