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
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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.

Locations of the participating teams of the 1998–99 season

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	53	−7	45
11	Energie Cottbus	34	13	10	11	48	42	+6	49
12	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	9	14	11	40	47	−7	41
13	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	11	8	15	38	53	−15	41
14	Fortuna Köln	34	9	13	12	49	55	−6	40
15	FC Gütersloh (R)	34	10	7	17	39	58	−19	37	Relegation to Regionalliga
16	KFC Uerdingen 05 (R)	34	7	10	17	34	57	−23	31
17	SG Wattenscheid 09 (R)	34	7	9	18	31	46	−15	30
18	Fortuna Düsseldorf (R)	34	5	13	16	35	59	−24	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	Bruno Labbadia	Arminia Bielefeld
19	Rainer Krieg	Karlsruher SC
16	Arie van Lent	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
14	Dragan Trkulja	SSV Ulm 1846
14	Achim Weber	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
13	Thomas Brdarić	Fortuna Köln
12	David Zdrilic	SSV Ulm 1846
11	Steffen Heidrich	FC Energie Cottbus
	Gustav Policella	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Igli Tare	Fortuna Düsseldorf