2006 DFL-Ligapokal

Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Werder Bremen
Runner-up	Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	8 (1.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ivan Klasnić (2)
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The 2006 DFL-Ligapokal was the tenth edition of the DFL-Ligapokal. Werder Bremen won their first title, beating Bayern Munich 2–0 in the final.

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

29 July 2006

20:00

Hamburger SV	1 – 0	Hertha BSC
Kompany 52'	Report

LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 23,195

Referee: Peter Vink

29 July 2006

18:15

Schalke 04	1 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen
Bordon 37'	Report	Rodríguez 29' (o.g.)
Penalties
Bajramović Boenisch Rost Kobiashvili Larsen Halil Altıntop Løvenkrands Hamit Altıntop Baumjohann Abel Larsen	9 – 8	Babić Rolfes Barbarez Castro Butt Kießling Touré Madouni Ramelow Haggui Babić

LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 23,195

Referee: Alain Hamer

Semi-finals

1 August 2006

20:30

Werder Bremen	2 – 1	Hamburger SV
Zidan 50' Frings 82'	Report	Sanogo 70'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 27,650

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

2 August 2006

20:30

Bayern Munich	0 – 0	Schalke 04
	Report
Penalties
Scholl Hargreaves Santa Cruz Sagnol	4 – 1	Boenisch Abel Løvenkrands

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final

5 August 2006 (2006-08-05)

18:00 CEST

Werder Bremen	2–0	Bayern Munich
Klasnić 29', 66'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 41,300

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)