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2008–09 Bundesliga

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 Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV and ended with the last matches on 23 May 2009. VfL Wolfsburg secured their first national title in the last match after a 5–1 win at home against Werder Bremen.

Bundesliga
Season2008–09
Dates15 August 2008 – 23 May 2009
ChampionsVfL Wolfsburg
1st Bundesliga title
1st German title
RelegatedEnergie Cottbus (via play-off)
Karlsruher SC
Arminia Bielefeld
Champions LeagueVfL Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
Europa LeagueHertha BSC
Hamburger SV
Werder Bremen (via domestic cup)
Matches played306
Goals scored894 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerGrafite (28)
Biggest home winDortmund 6–0 Bielefeld (16 May 2009)
Biggest away winFrankfurt 0–5 Bremen (13 May 2009)
Hannover 0–5 Wolfsburg (16 May 2009)
Highest scoringBremen 5–4 Hoffenheim (27 September 2008)
(9 goals)
Average attendance42,565
2008–09 Bundesliga
Fussball-Bundesliga Deutschland 2008-09

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 2. 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 because the UEFA Intertoto Cup will not be continued after its final edition in 2008.

Promotion and relegation

1. FC Nürnberg, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg finished the 2007–08 season in 16th through 18th place, respectively, and therefore were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by the top three teams of 2007–08 2. Bundesliga: Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln, respectively.

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in the 2008–09 Fußball-Bundesliga
Team Location Venue Capacity
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympic Stadium 74,228
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Bielefelder Alm 28,008
VfL Bochum Bochum rewirpowerSTADION 31,328
Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 42,358
Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,450
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 80,708
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 52,300
Hamburger SV Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena 57,274
Hannover 96 Hanover AWD-Arena 49,000
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim Rhein-Neckar-Arena1 30,000
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 32,306
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 50,374
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena2 22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,067
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 69,901
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,673
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 58,000
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,122
    Notes
  1. 1899 Hoffenheim played their 2008 home matches at Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim because their Rhein-Neckar-Arena had not yet been completed.
  2. Bayer Leverkusen played their 2009 home matches 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 2008–09 Bundesliga  Lucien Favre 2008–09 Bundesliga  Arne Friedrich Nike Deutsche Bahn
Arminia Bielefeld 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jörg Berger 2008–09 Bundesliga  Rüdiger Kauf Saller Krombacher
VfL Bochum 2008–09 Bundesliga  Marcel Koller 2008–09 Bundesliga  Marcel Maltritz Do You Football KiK
Werder Bremen 2008–09 Bundesliga  Thomas Schaaf 2008–09 Bundesliga  Frank Baumann Kappa Citibank
Energie Cottbus 2008–09 Bundesliga  Bojan Prašnikar 2008–09 Bundesliga  Timo Rost Saller enviaM
Borussia Dortmund 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jürgen Klopp 2008–09 Bundesliga  Sebastian Kehl Nike Evonik
Eintracht Frankfurt 2008–09 Bundesliga  Friedhelm Funkel 2008–09 Bundesliga  Ioannis Amanatidis Jako Fraport
Hamburger SV 2008–09 Bundesliga  Martin Jol 2008–09 Bundesliga  David Jarolím adidas Emirates
Hannover 96 2008–09 Bundesliga  Dieter Hecking 2008–09 Bundesliga  Robert Enke Under Armour TUI
1899 Hoffenheim 2008–09 Bundesliga  Ralf Rangnick 2008–09 Bundesliga  Selim Teber Puma TV Digital
Karlsruher SC 2008–09 Bundesliga  Edmund Becker 2008–09 Bundesliga  Maik Franz Jako EnBW
1. FC Köln 2008–09 Bundesliga  Christoph Daum 2008–09 Bundesliga  Milivoje Novaković Reebok REWE
Bayer Leverkusen 2008–09 Bundesliga  Bruno Labbadia 2008–09 Bundesliga  Simon Rolfes adidas TelDaFax
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2008–09 Bundesliga  Hans Meyer 2008–09 Bundesliga  Filip Daems Lotto Kyocera
Bayern Munich 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jupp Heynckes1 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mark van Bommel adidas T-Home
Schalke 04 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mike Büskens,
2008–09 Bundesliga  Youri Mulder and
2008–09 Bundesliga  Oliver Reck2 		2008–09 Bundesliga  Mladen Krstajić adidas Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart 2008–09 Bundesliga  Markus Babbel 2008–09 Bundesliga  Thomas Hitzlsperger Puma EnBW
VfL Wolfsburg 2008–09 Bundesliga  Felix Magath 2008–09 Bundesliga  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.
  • Ein Herz Für Kinder took the place of Volkswagen's sponsorship during the 2008–09 season to celebrate the 20th year of the Charity.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Bayer Leverkusen 2008–09 Bundesliga  Michael Skibbe Sacked 30 June 2008[citation needed] 2008–09 Bundesliga  Bruno Labbadia 1 July 2008[citation needed] Pre-season
Bayern Munich 2008–09 Bundesliga  Ottmar Hitzfeld End of contract 30 June 2008 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jürgen Klinsmann 1 July 2008 Pre-season
Borussia Dortmund 2008–09 Bundesliga  Thomas Doll Resigned 30 June 2008[citation needed] 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jürgen Klopp 1 July 2008[citation needed] Pre-season
Hamburger SV 2008–09 Bundesliga  Huub Stevens End of contract 30 June 2008 2008–09 Bundesliga  Martin Jol 1 July 2008 Pre-season
Schalke 04 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mike Büskens &
2008–09 Bundesliga  Youri Mulder 		Stepped down
to assistant position 		30 June 2008 2008–09 Bundesliga  Fred Rutten 1 July 2008 Pre-season
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jos Luhukay Sacked 5 October 2008 2008–09 Bundesliga  Hans Meyer 18 October 2008 18th
VfB Stuttgart 2008–09 Bundesliga  Armin Veh Sacked 23 November 2008 2008–09 Bundesliga  Markus Babbel 23 November 2008 11th
Schalke 04 2008–09 Bundesliga  Fred Rutten Sacked 26 March 2009 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mike Büskens,
2008–09 Bundesliga  Youri Mulder and
2008–09 Bundesliga  Oliver Reck 		1 April 2009 8th
Bayern Munich 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jürgen Klinsmann Sacked 27 April 2009 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jupp Heynckes 27 April 2009 3rd
Arminia Bielefeld 2008–09 Bundesliga  Michael Frontzeck Sacked 17 May 2009 2008–09 Bundesliga  Jörg Berger 19 May 2009 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 Qualification to 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 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Hertha BSC 34 19 6 9 48 41 +7 63 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Hamburger SV 34 19 4 11 49 47 +2 61 Qualification to 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 Qualification to 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 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Karlsruher SC (R) 34 8 5 21 30 54 −24 29 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 4 16 14 29 56 −27 28
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away BSC DSC BOC SVW FCE BVB SGE HSV H96 TSG KSC KOE B04 BMG FCB S04 VFB WOB
Hertha BSC — 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2
Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 — 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–3
VfL Bochum 2–3 2–0 — 0–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–2
Werder Bremen 5–1 1–2 3–2 — 3–0 3–3 5–0 2–0 4–1 5–4 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1
Energie Cottbus 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–3 2–0
Borussia Dortmund 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 0–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–5 2–1 0–2 — 2–3 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2
Hamburger SV 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3
Hannover 96 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–4 1–1 3–0 — 2–5 3–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–5
1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 3–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 — 4–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–2
Karlsruher SC 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 — 0–2 3–3 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 2–1
1. FC Köln 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 — 0–2 2–4 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–1
Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 4–0 5–2 0–1 2–0 — 5–0 0–2 2–1 2–4 2–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 — 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–2
Bayern Munich 4–1 3–1 3–3 2–5 4–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 — 0–1 2–1 4–2
Schalke 04 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 — 1–2 2–2
VfB Stuttgart 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 — 4–1
VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 4–1 2–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 4–3 4–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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

After Energie were relegated, no teams from the former East Germany played in the Bundesliga until RB Leipzig earned promotion to the Bundesliga for 2016–17.

Energie Cottbus0–31. FC Nürnberg
Report
(in German)		 Boakye 2008–09 Bundesliga  13', 89'
Eigler 2008–09 Bundesliga  56'
Attendance: 22,000 (capacity crowd)
1. FC Nürnberg2–0Energie Cottbus
Eigler 2008–09 Bundesliga  29'
Mintál 2008–09 Bundesliga  37'		 Report
(in German)
Attendance: 46,780 (capacity crowd)

Statistics

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team
August 2008–09 Bundesliga  Artur Wichniarek Arminia Bielefeld
September 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mesut Özil Werder Bremen
October 2008–09 Bundesliga  Vedad Ibišević 1899 Hoffenheim
November 2008–09 Bundesliga  Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich
December 2008–09 Bundesliga  Sami Khedira VfB Stuttgart
February 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart
March 2008–09 Bundesliga  Grafite VfL Wolfsburg
April 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart
May 2008–09 Bundesliga  Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart

References

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