2008–09 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2008–09 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund
2008–09 season
ManagerJürgen Klopp
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Alexander Frei (12)

Season summary

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

First-team squad
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Roman Weidenfeller
3 DF South Korea KOR Lee Young-pyo
4 DF Serbia SRB Neven Subotić[notes 1]
5 MF Germany GER Sebastian Kehl (captain)
6 MF Germany GER Florian Kringe
7 MF Brazil BRA Tinga
9 FW Paraguay PAR Nelson Valdez
10 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Zidan
13 FW Switzerland SUI Alexander Frei
15 DF Germany GER Mats Hummels (on loan from Bayern Munich)
16 MF Poland POL Jakub Błaszczykowski
17 DF Brazil BRA Dedê
20 GK Germany GER Marc Ziegler
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Germany GER Kevin-Prince Boateng[notes 2] (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
23 MF Turkey TUR Nuri Şahin[notes 3]
24 DF Germany GER Daniel Gordon[notes 4]
25 DF Germany GER Patrick Owomoyela
27 DF Brazil BRA Felipe Santana
29 DF Germany GER Marcel Schmelzer
30 MF Hungary HUN Tamás Hajnal
32 DF Germany GER Uwe Hünemeier
34 FW Germany GER Bajram Sadrijaj
36 MF Germany GER Yasin Öztekin[notes 5]
39 FW Germany GER Christopher Kullmann
42 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Damir Vrančić[notes 6]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Germany GER Giovanni Federico (on loan to Karlsruhe)
10 FW Croatia CRO Mladen Petrić[notes 7] (to Hamburg)
11 MF South Africa RSA Delron Buckley (on loan to Mainz)
14 DF Serbia SRB Antonio Rukavina (on loan to 1860 Munich)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Argentina ARG Diego Klimowicz (to VfL Bochum)
21 DF Croatia CRO Robert Kovač[notes 8] (to Dinamo Zagreb)
22 MF Germany GER Marc-André Kruska (to Club Brugge)
31 GK Germany GER Lukas Kruse (to Augsburg)

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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.

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Gordon was born in Dortmund, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2013.
  5. Öztekin was born in Dortmund, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in June 2015.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  1. "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2008/09".
  2. "Dortmund swoop for Brazilian". Sky Sports. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. "BVB Acquires Striker Mohamed Zidan". Borussia Dortmund official website. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. "Hamburg swoop for Petric". Sky Sports. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. "Tottenham offload Lee to Dortmund". BBC Sport. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  7. "Boateng leaves Spurs for Dortmund". BBC Sport. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  8. "HSV sign Mladen Petric". Hamburger SV official website. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  9. "Robert Kovač u Dinamu" (in Croatian). nk-dinamo.hr. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
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