1998–99 2. Bundesliga

The 1998–99 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-fifth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

2. Bundesliga
Season1998–99
ChampionsArminia Bielefeld
PromotedArminia Bielefeld
SpVgg Unterhaching
SSV Ulm 1846
RelegatedFC Gütersloh
KFC Uerdingen 05
SG Wattenscheid 09
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Matches played306
Top goalscorerBruno Labbadia
(28 goals)
Average attendance8,613

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.

League table

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 Promotion 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[lower-alpha 1]
16 KFC Uerdingen (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.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. All four teams were relegated to the Regionalliga West/Südwest.

Results
Home \ Away TBB DSC FCE F95 SGF FCG H96 KSC KOE FKO M05 RWO STP SKI KFC ULM UNT SGW
Tennis Borussia Berlin — 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Arminia Bielefeld 3–1 — 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 2–0 1–0
Energie Cottbus 2–2 0–2 — 0–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 4–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 2–0 5–0 3–0 4–2 2–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 2–2 0–3 — 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1
Greuther Fürth 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
FC Gütersloh 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 6–1 0–3 1–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Hannover 96 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 4–1 — 1–0 6–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1
Karlsruher SC 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 — 3–1 4–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 6–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
1. FC Köln 1–0 3–5 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 — 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Fortuna Köln 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–4 3–2 3–0 0–1 4–2 — 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–2
Mainz 05 0–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–2 1–5 3–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 — 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0
FC St. Pauli 1–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 — 6–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–0
Stuttgarter Kickers 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–3 — 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2
KFC Uerdingen 2–3 0–4 0–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 — 2–1 3–0 0–0
SSV Ulm 2–0 6–2 2–2 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–5 2–2 3–3 4–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–2 — 3–1 2–0
SpVgg Unterhaching 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 — 1–0
SG Wattenscheid 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–3 4–2 —
Source: DFB
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
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

References
  1. 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 17 November 2015
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