2008–09 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04
2008–09 season
Chairman Josef Schnusenberg
Manager Fred Rutten
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was FC Schalke 04's 41st season in the Bundesliga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2008–09 season.

Contents

Players

Squad information

Country
 N
 P
 Name
 Cap
 Age
 Since
 App
Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
GER 1 GK Neuer 25 2005 61 0 2012 Youth system
GER 32 GK Fährmann 23 2006 0 0 2009 Youth system
GER 33 GK Schober 35 2007 0 0 2011
MAR 35 GK Amsif 23 2008 0 0 2010 Youth system
GER 2 DF Westermann 28 2007 32 4 2011
BRA 5 DF Bordon Cap 36 2004 116 12 2011
BRA 18 DF Rafinha 26 2005 92 4 2011
SER 20 DF Krstajić 38 2004 107 6 2009
GER 23 DF Höwedes 24 2007 6 0 2010 Youth system
GER 24 DF Pander 28 2004 57 4 2011 Youth system
PER 25 DF Zambrano 22 2008 0 0 2012 Youth system
GEO 3 MF Kobiashvili 34 2003 134 8 2010
GER 6 MF Streit 31 2008 10 0 2012
URU 7 MF Varela 33 2002 82 8 2009
GER 8 MF Ernst 32 2005 90 1 2010
CRO 10 MF Rakitić 23 2007 29 3 2011
GER 13 MF Jones 30 2007 30 1 2011
BRA 15 MF Zé Roberto 31 2008 3 1 2011
URU 21 MF Grossmüller 28 2007 11 1 2011
GER 28 MF Heppke 25 2006 1 0 2009 Youth system
GEO 30 MF Kenia 21 2008 0 0 2012 Youth system
NED 37 MF Engelaar 32 2008 0 0 2011
DEN 11 FW Løvenkrands 32 2006 44 6 2009
GER 14 FW Asamoah 33 1999 244 41 2011
PER 17 FW Farfán 27 2008 0 0 2012
TUR 19 FW Altıntop 29 2006 58 12 2010
GER 22 FW Kurányi 30 2005 96 40 2010
URU 27 MF Sánchez 32 2008 14 1 2011

Last updated: 2008-08-16
Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles, Fussballdaten (for appearances and goals)
Ordered by position on pitch.

Players in / out

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
37 MF NED Engelaar 28 EU Twente Transfer Summer 2011 €6m Sports Network
17 FW PER Farfán 23 EU PSV Transfer Summer 2012 €10m Sports Network
35 GK MAR Amsif 19 EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2010 n/a
30 MF GEO Kenia 17 EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2012 n/a
25 DF PER Zambrano 18 EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2012 n/a

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
4 DF GER Abel 27 EU FSV Mainz 05 Transfer Summer Undisclosed []
26 MF GER Azaouagh 25 EU VfL Bochum Transfer Summer Undisclosed []
29 MF BIH Bajramović 28 EU Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer Undisclosed []
9 FW DEN Larsen 26 EU Toulouse Transfer Summer Undisclosed []

Last updated: 2008-08-16

Squad stats

Total Bundesliga Champions League DFB Cup
No.
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK GER Neuer
32 GK GER Fährmann 1 1 1
33 GK GER Schober 6 6 3 2 1
35 GK MAR Amsif
2 DF GER Westermann 7 7 3 4 3 2 1
5 CB BRA Bordon 7 7 1 4 1 2 1
18 RB BRA Rafinha 2 3 1 2 1 1
20 CB SER Krstajić 2 3 2 1
23 CB GER Höwedes 5 7 4 2 1
24 LB GER Pander 7 7 1 4 2 1 1
25 DF PER Zambrano
3 MF GEO Kobiashvili 3 5 3 1 1
6 RM GER Streit
7 RW URU Varela
8 DM GER Ernst 7 7 4 2 1
10 AM CRO Rakitić 6 6 3 2 1
13 DM GER Jones 6 6 3 2 1
15 AM BRA Zé Roberto
21 MF URU Grossmüller 1 2 2
28 MF GER Heppke
30 CM GEO Kenia
37 CM NED Engelaar 2 2 1 1
11 FW DEN Løvenkrands
14 RW GER Asamoah 2 7 4 2 1
17 FW PER Farfán 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
19 FW TUR Altıntop 3 6 1 3 2 1 1
22 FW GER Kurányi 7 7 3 4 2 2 1 1
27 LW URU Sánchez 3 3

Last updated: 2008-09-16
Source: Match reports in competitive matches and Fussballdaten.de
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Y YY R Notes
24 LB GER Pander 1 1
8 DM GER Ernst 3 1
13 DM GER Jones 2
22 FW GER Kurányi 1
17 FW PER Farfán 1
10 AM CRO Rakitić 1
19 FW TUR Altıntop 1
18 FW BRA Rafinha 1

Last updated: 16 September 2008
Source: Competitive matches at Fussballdaten.de
Only competitive matches

Y = Number of bookings;  YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
7 4–3–3 All matches

Last updated: 15 September 2008
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 GS Notes
33 GK GER Schober 6
2 RB GER Westermann 7
23 CB GER Höwedes 5
5 CB BRA Bordon 7
24 LB GER Pander 7
13 MF GER Jones 6
8 MF GER Ernst 7
3 MF GEO Kobiashvili 3
19 RW TUR Altıntop 3
22 CF GER Kurányi 7
10 LW CRO Rakitić 6

Last updated: 15 September 2008
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Fred Rutten
Assistant coach Mike Büskens
Assistant coach Youri Mulder
Fitness coach Rouven Schirp
Goalkeeper coach Oliver Reck

Source: Wiki.de

Other information

Chairman Josef Schnusenberg
General Secretary Peter Peters
General manager Andreas Müller
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Veltins-Arena (61,482 / 105x68m)
Club Value €348 m

Source: Managing Board (Schalke04), Veltins-Arena, Forbes

Kits

Home
Home II
Away
Third
Type Shirt Shorts Socks Info
Home Blue Blue Blue
Home II Blue Blue White Bundesliga, Match 8, Oktober 19, in Hamburg
Away White White White
Third Dark blue Dark blue Dark blue International matches

Competitions

Overall

As in the last two seasons, Schalke 04 was present in all major competitions, including the First division and the DFB Cup in Germany but they failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League in Europe.

As of 27 August
Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Bundesliga — — 2008-08-16 2009-05-23
Champions League Third qualifying round Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2008-08-13 2008-08-27
UEFA Cup First round First round 2008-09-16
DFB Cup Round of 64 Round of 32 2008-08-09

Last updated: 15 September
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
4 VfB Stuttgart 29 16 6 7 52 37 +15 54 Play-off round
5 Hamburger SV 29 17 3 9 42 40 +2 54 Third qualifying round
6 Schalke 04 29 14 7 8 43 27 +16 49
7 Borussia Dortmund 29 12 13 4 47 33 +14 49
8 1899 Hoffenheim 29 12 9 8 54 41 +13 45
9 Bayer Leverkusen 29 12 6 11 50 37 +13 42
10 Werder Bremen 29 10 9 10 55 41 +14 39

Updated to games played on 26 April 2009
Source: bundesliga.de (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 14 7 6 47 31 +16 49 9 3 1 43 27 +16 5 4 5 4 4 0

Source: Fussballdaten

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Ground H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H
Result W D W D W L D D D W W L L W L W D

Last updated: 2008-09-15.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Competitive

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 2008-08-09 DFB Cup Round 1 A Hamburger SV 3 – 0
2 2008-08-13 Champions League Qual. 1st Leg H Atlético Madrid 1 – 0
3 2008-08-16 Bundesliga 1 H Hannover 96 3 – 0
4 2008-08-23 Bundesliga 2 A Werder Bremen 1 – 1
5 2008-08-27 Champions League Qual. 2nd Leg A Atlético Madrid 0 – 4
6 2008-08-30 Bundesliga 3 H VfL Bochum 1 – 0
7 2008-09-13 Bundesliga 4 A Borussia Dortmund 3 – 3
8 2008-09-20 Bundesliga 5 H Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 0
9 2008-09-27 Bundesliga 6 A 1. FC Köln 1 – 0
10 2008-10-04 Bundesliga 7 H VfL Wolfsburg 2 – 2
11 2008-10-18 Bundesliga 8 A Hamburger SV 1 – 1
12 2008-10-25 Bundesliga 9 H Arminia Bielefeld 0 – 0
13 2008-10-28 Bundesliga 10 A Karlsruher SC 0 – 3
14 2008-11-01 Bundesliga 11 A Energie Cottbus 0 – 2
15 2008-11-08 Bundesliga 12 H Bayern Munich 1 – 2
16 2008-11-15 Bundesliga 13 A Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 1
17 2008-11-22 Bundesliga 14 H Borussia Mönchengladbach
18 2008-11-29 Bundesliga 15 A VfB Stuttgart
19 2008-12-06 Bundesliga 16 H Hertha BSC
20 2009-12-13 Bundesliga 17 A 1899 Hoffenheim
21 2009-01-31 Bundesliga 18 A Hannover 96
22 2009-02-07 Bundesliga 19 H Werder Bremen
23 2009-02-14 Bundesliga 20 A VfL Bochum
24 2009-02-21 Bundesliga 21 H Borussia Dortmund
25 2009-02-28 Bundesliga 22 A Eintracht Frankfurt
26 2009-03-07 Bundesliga 23 H 1. FC Köln
27 2009-03-14 Bundesliga 24 A VfL Wolfsburg
28 2009-03-21 Bundesliga 25 H Hamburger SV
29 2009-04-04 Bundesliga 26 A Arminia Bielefeld
30 2009-04-10 Bundesliga 27 H Karlsruher SC
31 2009-04-18 Bundesliga 28 H Energie Cottbus
32 2009-04-25 Bundesliga 29 A Bayern Munich
33 2009-05-02 Bundesliga 30 H Bayer Leverkusen
34 2009-05-09 Bundesliga 31 A Borussia Mönchengladbach
35 2009-05-12 Bundesliga 32 H VfB Stuttgart
36 2008-05-16 Bundesliga 33 A Hertha BSC
37 2009-05-23 Bundesliga 34 H 1899 Hoffenheim

Last updated: 2008-11-29
Source: Fussballdaten
1Schalke 04 goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Schalke 04.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

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