The 2001 DFB-Ligapokal was the fifth edition of the
DFB-Ligapokal
The DFL-Ligapokal (, officially Premiere Ligapokal , previously DFB-Ligapokal ) or the ''German League Cup'' was a German association football, football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five t ...
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Hertha BSC
Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football league system, German footbal ...
won the competition, beating
Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...
4–1 in the final. Hertha had ended
Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...
's dominance of the competition by beating them in the semi-finals.
Participating clubs
A total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
*1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position
*CW: Cup winners
*TH: Title holders
Matches
Preliminary round
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Semi-finals
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Final
See also
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2001–02 Bundesliga
The 2001–02 Bundesliga was the 39th season of the Bundesliga. It began on 28 July 2001 and concluded on 4 May 2002.
Teams
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promote ...
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2001–02 DFB-Pokal
References
{{2001–02 in European Football (UEFA)
2001
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Ligapokal