The 2003 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal, the 60th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 31 May 2003 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 3–1 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern to claim their 11th 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). Bayern Munich Round 1. FC Kaiserslautern Opponent Result 2002–03 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Werder Bremen Amateure (A) 3–0 Round 1 USC Paloma (A) 5–0 Hannover 96 (H) 2–1 Round 2 Energie Cottbus (A) 1–0 Schalke 04 (H) 0–0 Round of 16 SC Freiburg (H) 2–0 1. FC Köln (H) 8–0 Quarter-finals VfL Bochum (A) 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen (H) 3–1 Semi-finals Werder Bremen (H) 3–0

Match

Details

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)RB 2 Willy SagnolCB 25 Thomas LinkeCB 4 Samuel KuffourLB 3 Bixente Lizarazu DM 16 Jens Jeremies RM 23 Owen HargreavesCM 13 Michael BallackLM 11 Zé Roberto CF 9 Giovane ÉlberCF 14 Claudio PizarroSubstitutes:GK 22 Bernd DreherDF 18 Michael Tarnat MF 7 Mehmet Scholl MF 8 Niko KovačMF 17 Thorsten Fink MF 21 Markus FeulnerMF 31 Bastian SchweinsteigerManager: Ottmar Hitzfeld GK 12 Tim WieseRB 24 Harry Koch (c) CB 20 Tomasz KłosCB 2 Nzelo Hervé LembiLB 3 Bill TchatoDM 18 Markus Anfang CM 7 Marian Hristov CM 10 Lincoln RW 11 Miroslav Klose CF 9 Vratislav LokvencLW 32 José Dominguez Substitutes:GK 1 Georg KochDF 4 Aleksander KnavsMF 17 RatinhoMF 23 Thomas Riedl MF 30 Mario BaslerFW 14 Selim Teber FW 22 Christian Timm Manager: Eric Gerets

Assistant referees: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin) Olaf Blumenstein (Berlin) Fourth official: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)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