2003 DFB-Ligapokal

The 2003 DFB-Ligapokal was the seventh edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. It was won by Hamburger SV, who beat Borussia Dortmund 4–2 in the final, securing their first title.

2003 DFB-Ligapokal
Tournament programme cover
CountryGermany
Teams6
ChampionsHamburger SV
Runners-upBorussia Dortmund
Matches played5
Goals scored19 (3.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Marcio Amoroso
Michael Ballack
Jan Koller
Bernardo Romeo (2)
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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
Semi-finals
Bayern Munich (1st + CW) VfB Stuttgart (2nd)
Preliminary round
Borussia Dortmund (3rd) Hertha BSCTH (5th)
Hamburger SV (4th) VfL Bochum (9th)[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. The 9th placed team of the 2002–03 Bundesliga, VfL Bochum, qualified as teams from 6th to 8th (Werder Bremen, Schalke 04, and VfL Wolfsburg) were involved in the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup during the same period.

Matches

Preliminary round
Borussia Dortmund2 – 1VfL Bochum
Rosický  30'
Amoroso  33'		 Report Hashemian  38'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Peter Sippel
Hamburger SV2 – 1Hertha BSC
Maltritz  9'
Rahn  71'		 Report Bobic  37'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Uwe Kemmling

Semi-finals
Borussia Dortmund1 – 0VfB Stuttgart
Koller  43' Report
Attendance: 11,211
Referee: Jörg Keßler
Bayern Munich3 – 3Hamburger SV
Ballack  24' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
Élber  69'		 Report Romeo  41', 52'
Barbarez  67'
Penalties
Salihamidžić
Ballack
Hargreaves 		1 – 4 Rahn
Hoogma
Maltritz
Mahdavikia
Attendance: 11,900
Referee: Jürgen Jansen

Final
Main article: 2003 DFB-Ligapokal Final
Borussia Dortmund2–4Hamburger SV
 Report
Attendance: 16,700
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)
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