Hyacinth Bean Vine – Lablab purpureus

The 2001 DFB-Ligapokal was the fifth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Hertha BSC won the competition, beating Schalke 04 4–1 in the final. Hertha had ended Bayern Munich's dominance of the competition by beating them in the semi-finals.

Participating clubs

A total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position
• CW: Cup winners
• TH: Title holders

Matches

Preliminary round

11 July 2001

20:30

Borussia Dortmund	1–1	SC Freiburg
Kohler 61'	Report	Müller 47'
Penalties
Rosický Evanílson Dedé Koller	3–1	Tskitishvili Iashvili Kobiashvili Zeyer

Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion, Hoffenheim

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Lutz Wagner

12 July 2001

20:30

Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Hertha BSC
Neuville 44'	Report	Marcelinho 49' Deisler 63'

Paul Greifzu Stadium, Dessau

Attendance: 14,400

Referee: Michael Weiner

Semi-finals

17 July 2001

20:30

Schalke 04	2–1	Borussia Dortmund
Agali 2', 12'	Report	Bobic 75'

Nattenberg Stadion, Lüdenscheid

Attendance: 15,300

Referee: Christian Wack

18 July 2001

20:30

Bayern Munich	0–1	Hertha BSC
	Report	Preetz 39'

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jürgen Jansen

Final

21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)

17:45 CEST

Schalke 04	1–4	Hertha BSC
Böhme 40'	Report	Wałdoch 24' (o.g.) Marcelinho 29' Alex Alves 66' Hartmann 84'

Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

References