1998 DFB-Ligapokal - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1998 DFB-Ligapokal was the second edition of the DFB Liga-Pokal. In a repeat of last year's competition

1997 DFB-Ligapokal

The 1997 DFB-Ligapokal was the inaugural DFB Liga-Pokal, a pre-season competition in Germany. The Ligapokal was an extended Supercup, including the reigning League champions, Cup winners, plus the next four highest placed teams in the previous season's Bundesliga...

, Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart

Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...

in the final.

Preliminary round

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Semi-finals

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Final


BAYERN MUNICH:
GK	1	Oliver Kahn Oliver Kahn Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987...
SW	10	Lothar Matthäus Lothar Matthäus Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
CB	5	Thomas Helmer Thomas Helmer Thomas Helmer is a former German footballer.His preferred playing position was sweeper, but he was primarily deployed as a central defender....
CB	2	Markus Babbel Markus Babbel Markus Babbel is a former international German football player, who is currently manager of German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England.-Career:...
RWB	8	Thomas Strunz Thomas Strunz Thomas Strunz is a retired German footballer who played mostly as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:Strunz started his career playing for hometown club MSV Duisburg, but moved to FC Bayern Munich aged 21...
LWB	18	Michael Tarnat Michael Tarnat Michael Tarnat is a German former football player. He is a left-footed full-back who has also played wingback and defensive midfield. His nickname is "Tanne", meaning "fir" in English. He ended his career with Hannover 96, having previously played for MSV Duisburg, Karlsruher SC, Bayern Munich and...
CM	11	Stefan Effenberg Stefan Effenberg Stefan Effenberg is a retired German footballer. A central midfielder, he possessed leadership skills, powerful shooting ability, physical strength, but also a fearsome and controversial character....
CM	17	Thorsten Fink Thorsten Fink Thorsten Fink is a German football coach and former player, currently manager of Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.-Career:...
AM	14	Mario Basler Mario Basler Mario Basler is a German former football winger and current manager.- Career :...
CF	20	Hasan Salihamidzic Hasan Salihamidžic Hasan Salihamidžić is a Bosnian football midfielder currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.-Early life:His father Ahmed and mother Šefika gave him the nickname "Braco" meaning "little brother" in Bosnian since Hasan has an older sister, hence his current nickname "Brazzo". He...
CF	9	Giovane Elber Giovane Elber Élber Giovane de Souza, simply Élber , is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a striker....
Substitutes:
GK	22	Bernd Dreher Bernd Dreher Bernd Dreher is a German former football player.The 41-year-old keeper originally hung up his gloves in summer 2003, taking up the role of Bayern youth goalkeeping coach and lending a hand to senior counterpart Sepp Maier in his efforts to keep Oliver Kahn and Michael Rensing in peak form...
DF	25	Thomas Linke Thomas Linke Thomas Linke is a retired German professional footballer who played as a central defender.Linke was remembered as a hard-nosed tackler with tremendous heading ability, and played in 13 Bundesliga seasons in representation of Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, totalling 340 games.Having gained his first...
MF	13	Jens Jeremies
FW	19	Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker is a former German professional footballer and current manager.- Career :A striker, Jancker is physically very large for a footballer, standing at . His height and strength have proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at...
FW	21	Alexander Zickler Alexander Zickler Alexander "Alex" Zickler is a German former footballer who played as a striker, most notably in a twelve year spell with Bayern Munich.-Club career:...
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld Ottmar Hitzfeld Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General ....

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VFB STUTTGART:
GK	1	Franz Wohlfahrt
SW	5	Frank Verlaat Frank Verlaat Frank Verlaat is a Dutch former international football defender, who retired in 2007, after a professional career of 21 years....
CB	4	Thomas Berthold Thomas Berthold Thomas Berthold is a German football coach and former defender.-Career:Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse.He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals. He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas...
CB	20	Zvonimir Soldo
RWB	2	Martin Spanring Martin Spanring -External links:...
LWB	15	Mitko Stojkovski Mitko Stojkovski Mitko Stojkovski is a Macedonian former football player.-Career:Stojkovski started his career playing with his home town club FK Pelister, back then playing in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1992 his skills were noted and he moves to the 1991 European Champions Red Star Belgrade where he stayed 3...
CM	8	Michael Zeyer Michael Zeyer Michael 'Zico' Zeyer is a retired German football player. He is the twin brother of Andreas Zeyer.-External links:...
CM	7	Kristijan Djordjevic
CM	22	Krisztian Lisztes Krisztián Lisztes Krisztián Lisztes is a Hungarian professional footballer, who plays for Ferencvárosi TC.- Career :Lisztes began his professional career as a midfielder, playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC, where he was brought up through the youth academy. He was considered by many as one of the...
AM	10	Krassimir Balakov Krassimir Balakov Krasimir Genchev Balakov is a former Bulgarian footballer and a current manager of Croatian club Hajduk Split. He was a key member of the Bulgarian national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup...
CF	11	Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK		Marc Ziegler Marc Ziegler Marc Ziegler is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a goalkeeper.-Football career:VfB Stuttgart was immersed in a goalkeeping crisis after the defection of legendary Eike Immel to England's Manchester City in the 1995 summer...
MF	17	Timo Rost Timo Rost Timo Rost is a German footballer who currently plays for RB Leipzig.-External links:* at Kicker.de...
MF	18	Pablo Thiam Pablo Thiam Pablo Thiam is a retired Guinean football defensive midfielder. He holds a German passport.-Career:Thiam grew up as the son of a Guinean diplomat in the former German capital Bonn. He started his football career in MSV Bonn. At the age of 15, he went to 1. FC Köln, for whom he debuted in the...
FW	9	Sreto Ristic Sreto Ristic Sreto Ristić is a German footballer of Serbian descent.He moved to Germany at young age and has spent almost all his football career in Germany.-External links:...
FW		Saša Marković
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer

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