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Fußball-Bundesliga
Season	2008–09
Champions	Wolfsburg; 1st Bundesliga title; 1st German title
Relegated	Energie Cottbus (via playoff); Karlsruhe; Arminia Bielefeld
Champions League	Wolfsburg; Bayern Munich; Stuttgart
Europa League	Hertha BSC; Hamburg; 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)
Biggest away win	Frankfurt 0–5 Bremen (13 May 2009); Hannover 0–5 Wolfsburg (16 May 2009)
Highest scoring	Bremen 5–4 Hoffenheim (27 September 2008); (9 goals)
Average attendance	42,565
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 46th season of the Fußball-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 after a 5–1 win at home against Werder Bremen.

[edit] Changes from 2007–08

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Team information

[edit] Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09

Team	Venue	Capacity
Hertha BSC	Olympic Stadium	74,228
Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefelder Alm	28,008
VfL Bochum	rewirpowerSTADION	31,328
SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	42,358
FC 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 04 Leverkusen	BayArena²	22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	54,067
FC Bayern Munich	Allianz Arena	69,901
FC Schalke 04	Veltins-Arena	61,673
VfB Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	58,000
VfL Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,122

Notes

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim played their 2008 home games at Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim because their Rhein-Neckar-Arena had not yet been completed.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen played their 2009 home games at LTU-Arena in Düsseldorf because their BayArena had been upgraded to a capacity of 30,000.

[edit] Personnel and sponsoring

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

Notes

Jupp Heynckes acted as caretaker for the remainder of the season.
Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck acted as caretakers for the remainder of the season.

[edit] Managerial changes

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

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	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	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	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	Hamburg	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	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 ¹
11	Hannover 96	34	10	10	14	49	69	−20	40
12	Köln	34	11	6	17	35	50	−15	39
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	8	9	17	39	60	−21	33
14	Bochum	34	7	11	16	39	55	−16	32
15	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	Karlsruhe (R)	34	8	5	21	30	54	−24	29	Relegation to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
18	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	4	16	14	29	56	−27	28	Relegation to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

Source: bundesliga.de (German)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the DFB Cup 2008–09.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Official schedule (German)

Home \ Away¹	BSC	BIE	BOC	BRE	COT	DOR	FRA	HAM	H96	HOF	KAR	KÖL	LEV	MGL	BMU	S04	STU	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
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
Hamburg	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
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
Karlsruhe	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
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
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
Stuttgart	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–3	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0		4–1
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: bundesliga.de (German)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] 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	Nuremberg	Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus Attendance: 22,000 (capacity crowd) Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)
		Report (German)	Boakye 13', 89' Eigler 56'

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

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Top goalscorers

Source: kicker.de (German)

28 goals

Grafite (Wolfsburg)

26 goals

Edin Džeko (Wolfsburg)

24 goals

Mario Gómez (Stuttgart)

21 goals

Patrick Helmes (Bayer Leverkusen)

18 goals

Vedad Ibišević (1899 Hoffenheim)

17 goals

Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen)

16 goals

Milivoje Novakovič (Köln)

14 goals

Demba Ba (1899 Hoffenheim)
Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)

13 goals

Kevin Kurányi (Schalke 04)
Artur Wichniarek (Arminia Bielefeld)

[edit] Top assistants