The 2002 DFB-Ligapokal was the sixth 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 ...
.
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 for the second consecutive year, 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, an exact repeat of
the previous year's competition, although
Huub Stevens
Hubertus Jozef Margaretha "Huub" Stevens (; born 29 November 1953) is a Dutch former professional Manager (association football), football manager and player.
Playing career
Stevens was born in Sittard. While active, he played for Fortuna Sittar ...
, the Hertha coach, had been in charge at Schalke the year prior.
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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2002–03 Bundesliga
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2002–03 DFB-Pokal
The 2002–03 DFB-Pokal was the 60th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 2002 and ended on 31 May 2003. In the final, Bayern Munich defeated 1. FC ...
References
{{2002–03 in European Football (UEFA)
DFL-Ligapokal seasons
Ligapokal