1998–99 Bundesliga
| Season | 1998–99 |
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| 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) |
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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.
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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
| Club | Ground[3] | Capacity[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | Olympiastadion | 76,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 36,344 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Weserstadion | 36,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 68,600 |
| MSV Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 30,128 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 62,000 |
| SC Freiburg | Dreisamstadion | 22,500 |
| Hamburger SV | Volksparkstadion | 62,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 38,500 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| TSV 1860 Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 |
| 1. FC Nuremberg | Frankenstadion | 44,700 |
| F.C. Hansa Rostock | Ostseestadion | 25,850 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Parkstadion | 70,000 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 |
| 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 (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 München | 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 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 | 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 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 |
