2008–09 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 2008–09
Champions VfL Wolfsburg
1st Bundesliga title
1st German title
Relegated Energie Cottbus (via playoff)
Karlsruher SC
Arminia Bielefeld
Champions League VfL Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
Europa League Hertha BSC
Hamburger SV
Werder Bremen (via domestic cup)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 894 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer Grafite (28)
Biggest home win Dortmund 6–0 Bielefeld (16 May 2009)[1]
Biggest away win Frankfurt 0–5 Bremen (13 May 2009)[2]
Hannover 0–5 Wolfsburg (16 May 2009)[3]
Highest scoring Bremen 5–4 Hoffenheim (27 September 2008)[4]
(9 goals)
Average attendance 42,565

The 2008–09 Bundesliga was the 46th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 15 August 2008 with a 2–2 draw between defending champions FC Bayern and Hamburger SV and ended with the last matches on 23 May 2009. VfL Wolfsburg secured their first national title in the last game after a 5–1 win at home against Werder Bremen.

Changes from 2007–08

Structural changes

Starting with the 2008–09 season, two-legged relegation playoffs between the third last team of the Bundesliga and the third team of the Second Bundesliga at the end of the regular season were re-introduced.

Due to the restructuring of European competitions, the third-placed team qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, entering in a separate qualifying round for non-champions. The fourth-placed team and the winner of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round; the fifth-placed team qualified for the third qualifying round. The sixth-placed team did not qualify for any European competitions as the UEFA Intertoto Cup will not be continued after its final edition in 2008.

Promotion and relegation

FC Nuremberg, Hansa Rostock, and MSV Duisburg finished the 2007–08 season in 16th through 18th place and thus were relegated to the Second Bundesliga. They were replaced by the best three teams of Second Bundesliga 2007–08: Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and FC Köln.

Team information

Stadia and locations

Team Venue Capacity
Hertha BSC Olympic Stadium 74,228
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefelder Alm 28,008
VfL Bochum rewirpowerSTADION 31,328
Werder Bremen Weserstadion 42,358
Energie Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,450
Borussia Dortmund Westfalenstadion 80,708
Eintracht Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 52,300
Hamburger SV HSH Nordbank Arena 57,274
Hannover 96 AWD-Arena 49,000
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Rhein-Neckar-Arena1 30,000
Karlsruher SC Wildparkstadion 32,306
1. FC Köln RheinEnergieStadion 50,374
Bayer Leverkusen BayArena2 22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,067
Bayern Munich Allianz Arena 69,901
Schalke 04 Veltins-Arena 61,673
VfB Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 58,000
VfL Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,122
Notes
  1. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim played their 2008 home games at Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim because their Rhein-Neckar-Arena had not yet been completed.
  2. Bayer 04 Leverkusen played their 2009 home games at LTU-Arena in Düsseldorf because their BayArena was being upgraded to a capacity of 30,000.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head Coach Team Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Hertha BSC Switzerland Lucien Favre Germany Arne Friedrich Nike Deutsche Bahn
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Jörg Berger Germany Rüdiger Kauf Saller Krombacher
VfL Bochum Switzerland Marcel Koller Germany Marcel Maltritz Do You Football KiK
SV Werder Bremen Germany Thomas Schaaf Germany Frank Baumann Kappa Citibank
FC Energie Cottbus Slovenia Bojan Prašnikar Germany Timo Rost Saller enviaM
Borussia Dortmund Germany Jürgen Klopp Germany Sebastian Kehl Nike Evonik
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Friedhelm Funkel Greece Ioannis Amanatidis Jako Fraport
Hamburger SV Netherlands Martin Jol Czech Republic David Jarolím adidas Emirates
Hannover 96 Germany Dieter Hecking Germany Robert Enke Under Armour TUI
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Germany Ralf Rangnick Germany Selim Teber Puma TV Digital
Karlsruher SC Germany Edmund Becker Germany Maik Franz Jako EnBW
1. FC Köln Germany Christoph Daum Slovenia Milivoje Novakovič Reebok REWE
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany Bruno Labbadia Germany Simon Rolfes adidas TelDaFax
Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany Hans Meyer Belgium Filip Daems Lotto Kyocera
FC Bayern Munich Germany Jupp Heynckes1 Netherlands Mark van Bommel adidas T-Home
FC Schalke 04 Germany Mike Büskens,
Netherlands Youri Mulder and
Germany Oliver Reck2
Serbia Mladen Krstajić adidas Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart Germany Markus Babbel Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger Puma EnBW
VfL Wolfsburg Germany Felix Magath Brazil Josué Nike Ein Herz Für Kinder*
Notes
  1. Jupp Heynckes acted as caretaker for the remainder of the season.
  2. Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck acted as caretakers for the remainder of the season.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany Michael Skibbe Sacked 30 June 2008 Germany Bruno Labbadia 1 July 2008 Pre-season
FC Bayern Munich Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld End of contract 30 June 2008[5] Germany Jürgen Klinsmann 1 July 2008[6] Pre-season
Borussia Dortmund Germany Thomas Doll Resigned 30 June 2008 Germany Jürgen Klopp 1 July 2008 Pre-season
Hamburger SV Netherlands Huub Stevens End of contract 30 June 2008[7] Netherlands Martin Jol 1 July 2008[8] Pre-season
FC Schalke 04 Germany Mike Büskens &
Netherlands Youri Mulder
Stepped down
to assistant position
30 June 2008[9] Netherlands Fred Rutten 1 July 2008[9] Pre-season
Borussia Mönchengladbach Netherlands Jos Luhukay Sacked 5 October 2008[10] Germany Hans Meyer 18 October 2008[11] 18th
VfB Stuttgart Germany Armin Veh Sacked 23 November 2008[12] Germany Markus Babbel 23 November 2008[12] 11th
FC Schalke 04 Netherlands Fred Rutten Sacked 26 March 2009[13] Germany Mike Büskens,
Netherlands Youri Mulder and
Germany Oliver Reck
1 April 2009[14] 8th
FC Bayern Munich Germany Jürgen Klinsmann Sacked 27 April 2009[15] Germany Jupp Heynckes 27 April 2009[15] 3rd
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Michael Frontzeck Sacked 17 May 2009[16] Germany Jörg Berger 19 May 2009[17] 16th

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 VfL Wolfsburg (C) 34 21 6 7 80 41 +39 69 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 20 7 7 71 42 +29 67
3 VfB Stuttgart 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64 2009–10 UEFA Champions League play-off round
4 Hertha BSC 34 19 6 9 48 41 +7 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round
5 Hamburger SV 34 19 4 11 49 47 +2 61 2009–10 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
6 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 14 5 60 37 +23 59
7 1899 Hoffenheim 34 15 10 9 63 49 +14 55
8 Schalke 04 34 14 8 12 47 35 +12 50
9 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 7 13 59 46 +13 49
10 Werder Bremen 34 12 9 13 64 50 +14 45 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round
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
16 Energie Cottbus (R) 34 8 6 20 30 57 27 30 Bundesliga relegation playoff
17 Karlsruher SC (R) 34 8 5 21 30 54 24 29 Relegation to 2009–10 2. Bundesliga
18 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 4 16 14 29 56 27 28

Source: kicker (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.
(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.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
VfL Wolfsburg 6 4 8 8 6 8 9 5 9 8 9 7 9 8 8 6 9 8 7 6 6 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bayern Munich 8 10 7 2 8 9 11 11 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 5 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
VfB Stuttgart 3 8 5 5 3 7 3 7 4 9 10 11 11 11 10 9 10 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3
Hertha BSC 4 3 10 10 9 10 8 4 6 5 7 5 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 4
Hamburger SV 8 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 1 2 5 4 4 2 3 3 5 5 6 5 6 5
Borussia Dortmund 5 4 3 4 10 5 6 8 8 7 6 9 6 6 6 8 6 6 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 6
1899 Hoffenheim 1 1 6 6 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 5 5 6 6 8 8 9 8 7 7 7
Schalke 04 1 2 1 3 1 4 5 6 7 6 4 6 8 7 9 7 7 9 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
Bayer Leverkusen 12 7 4 7 5 2 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9
Werder Bremen 8 10 13 9 7 3 7 10 10 10 8 10 7 9 7 10 8 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Hannover 96 17 16 18 12 14 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 11 11
1. FC Köln 13 13 9 13 13 11 10 9 11 11 11 8 10 10 11 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 11 12 12 12 12
Eintracht Frankfurt 16 15 15 16 17 17 17 15 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 12 13 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 13 13 13 13 13
VfL Bochum 14 13 16 11 11 15 14 14 15 16 15 16 15 16 16 17 17 15 17 15 16 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 14
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 18 10 15 16 18 18 18 17 17 17 14 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 15 14 15 15
Energie Cottbus 17 16 17 18 18 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 16 16 17 15 16 14 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 15 15 17 17 17 16
Karlsruher SC 7 9 12 14 15 14 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17
Arminia Bielefeld 8 10 14 17 12 13 15 16 16 15 16 17 17 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 18

Source: kicker.de

Leader
2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage
2009–10 UEFA Champions League play-off round
2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round
2009–10 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
Qualification to relegation playoffs
Relegation to 2009-10 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

Results

Official schedule (German)

Home ╲ Away BSC BIE BOCBRECOTDORFRAHAMH96HOFKARKÖLLEVMGLFCBS04STUWOL
Hertha BSC 11 20 21 01 13 21 21 30 10 40 21 10 21 21 00 21 22
Arminia Bielefeld 11 11 22 11 00 00 24 22 02 12 20 21 02 01 02 22 03
VfL Bochum 23 20 00 32 02 20 11 02 13 20 12 23 22 03 21 12 22
Werder Bremen 51 12 32 30 33 50 20 41 54 13 31 02 11 00 11 40 21
Energie Cottbus 13 21 11 21 01 23 12 31 03 10 02 30 01 13 02 03 20
Borussia Dortmund 11 60 11 10 11 40 20 11 00 40 31 11 21 11 33 30 00
Eintracht Frankfurt 02 11 40 05 21 02 23 40 11 21 22 02 41 12 12 22 02
Hamburger SV 11 20 31 21 20 21 10 21 10 21 01 32 10 10 11 20 13
Hannover 96 20 11 11 11 00 44 11 30 25 32 21 10 51 10 10 33 05
1899 Hoffenheim 01 30 03 00 20 41 21 30 22 41 20 14 10 22 11 00 32
Karlsruher SC 40 01 10 10 00 01 01 32 23 22 02 33 00 01 03 02 21
1. FC Köln 12 11 11 10 10 01 11 12 21 13 00 02 24 03 10 03 11
Bayer Leverkusen 01 22 11 11 11 23 11 12 40 52 01 20 50 02 21 24 20
Borussia Mönchengladbach 01 11 01 32 13 11 12 41 32 11 10 12 13 22 10 13 12
Bayern Munich 41 31 33 25 41 31 40 22 51 21 10 12 30 21 01 21 42
Schalke 04 10 00 10 10 40 11 10 12 30 23 20 10 12 31 12 12 22
VfB Stuttgart 20 00 20 41 10 21 20 10 20 33 31 13 02 20 22 20 41
VfL Wolfsburg 21 41 20 51 30 30 22 30 21 40 10 21 21 30 51 43 41

Source: bundesliga.de (German)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Energie Cottbus as 16th-placed team had to face 3rd-placed 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Nuremberg for a two-legged playoff. Nuremberg won both matches on an aggregated score of 5–0 and thus secured promotion to 2009–10 Bundesliga, while Cottbus were relegated to 2009–10 2. Bundesliga.

28 May 2009
18:00 CEST
Energie Cottbus 0–3 1. FC Nuremberg
Report
(German)
Boakye  13', 89'
Eigler  56'
Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
Attendance: 22,000 (capacity crowd)
Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

31 May 2009
15:30 CEST
1. FC Nuremberg 2–0 Energie Cottbus
Eigler  29'
Mintál  37'
Report
(German)
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 46,780 (capacity crowd)
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: kicker.de (German)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Grafite VfL Wolfsburg28
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko VfL Wolfsburg 26
3 Germany Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart24
4 Germany Patrick Helmes Bayer Leverkusen21
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević 1899 Hoffenheim18
6 Peru Claudio Pizarro Werder Bremen17
7 Slovenia Milivoje Novakovič 1. FC Köln16
8 Senegal Demba Ba 1899 Hoffenheim14
Italy Luca Toni Bayern Munich14
10 Germany Kevin Kurányi Schalke 04 13
Poland Artur Wichniarek Arminia Bielefeld 13

Top assists

Source: kicker.de (German)

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zvjezdan Misimović VfL Wolfsburg20
2 Germany Mesut Özil Werder Bremen 15
3 Netherlands Arnold Bruggink Hannover 96 13
Germany Marko Marin Borussia Mönchengladbach 13
5 France Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich 12
Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich 12
7 Czech Republic Martin Fenin Eintracht Frankfurt 11
Brazil Grafite VfL Wolfsburg 11
Hungary Tamás Hajnal Borussia Dortmund 11
10 Switzerland Tranquillo Barnetta Bayer Leverkusen 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko VfL Wolfsburg 10
Germany Christian Gentner VfL Wolfsburg 10
Germany Markus Steinhöfer Eintracht Frankfurt 10

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team
August[18] Poland Artur Wichniarek Arminia Bielefeld
September[19] Germany Mesut Özil Werder Bremen
October[20] Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević 1899 Hoffenheim
November[21] France Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich
December[22] Germany Sami Khedira VfB Stuttgart
February[23] Germany Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart
March[24] Brazil Grafite VfL Wolfsburg
April[25] Germany Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart
May[26] Germany Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart

Champion squad

VfL Wolfsburg

Goalkeepers: Switzerland Diego Benaglio (31); André Lenz (5)
Defenders: Italy Andrea Barzagli (34); Marcel Schäfer (34); Alexander Madlung (24 / 3); Czech Republic Jan Šimůnek (17); Slovakia Peter Pekarík (16); Italy Cristian Zaccardo (14 / 1); Portugal Ricardo Costa (11 / 3); Brazil Rodrigo Alvim (2); Daniel Reiche (1); Sergei Karimov (1)
Midfielders: Christian Gentner (34 / 4); Brazil Josué (33); Bosnia and Herzegovina Zvjezdan Misimović (33 / 6); Iran Ashkan Dejagah (27 / 3); Japan Makoto Hasebe (25); Sascha Riether (28 / 2); Sebastian Schindzielorz (6); Paraguay Jonathan Santana (6)
Forwards: Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko (33 / 26); Brazil Grafite (25 / 28); Brazil Caiuby (9 / 1); Japan Yoshito Ōkubo (9); Alexander Esswein (4)
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Germany Felix Magath

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Switzerland Marwin Hitz; Patrick Platins; Kevin Wolze

Transferred out during the season: Bernd Korzynietz (loan return to Arminia Bielefeld); Poland Jacek Krzynówek (to Hannover 96); Romania Vlad Munteanu (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld); Turkey Mahir Sağlık (on loan to Karlsruher SC); Paraguay Jonathan Santana (on loan to San Lorenzo de Almagro)

Note: Players without nationality denoted are German.

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