The 1999 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1998–99 DFB-Pokal, the 56th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 12 June 1999 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Werder Bremen won the match 5–4 on penalties against Bayern Munich, following a 1–1 draw after extra time, to claim their 4th cup title.
Route to the final The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Bayern Munich Round Werder Bremen Opponent Result 1998–99 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result LR Ahlen (A) 5–0 Round 1 Bayer Leverkusen Amateure (A) 2–1 Greuther Fürth (A) 0–0 Round 2 Hansa Rostock (H) 3–2 MSV Duisburg (A) 4–2 Round of 16 Fortuna Düsseldorf (H) 3–2 VfB Stuttgart (H) 3–0 Quarter-finals Tennis Borussia Berlin (H) 2–1 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 3–1 Semi-finals VfL Wolfsburg (A) 1–0
Match
Details
GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)SW 10 Lothar MatthäusCB 25 Thomas LinkeCB 4 Samuel Kuffour RWB2 Markus BabbelLWB18 Michael TarnatCM 11 Stefan Effenberg CM 16 Jens Jeremies RW 14 Mario Basler LW 7 Mehmet Scholl CF 19 Carsten Jancker Substitutes:GK 12 Sven ScheuerMF 17 Thorsten Fink MF 20 Hasan Salihamidžić FW 21 Alexander ZicklerFW 24 Ali Daei Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld GK 1 Frank Rost RB 3 Raphaël Wicky CB 8 Bernhard Trares CB 6 Jens TodtLB 13 Andree WiedenerDM 5 Dieter Eilts (c)DM 23 Christoph Dabrowski RM 22 Torsten FringsAM 18 Andi Herzog LM 7 Yuriy MaksymovCF 17 Marco BodeSubstitutes:GK 12 Stefan BrasasDF 30 Paweł Wojtala MF 4 Dirk FlockMF 20 Christian BrandMF 24 Sven BenkenFW 9 Rade Bogdanović FW 32 AíltonManager: Thomas Schaaf
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de