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. 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.
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 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 Semi-finals 1. FC Köln (H) 3–1
Match details
GK 1 Oliver Reck RB 12 Marco van Hoogdalem CB 15 Tomasz Wałdoch (c)CB 6 Tomasz Hajto LB 2 Nico Van KerckhovenDM 20 Jiří Němec RM 14 Gerald Asamoah LM 8 Jörg Böhme AM 7 Andreas Möller CF 11 Ebbe SandCF 22 Victor Agali Substitutes:GK 13 Frode GrodåsDF 3 Aníbal MatellánMF 16 Kristijan ĐorđevićMF 17 Sven Vermant MF 18 Niels Oude Kamphuis MF 19 Mike BüskensMF 24 Marc Wilmots Manager: Huub Stevens GK 1 Hans-Jörg ButtRB 6 Boris ŽivkovićCB 19 LúcioCB 28 Carsten Ramelow (c) LB 35 Diego PlacenteRM 25 Bernd SchneiderCM 13 Michael BallackLM 8 Zé RobertoAM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk CF 12 Dimitar Berbatov CF 27 Oliver Neuville Substitutes:GK 20 Frank JuricDF 26 Zoltán SebescenDF 47 Thomas KleineMF 3 Marko BabićMF 15 Jurica VranješFW 9 Ulf Kirsten FW 23 Thomas Brdarić Manager: Klaus Toppmöller
Assistant referees: Günter Perl (Pullach) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Stuttgart)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.
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References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de