1998–99 Tennis Borussia Berlin season

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.

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
← 1997–98

1993–94

1998–99 Tennis Borussia Berlin squad edit

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SCG 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   SCG Dejan Raičković
2 DF   GER Marko Tredup
3 DF   SUI Marco Walker
MF   SCG 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 edit

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)
15 August 1998 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3–2 SC Fortuna Köln Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Aračić   17', 57', 79'
Can   Dermech   Walker  
Report Brdarić   2'
Konetzke   55'
Dragóner   Kranz   Scholz   Zernicke  
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Stephan Kammerer (Karlsruhe)
28 August 1998 DFB-Pokal – R1 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–0 Hannover 96 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:00 Kovacec   40'
Aračić   Akrapović   Walker   Namdar  
Report Kehl   Kreuz  
Addo   66'  
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Landshut)
9 September 1998 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
19:00 Tare   1', 69' (pen.)
Addo   Leśniak  
Report Kovacec   53'
Namdar   87'
Akrapović   Kovacec  
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)
22 September 1998 DFB-Pokal – R2 Tennis Borussia Berlin 4–2 Stuttgarter Kickers Mommsenstadion, Berlin
18:00 Kovacec   23', 26'
Copado   60'
Aračić   77'
Ćurko   Raičković  
Report Carl   7'
Winkler   63'
Sebescen   Ramovš   Minkwitz   Santl  
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
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)
25 October 1998 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3–2 Karlsruher SC Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Aračić   9'
Kovacec   27'
Hamann   43'
Hamann  
Report Krieg   30'
Guié-Mien   53'
Zeyer   Meißner   Schwarz  
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Detlef Scheppe (Wenden)
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)
2 November 1998 2. Bundesliga Arminia Bielefeld 3–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion Alm, Bielefeld
19:30 Rydlewicz   30'
Labbadia   43', 48'
Meißner   Peeters  
Report Dermech   2'
Namdar   Szewczyk  
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Detlef Schütz (Norken)
9 November 1998 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–1 1. FC Köln Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:30 Dermech   20'
Dermech   Melzig   Walker  
Report Bulajič   45'
Cichon   Munteanu  
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Burkhard Hufgard (Mömbris)
13 November 1998 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Unterhaching 3–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Sportpark Unterhaching, Unterhaching
19:00 Lust   6'
Rraklli   45'
Ahanfouf   90'
Ahanfouf   Lust   Oberleitner   Rraklli  
Report Copado   33'
Raičković  
Copado   75'  
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Manfred Haupt (Mainz)
22 November 1998 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3–1 Hannover 96 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Mičevski   7'
Walker   37'
Kovacec   45'
Akrapović   Aračić   Dermech  
Kovacec   Raičković   Tredup  
Report Hecking   63'
Linke   Lala   Addo  
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Frank Gettke (Haltern)
18 December 1998 2. Bundesliga FC Energie Cottbus 2–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
19:00 Helbig   87', 89'
Helbig   Zöphel  
Rath   68'
Report Kovacec   33'
Mičevski   57'
Can   Dermech   Kovacec   Walker  
Raičković   68' Tredup   89'  
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)
4 March 1999 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–2 FC St. Pauli Mommsenstadion, Berlin
18:45 Can   Copado   Ćurko   Melzig  
Dermech   78'
Report Trulsen   45' (pen.)
Marin   83'
Hanke   Marin   Scherz   Seeliger   Trulsen  
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Lange (Herrenberg)
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)
30 May 1999 2. Bundesliga Hannover 96 0–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Eilenriedestadion, Hanover
15:00 Blank   Lala   Report Copado   Ćurko   Melzig   Weiland   Tredup  
Dermech   45'   Hamann   55'  
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)

Player statistics edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

External links edit