1998–99 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season 1998–99
Champions Arminia Bielefeld
Promoted Arminia Bielefeld
SpVgg Unterhaching
SSV Ulm 1846
Relegated FC Gütersloh
KFC Uerdingen 05
SG Wattenscheid 09
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Matches played 306
Top goalscorer Bruno Labbadia
(28 goals)
Average attendance 8,613

The 1998–99 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-fifth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

Arminia Bielefeld, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Ulm 1846 were promoted to the Bundesliga while FC Gütersloh, KFC Uerdingen 05, SG Wattenscheid 09 and Fortuna Düsseldorf were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Final standings

For the 1998–99 season SSV Ulm 1846, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Hannover 96 and Tennis Borussia Berlin were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Köln and Arminia Bielefeld had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arminia Bielefeld (C) (P) 34 20 7 7 62 32+30 67 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SpVgg Unterhaching (P) 34 19 6 9 47 30+17 63
3 SSV Ulm 1846 (P) 34 15 13 6 63 51+12 58
4 Hannover 96 34 16 9 9 52 36+16 57
5 Karlsruher SC 34 17 5 12 54 43+11 56
6 Tennis Borussia Berlin 34 15 9 10 47 39+8 54
7 Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 48 44+4 50
8 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 13 10 11 40 31+9 49
9 FC St. Pauli 34 12 9 13 49 46+3 45
10 1. FC Köln 34 12 9 13 46 537 45
11 Energie Cottbus 34 13 10 11 48 42+6 49
12 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 9 14 11 40 477 41
13 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 11 8 15 38 5315 41
14 SC Fortuna Köln 34 9 13 12 49 556 40
15 FC Gütersloh (R) 34 10 7 17 39 5819 37 Relegation to Regionalliga
16 KFC Uerdingen 05 (R) 34 7 10 17 34 5723 31
17 SG Wattenscheid 09 (R) 34 7 9 18 31 4615 30
18 Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) 34 5 13 16 35 5924 28

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
All four teams were relegated to the Regionalliga West/Südwest.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[1]

Goals Player Team
28 Germany Bruno Labbadia Arminia Bielefeld
19 Germany Rainer Krieg Karlsruher SC
16 Netherlands Arie van Lent SpVgg Greuther Fürth
14 Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Trkulja SSV Ulm 1846
Germany Achim Weber Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
13 Germany Thomas Brdarić Fortuna Köln
12 Australia David Zdrilic SSV Ulm 1846
11 Germany Steffen Heidrich FC Energie Cottbus
Germany Gustav Policella 1. FSV Mainz 05
Albania Igli Tare Fortuna Düsseldorf

References

  1. 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 17 November 2015

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