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2002 DFB-Ligapokal

Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Hertha BSC
Runner-up	Schalke 04
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	15 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Marcelinho Alex Alves (3 goals each)
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The 2002 DFB-Ligapokal was the sixth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Hertha BSC won the competition for the second consecutive year, beating Schalke 04 4–1 in the final, an exact repeat of the previous year's competition, although Huub Stevens, the Hertha coach, had been in charge at Schalke the year prior.

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

Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Werder Bremen
Sebescen 63'	Report

Bayern Munich	2–2	Hertha BSC
Élber 17', 88'	Report	Marcelinho 49' Preetz 87'
Penalties
Salihamidžić Scholl Zickler Sagnol Tarnat Élber	3–4	Konstantinidis Neuendorf Marcelinho Schmidt Preetz Pinto

Semi-finals

Schalke 04	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Wałdoch 20' Hajto 76' (pen.)	Report

Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Hertha BSC
Ricken 71' (pen.)	Report	Alves 25', 67'

Final

Schalke 04	1–4	Hertha BSC
Agali 61'	Report	Marcelinho 32', 84' (pen.) Alex Alves 33' Pinto 89'

References

• DFL-Ligapokal seasons
• 2002–03 in German football cups