▁place . ▁After ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 1 ▁lost ▁games , ▁the ▁consequence ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁descent ▁from ▁the ▁Bundes liga . ▁As ▁a ▁consequence ▁of ▁the ▁descent , ▁several ▁top ▁perform ers , ▁including ▁goal keeper ▁Robert ▁En ke , ▁def ender ▁Pat rik ▁Anders son ▁and ▁mid f iel der ▁Karl hein z ▁Pf li ps en ▁and ▁Sebastian ▁De is ler ▁all ▁left ▁the ▁club . ▁ ▁Finally , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Glad bach ▁were ▁re leg ated ▁to ▁ 2 . ▁Bundes liga , ▁where ▁they ▁would ▁spend ▁two ▁seasons . ▁Upon ▁returning ▁to ▁the ▁Bundes liga ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁M ön ch eng lad bach ▁remained ▁un in sp ired ▁as ▁they ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁m ired ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁league . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁season ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁Bundes liga ▁started ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁as ▁the ▁previous ▁one ▁ended . ▁In ▁the ▁D FB ▁Cup , ▁the ▁team ▁were ▁knock ed ▁out ▁early ▁after ▁a ▁lost ▁penalty ▁shoot out ▁against ▁the ▁regional ▁league ▁SC ▁Verl . ▁The ▁second ▁division ▁season ▁ 1 9 9 9 / 2 0 0 0 ▁ended ▁the ▁Bor uss ia ▁despite ▁bad ▁first ▁round ▁still ▁on ▁the ▁fifth ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁table . ▁Four ▁points ▁were ▁missing ▁for ▁direct ▁promotion . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Bor uss ia ▁M ön ch eng lad bach ▁celebrated ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 -