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.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

1998–99 season
Chairman	Hubert Keßler Jürgen Friedrich
Manager	Otto Rehhagel
Bundesliga	5th
Champions League	Quarter-finals
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	Olaf Marschall (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

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 DF  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)

Bundesliga

Matches

1860 Munich v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

15 August 1998 1	1860 Munich	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Munich, Bavaria
15:30	Winkler  12' (pen.)		Marschall  42' Kamouna  62'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Kaiserslautern v Borussia Mönchengladbach

22 August 1998 2	Kaiserslautern	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
15:30	Wagner  42' Marschall  63'		Ašanin  83'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Bernhard Zurr (Ottersweier)

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

8 September 1998 3	VfB Stuttgart	4–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
20:00	Ristić  32', 79' Bobic  71' Balakov  85' (pen.)			Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

Kaiserslautern v Hertha Berlin

12 September 1998 4	Kaiserslautern	4–3	Hertha Berlin	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
15:30	Marschall  5', 68' Schjønberg  72' (pen.), 82'		Veit  1' Thom  45' Dárdai  53'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 39,800 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

1. FC Nürnberg v Kaiserslautern

19 September 1998 5	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Kaiserslautern	Nuremberg, Bavaria
15:30	Kuka  40'		Marschall  86'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)

Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

26 September 1998 6	Kaiserslautern	2–3	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
15:30	Sundermann  5' (o.g.) Marschall  58'		Reis  60' Buckley  67' Dzafič  74'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

Bayer Leverkusen v Kaiserslautern

3 October 1998 7	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Kaiserslautern	Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia
15:30	Zé Roberto  8' Paulo Rink  65'		Marschall  31' Hristov  41'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

Kaiserslautern v VfL Wolfsburg

16 October 1998 8	Kaiserslautern	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
20:00	Reich  50'		Dammeier  73'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,061 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

Bayern Munich v Kaiserslautern

24 October 1998 9	Bayern Munich	4–0	Kaiserslautern	Munich, Bavaria
15:30	Basler  10' Daei  45' Élber  52', 56'			Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

Kaiserslautern v Hansa Rostock

30 October 1998 10	Kaiserslautern	3–2	Hansa Rostock	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
20:00	Marschall  50' Ballack  67' Rösler  73'		Pamić  3' Neuville  23'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 39,910 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

Freiburg v Kaiserslautern

7 November 1998 11	Freiburg	0–1	Kaiserslautern	Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg
15:30			Hristov  37'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Kaiserslautern v Hamburg

10 November 1998 12	Kaiserslautern	1–0	Hamburg	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
20:00	Rösler  83'			Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,112 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

Werder Bremen v Kaiserslautern

13 November 1998 13	Werder Bremen	0–1	Kaiserslautern	Bremen, Bremen
20:00			Ramzy  75'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Kaiserslautern v Borussia Dortmund

21 November 1998 14	Kaiserslautern	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
15:30	Reich  78'			Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Kaiserslautern v Schalke 04

29 November 1998 15	Kaiserslautern	4–1	Schalke 04	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
18:00	Hristov  9' Rösler  67' Hrutka  71' Marschall  74' (pen.)		Max  34'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

Duisburg v Kaiserslautern

12 December 1998 16	Duisburg	3–1	Kaiserslautern	Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia
19:30	Beierle  50' Tøfting  64' Andersen  90'		Rösler  42'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 December 1998 17	Kaiserslautern	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
15:30	Ballack  4' Ramzy  90'		Stojak  73'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

Kaiserslautern v 1860 Munich

19 December 1998 18	Kaiserslautern	1–1	1860 Munich	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
15:30	Reich  62'		Winkler  51'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Kaiserslautern

21 February 1999 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	Kaiserslautern	Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia
15:30			Marschall  27' Ašanin  54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

Kaiserslautern v Stuttgart

26 February 1999 20	Kaiserslautern	1–1	Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
20:00	Ramzy  65'		Bobic  60'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

Hertha Berlin v Kaiserslautern

6 March 1999 21	Hertha Berlin	1–1	Kaiserslautern	Berlin
15:30	Preetz  79'		Ballack  3'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 54,433 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

Kaiserslautern v Nürnberg

13 March 1999 22	Kaiserslautern	2–0	Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
15:30	Rösler  39' Ratinho  61'			Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

Bochum v Kaiserslautern

20 March 1999 23	Bochum	1–2	Kaiserslautern	Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
15:30	Zeyer  42'		Ratinho  59' Rösler  86'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 23,670 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Kaiserslautern v Leverkusen

3 April 1999 24	Kaiserslautern	0–1	Leverkusen	Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia
20:15			Kirsten  42'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

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