2003 DFB-Ligapokal

2003 DFB-Ligapokal
	Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Hamburger SV
Runner-up	Borussia Dortmund
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	19 (3.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Marcio Amoroso; Michael Ballack; Jan Koller; Bernardo Romeo (2)
	← 2002 2004 →

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.

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 BSC^TH (5th)
Hamburger SV (4th)	VfL Bochum (9th)^[a]

Notes

^ 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

16 July 2003

20:30

Borussia Dortmund	2–1	VfL Bochum
Rosický 30' Amoroso 33'	Report	Hashemian 38'

Lohrheidestadion, Bochum

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Peter Sippel

17 July 2003

20:30

Hamburger SV	2–1	Hertha BSC
Maltritz 9' Rahn 71'	Report	Bobic 37'

Paul Greifzu Stadium, Dessau

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Uwe Kemmling

Semi-finals

21 July 2003

20:30

Borussia Dortmund	1–0	VfB Stuttgart
Koller 43'	Report

Städtisches Waldstadion, Aalen

Attendance: 11,211

Referee: Jörg Keßler

22 July 2003

20:30

Bayern Munich	3–3	Hamburger SV
Ballack 24' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Élber 69'	Report	Romeo 41', 52' Barbarez 67'
Penalties
Salihamidžić Ballack Hargreaves	1–4	Rahn Hoogma Maltritz Mahdavikia

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 11,900

Referee: Jürgen Jansen

Final

28 July 2003

20:30 CEST

Borussia Dortmund	2–4	Hamburger SV
Amoroso 24' (pen.) Koller 61'	Report	Hoogma 3' Cardoso 12' Takahara 18' Beinlich 68'

Bruchwegstadion, Mainz

Attendance: 16,700

Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

References

[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.

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