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2008–09 Bundesliga

46th season of the Bundesliga

Field	Value
competition	Bundesliga
season	2008–09
dates	15 August 2008 – 23 May 2009
winners	VfL Wolfsburg
1st Bundesliga title
1st German title
relegated	Energie Cottbus (via play-off)
Karlsruher SC
Arminia Bielefeld
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2009-10-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	VfL Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
continentalcup2	[Europa League](2009-10-uefa-europa-league)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Hertha BSC
Hamburger SV
Werder Bremen (via [domestic cup](2008-09-dfb-pokal))
league topscorer	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)
matches	306
total goals	894
average attendance	42,565
prevseason	[2007–08](2007-08-bundesliga)
nextseason	[2009–10](2009-10-bundesliga)

1st Bundesliga title 1st German title Karlsruher SC Arminia Bielefeld Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart Hamburger SV Werder Bremen (via domestic cup) Hannover 0–5 Wolfsburg (16 May 2009) (9 goals)

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.

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

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](1-fc-koln)	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

1899 Hoffenheim played their 2008 home matches at Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim because their Rhein-Neckar-Arena had not yet been completed.
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	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
Werder Bremen	Germany Thomas Schaaf	Germany Frank Baumann	Kappa	Citibank
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
1899 Hoffenheim	Germany Ralf Rangnick	Germany Selim Teber	Puma	TV Digital
Karlsruher SC	Germany Edmund Becker	Germany Maik Franz	Jako	EnBW
[1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln)	Germany Christoph Daum	Slovenia Milivoje Novaković	Reebok	REWE
Bayer Leverkusen	Germany Bruno Labbadia	Germany Simon Rolfes	adidas	TelDaFax
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany Hans Meyer	Belgium Filip Daems	Lotto	Kyocera
Bayern Munich	Germany Jupp Heynckes1	Netherlands Mark van Bommel	adidas	T-Home
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*/Polo

;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.

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	Germany Michael Skibbe	Sacked	30 June 2008	Germany Bruno Labbadia	1 July 2008	Pre-season
Bayern Munich	Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld	End of contract	30 June 2008	Germany Jürgen Klinsmann	1 July 2008	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	Netherlands Martin Jol	1 July 2008	Pre-season
Schalke 04	Germany Mike Büskens &
Netherlands Youri Mulder	Stepped down
to assistant position	url=https://www.kicker.de/rutten-bei-s04-vorgestellt-377696/artikel	title=Rutten bei S04 vorgestellt	date=23 April 2008	magazine=Kicker	language=de	access-date=11 December 2008}}	Netherlands Fred Rutten	1 July 2008	Pre-season
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Netherlands Jos Luhukay	Sacked	5 October 2008	Germany Hans Meyer	18 October 2008	18th
VfB Stuttgart	Germany Armin Veh	Sacked	url=http://vfb.de/de/aktuell/news/2008/28233.php	title=Armin Veh und der VfB gehen getrennte Wege	date=23 November 2008	publisher=vfb.de	language=de	access-date=23 November 2008	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524112538/https://www.webcitation.org/5jD3H2pfK?url=http://vfb.de/de/aktuell/news/2008/28233.php	archive-date=24 May 2024 }}	Germany Markus Babbel	23 November 2008	11th
Schalke 04	Netherlands Fred Rutten	Sacked	26 March 2009	Germany Mike Büskens,
Netherlands Youri Mulder and
Germany Oliver Reck	1 April 2009	8th
Bayern Munich	Germany Jürgen Klinsmann	Sacked	url=http://www.fcbayern.t-home.de/de/aktuell/news/2009/19310.php?fcb_sid=f11d076e89bd57c2bd113feae4ab27c4	title=FCB trennt sich von Jürgen Klinsmann	date=27 April 2009	publisher=fcbayern.t-home.de	language=de	access-date=27 April 2009	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503050204/http://www.fcbayern.t-home.de/de/aktuell/news/2009/19310.php?fcb_sid=5b2580752cb8514ca415eda7a3496b03	archive-date= 3 May 2009	url-status= live}}	Germany Jupp Heynckes	27 April 2009	3rd
Arminia Bielefeld	Germany Michael Frontzeck	Sacked	17 May 2009	Germany Jörg Berger	19 May 2009	16th

League table

Results

Promotion/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.

Eigler

Mintál

Statistics

Top goalscorers

*Source: kicker.de *

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	BRA Grafite	VfL Wolfsburg	28
2	BIH Edin Džeko	VfL Wolfsburg	26
3	GER Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart	24
4	GER Patrick Helmes	Bayer Leverkusen	21
5	BIH Vedad Ibišević	1899 Hoffenheim	18
6	PER Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	17
7	SLO Milivoje Novaković		[1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln)	16
8	SEN Demba Ba	1899 Hoffenheim	14
ITA Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	14
10	GER Kevin Kurányi	Schalke 04	13
POL Artur Wichniarek	Arminia Bielefeld	13

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208111204/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=51	date=8 December 2008 }}	Poland Artur Wichniarek	Arminia Bielefeld
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207011116/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=52	date=7 December 2009 }}	Germany Mesut Özil	Werder Bremen
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309211103/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=53	date=9 March 2009 }}	Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević	1899 Hoffenheim
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309205506/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=54	date=9 March 2009 }}	France Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207011123/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=55	date=7 December 2009 }}	Germany Sami Khedira	VfB Stuttgart
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528082409/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=56	date=28 May 2009 }}	Germany Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528082429/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=57	date=28 May 2009 }}	Brazil Grafite	VfL Wolfsburg
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207011130/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=58	date=7 December 2009 }}	Germany Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207011150/http://www.fussballer-des-monats.de/content/fdm/fdm.asp?tab=13&ref=&monat=59	date=7 December 2009 }}	Germany Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart

Attendances

Source:

No.	Team	Matches	Total	Average
1	Borussia Dortmund	17	1,272,460	74,851
2	Bayern München	17	1,173,000	69,000
3	Schalke 04	17	1,043,580	61,387
4	Hamburger SV	17	931,165	54,774
5	Hertha BSC	17	886,668	52,157
6	VfB Stuttgart	17	883,646	51,979
7	[1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln)	17	838,367	49,316
8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	17	805,397	47,376
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	17	800,100	47,065
10	Hannover 96	17	711,616	41,860
11	Werder Bremen	17	686,381	40,375
12	[1899 Hoffenheim](1899-hoffenheim)	17	477,300	28,076
13	Karlsruher SC	17	476,312	28,018
14	VfL Wolfsburg	17	465,929	27,408
15	Bayer Leverkusen	17	442,750	26,044
16	VfL Bochum	17	433,762	25,515
17	Arminia Bielefeld	17	398,900	23,465
18	Energie Cottbus	17	284,245	16,720

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