1998–99 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
# 1998–99 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

Despite only gaining five less points than last season's title triumph, 1. FC Kaiserslautern were unable to defend their Bundesliga title and finished in fifth – still enough for a second successive season in European competition, in the UEFA Cup. Kaiserlautern also enjoyed a good run in their Champions League debut – topping a group also containing Benfica, PSV Eindhoven and HJK Helsinki and reaching the quarter-finals before being knocked out 6–0 on aggregate by fellow Germans Bayern Munich.

## 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 | Andreas Reinke |
| 2 | GK | GER | Uwe Gospodarek |
| 3 | MF | GER | Michael Ballack |
| 4 | DF | GER | Axel Roos |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Samir Kamouna |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Hany Ramzy |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Marian Hristov |
| 8 | MF | GER | Martin Wagner |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Ciriaco Sforza |
| 11 | FW | GER | Olaf Marschall |
| 12 | MF | GER | Marco Reich |
| 13 | MF | NGA | Pascal Ojigwe |
| 15 | DF | HUN | János Hrutka |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | DEN | Michael Schjønberg |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Ratinho |
| 18 | FW | GER | Jürgen Rische |
| 19 | DF | GER | Oliver Schäfer |
| 20 | FW | GER | Uwe Rösler |
| 22 | MF | GER | Andreas Buck |
| 23 | MF | GER | Thomas Riedl |
| 24 | DF | GER | Harry Koch |
| 25 | GK | HUN | Lajos Szűcs |
| 27 | FW | GER | Daniel Graf |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Júnior |
| 29 | DF | GER | Roger Lutz |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Pavel Kuka (to Nürnberg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | MF | GER | Thomas Franck (to Waldhof Mannheim) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Away | Away Alternate | Away Alt. 2 | Away Alt. 3 | Third |
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