2002 DFB-Pokal final

2002 DFB-Pokal Final
	Match programme cover
Event	2001–02 DFB-Pokal
Date	11 May 2002
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
Attendance	70,000
Weather	Clear; 17 °C (63 °F); 77% humidity
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The 2002 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2001–02 DFB-Pokal, the 59th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 11 May 2002 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[3] Schalke 04 won the match 4–2 against Bayer Leverkusen to claim their 4th 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.^[4]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Schalke 04		Round	Bayer Leverkusen
Opponent	Result	2001–02 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
SC Freiburg Amateure (A)	1–0	Round 1	Jahn Regensburg (A)	3–0
Arminia Bielefeld (A)	2–1	Round 2	VfL Bochum (A)	3–2
Darmstadt 98 (A)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Round of 16	Hannover 96 (A)	2–1
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (H)	2–0	Quarter-finals	1860 Munich (H)	3–0
Bayern Munich (H)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	1. FC Köln (H)	3–1 (a.e.t.)

Match details

11 May 2002

19:45 CEST

Schalke 04	4–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Böhme 45' Agali 68' Möller 71' Sand 85'	Report	Berbatov 27' Kirsten 89'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

Schalke 04

Bayer Leverkusen


GK	1	Oliver Reck	43'
RB	12	Marco van Hoogdalem	31'
CB	15	Tomasz Wałdoch (c)
CB	6	Tomasz Hajto		46'
LB	2	Nico Van Kerckhoven
DM	20	Jiří Němec	82'
RM	14	Gerald Asamoah		81'
LM	8	Jörg Böhme	28'
AM	7	Andreas Möller		75'
CF	11	Ebbe Sand
CF	22	Victor Agali	90'
Substitutes:
GK	13	Frode Grodås
DF	3	Aníbal Matellán
MF	16	Kristijan Đorđević
MF	17	Sven Vermant		81'
MF	18	Niels Oude Kamphuis		46'
MF	19	Mike Büskens
MF	24	Marc Wilmots		75'
Manager:
Huub Stevens^{[note 1]}


GK	1	Hans-Jörg Butt
RB	6	Boris Živković
CB	19	Lúcio
CB	28	Carsten Ramelow (c)	16'
LB	35	Diego Placente
RM	25	Bernd Schneider
CM	13	Michael Ballack
LM	8	Zé Roberto
AM	10	Yıldıray Baştürk	20'
CF	12	Dimitar Berbatov	63'	77'
CF	27	Oliver Neuville		67'
Substitutes:
GK	20	Frank Juric
DF	26	Zoltán Sebescen
DF	47	Thomas Kleine
MF	3	Marko Babić
MF	15	Jurica Vranješ
FW	9	Ulf Kirsten		77'
FW	23	Thomas Brdarić	90+1'	67'
Manager:
Klaus Toppmöller^{[note 2]}