The 2001 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2000–01 DFB-Pokal, the 58th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 26 May 2001 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Schalke 04 won the match 2–0 against Union Berlin to claim their 3rd 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.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Union Berlin Round Schalke 04 Opponent Result 2000–01 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (H) 2–0 Round 1 TSV Rain am Lech (A) 7–0 Greuther Fürth (H) 1–0 Round 2 FC St. Pauli (A) 3–1 SSV Ulm (H) 4–2 Round of 16 Borussia Dortmund (H) 2–1 VfL Bochum (H) 1–0 Quarter-finals 1. FC Magdeburg (A) 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) 2–2 Semi-finals VfB Stuttgart (A) 3–0
Match
Details
GK 26 Sven Beuckert SW 18 Jens Tschiedel CB 33 Tom PersichCB 11 Daniel Ernemann RWB24 Emil KremenlievLWB3 Ronny NikolCM 4 Steffen Menze (c)CM 16 Hristo KoilovAM 6 Chibuike OkekeCF 7 Harun Isa CF 22 Božidar ĐurkovićSubstitutes:GK 20 Robert WulnikowskiDF 2 Gert MüllerDF 21 Adalbert ZafirovMF 5 Marko Tredup MF 9 Michael Zechner MF 19 Jiří BalcárekFW 25 Daniel Teixeira Manager: Georgi Vasilev GK 1 Oliver ReckRB 18 Niels Oude KamphuisCB 6 Tomasz Hajto CB 12 Marco van HoogdalemLB 2 Nico Van Kerckhoven DM 20 Jiří Němec RM 14 Gerald Asamoah CM 7 Andreas MöllerLM 8 Jörg BöhmeCF 11 Ebbe Sand (c)CF 21 Émile MpenzaSubstitutes:GK 13 Frode GrodåsDF 3 Radoslav Látal DF 10 Olaf Thon DF 23 Markus HappeMF 5 Sven KmetschMF 19 Mike Büskens FW 9 Youri MulderManager: Huub Stevens
Assistant referees: Josef Maier (Munich) Heiner Müller (Bilsdorf)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de