1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season

Bayern Munich
1998–99 season
Manager	Ottmar Hitzfeld
Stadium	Olympic Stadium,; Munich, Bavaria
Bundesliga	Winners
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
Ligapokal	Winners
Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Carsten Jancker (13); All: Carsten Jancker (20)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season was the 99th season in the club's history.

Review and events

Bayern Munich played in the dramatic 1999 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United.^[1] Bayern Munich dominated the match, taking the lead through a Mario Basler free-kick and hitting the woodwork twice, before United substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored in injury time to win the treble for the English side.^[1]

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Bundesliga

15 August 1998 (1998-08-15) 1	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST		Report	Élber 65'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion Attendance: 21,600 (sell-out) Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

22 August 1998 (1998-08-22) 2	Bayern Munich	3–1	MSV Duisburg	Munich
15:30 CEST	Jancker 20' Strunz 62' Effenberg 86' (pen.)	Report	Wedau 23'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

9 September 1998 (1998-09-09) 3	Bayern Munich	6–1	Hansa Rostock	Munich
20:00 CEST	Effenberg 50' (pen.) Helmer 53' Lizarazu 56' Zickler 72' Jancker 73' Élber 85'	Report	Ramdane 65'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

12 September 1998 (1998-09-12) 4	SC Freiburg	0–2	Bayern Munich	Freiburg
15:30 CEST		Report	Élber 21' Strunz 35'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 (sell-out) Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

20 September 1998 (1998-09-20) 5	Bayern Munich	5–3	Hamburger SV	Munich
18:00 CEST	Daei 9', 39' Effenberg 58', 71' (pen.) Élber 89'	Report	Yeboah 23' Butt 69' (pen.) Groth 74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

26 September 1998 (1998-09-26) 6	Werder Bremen	0–1	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30 CEST		Report	Élber 87'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 36,000 (sell-out) Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

4 October 1998 (1998-10-04) 7	Bayern Munich	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Munich
20:00 CEST	Élber 39' Jancker 40'	Report	Chapuisat 16' Nerlinger 50'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 61,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) 8	Schalke 04	1–3	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST	Eijkelkamp 20'	Report	Eigenrauch 3' (o.g.) Basler 40' Jancker 65'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 62,109 (sell-out) Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

24 October 1998 (1998-10-24) 9	Bayern Munich	4–0	Kaiserslautern	Munich
15:30 CEST	Basler 10' Daei 45' Élber 52', 55'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

31 October 1998 (1998-10-31) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt
15:30 CET	Sobotzik 32'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 58,300 (sell-out) Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)

7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) 11	Bayern Munich	3–1	1860 Munich	Munich
15:30 CET	Jeremies 60' Zickler 64' Linke 87'	Report	Kientz 90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

14 November 1998 (1998-11-14) 13	Bayern Munich	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CET	Effenberg 49' Daei 90'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

21 November 1998 (1998-11-21) 14	Hertha BSC	1–0	Bayern Munich	Berlin
20:00 CET	Preetz 68'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 76,000 (sell-out) Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

28 November 1998 (1998-11-28) 15	Bayern Munich	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Munich
15:30 CET	Élber 36' Lizarazu 63'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

4 December 1998 (1998-12-04) 16	VfL Bochum	2–2	Bayern Munich	Bochum
20:00 CET	Hofmann 3' Kuntz 87' (pen.)	Report	Jancker 45' Strunz 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 33,063 (sell-out) Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

13 December 1998 (1998-12-13) 17	Bayern Munich	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
18:00 CET	Tarnat 20' Élber 30'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

16 December 1998 (1998-12-16) 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET		Report	Effenberg 8', 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 34,500 (sell-out) Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

19 December 1998 (1998-12-19) 18	Bayern Munich	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
15:30 CET	Jancker 40' Élber 86' Salihamidžić 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

20 February 1999 (1999-02-20) 19	MSV Duisburg	0–3	Bayern Munich	Duisburg
15:30 CET		Report	Jancker 26' Effenberg 43' Helmer 71'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 26,374 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 20	Hansa Rostock	0–4	Bayern Munich	Rostock
15:30 CET		Report	Élber 69', 87' Jancker 79' Matthäus 89'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 24,500 (sell-out) Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

6 March 1999 (1999-03-06) 21	Bayern Munich	2–0	SC Freiburg	Munich
15:30 CET	Schwinkendorf 30' (o.g.) Daei 79'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)

13 March 1999 (1999-03-13) 22	Hamburger SV	0–2	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
15:30 CET		Report	Butt 12' (o.g.) Salihamidžić 41'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 28,600 (sell-out) Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

20 March 1999 (1999-03-20) 23	Bayern Munich	1–0	Werder Bremen	Munich
15:30 CET	Jancker 87'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

3 April 1999 (1999-04-03) 24	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	Bayern Munich	Dortmund
15:30 CEST	Herrlich 13', 32'	Report	Zickler 58' Jancker 63'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 68,600 (sell-out) Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

10 April 1999 (1999-04-10) 25	Bayern Munich	1–1	Schalke 04	Munich
15:30 CEST	Zickler 49'	Report	Held 62'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 26	Kaiserslautern	2–1	Bayern Munich	Kaiserslautern
20:00 CEST	Buck 29' Rische 43'	Report	Daei 43'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 (sell-out) Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

16 April 1999 (1999-04-16) 27	Bayern Munich	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich
20:00 CEST	Bindewald 27' (o.g.) Zickler 34' Strunz 72'	Report	Fjørtoft 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

25 April 1999 (1999-04-25) 28	1860 Munich	1–1	Bayern Munich	Munich
18:00 CEST	Kurz 89'	Report	Babbel 75'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 69,000 (sell-out) Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

1 May 1999 (1999-05-01) 29	Bayern Munich	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
15:30 CEST	Basler 32' Zickler 68', 69' Scholl 84'	Report	Polster 25' (pen.) Pettersson 54'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriffel)

4 May 1999 (1999-05-04) 30	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
20:00 CEST		Report	Scholl 62' Jancker 82'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 53,000 (sell-out) Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

9 May 1999 (1999-05-09) 31	Bayern Munich	1–1	Hertha BSC	Munich
18:00 CEST	Jancker 12'	Report	Schmidt 72'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

15 May 1999 (1999-05-15) 32	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Bayern Munich	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST	Ćirić 72' Driller 82'	Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 44,400 (sell-out) Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

22 May 1999 (1999-05-22) 33	Bayern Munich	4–2	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30 CEST	Basler 50' Jancker 60' Scholl 78' Salihamidžić 89'	Report	Gaudino 43' Zeyer 64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 63,000 (sell-out) Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

29 May 1999 (1999-05-29) 34	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST	Kirsten 78'	Report	Basler 11' Scholl 61'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 (sell-out) Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W
Position	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Ligapokal

3 August 1998 (1998-08-03) Semi-Final	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Bayern Munich	Aue
			30' Basler	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann

8 August 1998 (1998-08-08) Final	Bayern Munich	4–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
	Élber 4', 25', 41' Jancker 89'			Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

DFB-Pokal

30 August 1998 (1998-08-30) 1st Round	LR Ahlen	0–5	Bayern Munich	Ahlen
15:00 CEST		Report	Effenberg 22' (pen.), 37' Jancker 34' Helmer 44' Fink 73'	Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 12,026 (sell-out) Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

23 September 1998 (1998-09-23) 2nd Round	Greuther Fürth	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Bayern Munich	Nuremberg
19:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 31,000 (sell-out) Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
	Penalties
	van Lent Probst Felgenhauer Eberl Škarabela		Strunz Salihamidžić Tarnat Fink Effenberg

28 October 1998 (1998-10-28) 3rd Round	MSV Duisburg	2–4	Bayern Munich	Duisburg
20:30 CET	Beierle 37', 50'	Report	Élber 56', 60' Jeremies 76' Lizarazu 89'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 23,000 (sell-out) Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

21 December 1998 (1998-12-21) Quarter-final	Bayern Munich	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
19:30 CET	Jancker 26' Basler 71' Zickler 78'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

9 March 1999 (1999-03-09) Semi-final	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–3	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
19:00 CET	Scheinhardt 85' (pen.)	Report	Jancker 24' Effenberg 42' Linke 79'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 47,300 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

12 June 1999 (1999-06-12) Final	Bayern Munich	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Werder Bremen	Berlin
19:30 CEST	Jancker 45'	Report	Maksymov 4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 75,841 (sell-out) Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)
	Penalties
	Salihamidžić Daei Tarnat Jancker Effenberg Matthäus		Bode Todt Bogdanović Wicky Eilts Rost

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

12 August 1998 (1998-08-12) 1	Bayern Munich	4–0	FK Obilić	Munich, Germany
	Effenberg 59' Élber 63' Zickler 65' Fink 76'			Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

26 August 1998 (1998-08-26) 2	FK Obilić	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Šarac 68'		Matthäus 89'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spain)

Group stage

16 September 1998 (1998-09-16) 1	Brøndby IF	2–1	Bayern Munich	Brøndby, Denmark
	Helmer 87' (o.g.) Jensen 90'	Report	Babbel 77'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 30,378 Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)

30 September 1998 (1998-09-30) 2	Bayern Munich	2–2	Manchester United	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST	Élber 11' Sheringham 90' (o.g.)	Report	Yorke 30' Scholes 49'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 3	Bayern Munich	1–0	Barcelona	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST	Effenberg 45'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

4 November 1998 (1998-11-04) 4	Barcelona	1–2	Bayern Munich	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET	Giovanni 29' (pen.)	Report	Zickler 47' Salihamidžić 87'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

25 November 1998 (1998-11-25) 5	Bayern Munich	2–0	Brøndby	Munich, Germany
20:45 CET	Jancker 51' Basler 57'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Ogüz Sarvan (Turkey)

9 December 1998 (1998-12-09) 6	Manchester United	1–1	Bayern Munich	Manchester, England
20:45 CET	Keane 43'	Report	Salihamidžić 56'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 54,434 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Knockout rounds

Quarter-finals

3 March 1999 (1999-03-03) 1	Bayern Munich	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Munich, Germany
20:45 CET	Élber 31' Effenberg 35'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

17 March 1999 (1999-03-17) 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–4 (0–6 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Kaiserslautern, Germany
20:45 CET		Report	Effenberg 9' (pen.) Jancker 22' Rösler 39' (o.g.) Basler 56'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

7 April 1999 (1999-04-07) 1	Dynamo Kyiv	3–3	Bayern Munich	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 CEST	Shevcheko 15', 43' Kosovskyi 50'	Report	Tarnat 45' Effenberg 78' Jancker 89'	Stadium: Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 75.000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielson (Denmark)

17 April 1999 (1999-04-17) 2	Bayern Munich	1–0 (4–3 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST	Basler 35'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Final

26 May 1999 (1999-05-26)	Bayern Munich	1–2	Manchester United	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST	Basler 6'	Report	Sheringham 90+1' Solskjær 90+3'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 90,245 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		Champions League		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Oliver Kahn	49	0	30	0	13	0	6	0
22	GK	GER	Bernd Dreher	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	GER	Sven Scheuer	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	GER	Markus Babbel	44	2	27	1	12	1	5	0
10	DF	GER	Lothar Matthäus	42	2	25	1	12	1	5	0
25	DF	GER	Thomas Linke	41	2	27	1	9	0	5	1
3	DF	FRA	Bixente Lizarazu	33	3	19	2	9	0	5	1
18	DF	GER	Michael Tarnat	32	2	20	1	9	1	3	0
5	DF	GER	Thomas Helmer (captain)	26	3	21	2	2	0	3	1
4	DF	GHA	Samuel Kuffour	26	0	15	0	8	0	3	0
30	DF	SWE	Nils-Eric Johansson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Stefan Effenberg	49	16	31	8	12	5	6	3
20	MF	BIH	Hasan Salihamidžić	47	5	30	3	13	2	4	0
13	MF	GER	Jens Jeremies	47	2	30	1	11	0	6	1
17	MF	GER	Thorsten Fink	42	2	28	0	10	1	4	1
8	MF	GER	Thomas Strunz	37	4	24	4	9	0	4	0
7	MF	GER	Mehmet Scholl	18	4	13	4	3	0	2	0
31	MF	CZE	David Jarolím	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	GER	Carsten Jancker	44	20	26	13	12	3	6	4
21	FW	GER	Alexander Zickler	42	10	26	7	12	2	4	1
14	FW	GER	Mario Basler	41	10	27	5	10	4	4	1
9	FW	BRA	Giovane Élber	35	18	21	13	9	3	5	2
24	FW	IRN	Ali Daei	32	6	23	6	5	0	4	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
15	FW	GER	Alexander Bugera	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	TUR	Berkant Göktan	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Goals

Pos.	Player	BL	CL	Cup	Overall
1	Carsten Jancker	13	3	4	20
2	Giovane Élber	13	3	2	18
3	Stefan Effenberg	8	5	3	16
4	Alexander Zickler	7	2	1	10
4	Mario Basler	5	4	1	10

Bookings

N	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Oliver Kahn	3	1
2	DF	Markus Babbel	12
10	DF	Lothar Matthäus	10
3	DF	Bixente Lizarazu	7
18	DF	Michael Tarnat	6
4	DF	Samuel Kuffour	3		1
5	DF	Thomas Helmer	3
25	DF	Thomas Linke	3
11	MF	Stefan Effenberg	14
8	MF	Thomas Strunz	10
13	MF	Jens Jeremies	8
17	MF	Thorsten Fink	5
20	MF	Hasan Salihamidžić	4
7	MF	Mehmet Scholl	1
14	FW	Mario Basler	8	1
9	FW	Giovane Élber	9
19	FW	Carsten Jancker	5	1
21	FW	Alexander Zickler	2
24	FW	Ali Daei	1

Source: Kicker
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
20	MF	Hasan Salihamidžić	21	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	Free
25	DF	Thomas Linke	28	EU	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	Free
13	MF	Jens Jeremies	23	EU	1860 Munich	Transfer	Summer	€800,000
11	MF	Stefan Effenberg	29	EU	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	€4,250,000
24	FW	Ali Daei	29	Non-EU	Arminia Bielefeld	Transfer	Summer	€2,550,000

Total spending: €7,600,000

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
6	MF	Christian Nerlinger	25	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	Free
24	MF	Stefan Leitl	20	EU	SV Lohhof	Transfer	Summer	Free
20	FW	Ruggiero Rizzitelli	30	EU	Piacenza	Transfer	Summer	Free
3	DF	Markus Münch	25	EU	Genoa	Transfer	Summer	€870,000
23	MF	Frank Gerster	22	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	€80,000
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	24	EU	Newcastle United	Transfer	Summer	€7,500,000
28	FW	Berkant Göktan	18	EU	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Loan	Winter	Free
15	FW	Alexander Bugera	20	EU	MSV Duisburg	Loan	Winter	€125,000
29	DF	Christian Saba	20	Non-EU	MSV Duisburg	Loan	Winter	€100,000

Total income: €8,675,000

Team Kit

Home

Away

Away alt.

Third

References

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