The 1998–99 season was the eighth time Tennis Borussia Berlin

Tennis Borussia Berlin

Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...

played in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

, the second highest tier of the German football league system

German football league system

The German football league system, or league pyramid, refers to a series of hierarchically interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Germany that consists of over 2,300 men's divisions, in which all leagues are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation...

. After 34 league games, Tennis Borussia finished 6th. The club had a long run in the DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal

The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...

; making it to the quarter-finals where they lost 2–1 after extra time away to SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

. Ilija Aračić

Ilija Aračić

Ilija Aračić is a retired Croatian footballer.Coming from a sporting family, Aračić started his footballing career as a 9-year-old at Croatian team NK Ukrina Novo Selo, before moving aged 14 to the team his father Anto played for professionally at the time, NK Polet Bosanksi Brod...

 scored eight of the club's 47 league goals before his mid-season move to local rivals Hertha BSC.

1998–99 Tennis Borussia Berlin squad

1998–99 fixtures

Player statistics

Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Total
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Duško Adamović Duško Adamović Duško Adamović is a retired Serbian footballer.Adamović made his debut in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for Tennis Borussia Berlin against FC St. Pauli on 4 March 1999.- External links :...		0	0	0	1	0
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Bruno Akrapović Bruno Akrapovic Bruno Akrapović is a Bosnian football player who played in Germany for most of his career. He played for Energie Cottbus from 2000 until 2002...	32	0	4	0	36	0
FW	Ilija Aračić Ilija Aračić Ilija Aračić is a retired Croatian footballer.Coming from a sporting family, Aračić started his footballing career as a 9-year-old at Croatian team NK Ukrina Novo Selo, before moving aged 14 to the team his father Anto played for professionally at the time, NK Polet Bosanksi Brod...	17	8	4	3	21	11
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Müslüm Can Müslüm Can Müslüm Can is a retired Turkish footballer.Can made a total of 29 2. Fußball-Bundesliga appearances for Tennis Borussia Berlin before moving to Turkey where he played 139 games for various clubs in the Süper Lig.- External links :...	26	1	4	0	30	1
FW	Francisco Copado Francisco Copado Francisco Copado Álvarez is a retired Spanish-German footballer who played mainly as a forward.-Football career:...	31	4	3	2	34	6
GK	Goran Ćurko Goran Curko Goran Ćurko is a Serbian football goalkeeper currently playing in Serbian First League club FK Proleter Novi Sad.After starting to play with FK Novi Sad and FK Vojvodina he continued with FK Mogren and FK Bečej before moving to Germany where he played 10 years in several clubs, namely VfL...	33	0	4	0	37	0
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Fahed Dermech Fahed Dermech Fahed Dermech is a retired Tunisian footballer.Having spent nearly 10 years playing in Germany, Dermech made a total of 72 appearances in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga and has 18 caps for the Tunisia national football team....	23	3	4	0	27	3
FW	Geir Frigård Geir Frigård Geir Frigård is a former Norwegian football striker who retired in 2007. He played five times for the national team, scoring one goal. In 1997-98, he was top scorer in the Austrian Bundesliga.-National team:...	14	5	0	0	14	5
GK	Roman Görtz Roman Görtz Roman Görtz is a retired German footballer.Görtz made a total of 3 appearances in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for Tennis Borussia Berlin.- References :...		0	0	0	1	0
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Matthias Hamann Matthias Hamann Matthias Hamann is a German former footballer, now a coach. He is the brother of Dietmar Hamann.-External links:...	32	1	3	0	35	0
FW	Harun Isa Harun Isa Harun Isa is a former Albanian football player.- Club career :...	14	1	2	0	16	1
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Olaf Kapagiannidis Olaf Kapagiannidis Olaf Kapagiannidis is a former professional German footballer.Kapagiannidis made 50 appearances in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for Tennis Borussia Berlin during his playing career.- External links :...	13	0	2	0	15	0
FW	Enrico Kern Enrico Kern Enrico Kern is a German Football player currently playing for Erzgebirge Aue.-Career:Kern began his football career as a youth player with FC Erzgebirge Aue before moving to Tennis Borussia Berlin for 1000000 DM in the summer of 1998...		0	1	0	5	0
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Celaleddin Koçak Celaleddin Koçak Celaleddin Koçak is a Turkish footballer who plays for Diyarbakırspor in the Turkish Süper Lig....	15	1	1	0	16	1
FW	Kreso Kovacec Kreso Kovacec Kreso Kovacec is a retired German football player. He also holds Croatian citizenship. He spent 3 seasons in the Bundesliga with F.C. Hansa Rostock.-External links:...	19	7	4	5	23	12
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Ivan Kozák Ivan Kozák Ivan Kozák is a former Slovak footballer who played for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica, 1. FC Košice, MFK Ružomberok and German teams Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1. FC Union Berlin. He played for Slovakia 38 matches....	11	0	0	0	11	0
FW	Mike Lünsmann Mike Lünsmann Mike Lünsmann is a retired German footballer who last played for SCC Berlin.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de...	17	3	0	0	17	3
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Jens Melzig Jens Melzig Jens Melzig is a German football coach and a former player.- External links :*...	27	2	3	0	30	2
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Toni Mičevski Toni Micevski Toni Mičevski is a retired football midfielder from the Republic of Macedonia.Mičevski made his debut for the Macedonia national football team in 1993, and got 43 caps and 4 goals. He scored his first goal against Armenia in Skopje on 6 June 1995...	19	4	1	0	20	4
FW	Faruk Namdar Faruk Namdar Faruk Namdar is a former professional Turkish footballer.Namdar made 104 appearances in the Süper Lig and 12 appearances in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga during his playing career.- References :...	12	1	2	0	14	0
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Dejan Raičković Dejan Raickovic Dejan Raičković is a Montenegrin football manager and former football player.Raičković in his playing career represented FK Sarajevo, Hannover 96, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Tennis Borussia Berlin and played 208 games in the 2...	24	0	4	0	28	0
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Marko Tredup Marko Tredup Marko Tredup is a former professional German footballer.Tredup made 142 appearances in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga during his playing career.- External links :...	18	1	1	0	19	1
DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Marco Walker Marco Walker Marco Walker is a Swiss former footballer who played as a defender during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He is currently a fitness coach at FC Basel....	23	2	3	0	26	2
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Goran Stankovski Goran Stankovski Goran Stankovski is a Macedonian football striker who plays for FC Dacia Chişinău in the Moldova Moldovan National Division.- External links :* * * at HKFA.com at Antwerpsupporter.be...		0	1	0	4	0
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Zbigniew Szewczyk Zbigniew Szewczyk Zbigniew Szewczyk is a former professional Polish footballer.Szewczyk made a total of 192 appearances in the Ekstraklasa for Zagłębie Lubin during his playing career.- External links :* at 90minut.pl...	26	1	4	0	30	1
MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Niclas Weiland Niclas Weiland Niclas Weiland is a retired German football player. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FSV Mainz 05. His brother Dennis Weiland is also a professional footballer.-External links:...	13	0	1	0	14	0

Final league position – 6th

1998–99 2. Fußball-Bundesliga: extract from the final league table

	width=185Team								width=56Points
1	Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...  (C)	34	20	7	7	62	32	+30	67
5	Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...	34	17	5	12	54	43	+11	56
6	Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...	34	15	9	10	47	39	+8	54
7	1. FSV Mainz 05 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, or simply Mainz, is a 1905 founded German association football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the football section the 1. FSV Mainz 05 has a handball and table tennis department...	34	14	8	12	48	44	+4	50
18	Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf ' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...  (R)	34	5	13	16	35	59	–24	28

External links

• 1998–99 Tennis Borussia Berlin season – squad and statistics at fussballdaten.de
  Fussballdaten.de
  fussballdaten.de is a German language website which predominantly collects comprehensive statistics on the top five tiers of German football.The website offers statistics on every Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga match and team squad since the leagues' foundation in 1963 and 1974, respectively....