The 1998 DFB-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 1998 DFB-Ligapokal, the 2nd edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.
The match was played on 8 August 1998 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 4–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 2nd title.
Teams Team Qualification for tournament Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) Bayern Munich 1997–98 DFB-Pokal winners and 1997–98 Bundesliga runners-up 1 (1997) VfB Stuttgart 1997–98 Bundesliga fourth place 1 (1997)
Route to the final The DFB-Ligapokal is a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams enter the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.
Bayern Munich Round VfB Stuttgart Opponent Result 1998 DFB-Ligapokal Opponent Result Bye Preliminary round Schalke 04 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 Semi-finals 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2
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GK 1 Oliver KahnCB 2 Markus BabbelCB 10 Lothar Matthäus (c) CB 5 Thomas HelmerRWB8 Thomas StrunzLWB18 Michael TarnatCM 11 Stefan EffenbergCM 17 Thorsten FinkRW 14 Mario Basler LW 20 Hasan SalihamidžićCF 9 Giovane Élber Substitutes:GK 22 Bernd DreherDF 25 Thomas LinkeMF 13 Jens Jeremies FW 19 Carsten Jancker FW 21 Alexander Zickler Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld GK 1 Franz WohlfahrtCB 2 Martin Spanring CB 5 Frank Verlaat (c) CB 4 Thomas BertholdRWB7 Kristijan ĐorđevićLWB15 Mitko StojkovskiDM 20 Zvonimir SoldoCM 8 Michael Zeyer CM 22 Krisztián LisztesAM 10 Krasimir BalakovCF 11 Fredi BobicSubstitutes:GK 25 Marc ZieglerMF 17 Timo Rost MF 18 Pablo Thiam FW 9 Sreto Ristić FW 13 Saša MarkovićManager: Winfried Schäfer
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