2008–09 Borussia Dortmund season
During the 2008–09 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.
| 2008–09 season | ||||
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| Manager | Jürgen Klopp | |||
| Bundesliga | 6th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
| UEFA Cup | First round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Alexander Frei (12) | |||
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Season summary
[edit]In Jürgen Klopp's first season in charge of Dortmund, they rose to 6th in the final table, but were 2 points shy of qualifying for the revamped UEFA Europa League. Notably, they were one of only two teams to go the league season unbeaten at home (the other being champions Wolfsburg).
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]- Felipe Santana - Figueirense, 16 May, €2,000,000[2][3]
- Mohamed Zidan - Hamburg, 17 August, €5,000,000 + Mladen Petrić[4][5]
- Lee Young-pyo - Tottenham Hotspur, 27 August, undisclosed[6]
- Kevin-Prince Boateng - Tottenham Hotspur, 11 January, loan[7]
- Neven Subotić - Mainz, 4 June
- Tamás Hajnal - Karlsruhe, July, €1,300,000
- Patrick Owomoyela - Werder Bremen
- Christopher Kullmann - Magdeburg
- Damir Vrančić - Mainz
- Bajram Sadrijaj - TSG Thannhausen
Out
[edit]- Mladen Petrić - Hamburg, 17 August, part-exchange[8]
- Robert Kovač - Dinamo Zagreb, 29 January, €450,000[9]
- Delron Buckley - Mainz, January, loan
- Giovanni Federico - Karlsruhe, January, loan
- Antonio Rukavina - 1860 Munich, February, loan
- Diego Klimowicz - VfL Bochum, January
- Lukas Kruse - Augsburg, February
- Christopher Nöthe - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, loan
- Markus Brzenska - MSV Duisburg, loan
- Christian Wörns - retired
- Philipp Degen - released (later joined Liverpool)
- Alexander Bade - released
- Sahr Senesie[notes 9] - released
- Martin Amedick - Kaiserslautern
- Christian Eggert - FSV Frankfurt
- Marc-André Kruska - Club Brugge
Competitions
[edit]Bundesliga
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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 |
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Subotić was born in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Germany and the United States and also qualified to represent Serbia internationally, and represented the United States at U-17 and U-20 level before making his international debut for Serbia in March 2009.
- ^ Boateng was born in West Berlin, West Germany, and represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his father and made his international debut for Ghana in June 2010.
- ^ Şahin was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
- ^ Gordon was born in Dortmund, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2013.
- ^ Öztekin was born in Dortmund, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in June 2015.
- ^ Vrančić was born in Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 2012.
- ^ Petrić was born in Brčko, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
- ^ Kovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999.
- ^ Senesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level.
References
[edit]- ^ "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2008/09".
- ^ "Dortmund swoop for Brazilian". Sky Sports. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Abwehrspieler Felipe Santana kommt zum BVB". Borussia Dortmund Home Page. 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "BVB Acquires Striker Mohamed Zidan". Borussia Dortmund official website. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Hamburg swoop for Petric". Sky Sports. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Tottenham offload Lee to Dortmund". BBC Sport. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Boateng leaves Spurs for Dortmund". BBC Sport. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "HSV sign Mladen Petric". Hamburger SV official website. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ^ "Robert Kovač u Dinamu" (in Croatian). nk-dinamo.hr. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2009.