1998–99 Tennis Borussia Berlin season

Tennis Borussia Berlin
1998–99 season
ManagerHermann Gerland
(until 18 November 1998)
Stanislav Levý
(19 November 1998 – 23 March 1999)
Winfried Schäfer
(from 24 March 1999)
StadiumMommsenstadion
2. Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ilija Aračić (8)

All:
Kreso Kovacec (12)
Highest home attendance10,800 (vs.
SSV Ulm 1846)
Lowest home attendance2,000 (vs.
KFC Uerdingen 05,
1. FSV Mainz 05)
Average home league attendance4,453

The 1998–99 season was the eighth time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, the second highest tier of the German football league system. After 34 league games, Tennis Borussia finished 6th. The club had a long run in the DFB-Pokal; making it to the quarter-finals where they lost 2–1 after extra time away to SV Werder Bremen. Ilija Aračić 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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  YUG Goran Ćurko
16 GK  GER Roman Görtz
DF  TUR Müslüm Can
4 DF  TUN Fahed Dermech
6 DF  GER Olaf Kapagiannidis
5 DF  GER Jens Melzig
13 DF  YUG Dejan Raičković
2 DF  GER Marko Tredup
3 DF  SUI Marco Walker
MF  YUG Duško Adamović
8 MF  BIH Bruno Akrapović
22 MF  GER Matthias Hamann
11 MF  TUR Celaleddin Koçak
33 MF  SVK Ivan Kozák (from 1 March 1999)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  MKD Toni Mičevski
21 MF  GER Dirk Rehbein
30 MF  MKD Goran Stankovski
20 MF  POL Zbigniew Szewczyk
18 MF  GER Niclas Weiland
FW  CRO Ilija Aračić (until 31 December 1998)
10 FW  ESP Francisco Copado
32 FW  NOR Geir Frigård
7 FW  ALB Harun Isa
28 FW  GER Enrico Kern
9 FW  GER Kreso Kovacec
23 FW  GER Mike Lünsmann
12 FW  TUR Faruk Namdar

1998–99 fixtures

31 July 1998 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 1–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg
19:00 Mason 68'
Chmielewski Drobné
Report Dermech Hamann Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
18 September 1998 2. Bundesliga Stuttgarter Kickers 1–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Waldau-Stadion, Stuttgart
19:00 Sebescen 70'
Kevric Malchow Sailer
Report Akrapović Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
25 September 1998 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–0 FC Gütersloh Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Kovacec 75'
Isa 83'
Namdar
Report Bozinov Canale Choroba
Landgraf Schürmann
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
28 October 1998 DFB-Pokal – R3 Tennis Borussia Berlin 4–2 Hertha BSC Olympiastadion, Berlin
19:30 Aračić 32', 59'
Copado 41'
Kovacec 57'
Melzig
Report Thom 12'
Tchami 68'
Tretschok Wosz Rekdal
Attendance: 40,100
Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
14 March 1999 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Lünsmann 25' Report Cartus 57'
Addo Jurić Pirvu
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)
18 April 1999 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Ronhof-Stadion, Fürth
15:00 Škarabela 52'
Felgenhauer
Škarabela  72'
Report Can 64'
Radoki 89' (o.g.)
Hamann Kern  45' 
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Christian Wack (Gersheim)

Player statistics

Pos Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
MF Duško Adamović 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Bruno Akrapović 32 0 4 0 36 0
FW Ilija Aračić 17 8 4 3 21 11
DF Müslüm Can 26 1 4 0 30 1
FW Francisco Copado 31 4 3 2 34 6
GK Goran Ćurko 33 0 4 0 37 0
DF Fahed Dermech 23 3 4 0 27 3
FW Geir Frigård 14 5 0 0 14 5
GK Roman Görtz 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Matthias Hamann 32 1 3 0 35 0
FW Harun Isa 14 1 2 0 16 1
DF Olaf Kapagiannidis 13 0 2 0 15 0
FW Enrico Kern 4 0 1 0 5 0
MF Celaleddin Koçak 15 1 1 0 16 1
FW Kreso Kovacec 19 7 4 5 23 12
MF Ivan Kozák 11 0 0 0 11 0
FW Mike Lünsmann 17 3 0 0 17 3
DF Jens Melzig 27 2 3 0 30 2
MF Toni Mičevski 19 4 1 0 20 4
FW Faruk Namdar 12 1 2 0 14 0
DF Dejan Raičković 24 0 4 0 28 0
MF Dirk Rehbein 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Goran Stankovski 3 0 1 0 4 0
MF Zbigniew Szewczyk 26 1 4 0 30 1
DF Marko Tredup 18 1 1 0 19 1
DF Marco Walker 23 2 3 0 26 2
MF Niclas Weiland 13 0 1 0 14 0

Final league position – 6th

1998–99 2. Fußball-Bundesliga: extract from the final league table[1]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Points
1 Arminia Bielefeld (C) 34 20 7 7 62 32 +30 67
5 Karlsruher SC 34 17 5 12 54 43 +11 56
6 Tennis Borussia Berlin 34 15 9 10 47 39 +8 54
7 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 48 44 +4 50
18 Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) 34 5 13 16 35 59 −24 28

References

  1. ^ "Abschlusstabelle der 2. Bundesliga 1998/1999". fussballdaten.de (in German). 17 June 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2011.