1998–99 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	1998–99
Champions	Bayern Munich 14th Bundesliga title 15th German title
Relegated	Nuremberg Bochum Borussia Mönchengladbach
Champions League	Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen Hertha BSC Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Cup	Kaiserslautern Wolfsburg Werder Bremen (domestic cup winners)
Intertoto Cup	Hamburg Duisburg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	866 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Preetz (23)
Biggest home win	Wolfsburg 7–1 M'gladbach (7 November 1998)
Biggest away win	M'gladbach 2–8 Leverkusen (30 October 1998)
Highest scoring	M'gladbach 2–8 Leverkusen (10 goals) (30 October 1998)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Bundesliga was the 36th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1998^[1] and ended on 29 May 1999.^[2] 1. FC Kaiserslautern were the defending champions.

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1997–98

Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Köln and Arminia Bielefeld were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and 1. FC Nuremberg.

Season overview

While Bayern Munich clearly dominated the league and secured the championship in round 31, the season is well remembered for the struggle against relegation which remained close until the final whistle. In the last round (round 34), five teams needed a win to remain in the top flight, with one team having to join Mönchengladbach and Bochum who already had lost their chances. At halftime, Frankfurt looked like the relegated team, but they turned a 0–0 draw into a 5–1 win against Kaiserslautern. Rostock (3–2 at Bochum) and Stuttgart (1–0 against Bremen) also won their matches, and the other two teams, Nuremberg and Freiburg, faced each other. Nuremberg lost 1–2 and was eventually overtaken by the other four teams, dropping from position 12 to 16, and had to go down to League Two.

Team overview

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1998–99

Club	Ground^[3]	Capacity^[3]
Berlin Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC	Olympiastadion	76,000
Bochum !VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	36,344
Bremen !SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	36,000
Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	68,600
Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	Wedaustadion	30,128
Frankfurt !Eintracht Frankfurt	Waldstadion	62,000
Freiburg !SC Freiburg	Dreisamstadion	22,500
Hamburg !Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	62,000
Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	38,500
Leverkusen !Bayer 04 Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
München 1860 !TSV 1860 Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
München Bayern !FC Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
Nuremberg !1. FC Nuremberg	Frankenstadion	44,700
Rostock !F.C. Hansa Rostock	Ostseestadion	25,850
Schalke !FC Schalke 04	Parkstadion	70,000
Stuttgart VfB !VfB Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	53,700
Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg	21,600

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich !Bayern Munich (C)	34	24	6	4	76	28	+48	78	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Bayer Leverkusen !Bayer Leverkusen	34	17	12	5	61	30	+31	63	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
3	Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC	34	18	8	8	59	32	+27	62	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Borussia Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	34	16	9	9	48	34	+14	57	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	1. FC Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	17	6	11	51	47	+4	57	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
6	Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	34	15	10	9	54	49	+5	55	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
7	Hamburger SV !Hamburger SV	34	13	11	10	47	46	+1	50	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	MSV Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	34	13	10	11	48	45	+3	49	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9	1860 München !1860 München	34	11	8	15	49	56	−7	41
10	Schalke 04 !Schalke 04	34	10	11	13	41	54	−13	41
11	Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	34	9	12	13	41	48	−7	39
12	SC Freiburg !SC Freiburg	34	10	9	15	36	44	−8	39
13	Werder Bremen !Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	41	47	−6	38	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ¹
14	Hansa Rostock !Hansa Rostock	34	9	11	14	49	58	−9	38
15	Eintracht Frankfurt !Eintracht Frankfurt	34	9	10	15	44	54	−10	37
16	1. FC Nürnberg !1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	7	16	11	40	50	−10	37	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	VfL Bochum !VfL Bochum (R)	34	7	8	19	40	65	−25	29
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach (R)	34	4	9	21	41	79	−38	21

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Werder Bremen won the DFB-Pokal (domestic cup) and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Hertha BSC !BSC	VfL Bochum !BOC	Werder Bremen !BRE	Borussia Dortmund !DOR	MSV Duisburg !DUI	Eintracht Frankfurt !FRA	SC Freiburg !FRE	Hamburger SV !HAM	1. FC Kaiserslautern !KAI	Bayer Leverkusen !LEV	Borussia Mönchengladbach !MGL	Bayern Munich !FCB	1860 München !M60	1. FC Nürnberg !NUR	Hansa Rostock !ROS	Schalke 04 !S04	Stuttgart !STU	Wolfsburg !WOL
Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC		4–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	6–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
VfL Bochum !VfL Bochum	2–0		2–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–5	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	2–3	1–2	3–3	0–2
Werder Bremen !Werder Bremen	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–3	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–1
Borussia Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	3–0	0–1	2–1		2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
MSV Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–2		2–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	6–1
Eintracht Frankfurt !Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0		3–1	2–2	5–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1
SC Freiburg !SC Freiburg	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–0
Hamburger SV !Hamburger SV	0–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–1	2–1		2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–3	2–3	4–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–0		0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–1
Bayer Leverkusen !Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2		4–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–4	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–8		0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–3	5–2
Bayern Munich !Bayern Munich	1–1	4–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	5–3	4–0	2–0	4–2		3–1	2–0	6–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
1860 München !1860 München	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1		1–2	2–1	4–5	1–1	2–3
1. FC Nürnberg !1. FC Nürnberg	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–5		2–2	3–0	2–2	1–1
Hansa Rostock !Hansa Rostock	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–1		2–2	3–0	3–3
Schalke 04 !Schalke 04	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–0		1–0	2–0
Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–2
Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	4–1	2–4	0–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	7–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael Preetz	Hertha BSC	23
2	Ulf Kirsten	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	19
3	Oliver Neuville	Hansa Rostock	14
3	Anthony Yeboah	Hamburger SV	14
5	Markus Beierle	MSV Duisburg	13
	Saša Ćirić	Nuremberg
	Giovane Élber	Bayern
	Carsten Jancker	Bayern
	Andrzej Juskowiak	VfL Wolfsburg
10	Bernd Hobsch	TSV 1860 Munich	12
10	Olaf Marschall	Kaiserslautern	12

Champion squad

FC Bayern Munich
Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (30); Bernd Dreher (4); Sven Scheuer (3). Defenders: Markus Babbel (27 / 1); Thomas Linke (27 / 1); Lothar Matthäus (25 / 1); Thomas Helmer (21 / 2); Bixente Lizarazu (19 / 2); Samuel Kuffour (15). Midfielders: Stefan Effenberg (31 / 8); Hasan Salihamidžić (30 / 3); Jens Jeremies (30 / 1); Thorsten Fink (28); Mario Basler (27 / 5); Thomas Strunz (24 / 4); Michael Tarnat (20 / 1); Mehmet Scholl (13 / 4); Nils-Eric Johansson (2); David Jarolím (1). Forwards: Carsten Jancker (26 / 13); Alexander Zickler (26 / 7); Ali Daei (23 / 6); Giovane Élber (21 / 13); Alexander Bugera (2); Berkant Göktan (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld. On the roster but have not played in a league game: none. Transferred out during the season: Alexander Bugera (on loan to MSV Duisburg); Berkant Göktan (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach).

References

↑ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
↑ "Archive 1998/1999 Round 34". DFB.
1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

DFB Bundesliga archive 1998/1999

Bundesliga

2015–16 clubs	FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Darmstadt 98 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC 1899 Hoffenheim FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg

Former clubs	1860 Munich Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen/KFC Uerdingen 05 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin VfL Bochum Borussia Neunkirchen Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Köln SC Freiburg SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hansa Rostock FC 08 Homburg 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach VfB Leipzig Meidericher SV/MSV Duisburg 1. FC Nürnberg Preußen Münster Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Paderborn 07 FC St. Pauli Stuttgarter Kickers Tasmania Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV

History	Reichsliga Introduction in 1963 1965 scandal 1971 scandal 2005 scandal

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1998–99 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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