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

Hertha BSC

Bremen

Dortmund

MSV

Frankfurt

Freiburg

Hamburg

Kaiserslautern

Leverkusen

Mönchengladbach

1860
Bayern

Nuremberg

Rostock

Schalke

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Bochum

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1998–99

Club	Location	Ground[3]	Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	76,000
VfL Bochum	Bochum	Ruhrstadion	36,344
SV Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	36,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	68,600
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Wedaustadion	30,128
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	Waldstadion	62,000
SC Freiburg	Freiburg	Dreisamstadion	22,500
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	38,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
TSV 1860 Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
1. FC Nuremberg	Nuremberg	Frankenstadion	44,700
F.C. Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	25,850
FC Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	53,700
VfL Wolfsburg	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 (C)	34	24	6	4	76	28	+48	78	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2	Bayer Leverkusen	34	17	12	5	61	30	+31	63
3	Hertha BSC	34	18	8	8	59	32	+27	62	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Borussia Dortmund	34	16	9	9	48	34	+14	57
5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	17	6	11	51	47	+4	57	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
6	VfL Wolfsburg	34	15	10	9	54	49	+5	55
7	Hamburger SV	34	13	11	10	47	46	+1	50	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	MSV Duisburg	34	13	10	11	48	45	+3	49	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9	1860 Munich	34	11	8	15	49	56	−7	41
10	Schalke 04	34	10	11	13	41	54	−13	41
11	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	12	13	41	48	−7	39
12	SC Freiburg	34	10	9	15	36	44	−8	39
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	41	47	−6	38	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ^1
14	Hansa Rostock	34	9	11	14	49	58	−9	38
15	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	9	10	15	44	54	−10	37
16	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	7	16	11	40	50	−10	37	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	VfL Bochum (R)	34	7	8	19	40	65	−25	29
18	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

BSC

BOC

BRE

DOR

DUI

FRA

FRE

HAM

KAI

LEV

MGL

MUN

M60

NUR

ROS

S04

STU

WOL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Munich

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

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

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

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

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

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
	Anthony Yeboah	Hamburger SV
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
	Olaf Marschall	Kaiserslautern

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).

See also

• 1998–99 2. Bundesliga
• 1998–99 DFB-Pokal

References

1. "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
2. "Archive 1998/1999 Round 34". DFB.
3. 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