2003 DFB-Ligapokal final

2003 DFB-Ligapokal Final

German League Cup
Event	2003 DFB-Ligapokal
Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV 2 4
Date	28 July 2003 (2003-07-28)
Venue	Bruchwegstadion, Mainz
Referee	Jürgen Aust (Cologne)
Attendance	16,700

The 2003 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2003 DFB-Ligapokal, the 7th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 28 July 2003 at the Bruchwegstadion in Mainz. Hamburger SV won the match 4–2 against Borussia Dortmund for their 1st title of the reiterated competition, and 2nd title including the 1972–73 edition.^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Borussia Dortmund	2002–03 Bundesliga third place	None
Hamburger SV	2002–03 Bundesliga fourth place	1 (1973)

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.^[2]

Borussia Dortmund		Round	Hamburger SV
Opponent	Result	2003 DFB-Ligapokal	Opponent	Result
VfL Bochum	2–1	Preliminary round	Hertha BSC	2–1
VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	3–3 (4–1 p)

Match

Details

28 July 2003 (2003-07-28)

20:30 CEST

Borussia Dortmund	2–4	Hamburger SV
Amoroso 24' (pen.) Koller 61'	Report	Hoogma 3' Cardoso 12' Takahara 18' Beinlich 68'

Bruchwegstadion, Mainz

Attendance: 16,700

Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Borussia Dortmund

Hamburger SV

GK 1 Roman Weidenfeller RB 7 Stefan Reuter  70' CB 4 Christian Wörns CB 23 Ahmed Reda Madouni LB 17 Dédé RM 18 Lars Ricken  66' CM 14 Guy Demel  81' CM 5 Sebastian Kehl  90+4' LM 10 Tomáš Rosický (c) CF 9 Jan Koller CF 22 Márcio Amoroso Substitutes: GK 29 Matthias Kleinsteiber DF 15 Niclas Jensen MF 16 Leandro MF 19 Otto Addo  90+3'  70' MF 24 David Odonkor  81' FW 13 Giuseppe Reina  66' FW 25 Sahr Senesie Manager: Matthias Sammer

GK 1 Martin Pieckenhagen RB 12 Lars Jacobsen (c) CB 5 Nico-Jan Hoogma CB 21 Tomáš Ujfaluši LB 3 Christian Rahn CM 2 Marcel Maltritz CM 22 Stefan Beinlich  89' AM 14 Sergej Barbarez  77' RW 7 Mehdi Mahdavikia CF 32 Naohiro Takahara LW 27 Rodolfo Cardoso  59' Substitutes: GK 29 Stefan Wächter DF 4 Bastian Reinhardt DF 15 Björn Schlicke  89' DF 24 Stephan Kling  77' MF 6 Raphaël Wicky  59' MF 28 Fabian Bröcker FW 30 Eren Şen Manager: Kurt Jara

References

1. "(West) Germany - List of Super/League Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
2. "Rund um den Ligapokal" [About the Ligapokal]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 September 2016.