1998–99 Borussia Dortmund season
# 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.

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 | GER | Jens Lehmann |
| 3 | DF | GER | René Schneider |
| 4 | MF | YUG | Miroslav Stević |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jürgen Kohler |
| 7 | DF | GER | Stefan Reuter |
| 8 | MF | GER | Christian Nerlinger |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Stéphane Chapuisat |
| 10 | MF | GER | Andreas Möller |
| 11 | FW | GER | Heiko Herrlich |
| 12 | GK | GER | Wolfgang de Beer |
| 13 | FW | GHA | Bashiru Gambo |
| 14 | FW | BIH | Sergej Barbarez |
| 15 | DF | NED | Alfred Nijhuis |
| 16 | DF | GER | Martin Kree |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Dedé |
| 18 | MF | GER | Lars Ricken |
| 19 | DF | GER | Thomas Hengen |
| 20 | MF | GER | Thomas Häßler |
| 21 | FW | GER | Christian Timm |
| 22 | FW | GHA | Ibrahim Tanko |
| 24 | FW | NED | Harry Decheiver |
| 26 | MF | GER | Frank Riethmann |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Wolfgang Feiersinger |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Vladimir But |
| 30 | FW | TOG | Bachirou Salou |
| 32 | DF | GER | Manfred Binz |
| 33 | DF | 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 | GER | Stefan Klos (to Rangers) |
| 2 | MF | GER | Knut Reinhardt (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 4 | MF | GER | Steffen Freund (to Tottenham Hotspur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | GER | Matthias Sammer (retired) |
| 31 | DF | NOR | Steinar Pedersen (to Lillestrøm) |

## Competitions

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
