The 2007 DFL-Ligapokal was the 11th and final edition of the

DFL-Ligapokal The DFL-Ligapokal (, officially Premiere Ligapokal , previously DFB-Ligapokal ) or the ''German League Cup'' was a German football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five teams of the previous B ...

. The competition could not be scheduled in 2008, due to fixture congestion caused by

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, 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

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champions (in this case,

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) entering in place of the fifth-placed

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team. The title was won by Bayern Munich, who secured their sixth win with a 1–0 victory over

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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 *2BL: 2. Bundesliga champions *TH: Title holders

Matches

Preliminary round

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Semi-finals

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Final

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Dfl-Ligapokal DFL-Ligapokal seasons 2007–08 in German football cups, Ligapokal