2008–09 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley

2008–09 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Owen Coyle
Championship	5th (Promotion via Play-offs)
League Cup	Semi-Finalists
FA Cup	5th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Paterson (13) All: Martin Paterson (19)
Highest home attendance	19,533 v Tottenham (21 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance	3,760 v QPR (13 January 2009)
Average home league attendance	12,711
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008-09 season was Burnley's 9th season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Owen Coyle – his second season since he replaced Steve Cotterill on 8 November 2007.

First-team squad

Updated 30 June 2008.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Diego Penny 2 DF Graham Alexander (vice-captain) 3 DF Christian Kalvenes 4 DF Michael Duff 5 DF Clarke Carlisle 6 DF Steven Caldwell (captain) 7 MF Kevin McDonald 8 MF Joey Guðjónsson 9 FW Ade Akinbiyi 10 FW Martin Paterson 11 MF Wade Elliott 12 GK Brian Jensen 16 MF Chris McCann

No. Position Player 17 GK Gábor Király 18 MF Alan Mahon 19 FW Jay Rodriguez 20 FW Robbie Blake 21 DF Rhys Williams (on loan from Middlesbrough) 22 FW Besart Berisha 23 DF Stephen Jordan 24 DF Russell Anderson (on loan from Sunderland) 25 MF Adam Kay 26 MF Remco van der Schaaf 27 MF Alex MacDonald 30 FW Steve Thompson 33 MF Chris Eagles

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
10	FW	Martin Paterson	Scunthorpe United	£1.3m	23 June 2008
7	MF	Kevin McDonald	Dundee	£500k	24 June 2008
3	DF	Christian Kalvenes	Dundee United	Free	26 June 2008
1	GK	Diego Penny	Coronel Bolognesi	Undisclosed	27 June 2008
26	MF	Remco van der Schaaf	Vitesse	Free	7 July 2008
33	FW	Chris Eagles	Manchester United	Undisclosed	29 July 2008
24	DF	Russell Anderson	Sunderland	Loan	26 August 2008
21	DF	Rhys Williams	Middlesbrough	Loan	30 January 2009

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
22	FW	Besart Berisha	Rosenborg	Loan	8 August 2008
N/A	MF	Steve Jones	Huddersfield Town	Loan	17 October 2008
N/A	MF	Steve Jones	Bradford City	Loan	27 November 2008
22	FW	Besart Berisha	AC Horsens	Loan	8 January 2009
17	GK	Gábor Király	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan	30 January 2009
26	MF	Remco van der Schaaf	Brøndby	Loan	2 February 2009
18	MF	Alan Mahon	Blackpool	Loan	17 March 2009
25	MF	Adam Kay	Accrington Stanley	Loan	20 March 2009
9	FW	Ade Akinbiyi	Houston Dynamo	Free	6 April 2009

Matches

Pre-season

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The Championship

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The Championship 2008/09 League Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) (P)	46	27	9	10	80	52	+28	90	Promotion to Premier League
2	Birmingham City (P)	46	23	14	9	54	37	+17	83
3	Sheffield United	46	22	14	10	64	39	+25	80	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4	Reading	46	21	14	11	72	40	+32	77
5	Burnley	46	21	13	12	72	60	+12	76
6	Preston North End	46	21	11	14	66	54	+12	74
7	Cardiff City	46	19	17	10	65	53	+12	74
8	Swansea City	46	16	20	10	63	50	+13	68
9	Ipswich Town	46	17	15	14	62	53	+9	66
10	Bristol City	46	15	16	15	54	54	0	61
11	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	16	15	42	44	−2	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	13	17	51	58	−7	61
13	Watford	46	16	10	20	68	72	−4	58
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	7	22	42	53	−11	58
15	Crystal Palace	46	15	12	19	52	55	−3	0561
16	Blackpool	46	13	17	16	47	58	−11	56
17	Coventry City	46	13	15	18	47	58	−11	54
18	Derby County	46	14	12	20	55	67	−12	54
19	Nottingham Forest	46	13	14	19	50	65	−15	53
20	Barnsley	46	13	13	20	45	58	−13	52
21	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	12	21	44	57	−13	51
22	Norwich City (R)	46	12	10	24	57	70	−13	46	Relegation to League One
23	Southampton (R)	46	10	15	21	46	69	−23	0452
24	Charlton Athletic (R)	46	8	15	23	52	74	−22	39

Updated to games played on 3 May 2009.
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Crystal Palace were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Sheffield United on 3 May 2009.^[1]
2 Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. As they finished in the bottom three this season, the points deduction will be applied next season.^[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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The Championship Play-offs 2009

The Championship Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg

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The Championship Play-off Semi-Final 2nd Leg

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The Championship Play-off Final

Burnley are promoted to the Premier League.

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League Cup

1st round

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2nd round

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3rd round

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4th round

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Quarter-Final

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Semi-Final

Semi-Final 1st Leg

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Semi-Final 2nd Leg

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FA Cup

3rd round

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3rd Round Replay

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4th round

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4th Round Replay

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5th Round

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Player of the Year Awards 2009

#	Pos	Winner	Award
N/A	FW	Wes Fletcher	Youth Player of the Year
1	GK	Brian Jensen	League Cup Player of the Tournament
19	FW	Jay Rodriguez v Nottingham Forest, 14 March 2009	Goal of the Season
16	MF	Chris McCann	Young Player of the Year
2	DF	Graham Alexander	Players' Player of the Year
20	FW	Robbie Blake	Player of the Year

References

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