2008–09 in German football

The 2008–09 season was the 99th season of competitive football in Germany. It lasted from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2009.

Contents

Diary of the season

5 October 2008 – Jos Luhukay is released from his duties as head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach after 20 months over a series of bad results. Director of sporting affairs Christian Ziege acts as a caretaker until a new coach has been found.[1]

19 October 2008 – Hans Meyer is introduced as the new head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach. It is his second spell with the club after a four-year stint between 1999 and 2003.[2]

23 November 2008 – Armin Veh, head coach of defending champions VfB Stuttgart, is sacked after 33 months. Former player Markus Babbel, who has retired after last season, takes over the coaching duties. Babbel is assigned the title of a "teamchef" since he does not own a professional coaching license.[3]

26 March 2009 – Fred Rutten is sacked as head coach of FC Schalke 04 after 9 months. A well-below-expectation season performance, including early exits in the UEFA Cup and DFB-Pokal competitions and a dismal eighth place in the Bundesliga, is cited as the reason.[4]

1 April 2009 – FC Schalke 04 announces that assistant coaches Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck will once again act as caretakers for the remainder of the season.[5]

27 April 2009 – Jürgen Klinsmann is released from his duties as FC Bayern Munich head coach. "Endangered minimum season goals" are cited as the cause of his dismissal after ten months. Jupp Heynckes, who coincidentally visits the Bayern match before Klinsmann's exit, and reserves coach Hermann Gerland are appointed as caretakers.[6] Mehmet Scholl is assigned as temporary coach for the 3rd Liga reserve team.[7]

6 May 2009 – Felix Magath, manager of championship contenders VfL Wolfsburg, is announced as new FC Schalke 04 manager for the 2009–10 season. Magath signs a four-year contract with the club.[8]

14 May 2009 – Louis van Gaal is confirmed as new head coach of Bayern Munich for the 2009–10 season. Van Gaal, who won the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar, signs a two-year contract.[9]

17 May 2009 – Just prior to the last matchday, Michael Frontzeck is ousted as Arminia Bielefeld head coach in a last attempt to save the club from relegation.[10] Jörg Berger is assigned as a caretaker two days later.[11]

21 May 2009 – Friedhelm Funkel announces he resignment after five seasons as Eintracht Frankfurt head coach at the end of the season.[12]

26 May 2009 – Martin Jol, head coach of Hamburger SV, leaves the club for Eredivisie sides Ajax Amsterdam.[13]

28 May 2009 – Hans Meyer announces he retirement as a coach after successfully avoiding relegation with Borussia Mönchengladbach[14]

2 June 2009 – In a surprise move, Christoph Daum skips his last year with 1. FC Köln to become the new head coach of Turkish Süper Lig sides Fenerbahçe.[15]

3 June 2009 – Michael Frontzeck signs a two-year contract as head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach.[16]

4 June 2009 – Michael Skibbe is appointed as new head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt. Skibbe signs a two-year contract with the club.[17]

5 June 2009 – Bruno Labbadia, head coach of Bayer Leverkusen, leaves the club after just one year and takes over Hamburger SV. Labbadia signs a two-year contract with Hamburg.[18] Jupp Heynckes is named as Labbadia's successor, also signing a two-year contract.[19]

12 June 2009 – Former Bundesliga player Zvonimir Soldo signs a two-year contract as head coach of 1. FC Köln. Soldo enters Cologne after a Prva HNL title with Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb.[20]

Men's national team

Friendly matches

20 August 2008
21:00 UTC+2
 Germany  2 – 0  Belgium Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 34,117
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)
Schweinsteiger  59' (pen.)
Marin  77'		 Report
19 November 2008
20:45 UTC+1
 Germany  1 – 2  England Olympic Stadium, Berlin
Attendance: 74,224
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Italy)
Helmes  63' Report Upson  23'
Terry  84'
11 February 2009
20:30 UTC+1
 Germany  0 – 1  Norway LTU Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Stefan Meßner (Austria)
Report Grindheim  63'
29 May 2009
14:00 UTC+2
 China PR  1 – 1  Germany Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lee Min Hu (South Korea)
Hao Junmin  5' Report Podolski  7'
2 June 2009
20:00 UTC+2
 United Arab Emirates  2 – 7  Germany Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Naser Darwish (Jordan)
Al Hammadi  63'
Mubarak  73'		 Report Westermann  29'
Gómez  35', 45', 47', 90'
Trochowski  39'
Jumaa  62' (o.g.)

FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifiers

Germany was drawn into Group 4 of UEFA qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[21]

6 September 2008
20:45 UTC+2
 Liechtenstein  0 – 6  Germany Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Attendance: 6,021
Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)
Report Podolski  21', 48'
Rolfes  64'
Schweinsteiger  65'
Hitzlsperger  75'
Westermann  86'
10 September 2008
20:35 UTC+3
 Finland  3 – 3  Germany Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 37,150
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Johansson  33'
Väyrynen  43'
Sjölund  53'		 Report Klose  38', 45', 83'
11 October 2008
20:45 UTC+2
 Germany  2 – 1  Russia Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance: 65,607
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
Podolski  9'
Ballack  28'		 Report Arshavin  51'
15 October 2008
20:45 UTC+2
 Germany  1 – 0  Wales Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Trochowski  72' Report
28 March 2009
20:00 UTC+1
 Germany  4 – 0  Liechtenstein Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,368
Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
Ballack  4'
Jansen  9'
Schweinsteiger  48'
Podolski  50'		 Report
1 April 2009
19:45 UTC+1
 Wales  0 – 2  Germany Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 26,064
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Report Ballack  11'
Williams  48' (o.g.)

Women's national team

Friendly matches

17 July 2008
18:00 UTC+2
 Germany  3 – 0  England Generali Sportpark, Unterhaching
Attendance: 9,185
Referee: Christine Beck (Magstadt)
Smisek  15'
Prinz  55'
Behringer  71' (pen.)		 Report
23 July 2009
18:00 UTC+1
 Norway  2 – 0  Germany Komplett.no Arena, Sandefjord
Attendance: 200
Referee: Eva Ödlund (Sweden)
M. Knutsen  42'
G. Knutsen  74'		 Report
22 April 2009
18:15 UTC+2
 Germany  1 – 1  Brazil Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main
Attendance: 44,825
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
Mittag  24' Report Maurine  36'

Olympic football tournament

Germany ended the Olympic football tournament with the bronze medal.

Group stage

6 August 2008
17:00 UTC+8
 Germany  0 – 0  Brazil Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Attendance: 20,703
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
(Report)
9 August 2008
17:00 UTC+8
 Nigeria  0 – 1  Germany Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Attendance: 19,266
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
(Report) Stegemann  65'
12 August 2008
17:00 UTC+8
 North Korea  0 – 1  Germany Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 12,387
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
(Report) Mittag  86'

Quarterfinal

15 August 2008
21:00 UTC+8
 Sweden  0 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Germany Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Attendance: 17,209
Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)
(Report) Garefrekes  104'
Laudehr  115'

Semifinal

18 August 2008
18:00 UTC+8
 Brazil  4 – 1  Germany Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 26,976
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)
Formiga  43'
Cristiane  49', 76'
Marta  53'		 (Report) Prinz  10'

Bronze medal match

21 August 2008
18:00 UTC+8
 Germany  2 – 0  Japan Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 49,285
Referee: Estella Alvares (Argentina)
Bajramaj  68', 87' (Report)

UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifiers

Germany had already qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 before the start of the season. After the last qualifying match, the team finished with eight wins from eight matches in Group 4.

1 October 2008
16:00 UTC+2
 Switzerland  0 – 3  Germany Schützenmatte, Basel
Attendance: 3,020
Referee: Maaren Olander (Estonia)
Report Garefrekes  20'
Behringer  33'
Smisek  76'

2009 Algarve Cup

Germany finished the 2009 Algarve Cup as fourth-placed team after losing against Denmark in the match for third place.

Group stage

4 March 2009
13:15 UTC+0
 Germany  2 – 0  Finland Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Attendance: 100
Referee: Chenard (Canada)
Behringer  69'
Garefrekes  90'		 Report
6 March 2009
13:15 UTC+0
 Germany  3 – 0  China PR Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gaal (Hungary)
Garefrekes  38', 67'
Kulig  58'		 Report
9 March 2009
13:15 UTC+0
 Sweden  3 – 2  Germany Estádio Algarve, Faro
Attendance: 200
Referee: Melksham (Australia)
Fischer  28'
Schelin  36', 38'		 Report Grings  77'
Kulig  83'

Match for third place

11 March 2009
13:15 UTC+0
 Germany  0 – 1  Denmark Estádio Algarve, Faro
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
Report Rydahl Bukh  42'

Honours

Men
Competition Winner Details
Bundesliga VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga 2008–09
2nd Bundesliga SC Freiburg 2nd Bundesliga 2008–09
3rd Liga 1. FC Union Berlin 3rd Liga 2008–09
DFB-Pokal SV Werder Bremen DFB-Pokal 2008–09
Beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0
Women
Competition Winner Details
Bundesliga 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam Bundesliga 2008–09
2nd Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin (North) 2nd Bundesliga 2008–09
1. FC Saarbrücken (South)
DFB-Pokal FCR 2001 Duisburg Frauen DFB Pokal 2008–09
Beat 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 7–0

League tables

Men

Bundesliga

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 VfL Wolfsburg 34 21 6 7 80 41 +39 69
CL 2 Bayern Munich 34 20 7 7 71 42 +29 67
CL 3 VfB Stuttgart 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64
EL 4 Hertha BSC 34 19 6 9 48 41 +7 63
EL 5 Hamburger SV 34 19 4 11 49 47 +2 61
6 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 14 5 60 37 +23 59
7 1899 Hoffenheim 34 15 10 9 63 49 +14 55
8 FC Schalke 04 34 14 8 12 47 35 +12 50
9 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 7 13 59 46 +13 49
EL* 10 Werder Bremen 34 12 9 13 64 50 +14 45
11 Hannover 96 34 10 10 14 49 69 –20 40
12 1. FC Köln 34 11 6 17 35 50 –15 39
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 8 9 17 39 60 –21 33
14 VfL Bochum 34 7 11 16 39 55 –16 32
15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 8 7 19 39 62 –23 31
R 16 Energie Cottbus 34 8 6 20 30 57 –27 30
R 17 Karlsruher SC 34 8 5 21 30 54 –24 29
R 18 Arminia Bielefeld 34 4 16 14 29 56 –27 28

* Werder Bremen reached the Europa League on virtue of winning the DFB-Pokal.

2nd Bundesliga

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 SC Freiburg 34 21 5 8 60 36 +24 68
P 2 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 18 9 7 62 37 +25 63
P 3 1. FC Nuremberg 34 16 12 6 51 29 +22 60
4 Alemannia Aachen 34 16 8 10 58 38 +20 56
5 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 16 8 10 60 46 +14 56
6 MSV Duisburg 34 14 13 7 56 36 +20 55
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 7 12 53 48 +5 52
8 FC St. Pauli 34 14 6 14 52 59 –7 48
9 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 11 9 14 35 54 –19 42
10 Rot-Weiß Ahlen 34 11 8 15 38 57 –19 41
11 FC Augsburg 34 10 10 14 43 46 –3 40
12 1860 Munich 34 9 12 13 44 46 –2 39
13 Hansa Rostock 34 8 14 12 52 53 –1 38
14 TuS Koblenz 34 11 8 15 47 57 –10 38*
15 FSV Frankfurt 34 9 11 14 34 47 –13 38
R 16 VfL Osnabrück 34 8 12 14 41 60 –19 36
R 17 FC Ingolstadt 04 34 7 12 17 38 54 –16 31
R 18 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 34 5 12 17 28 49 –21 27

* TuS Koblenz deducted three points because of violations in the licensing procedure for the 2007–08 season.

3rd Liga

1. FC Union Berlin were the dominating team in the first season of the newly-created third tier of the German league pyramid, winning the championship and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with four matches to play. The remaining one-and-a-half promotion spots were contested between Fortuna Düsseldorf, Paderborn, and Unterhaching until the last matchday. Since all three teams won their last matches, Düsseldorf gained direct promotion, while Paderborn were to face 2nd Bundesliga sides Osnabrück in the 2nd Bundesliga relegation playoffs. The third-placed team eventually completed the promotional trio by beating Osnabrück 2–0 on aggregate.

Stuttgarter Kickers were struggling both on and off the pitch and consequently relegated to the fourth-level Regionalliga. After being on bottom of the table for most of the season, the choice not to return a loan from the German FA resulted in a three point deduction, which effectively ended their season. The second relegated team, VfR Aalen, fell victim to its amount of drawn matches. Fifteen of them, paired with only eight wins, resulted in only 39 points, which proved to be too few to survive.

Wacker Burghausen would originally have been the third team to be relegated. However, they were spared after Kickers Emden, who were a promotion contender for three quarters of the season, had to return their license over financial problems. Since Emden did not obtain a license for the Regionalliga, they entered the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen for the 2009–10 season.

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 1. FC Union Berlin 38 22 12 4 59 23 +36 78
P 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf 38 20 9 9 50 31 +19 69
P 3 SC Paderborn 07 38 20 8 10 68 38 +30 68
4 SpVgg Unterhaching 38 20 7 11 57 46 +11 67
5 Bayern Munich II 38 14 17 7 54 38 +16 59
R 6 Kickers Emden* 38 16 11 11 45 44 +1 59
7 Kickers Offenbach 38 12 16 10 40 35 +5 52
8 SV Sandhausen 38 12 14 12 58 52 +6 50
9 Dynamo Dresden 38 13 11 14 46 46 0 50
10 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 38 13 11 14 46 48 –2 50
11 VfB Stuttgart II 38 13 10 15 61 50 +11 49
12 Erzgebirge Aue 38 12 12 14 43 43 0 48
13 Eintracht Braunschweig 38 12 9 17 46 51 –5 45
14 Wuppertaler SV Borussia 38 11 12 15 36 45 –9 45
15 Jahn Regensburg 38 11 12 15 37 51 –14 45
16 Carl Zeiss Jena 38 10 11 17 41 59 –18 41
17 Werder Bremen II 38 10 10 18 49 58 –9 40
18 Wacker Burghausen 38 10 10 18 40 65 –25 40
R 19 VfR Aalen 38 8 15 15 38 60 –22 39
R 20 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 7 11 20 38 71 –34 29**

* Kickers Emden returned license due to financial problems.
** Stuttgarter Kickers deducted three points because of failed debt repayments.

Women

Bundesliga

Turbine Potsdam emerged victorious in a very tight championship race, beating runners-up Bayern Munich by just a single goal. A 4–0 defeat against third-placed FCR Duisburg just days before the last matchday of the season proved to be costly for the team from Munich. Long-time successive champion 1. FFC Frankfurt had to battle through a couple of injuries to key players, including Birgit Prinz, and thus finished in fourth place.

The first three teams qualified for the newly-created UEFA Women's Champions League, although Duisburg did only so on virtue of their UEFA Women's Cup win. Both Potsdam and Duisburg directly entered the main round of the competition, while Bayern Munich competed in a qualification tournament.

On the bottom side of the table, TSV Crailsheim never had a chance to be competitive, and successfully ended the season with a mere five points in last place. The second relegation place was contested between SC Bad Neuenahr and Borussia Friedenstal. The team from southwestern Germany eventually prevailed and sent Friedenstal back to the 2nd Bundesliga after just one year in the top flight.

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 22 17 3 2 67 19 +48 54
CL 2 FC Bayern Munich 22 17 3 2 69 22 +47 54
CL 3 FCR 2001 Duisburg 22 17 2 3 86 20 +66 53
4 1. FFC Frankfurt 22 14 3 5 58 25 +33 45
5 SG Essen-Schönebeck 22 9 3 9 46 39 +7 30
6 Hamburger SV 22 9 2 11 51 48 +3 29
7 SC Freiburg 22 9 2 11 36 53 –17 29
8 VfL Wolfsburg 22 8 3 11 53 48 +5 27
9 FF USV Jena 22 7 2 13 32 56 –24 23
10 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 22 5 3 14 26 74 –48 18
R 11 HSV Borussia Friedenstal 22 4 2 16 22 77 –55 14
R 12 TSV Crailsheim 22 1 2 19 14 79 –65 5

2nd Bundesliga

The northern group was won by Tennis Borussia Berlin. SG Lütgendortmund had to leave the second tier again after just one season. They were accompanied by 1. FC Union Berlin.

The southern group saw a close finish between 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfL Sindelfingen. Saarbrücken eventually prevailed and made their immediate return to the top flight. Wattenscheid 09, who were also relegated from the Bundesliga last season, finished fourth. On the bottom end of the table, SV Dirmingen were relegated with the worst record of all 24 2nd Bundesliga teams. They were joined by Viktoria Jägersburg, who made their immediate return to the Regionalliga.

The relegation playoffs featured a match-up between Mellendorf and Löchgau. Both teams were promoted to the second level one year ago. Löchgau eventually retrieved their spot with a 2−1 aggregate victory, sending Mellendorf back to the Regionalliga.

Group North

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 Tennis Borussia Berlin 22 19 2 1 59 18 +41 59
2 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II 22 16 2 4 56 27 +29 50
3 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 22 14 2 6 45 27 +18 42
4 FC Gütersloh 2000 22 12 3 7 43 27 +16 39
5 Hamburger SV II 22 10 5 7 44 30 +14 35
6 FFC Oldesloe 2000 22 10 3 9 23 27 –4 33
7 Holstein Kiel 22 8 3 11 27 37 –10 27
8 Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf 22 7 3 12 29 41 –12 24
9 SV Victoria Gersten 22 6 5 11 31 35 –4 23
R 10 Mellendorfer TV 22 5 2 15 22 53 –31 17
R 11 SG Lütgendortmund 22 4 3 15 20 45 –25 15
R 12 1. FC Union Berlin 22 3 3 16 22 54 –32 12

Group South

P W D L F A GD Pts
C 1 1. FC Saarbrücken 22 18 3 1 81 10 +71 57
2 VfL Sindelfingen 22 18 1 3 60 16 +44 55
3 FCR 2001 Duisburg II 22 14 2 6 51 28 +23 44
4 Wattenscheid 09 22 13 3 6 44 33 +11 42
5 1. FFC Frankfurt II 22 12 3 7 47 29 +18 39
6 ASV Hagsfeld 22 8 6 8 42 39 +3 30
7 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 22 6 7 9 47 40 +7 25
8 SC Sand 22 6 6 10 37 47 –10 24
9 FFC Wacker München 22 7 3 12 28 45 –17 24
10 FV Löchgau 22 5 2 15 38 63 –25 17
R 11 FSV Viktoria Jägersburg 22 4 2 16 25 78 –53 14
R 12 SV Dirmingen 22 1 2 19 20 92 –72 5

Movements for the 2009-10 season

Men
Competition Promoted Relegated
Bundesliga N/A Energie Cottbus (via playoffs), Karlsruher SC, Arminia Bielefeld
2nd Fußball-Bundesliga SC Freiburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05, 1. FC Nuremberg (via playoffs) VfL Osnabrück (via playoffs), FC Ingolstadt 04, SV Wehen Wiesbaden
3rd Liga 1. FC Union Berlin, Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Paderborn 07 (via playoffs) VfR Aalen, Stuttgarter Kickers, Kickers Emden (withdrawn)
Women
Competition Promoted Relegated
Bundesliga N/A HSV Borussia Friedenstal, TSV Crailsheim
2nd Fußball-Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin, 1. FC Saarbrücken Mellendorfer TV (via playoffs), SG Lütgendortmund, FSV Viktoria Jägersburg, 1. FC Union Berlin, SV Dirmingen

Transfer deals

Main articles: List of German football transfers summer 2008 and List of German football transfers winter 2008–09

Retirements

The following is a list of retired players who ended their career at the end of the 2008–09 season. All retirements are, unless noted otherwise, listed in the 2009 special edition of kicker magazine.[22] The club given in parentheses is the last club of the retired player.

Deaths

The following list includes every person who has represented Germany at an international level and died during the 2008–09 season.

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