DFB League Cup 1999
The 1999 DFB League Cup was the fourth edition of the competition. Participants were the first five teams from the previous Bundesliga season and Werder Bremen as DFB Cup winners . "Bayern" won their third title by beating Werder Bremen 2-1 in their third final in a row. The most successful goal scorers were Ulf Kirsten from Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Sören Seidel from Werder Bremen with two goals each.
Tournament course
Preliminary round
| date | Time | Venue | Team 1 | - | Team 2 | Result |
| July 10, 1999 | 17:45 | Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld , Jena | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | - | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3: 1 (2: 1) |
| July 11, 1999 | 18:15 | Bremen Bridge , Osnabrück | Hertha BSC | - | Borussia Dortmund | 1: 2 (0: 0) |
Semifinals
| date | Time | Venue | Team 1 | - | Team 2 | Result |
| July 13, 1999 | 18:15 | Erzgebirgsstadion , Aue | Werder Bremen | - | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2: 1 (1: 1) |
| July 14, 1999 | 19:45 | Rosenaustadion , Augsburg | FC Bayern Munich | - | Borussia Dortmund | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
final
| pairing |
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|
| Result | 2: 1 (2: 0) |
| date | July 17, 1999 at 5:45 p.m. |
| Stadion | BayArena , Leverkusen |
| spectator | 13,000 |
| referee | Hans-Jürgen Weber ( Essen ) |
| Gates |
 1-0 Sérgio (37th)
|
| FC Bayern Munich |
Bernd Dreher - Thomas Linke , Patrik Andersson - Markus Babbel , Lothar Matthäus (79th David Jarolím ), Michael Tarnat , Mehmet Scholl , Thorsten Fink - Alexander Zickler (77th Hasan Salihamidžić ), Carsten Jancker , Paulo Sérgio Trainer: Ottmar Hitzfeld |
| Werder Bremen |
Frank Rost - Dirk Flock , Sven Benken , Frank Baumann , Andree Wiedener - Dieter Eilts (60th Rade Bogdanović ), Raphael Wicky , Torsten Frings (60th Christoph Dabrowski ), Jurij Maximow - Sören Seidel , Aílton (75th Adrian Kunz ) coach : Thomas Schaaf |
| yellow cards |
 Thomas Linke, Hasan Salihamidžić - Raphael Wicky
|
Goal scorers
| rank | player | society | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ulf Kirsten
|
Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2 |
|
Sören Seidel
|
Werder Bremen | ||
| 3 |
Fredi Bobic
|
Borussia Dortmund | 1 |
|
Marco Bode
|
Werder Bremen | ||
|
Thomas Brdarić
|
Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
 Paulo Sérgio
|
FC Bayern Munich | ||
 Jörgen Pettersson
|
1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
|
Bernd Schneider
|
Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
 Eyjólfur Sverrisson
|
Hertha BSC | ||
|
Michael Tarnat
|
FC Bayern Munich | ||
|
Hendrik Herzog
|
Hertha BSC | ET | |
|
Christian Wörns
|
Borussia Dortmund |
literature
- Kicker Almanach 2000 p. 234