2008–09 FC Schalke 04 season
| 2008–09 season | ||||
| Chairman |
 Josef Schnusenberg | |||
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| Manager |
 Fred Rutten | |||
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← 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.
Players
Squad information
| N |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Since |
App |
Goals |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | |
Neuer | 29 | 2005 | 61 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 32 | GK | |
Fährmann | 26 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 2009 | Youth system | |
| 33 | GK | |
Schober | 39 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | ||
| 35 | GK |  |
Amsif | 26 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 2 | DF | |
Westermann | 31 | 2007 | 32 | 4 | 2011 | ||
| 5 | DF |  |
Bordon (captain) | 39 | 2004 | 116 | 12 | 2011 | ||
| 18 | DF | |
Rafinha | 29 | 2005 | 92 | 4 | 2011 | ||
| 20 | DF |  |
Krstajić | 41 | 2004 | 107 | 6 | 2009 | ||
| 23 | DF | |
Höwedes | 27 | 2007 | 6 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 24 | DF | |
Pander | 31 | 2004 | 57 | 4 | 2011 | Youth system | |
| 25 | DF |  |
Zambrano | 25 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 3 | MF |  |
Kobiashvili | 37 | 2003 | 134 | 8 | 2010 | ||
| 6 | MF | |
Streit | 35 | 2008 (Winter) | 10 | 0 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | MF |  |
Varela | 36 | 2002 | 82 | 8 | 2009 | ||
| 8 | MF | |
Ernst | 35 | 2005 | 90 | 1 | 2010 | ||
| 10 | MF |  |
Rakitić | 27 | 2007 | 29 | 3 | 2011 | ||
| 13 | MF | |
Jones | 33 | 2007 | 30 | 1 | 2011 | ||
| 15 | MF | |
Zé Roberto | 34 | 2008 (Winter) | 3 | 1 | 2011 | ||
| 21 | MF | |
Grossmüller | 31 | 2007 | 11 | 1 | 2011 | ||
| 28 | MF | |
Heppke | 29 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 2009 | Youth system | |
| 30 | MF | |
Kenia | 24 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 37 | MF | |
Engelaar | 35 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | ||
| 11 | FW |  |
Løvenkrands | 35 | 2006 | 44 | 6 | 2009 | ||
| 14 | FW | |
Asamoah | 36 | 1999 | 244 | 41 | 2011 | ||
| 17 | FW | |
Farfán | 30 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | ||
| 19 | FW |  |
Altıntop | 32 | 2006 | 58 | 12 | 2010 | ||
| 22 | FW | |
Kurányi | 33 | 2005 | 96 | 40 | 2010 | ||
| 27 | MF | |
Sánchez | 35 | 2008 (Winter) | 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 | |
Engelaar | 28 | EU | Twente |
Transfer | Summer | 2011 | €6m | Sports Network |
| 17 | FW | |
Farfán | 23 | EU | PSV |
Transfer | Summer | 2012 | €10m | Sports Network |
| 35 | GK | |
Amsif | 19 | EU | Youth system | Promotion | Summer | 2010 | n/a | |
| 30 | MF | |
Kenia | 17 | EU | Youth system | Promotion | Summer | 2012 | n/a | |
| 25 | DF | |
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 | |
Abel | 27 | EU | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [] |
| 26 | MF | |
Azaouagh | 25 | EU | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [] |
| 29 | MF |  |
Bajramović | 28 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [] |
| 9 | FW | |
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 | |
Neuer | |||||||||
| 32 | GK | |
Fährmann | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 33 | GK | |
Schober | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 35 | GK | |
Amsif | |||||||||
| 2 | DF | |
Westermann | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | CB | |
Bordon | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 18 | RB | |
Rafinha | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20 | CB | |
Krstajić | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 23 | CB | |
Höwedes | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 24 | LB | |
Pander | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 25 | DF | |
Zambrano | |||||||||
| 3 | MF | |
Kobiashvili | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | RM | |
Streit | |||||||||
| 7 | RW | |
Varela | |||||||||
| 8 | DM | |
Ernst | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | AM | |
Rakitić | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | DM | |
Jones | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | AM | |
Zé Roberto | |||||||||
| 21 | MF | |
Grossmüller | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 28 | MF | |
Heppke | |||||||||
| 30 | CM | |
Kenia | |||||||||
| 37 | CM | |
Engelaar | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | FW | |
Løvenkrands | |||||||||
| 14 | RW | |
Asamoah | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | FW | |
Farfán | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | FW | |
Altıntop | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | FW | |
Kurányi | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | LW | |
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 |
 |
 |
 |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | LB | |
Pander | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | DM | |
Ernst | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | DM | |
Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | |
Kurányi | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | |
Farfán | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | AM | |
Rakitić | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | |
Altıntop | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | |
Rafinha | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 September 2008
Source: Competitive matches at Fussballdaten.de
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
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 Alternate
|
    Away
|
     Third
|
     Fourth
|
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Blue | Blue | Blue | |
| Home Alt. | Blue | Blue | White | Bundesliga, Match 8, October 19 against Hamburg |
| Away | White | White | White | |
| Third | Navy | Navy | Navy | → European Kit |
| Fourth | Orange | Black | Orange | Bundesliga, Match 33, May 16 against Berlin → 2006-07 Third Kit |
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 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 45 | |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 42 | |
| 10 | SV 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; (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.
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 = Loss; 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 | SV 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 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
| 21 | 2009-01-31 | Bundesliga | 18 | A | Hannover 96 | ||
| 22 | 2009-02-07 | Bundesliga | 19 | H | SV 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 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
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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.
See also
- FC Schalke 04
- 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
- 2008–09 Fußball-Bundesliga
- 2008–09 DFB-Pokal
External links
- Schalke04.de Official Site
- Bundesliga.de Team Page
- Fussballdaten.de Team Page (German)
- uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
- FIFA
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