2007 DFL-Ligapokal
Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsBayern Munich
Runner-upSchalke 04
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored15 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Franck Ribéry (3)

The 2007 DFL-Ligapokal was the 11th and final edition of the DFL-Ligapokal. The competition could not be scheduled in 2008, due to fixture congestion caused by UEFA Euro 2008, and did not return in 2009. An unofficial Super Cup ran in these years, and was made official in 2010, as the DFL-Supercup.

The 2007 Ligapokal saw a minor format change, with the 2. Bundesliga champions (in this case, Karlsruher SC) entering in place of the fifth-placed Bundesliga team. The title was won by Bayern Munich, who secured their sixth win with a 1–0 victory over Schalke 04.

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:

Semi-finals
VfB Stuttgart (1st) 1. FC Nürnberg (CW)
Preliminary round
Schalke 04 (2nd) Bayern Munich (4th)
Werder BremenTH (3rd) Karlsruher SC (2BL)

Matches

Preliminary round

Schalke 041–0Karlsruher SC
Altıntop 35' Report
LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Marc Seemann
Werder Bremen1–4Bayern Munich
Borowski 9' Report Schweinsteiger 23'
Altıntop 27'
Ribéry 35', 54'
LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Semi-finals

1. FC Nürnberg2–4Schalke 04
Vittek 20', 73' Report Kobiashvili 38'
Ernst 43'
Løvenkrands 45'
Westermann 58'
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 25,200
Referee: Jochen Drees
VfB Stuttgart0–2Bayern Munich
Report Ribéry 8'
Wagner 66'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Babak Rafati

Final

Main article: 2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final
Bayern Munich1–0Schalke 04
Klose 29' Report
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,500
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

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