2008–09 in German football

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The 2008–09 season was the 99th season of competitive football in Germany. It lasted from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2009.

Diary of the season

5 October 2008 – Jos Luhukay is released from his duties as head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach after 20 months over a series of bad results. Director of sporting affairs Christian Ziege acts as a caretaker until a new coach has been found.^[1]

19 October 2008 –

23 November 2008 – Armin Veh, head coach of defending champions VfB Stuttgart, is sacked after 33 months. Former player Markus Babbel, who has retired after last season, takes over the coaching duties. Babbel is assigned the title of a "teamchef" since he does not own a professional coaching license.^[3]

26 March 2009 –

1 April 2009 – FC Schalke 04 announces that assistant coaches Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck will once again act as caretakers for the remainder of the season.^[5]

27 April 2009 – Jürgen Klinsmann is released from his duties as FC Bayern Munich head coach. "Endangered minimum season goals" are cited as the cause of his dismissal after ten months. Jupp Heynckes, who coincidentally visits the Bayern match before Klinsmann's exit, and reserves coach Hermann Gerland are appointed as caretakers.^[6] Mehmet Scholl is assigned as temporary coach for the 3. Liga reserve team.^[7]

6 May 2009 – Felix Magath, manager of championship contenders VfL Wolfsburg, is announced as new FC Schalke 04 manager for the 2009–10 season. Magath signs a four-year contract with the club.^[8]

14 May 2009 – Louis van Gaal is confirmed as new head coach of Bayern Munich for the 2009–10 season. Van Gaal, who won the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar, signs a two-year contract.^[9]

17 May 2009 – Just prior to the last matchday, Michael Frontzeck is ousted as Arminia Bielefeld head coach in a last attempt to save the club from relegation.^[10] Jörg Berger is assigned as a caretaker two days later.^[11]

21 May 2009 – Friedhelm Funkel announces he resignment after five seasons as Eintracht Frankfurt head coach at the end of the season.^[12]

26 May 2009 – Martin Jol, head coach of Hamburger SV, leaves the club for Eredivisie sides Ajax Amsterdam.^[13]

28 May 2009 –

2 June 2009 – In a surprise move, Christoph Daum skips his last year with 1. FC Köln to become the new head coach of Turkish Süper Lig sides Fenerbahçe.^[15]

3 June 2009 – Michael Frontzeck signs a two-year contract as head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach.^[16]

4 June 2009 – Michael Skibbe is appointed as new head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt. Skibbe signs a two-year contract with the club.^[17]

5 June 2009 – Bruno Labbadia, head coach of Bayer Leverkusen, leaves the club after just one year and takes over Hamburger SV. Labbadia signs a two-year contract with Hamburg.^[18] Jupp Heynckes is named as Labbadia's successor, also signing a two-year contract.^[19]

12 June 2009 – Former Bundesliga player

Men's national team

Friendly matches

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South Korea

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FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifiers

Germany was drawn into

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Women's national team

Friendly matches

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Olympic football tournament

Germany ended the Olympic football tournament with the bronze medal.

Group stage

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifiers

Germany had already qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 before the start of the season. After the last qualifying match, the team finished with eight wins from eight matches in Group 4.

2009 Algarve Cup

Germany finished the 2009 Algarve Cup as fourth-placed team after losing against Denmark in the match for third place.

Group stage

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Match for third place

Honours

Men
Competition	Winner	Details
Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg	2008–09 Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga	SC Freiburg	2008–09 2. Bundesliga
3. Liga	1. FC Union Berlin	2008–09 3. Liga
DFB-Pokal	SV Werder Bremen	2008–09 DFB-Pokal Beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0
Women
Competition	Winner	Details
Bundesliga	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	2008–09 Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin (North)	2008–09 2. Bundesliga
	1. FC Saarbrücken (South)
DFB-Pokal	FCR 2001 Duisburg	2008–09 DFB-Pokal Beat 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 7–0

League tables

Men

Bundesliga

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]	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

2. Bundesliga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SC Freiburg (C, P)	34	21	5	8	60	36	+24	68	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Mainz 05 (P)	34	18	9	7	62	37	+25	63
3	1. FC Nürnberg (O, P)	34	16	12	6	51	29	+22	60	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Alemannia Aachen	34	16	8	10	58	38	+20	56
5	Greuther Fürth	34	16	8	10	60	46	+14	56
6	MSV Duisburg	34	14	13	7	56	36	+20	55
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	7	12	53	48	+5	52
8	FC St. Pauli	34	14	6	14	52	59	−7	48
9	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	11	9	14	35	54	−19	42
10	Rot Weiss Ahlen	34	11	8	15	38	57	−19	41
11	FC Augsburg	34	10	10	14	43	46	−3	40
12	1860 Munich	34	9	12	13	44	46	−2	39
13	Hansa Rostock	34	8	14	12	52	53	−1	38
14	TuS Koblenz[a]	34	11	8	15	47	57	−10	38
15	FSV Frankfurt	34	9	11	14	34	47	−13	38
16	VfL Osnabrück (R)	34	8	12	14	41	60	−19	36	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	FC Ingolstadt (R)	34	7	10	17	38	54	−16	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Wehen Wiesbaden (R)	34	5	12	17	28	49	−21	27

3. Liga

1. FC Union Berlin were the dominating team in the first season of the newly created third tier of the German league pyramid, winning the championship and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga with four matches to play. The remaining one-and-a-half promotion spots were contested between Fortuna Düsseldorf, Paderborn, and Unterhaching until the last matchday. Since all three teams won their last matches, Düsseldorf gained direct promotion, while Paderborn were to face 2. Bundesliga sides Osnabrück in the 2. Bundesliga relegation playoffs. The third-placed team eventually completed the promotional trio by beating Osnabrück 2–0 on aggregate.

Stuttgarter Kickers were struggling both on and off the pitch and consequently relegated to the fourth-level Regionalliga. After being on bottom of the table for most of the season, the choice not to return a loan from the German FA resulted in a three-point deduction, which effectively ended their season. The second relegated team, VfR Aalen, fell victim to its amount of drawn matches. Fifteen of them, paired with only eight wins, resulted in only 39 points, which proved to be too few to survive.

Wacker Burghausen would originally have been the third team to be relegated. However, they were spared after Kickers Emden, who were a promotion contender for three-quarters of the season, had to return their license over financial problems. Since Emden did not obtain a license for the Regionalliga, they entered the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen for the 2009–10 season.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Union Berlin (C, P)	38	22	12	4	59	23	+36	78	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Fortuna Düsseldorf (P)	38	20	9	9	54	33	+21	69
3	SC Paderborn 07 (O, P)	38	20	8	10	68	38	+30	68	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	20	7	11	57	46	+11	67
5	Bayern Munich II[a]	38	14	17	7	54	38	+16	59
6	Kickers Emden[b] (R)	38	16	11	11	45	44	+1	59	Relegation to Oberliga Niedersachsen
7	Kickers Offenbach	38	12	16	10	40	35	+5	52
8	SV Sandhausen	38	12	14	12	58	52	+6	50
9	Dynamo Dresden	38	13	11	14	46	46	0	50
10	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	13	11	14	46	48	−2	50
11	VfB Stuttgart II[a]	38	13	10	15	61	50	+11	49
12	Erzgebirge Aue	38	12	12	14	43	43	0	48
13	Eintracht Braunschweig	38	12	9	17	46	51	−5	45
14	Wuppertaler SV	38	11	12	15	36	45	−9	45
15	Jahn Regensburg	38	11	12	15	37	51	−14	45
16	Carl Zeiss Jena	38	10	11	17	41	59	−18	41
17	Werder Bremen II[a]	38	10	10	18	49	58	−9	40
18	Wacker Burghausen[b]	38	10	10	18	40	65	−25	40
19	VfR Aalen (R)	38	8	15	15	38	60	−22	39	Relegation to Regionalliga
20	Stuttgarter Kickers[c] (R)	38	7	11	20	38	71	−33	29

Women

Bundesliga

Turbine Potsdam emerged victorious in a very tight championship race, beating runners-up Bayern Munich by just a single goal. A 4–0 defeat against third-placed FCR Duisburg just days before the last matchday of the season proved to be costly for the team from Munich. Long-time successive champion 1. FFC Frankfurt had to battle through a couple of injuries to key players, including Birgit Prinz, and thus finished in fourth place.

The first three teams qualified for the newly created

win. Both Potsdam and Duisburg directly entered the main round of the competition, while Bayern Munich competed in a qualification tournament.

On the bottom side of the table, TSV Crailsheim never had a chance to be competitive, and successfully ended the season with a mere five points in last place. The second relegation place was contested between SC Bad Neuenahr and Borussia Friedenstal. The team from southwestern Germany eventually prevailed and sent Friedenstal back to the 2. Bundesliga after just one year in the top flight.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Turbine Potsdam (C)	22	17	3	2	67	19	+48	54	2009–10 UEFA Champions League round of 32
2	Bayern Munich	22	17	3	2	69	22	+47	54	2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying round
3	FCR 2001 Duisburg	22	17	2	3	86	20	+66	53	2009–10 UEFA Champions League round of 32[a]
4	1. FFC Frankfurt	22	14	3	5	58	25	+33	45
5	Essen-Schönebeck	22	9	3	10	46	39	+7	30
6	Hamburger SV	22	9	2	11	53	49	+4	29
7	SC Freiburg	22	9	2	11	36	53	−17	29
8	VfL Wolfsburg	22	8	3	11	53	48	+5	27
9	FF USV Jena	22	7	2	13	32	56	−24	23
10	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	22	5	3	14	26	74	−48	18
11	HSV Borussia Friedenstal (R)	22	4	2	16	23	79	−56	14	Relegation to 2009–10 2. Bundesliga
12	TSV Crailsheim (R)	22	1	2	19	14	79	−65	5

2. Bundesliga

The northern group was won by Tennis Borussia Berlin. SG Lütgendortmund had to leave the second tier again after just one season. They were accompanied by 1. FC Union Berlin.

The southern group saw a close finish between 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfL Sindelfingen. Saarbrücken eventually prevailed and made their immediate return to the top flight. Wattenscheid 09, who were also relegated from the Bundesliga last season, finished fourth. On the bottom end of the table, SV Dirmingen were relegated with the worst record of all 24 2. Bundesliga teams. They were joined by Viktoria Jägersburg, who made their immediate return to the Regionalliga.

The relegation playoffs featured a match-up between Mellendorf and Löchgau. Both teams were promoted to the second level one year ago. Löchgau eventually retrieved their spot with a 2–1 aggregate victory, sending Mellendorf back to the Regionalliga.

North

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tennis Borussia Berlin (C)	22	19	2	1	59	18	+41	59	Promotion to 2009–10 Bundesliga
2	Turbine Potsdam II	22	16	2	4	56	27	+29	50
3	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	22	14	2	6	45	27	+18	44
4	FC Gütersloh 2000	22	12	3	7	43	27	+16	39
5	Hamburger SV	22	10	5	7	44	30	+14	35
6	FFC Oldesloe 2000	22	10	3	9	23	27	−4	33
7	Holstein Kiel	22	8	3	11	27	37	−10	27
8	Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf	22	7	3	12	29	41	−12	24
9	SV Victoria Gersten	22	6	5	11	31	35	−4	23
10	Mellendorfer TV (R)	22	5	2	15	22	53	−31	17	Qualification for the relegation play-off
11	SG Lütgendortmund (R)	22	4	3	15	20	45	−25	15	Relegation to 2009–10 Regionalliga
12	1. FC Union Berlin (R)	22	3	3	16	22	54	−32	12

South

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Saarbrücken (C)	22	18	3	1	81	10	+71	57	Promotion to 2009–10 Bundesliga
2	VfL Sindelfingen	22	18	1	3	60	16	+44	55
3	FCR 2001 Duisburg II	22	14	2	6	51	28	+23	44
4	SG Wattenscheid 09	22	13	3	6	44	33	+11	42
5	FFC Frankfurt II	22	12	3	7	47	29	+18	39
6	ASV Hagsfeld	22	8	6	8	42	39	+3	30
7	Bayer Leverkusen	22	6	7	9	47	40	+7	25
8	SC Sand	22	6	6	10	37	47	−10	24
9	FFC Wacker München	22	7	3	12	28	45	−17	24
10	FV Löchgau	22	5	2	15	38	63	−25	17	Qualification for the relegation pla-yoff
11	FSV Viktoria Jägersburg (R)	22	4	2	16	25	78	−53	14	Relegation to 2009–10 Regionalliga
12	SV Dirmingen (R)	22	1	2	19	20	92	−72	5

Movements for the 2009–10 season

Men
Competition	Promoted	Relegated
Bundesliga	N/A	Energie Cottbus (via playoffs), Karlsruher SC, Arminia Bielefeld
2. Bundesliga	SC Freiburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05, 1. FC Nürnberg (via playoffs)	VfL Osnabrück (via playoffs), FC Ingolstadt 04, SV Wehen Wiesbaden
3. Liga	1. FC Union Berlin, Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Paderborn 07 (via playoffs)	VfR Aalen, Stuttgarter Kickers, Kickers Emden (withdrawn)
Women
Competition	Promoted	Relegated
Bundesliga	N/A	HSV Borussia Friedenstal, TSV Crailsheim
2. Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin, 1. FC Saarbrücken	FSV Viktoria Jägersburg, 1. FC Union Berlin, SV Dirmingen

Transfer deals

Retirements

The following is a list of retired players who ended their career at the end of the 2008–09 season. All retirements are, unless noted otherwise, listed in the 2009 special edition of

The club given in parentheses is the last club of the retired player.

• End of season – Alexander Bade (Arminia Bielefeld)
• End of season – Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen)
• End of season – Ralf Bucher (SpVgg Unterhaching)
• End of season – Francisco Copado (SpVgg Unterhaching)
• End of season – Christian Fiedler (Hertha BSC)
• End of season –
  Jahn Regensburg
  )
• End of season – Marijan Kovačević (VfB Stuttgart)
• End of season – Tobias Rau (Arminia Bielefeld)
• End of season – Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen)
• End of season – Markus Schroth (1860 Munich)
• End of season – Michael Tarnat (Hannover 96)
• End of season – Marco Vorbeck (FC Augsburg)

Deaths

• 12 July 2008 – Reinhard Fabisch, 57, coach for the national teams of Zimbabwe, Kenya and Benin. Fabisch died from cancer.^[23]
• 13 July 2008 –
  LASK Linz. Nafziger earned one cap for West Germany.^[24]
• 24 August 2008 – Josef Marx, 73, defender for SV Sodingen and Karlsruher SC. He earned one cap for West Germany.^[25]
• 29 August 2008 –
  Rot-Weiß Essen. Wewers earned twelve caps for West Germany.^[26]
• 31 August 2008 – Albert Sing, 91, Stuttgarter Kickers player and manager of various German and Swiss teams. He earned nine caps for Germany.^[27]
• 19 October 2008 – Willi Kraus, 65, striker for FC Schalke 04, Tennis Borussia Berlin, and Eintracht Gelsenkirchen.^[28]
• 27 October 2008 –
  SG Planitz and coach of the East Germany national team and 1. FC Magdeburg. Krügel won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Magdeburg in 1974.^[29]
• 25 November 2008 – Günter Männig, 80, referee. Männig was on the FIFA list between 1962 and 1978 and was assigned to 92 matches in that span. He also worked 264 matches in the DDR-Oberliga and the FDGB-Pokal. ^{[citation needed]}
• 27 December 2008 – Alfred Pfaff, 82, midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt. Pfaff was part of the German 1954 World Cup team. He earned seven caps for West Germany.^[30]
• 12 January 2009 – Michael Polywka, 65, player for FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Eintracht Braunschweig and Hannover 96.^[31]
• 29 January 2009 –
  Rot-Weiß Essen. He earned one cap for West Germany.^{[citation needed}
  ]
• 28 April 2009 – Fritz Gödicke, 89, coach of the East Germany national team between May 1958 and August 1959.^[32]

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