# 1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season

The 1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season was the 99th season in the club's history.

## Review and events

Bayern Munich played in the dramatic 1999 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United. Bayern Munich dominated the match, taking the lead through a Mario Basler free-kick and hitting the woodwork twice, before United substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored in injury time to win the treble for the English side.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Knockout rounds
##### Quarter-finals
##### Final
## Squad
### Squad, appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Champions League | Champions League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Oliver Kahn | 49 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Bernd Dreher | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Sven Scheuer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Markus Babbel | 44 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | GER | Lothar Matthäus | 42 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Thomas Linke | 41 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Bixente Lizarazu | 33 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Michael Tarnat | 32 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Thomas Helmer (captain) | 26 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Samuel Kuffour | 26 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SWE | Nils-Eric Johansson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Stefan Effenberg | 49 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Hasan Salihamidžić | 47 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Jens Jeremies | 47 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Thorsten Fink | 42 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Thomas Strunz | 37 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Mehmet Scholl | 18 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Carsten Jancker | 44 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Alexander Zickler | 42 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Mario Basler | 41 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Giovane Élber | 35 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Ali Daei | 32 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | GER | Alexander Bugera | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Berkant Göktan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers and loans
#### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 20 | MF | Hasan Salihamidžić | 21 | EU | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 25 | DF | Thomas Linke | 28 | EU | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 13 | MF | Jens Jeremies | 23 | EU | 1860 Munich | Transfer | Summer | €800,000 |
| 11 | MF | Stefan Effenberg | 29 | EU | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | €4,250,000 |
| 24 | FW | Ali Daei | 29 | Non-EU | Arminia Bielefeld | Transfer | Summer | €2,550,000 |
Total spending: €7,600,000

#### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 6 | MF | Christian Nerlinger | 25 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 24 | MF | Stefan Leitl | 20 | EU | SV Lohhof | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 20 | FW | Ruggiero Rizzitelli | 30 | EU | Piacenza | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 3 | DF | Markus Münch | 25 | EU | Genoa | Transfer | Summer | €870,000 |
| 23 | MF | Frank Gerster | 22 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | €80,000 |
| 16 | MF | Dietmar Hamann | 24 | EU | Newcastle United | Transfer | Summer | €7,500,000 |
| 28 | FW | Berkant Göktan | 18 | EU | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 15 | FW | Alexander Bugera | 20 | EU | MSV Duisburg | Loan | Winter | €125,000 |
| 29 | DF | Christian Saba | 20 | Non-EU | MSV Duisburg | Loan | Winter | €100,000 |
Total income: €8,675,000

## Team Kit

| Home | Away | Away alt. | Third |