# 1998–99 Hertha BSC season

The 1998–99 Hertha BSC season started on 16 August 1998 against Werder Bremen and ended on 29 May 1999.

## Results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga

| Match | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Hertha BSC goalscorers |
| 1 | 16 August 1998 (1998-08-16) | 18:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Werder Bremen | 1–0 | 62,982 | Preetz 54' |
| 2 | 22 August 1998 (1998-08-22) | 15:30 | Westfalenstadion | Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | 0–3 | 65,000 | — |
| 3 | 9 September 1998 (1998-09-09) | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 47,887 | Rekdal 65' pen., Tretschok 75' |
| 4 | 12 September 1998 (1998-09-12) | 15:30 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | Kaiserslautern | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–4 | 39,800 | Veit 1', Thom 45', Dárdai 54' |
| 5 | 18 September 1998 (1998-09-18) | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 | 44,901 | Preetz 27', 55', Tchami 81' |
| 6 | 25 September 1998 (1998-09-25) | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Munich | TSV 1860 München | 0–2 | 32,000 | — |
| 7 | 2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–1 | 40,493 | Veit 12', Preetz 58', 81', 88' |
| 8 | 17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) | 15:30 | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | 31,000 | — |
| 9 | 25 October 1998 (1998-10-25) | 18:00 | Wedaustadion | Duisburg | MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | 13,430 | — |
| 10 | 1 November 1998 (1998-11-01) | 18:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–0 | 31,493 | Mandreko 9', Veit 17', Tchami 44' |
| 11 | 7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) | 15:30 | Ruhrstadion | Bochum | VfL Bochum | 0–2 | 21,016 | — |
| 12 | 11 November 1998 | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 32,655 | — |
| 13 | 14 November 1998 | 15:30 | VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg | Wolfsburg | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | 17,469 | Tretschok 5' |
| 14 | 21 November 1998 | 15:30 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 76,000 | Preetz 68' |
| 15 | 27 November 1998 | 20:00 | Ostseestadion | Rostock | Hansa Rostock | 2–1 | 14,000 | Veit 51', Preetz 55' |
| 17 | 11 December 1998 | 20:00 | Volksparkstadion | Hamburg | Hamburger SV | 4–0 | 20,118 | Reiss 22', Wosz 50', Tretschok 79', Preetz 84' |
| 16 | 15 December 1998 | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | SC Freiburg | 1–0 | 34,037 | Preetz 27' |
| 18 | 20 December 1998 | 18:00 | Weserstadion | Bremen | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | 28,400 | Preetz 46' |
| 19 | 20 February 1999 | 15:30 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Borussia Dortmund | 3–0 | 68,419 | Aračić 70', 82', Preetz 83' |
| 20 | 28 February 1999 | 18:00 | Parkstadion | Gelsenkirchen | Schalke 04 | 0–0 | 41,100 | — |
| 21 | 6 March 1999 | 15:30 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | 54,433 | Preetz 79' |
| 22 | 14 March 1999 | 18:00 | Waldstadion | Frankfurt am Main | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 26,000 | Sverrisson 59' |
| 23 | 20 March 1999 | 15:30 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | TSV 1860 München | 2–1 | 48,364 | Preetz 10' pen.,Tretschok 79' |
| 24 | 4 April 1999 | 18:00 | Bökelbergstadion | Mönchengladbach | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–2 | 31,000 | Preetz 34', 71' pen., Thom 66', Sverrisson 77' |
| 25 | 10 April 1999 | 15:30 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | 57,849 | Aračić 57', Neuendorf 73' |
| 26 | 14 April 1999 | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | MSV Duisburg | 1–3 | 40,242 | Preetz 70' |
| 27 | 17 April 1999 | 15:30 | Frankenstadion | Nuremberg | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–0 | 33,000 | — |
| 28 | 24 April 1999 | 15:30 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | VfL Bochum | 4–1 | 45,646 | Wosz 14', 80', Herzog 18', Hartmann 37' |
| 29 | 1 May 1999 | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–2 | 22,500 | Nowotny 25' o.g., Herzog 52' |
| 30 | 5 May 1999 | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 54,444 | Preetz 32', 74' |
| 31 | 9 May 1999 | 18:00 | Olympiastadion | Munich | Bayern Munich | 1–1 | 63,000 | Schmidt 72' |
| 32 | 14 May 1999 | 20:00 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Hansa Rostock | 2–0 | 76,000 | Neuendorf 75', Hartmann 83' |
| 33 | 22 May 1999 | 15:30 | Dreisamstadion | Freiburg | SC Freiburg | 2–0 | 22,500 | Preetz 27', Aračić 70' |
| 34 | 29 May 1999 | 15:30 | Olympiastadion | Berlin | Hamburger SV | 6–1 | 76,000 | Preetz 6', 51' pen., 86', Aračić 55', Neuendorf 69', Thom 75' |

### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Hertha BSC goalscorers |
| 1 | 30 August 1998 (1998-08-30) | 14:30 | Sportpark am Kaulbachweg | Regensburg | Post/Süd Regensburg | 2–0 | 4,500 | Sverrisson 36', Tretschok 56' |
| 2 | 22 September 1998 (1998-09-22) | 19:30 | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | Leverkusen | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | 16,000 | Preetz 24' |
| Round of 16 | 28 October 1998 (1998-10-28) | 19:30 | Olympic Stadium | Berlin | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2–4 | 40,122 | Thom 12', Tchami 68' |

## Roster and statistics

Sources:
As of 26 August 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | HUN | Gabor Király | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Michael Hartmann | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Hendrik Herzog | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NOR | Kjetil-André Rekdal | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | GHA | Christian Saba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | USA | Tony Sanneh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Dick van Burik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |