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)

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

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 49 567 41
10 Schalke 04 34 10 11 13 41 5413 41
11 VfB Stuttgart 34 9 12 13 41 487 39
12 SC Freiburg 34 10 9 15 36 448 39
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 8 16 41 476 38 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round 1
14 Hansa Rostock 34 9 11 14 49 589 38
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 10 15 44 5410 37
16 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 7 16 11 40 5010 37 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 VfL Bochum (R) 34 7 8 19 40 6525 29
18 Borussia Mönchengladbach (R) 34 4 9 21 41 7938 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 BREDORDUIFRAFREHAMKAILEVMGLMUNM60NURROSS04STUWOL
Hertha BSC 41 10 30 13 31 10 61 11 01 41 10 21 30 20 20 20 20
VfL Bochum 20 20 01 02 00 12 20 12 15 21 22 20 03 23 12 33 02
Werder Bremen 21 11 11 11 12 23 00 01 22 41 01 41 23 03 10 22 01
Borussia Dortmund 30 01 21 20 31 21 21 10 10 11 22 31 30 20 30 30 21
MSV Duisburg 00 20 20 32 21 10 23 31 00 22 03 11 11 41 12 20 61
Eintracht Frankfurt 11 10 02 20 00 31 22 51 23 00 10 23 32 22 12 11 01
SC Freiburg 02 11 02 22 22 20 00 01 11 21 02 12 10 30 02 20 00
Hamburger SV 04 10 11 00 41 01 21 20 00 30 02 30 20 10 22 31 11
1. FC Kaiserslautern 43 23 40 10 30 21 02 10 01 21 21 11 20 32 41 11 11
Bayer Leverkusen 22 20 20 31 20 21 11 12 22 41 12 11 30 31 11 00 30
Borussia Mönchengladbach 24 22 01 02 02 11 31 22 02 28 02 20 02 11 30 23 52
Bayern Munich 11 42 10 22 31 31 20 53 40 20 42 31 20 61 11 20 30
1860 Munich 20 21 13 20 00 41 20 00 12 02 31 11 12 21 45 11 23
1. FC Nürnberg 00 22 11 00 02 22 12 11 11 22 20 20 15 22 30 22 11
Hansa Rostock 12 30 21 20 30 22 02 01 21 11 11 04 31 11 22 30 33
Schalke 04 00 22 12 11 20 23 11 14 02 01 10 13 22 22 10 10 20
VfB Stuttgart 00 42 10 21 00 20 31 31 40 01 22 02 01 00 11 21 12
VfL Wolfsburg 21 41 24 00 42 20 11 41 21 10 71 01 10 11 11 00 32

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 Germany Michael Preetz Hertha BSC 23
2 Germany Ulf Kirsten Bayer 04 Leverkusen 19
3 Germany Oliver Neuville Hansa Rostock 14
Ghana Anthony Yeboah Hamburger SV
5 Germany Markus Beierle MSV Duisburg 13
Republic of Macedonia Saša Ćirić Nuremberg
Brazil Giovane Élber Bayern
Germany Carsten Jancker Bayern
Poland Andrzej Juskowiak VfL Wolfsburg
10 Germany Bernd Hobsch TSV 1860 Munich 12
Germany 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 France (19 / 2); Samuel Kuffour Ghana (15).
Midfielders: Stefan Effenberg (31 / 8); Hasan Salihamidžić Bosnia and Herzegovina (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 Sweden (2); David Jarolím Czech Republic (1).
Forwards: Carsten Jancker (26 / 13); Alexander Zickler (26 / 7); Ali Daei Iran (23 / 6); Giovane Élber Brazil (21 / 13); Alexander Bugera (2); Berkant Göktan Turkey (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 Turkey (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach).

See also

References

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

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