1998–99 Borussia Dortmund season

Dortmund's form improved during the 1998–99 season and they climbed to 4th, qualifying again for the Champions League.

Borussia Dortmund
1998–99 season
ManagerMichael Skibbe
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stéphane Chapuisat (8 goals)
All:
Stéphane Chapuisat (8 goals)

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Jens Lehmann
3 DF Germany GER René Schneider
4 MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Miroslav Stević
5 DF Germany GER Jürgen Kohler
7 DF Germany GER Stefan Reuter
8 MF Germany GER Christian Nerlinger
9 FW Switzerland SUI Stéphane Chapuisat
10 MF Germany GER Andreas Möller
11 FW Germany GER Heiko Herrlich
12 GK Germany GER Wolfgang de Beer
13 FW Ghana GHA Bashiru Gambo
14 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sergej Barbarez
15 DF Netherlands NED Alfred Nijhuis
16 DF Germany GER Martin Kree
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Brazil BRA Dedé
18 MF Germany GER Lars Ricken
19 DF Germany GER Thomas Hengen
20 MF Germany GER Thomas Häßler
21 FW Germany GER Christian Timm
22 FW Ghana GHA Ibrahim Tanko
24 FW Netherlands NED Harry Decheiver
26 MF Germany GER Frank Riethmann
27 DF Austria AUT Wolfgang Feiersinger
29 MF Russia RUS Vladimir But
30 FW Togo TOG Bachirou Salou
32 DF Germany GER Manfred Binz
33 DF Germany GER Karsten Baumann

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Stefan Klos (to Rangers)
2 MF Germany GER Knut Reinhardt (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
4 MF Germany GER Steffen Freund (to Tottenham Hotspur)
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Germany GER Matthias Sammer (retired)
31 DF Norway NOR Steinar Pedersen (to Lillestrøm)

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 1998–99 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Bayer Leverkusen 34 17 12 5 61 30 +31 63 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Hertha BSC 34 18 8 8 59 32 +27 62 Qualification to 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 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 15 10 9 54 49 +5 55
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 1998/99".
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