1998–99 DFB-Pokal
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany | 
| Teams | 64 | 
| Defending champions | Bayern Munich | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Werder Bremen | 
| Runners-up | Bayern Munich | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 | 
| Top goal scorer(s) | Achim Weber (6) | 
The 1998–99 DFB-Pokal was the 56th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 1998 and ended on 6 June 1999. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Bayern Munich 5–4 on penalties, thereby claiming their fourth title.[1]
Matches
Times up to 24 October 1998 and from 28 March 1999 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 25 October 1998 to 27 March 1999 are CET (UTC+1).
First round
| 28 August 1998 | SV Schalding-Heining | 0 – 1 | SpVgg Unterhaching | Schalding-Heining | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Rraklli  | 
Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)  | 
| 28 August 1998 | Sportfreunde Eisbachtal | 1 – 0 (aet) | FC Gütersloh | Nentershausen | 
| Bigvava  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Stefan Weber (Eisenach)  | 
| 28 August 1998 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1 – 1 (aet) (1–3 p)  | Borussia Dortmund | Saarbrücken | 
| Choji  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Nerlinger  | 
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)  | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Da Palma  Weber Gerlach Caillas  | 
Nerlinger  Möller Barbarez Chapuisat  | 
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| 28 August 1998 | Karlsruher SC | 3 – 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Karlsruhe | 
| Krieg  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Baumgart  Juskowiak Kleeschätzky Akonnor  | 
Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hemann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)  | 
| 28 August 1998 | FC St. Pauli (A) | 0 – 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Hamburg | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Kirsten  Beinlich Lehnhoff Meijer  | 
Stadium: Stadion am Hoheluft Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)  | 
| 28 August 1998 | Hansa Rostock (A) | 0 – 3 | MSV Duisburg | Rostock | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Vana  Beierle Wedau  | 
Attendance: 500 Referee: Ralf Hilmes (Nordhorn)  | 
| 28 August 1998 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1 – 0 | Hannover 96 | Berlin | 
| Kovacec  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Landshut)  | 
| 28 August 1998 | Kickers Offenbach | 0 – 1 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Offenbach | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Allievi  | 
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Schütz (Düsseldorf)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Werder Bremen (A) | 0 – 1 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | Bremen | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Weber  | 
Stadium: Weserstadion, Platz 11 Attendance: 800 Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen | 0 – 3 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Dorfmerkingen | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Sebescen  Raspe Carnevale  | 
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Knopp (Wiesbaden)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Chemnitzer FC | 1 – 2 | SC Freiburg | Chemnitz | 
| Mehlhorn  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Weißhaupt  | 
Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Bayer Leverkusen (A) | 1 – 2 (aet) | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen | 
| Demir  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Frings  Maximov  | 
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Frank Gettke (Haltern)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | SG Hoechst | 1 – 2 | Energie Cottbus | Frankfurt | 
| Zürlein  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Vata  Irrgang  | 
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Schmitt (Sillenbach)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | SV Straelen | 4 – 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Straelen | 
| Gottwald  Kersten Kosztowniak Schröers  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Lesniak  Tare  | 
Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Detlef Scheppe (Wenden)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 3 – 1 (aet) | Mainz 05 | Siegen | 
| Jonjić  Cirba Sarić  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Grevelhörster  | 
Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | VfB Lübeck | 1 – 2 | VfB Stuttgart | Lübeck | 
| Kullig  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Ristić  Lisztes  | 
Stadium: Lohmühle Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 1 – 0 | SSV Ulm 1846 | Jena | 
| Hauser  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | VfB Leipzig | 2 – 4 (aet) | 1860 Munich | Leipzig | 
| Dittgen  Bančić  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Schroth  Küttner Winkler  | 
Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | SC Idar-Oberstein | 0 – 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | Idar-Oberstein | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Stratos  | 
Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Kammerer (Karlsruhe)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | FC Denzlingen | 0 – 3 | Hamburger SV | Denzlingen | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Yeboah  Groth Spörl  | 
Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1 – 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mannheim | 
| Mallam  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Polster  Pettersson Ketelaer Mallam  | 
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sippel (Würzburg)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | 1. FC Köln | 0 – 1 | Hansa Rostock | Cologne | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Majak  | 
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Wagner (Hofheim)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Energie Cottbus (A) | 0 – 1 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Cottbus | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Schmidt  | 
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz in der Nordheide)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1 – 2 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | Magdeburg | 
| Hannemann  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Spizak  Scherbe  | 
Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Olaf Blumenstein (Berlin)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | Lichterfelder SU | 0 – 6 | Schalke 04 | Berlin | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Eigenrauch  Max Kmetsch Hami Anderbrügge  | 
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Berlin)  | 
| 29 August 1998 | VfL Osnabrück | 0 – 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Osnabrück | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Ćirić  Bürger  | 
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Wolfgang Friedrichs (Lennestadt)  | 
| 30 August 1998 | Post/Süd Regensburg | 0 – 2 | Hertha BSC | Regensburg | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Sverrisson  Tretschok  | 
Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lange (Herrenburg)  | 
| 30 August 1998 | SV Meppen | 0 – 1 | FC St. Pauli | Meppen | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Maxhuni  | 
Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)  | 
| 30 August 1998 | FSV Zwickau | 2 – 5 | VfL Bochum | Zwickau | 
| Milde  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Peschel  Fahrenhorst Michalke Reis  | 
Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Michael Wendorf (Glienicke)  | 
| 30 August 1998 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1 – 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Erfurt | 
| Scheller  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Sobotzik  Pisont Yang Gebhardt Westerthaler  | 
Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)  | 
| 30 August 1998 | LR Ahlen | 0 – 5 | Bayern Munich | Ahlen | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Effenberg  Jancker Helmer Fink  | 
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)  | 
| 30 August 1998 | Fortuna Köln | 1 – 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Cologne | 
| Younga-Mouhani  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Rösler  Marschall  | 
Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)  | 
Second round
| 17 September 1998 | Energie Cottbus | 2 – 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Cottbus | 
| Heidrich  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Polster  Pflipsen Ketelaer  | 
Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kniftel)  | 
| 17 September 1998 | Hamburger SV | 4 – 0 | SpVgg Unterhaching | Hamburg | 
| Kiriakov  Yeboah Hollerbach Strehmel  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)  | 
| 22 September 1998 | Sportfreunde Eisbachtal | 1 – 4 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | Nentershausen | 
| Wagner  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Weber  Bieber Adriano  | 
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)  | 
| 22 September 1998 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 4 – 2 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Berlin | 
| Kovacec  Copado Aračić  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Carl  Winkler  | 
Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)  | 
| 22 September 1998 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 – 1 (aet) (3–4 p)  | Hertha BSC | Leverkusen | 
| Rink  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Preetz  | 
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)  | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Kirsten  Heintze Mamić Rink Beinlich  | 
Rekdal  Thom Veit Tretschok Preetz  | 
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| 22 September 1998 | VfB Stuttgart | 3 – 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Stuttgart | 
| Đorđević  Lisztes Spanring  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Schneider  | 
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)  | 
| 22 September 1998 | Werder Bremen | 3 – 2 | Hansa Rostock | Bremen | 
| Trares  Maximov Frey  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Bičanić  Majak  | 
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)  | 
| 22 September 1998 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 – 1 (aet) (4–5 p)  | VfL Bochum | Kaiserslautern | 
| Rösler  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Petrović  | 
Stadium: Betzenberg Attendance: 23,200 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)  | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Schjønberg  Rische Marschall Ballack Ibrahim Riedl  | 
Sundermann  Baştürk Petrović Dzafič Hofmann Schindzielorz  | 
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| 22 September 1998 | Arminia Bielefeld | 2 – 1 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Bielefeld | 
| Labbadia  Bagheri  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Feinbier  | 
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Bielefeld)  | 
| 22 September 1998 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 – 1 | 1860 Munich | Düsseldorf | 
| Pizarro  Tare  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Ouakili  | 
Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)  | 
| 23 September 1998 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 1 – 0 | SC Freiburg | Siegen | 
| Kuci  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)  | 
| 23 September 1998 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 1 – 2 | MSV Duisburg | Jena | 
| Noll  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Neun  Beierle  | 
Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)  | 
| 23 September 1998 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3 – 0 (aet) | 1. FC Nürnberg | Wolfsburg | 
| Juskowiak  Präger  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)  | 
| 23 September 1998 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 0 – 0 (aet) (3–4 p)  | Bayern Munich | Fürth | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)  | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| Van Lent  Probst Felgenhauer Eberl Skarabela  | 
Strunz  Salihamidžić Tarnat Fink Effenberg  | 
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| 23 September 1998 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 1 – 1 (aet) (5–4 p)  | FC St. Pauli | Krefeld | 
| Smejkal  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Marin  | 
Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)  | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Smejkal  Nacev Spizak Grauer Scherbe Von Ahlen  | 
Trulsen  Stanislawski Seeliger Savichev Marin Hanke  | 
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| 23 September 1998 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 – 0 (aet) | Schalke 04 | Dortmund | 
| Salou  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)  | 
Round of 16
| 27 October 1998 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3 – 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | Wolfsburg | 
| Präger  Boy Akonnor  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Reina  | 
Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)  | 
| 27 October 1998 | VfB Stuttgart | 3 – 1 | Borussia Dortmund | Stuttgart | 
| Akpoborie  Rost  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Häßler  | 
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)  | 
| 27 October 1998 | VfL Bochum | 0 – 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bochum | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Polster  | 
Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)  | 
| 27 October 1998 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 3 – 3 (aet) (4–3 p)  | Hamburger SV | Oberhausen | 
| Weber  Pröpper  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Dembinski  Groth  | 
Stadium: Niederrheinsstadion Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Frank Gettke (Haltern)  | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Konjević  Judt Toborg Quallo Luginger Ciuca  | 
Groth  Grubač Yeboah Dembiński Butt Ernst  | 
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| 28 October 1998 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 4 – 2 | Hertha BSC | Berlin | 
| Aračić  Copado Kovacec  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Thom  Tchami  | 
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 40,100 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)  | 
| 28 October 1998 | Werder Bremen | 3 – 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Bremen | 
| Frings  Maximov  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Dobrovolski  Pizarro  | 
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Sippel (Würzburg)  | 
| 28 October 1998 | MSV Duisburg | 2 – 4 | Bayern Munich | Duisburg | 
| Beierle  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Giovane Élber  Jeremies Lizarazu  | 
Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)  | 
| 3 November 1998 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 1 – 0 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | Siegen | 
| Cirba  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)  | 
Quarter-finals
| 1 December 1998 | Bayern Munich | 3 – 0 | VfB Stuttgart | Munich | 
| Jancker  Basler Zickler  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)  | 
| 2 December 1998 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 1 – 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Siegen | 
| Cirba  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Juskowiak  Reyna  | 
Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Stefan Weber (Eisenach)  | 
| 2 December 1998 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 2 – 0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Oberhausen | 
| Toborg  Weber  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)  | 
| 2 December 1998 | Werder Bremen | 2 – 1 (aet) | Tennis Borussia Berlin | Bremen | 
| Flo  Wojtala  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Kovacec  | 
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 9,900 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)  | 
Semi-finals
| 10 March 1999 | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 1 – 3 | Bayern Munich | Gelsenkirchen | 
| Scheinhardt  | 
Report (in German)  | 
Jancker  Effenberg Linke  | 
Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 47,300 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)  | 
| 10 March 1999 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0 – 1 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg | 
| Report (in German)  | 
Bode  | 
Stadium: VfL-Stadion Attendance: 19,900 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)  | 
Final
| Bayern Munich | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Werder Bremen | 
|---|---|---|
| Jancker  | 
Report | Maksymov  | 
| Penalties | ||
| 4–5 | ||
References
- ^ "DFB-Pokal 1998-99" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
 
External links
- Official site of the DFB (in German)
 - Kicker.de (in German)