2003 DFB-Pokal final

2003 DFB-Pokal Final
	Match programme cover
Event	2002–03 DFB-Pokal
Date	31 May 2003
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Attendance	70,490
Weather	Mostly cloudy; 22 °C (72 °F); 83% humidity
	← 2002 2004 →

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Round of 16	SC Freiburg (H)	2–0
1. FC Köln (H)	8–0	Quarter-finals	VfL Bochum (A)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
Bayer Leverkusen (H)	3–1	Semi-finals	Werder Bremen (H)	3–0

Match

Details

31 May 2003

19:30 CEST

Bayern Munich	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Ballack 3', 10' (pen.) Pizarro 50'	Report	Klose 80'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 70,490

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

Bayern Munich

1. FC Kaiserslautern


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
RB	2	Willy Sagnol
CB	25	Thomas Linke
CB	4	Samuel Kuffour
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu		84'
DM	16	Jens Jeremies	18'	76'
RM	23	Owen Hargreaves
CM	13	Michael Ballack
LM	11	Zé Roberto		76'
CF	9	Giovane Élber
CF	14	Claudio Pizarro
Substitutes:
GK	22	Bernd Dreher
DF	18	Michael Tarnat		84'
MF	7	Mehmet Scholl		76'
MF	8	Niko Kovač
MF	17	Thorsten Fink		76'
MF	21	Markus Feulner
MF	31	Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld


GK	12	Tim Wiese
RB	24	Harry Koch (c)	44'	46'
CB	20	Tomasz Kłos
CB	2	Nzelo Hervé Lembi
LB	3	Bill Tchato
DM	18	Markus Anfang	24'
CM	7	Marian Hristov	78'
CM	10	Lincoln		63'
RW	11	Miroslav Klose	61'
CF	9	Vratislav Lokvenc
LW	32	José Dominguez		81'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Georg Koch
DF	4	Aleksander Knavs
MF	17	Ratinho
MF	23	Thomas Riedl		46'
MF	30	Mario Basler
FW	14	Selim Teber		81'
FW	22	Christian Timm		63'
Manager:
Eric Gerets

Assistant referees:^[1]
Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
Olaf Blumenstein (Berlin)
Fourth official:^[1]
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

^ ^a ^b ^c "DFB-Pokal-Splitter: Bundespräsident überreichte den Pokal" [DFB-Pokal Splitter: Federal President handed over the trophy]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 31 May 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ "Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 31 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links

Match report at kicker.de (in German)
Match report at WorldFootball.net
Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[referees-1] "DFB-Pokal-Splitter: Bundespräsident überreichte den Pokal" [DFB-Pokal Splitter: Federal President handed over the trophy]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 31 May 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[2] "Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 31 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[3] "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[4] "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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