| Country | Germany | ||
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| Teams | 64 | ||
| Defending champions | Bayern Munich | ||
| Champions | Werder Bremen | ||
| Runners-up | Bayern Munich | ||
| Matches played | 63 | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | Achim Weber (6) | ||
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The 1998–99 DFB-Pokal was the 56th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 1998 and ended on 6 June 1999. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Bayern Munich 5–4 on penalties, thereby claiming their fourth title.