The 1998/99 season: Gladbach have been relegated from the Bundesliga twice, both times as bottom of the table. In 1998/99, Borussia opened with a 3:0 win over Schalke 04 and topped the table for a week for the last time in 13 years. Then came six defeats and two draws.\n\nBy matchday nine, BMG were already bottom; on matchdays ten and eleven, a 2:8 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen — the game with the most goals Borussia ever conceded at the Bökelberg — and a 1:7 loss at Wolfsburg cost coach Friedel Rausch his job.
The team stayed 18th until the end. They lost 21 matches that season, and leading players such as goalkeeper Robert Enke, defender Patrik Andersson and midfielders Karlheinz Pflipsen and Sebastian Deisler all left the club.