2008–09 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2008–09 season
ManagerJim Jefferies
StadiumRugby Park
SPLEighth Place
Scottish CupFifth round
League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Kyle (8)
All: Kevin Kyle (8)
Highest home attendance11,427 v Celtic, SPL, 4 March 2009
Lowest home attendance4,267 v Falkirk, SPL, 25 October 2008
Average home league attendanceLeague: 5,726

The 2008–09 season was Kilmarnock's tenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Summary

Season

Kilmarnock finished eighth in the Scottish Premier League with 44 points.[1] They reached the Quarter-Final of the League Cup, losing to Celtic[2] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Inverness.[3]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Premier League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
1 9 August 2008 Hibernian H 1–0 6,168 Hamill 80' Report
2 16 August 2008 St Mirren A 0–0 4,176 Report
3 23 August 2008 Hamilton Academical H 1–0 5,339 Pascali 45' Report
4 30 August 2008 Dundee United A 2–0 6,823 Skelton 40', Invincibile 59' Report
5 13 September 2008 Rangers A 1–2 50,019 Wright 9' Report
6 21 September 2008 Celtic H 1–3 8,111 Taouil 89' Report
7 27 September 2008 Inverness CT A 1–3 3,426 Sammon 4' Report
8 4 October 2008 Heart of Midlothian A 2–1 13,189 Taouil 19', Bryson 82' Report
9 18 October 2008 Motherwell H 1–0 5,113 Bryson 89' Report
10 25 October 2008 Falkirk H 1–2 4,267 Simmonds 90' Report
11 1 November 2008 Aberdeen A 0–1 10,599 Report
12 9 November 2008 Rangers H 0–4 10,153 Report
13 12 November 2008 Celtic A 0–3 10,153 Report
14 15 November 2008 Dundee United H 2–0 4,652 Hamill 45', Fernández 61' Report
15 22 November 2008 Inverness CT H 1–2 4,328 Gibson 85' Report
16 29 November 2008 Hamilton Academical A 0–1 2,903 Report
17 15 December 2008 Motherwelll A 2–0 3,339 Pascali 35', Russell 77' Report
18 20 December 2008 St Mirren H 0–1 5,183 Report
19 27 December 2008 Hibernian A 4–2 12,117 Invincibile 5', 47', Russell 12', Hay 76' Report
20 3 January 2009 Falkirk A 1–1 5,375 Fernández 68' Report
21 13 January 2009 Aberdeen H 1–2 4,354 Russell 10' Report
22 17 January 2009 Heart of Midlothian H 0–2 5,496 Report
23 25 January 2009 Hamilton Academical H 0–1 5,063 Report
24 31 January 2009 St Mirren A 1–1 7,542 Kyle 29' Report
25 14 February 2009 Hibernian H 1–1 4,649 Hamill 76' Report
26 21 February 2009 Rangers A 1–3 50,301 Hamill 17' Report
27 28 February 2009 Aberdeen A 0–0 11,427 Report
28 4 March 2009 Celtic H 1–2 11,427 Invincibile 36' Report
29 14 March 2009 Inverness CT A 1–2 4,005 Ford 45' Report
30 21 March 2009 Motherwell H 0–0 5,434 Report
31 4 April 2009 Heart of Midlothian A 1–3 13,365 Invincibile 9' Report
32 11 April 2009 Falkirk H 3–0 5,835 Kyle 11', 36', 84' Report
33 18 April 2009 Dundee United A 0–0 6,627 Report
34 2 May 2009 Hamilton Academical A 1–2 3,289 Hamill 90' Report
35 9 May 2009 Falkirk H 1–1 5,995 Kyle 67' Report
36 13 May 2009 St Mirren H 2–1 5,927 Kyle 23', 49' Report
37 16 May 2009 Inverness CT H 1–0 6,096 Kyle 79' Report
38 23 May 2009 Motherwell A 2–1 4,186 Invincibile 27', Taouil 90' Report

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
Fourth Round 10 January 2009 Ayr United A 2–2 9,280 Pascali 9', Bryson 54' Report
Fourth Round Replay 22 January 2009 Ayr United H 3–1 11,563 Ford 50', 80', Taouil 76' Report
Fifth Round 7 February 2009 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 0–2 2,578 Report

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish League Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Report
Second Round 27 August 2008 Brechin City A 2–0 802 Wright 58', Bryson 65' Report
Third Round 24 September 2008 Aberdeen H 4–2 4,339 Sammon 2', 33', Fernández 12', Taouil 17' pen. Report
Quarter–Final 29 October 2008 Celtic H 1–3 6,319 Invincibile 68' Report

Player statistics

As of 23 May 2009 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Alan Combe 39 0 34+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
2 MF Scotland SCO James Fowler 32 0 23+3 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Garry Hay 34 1 30+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO David Lilley 22 0 20+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Frazer Wright 33 2 23+4 1 3+0 1 3+0 0
6 DF Jamaica JAM Simon Ford 31 3 27+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 2
7 MF Scotland SCO Craig Bryson 39 4 31+2 2 3+0 1 3+0 1
8 MF Scotland SCO Gary Locke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Allan Russell 15 3 8+3 3 1+0 0 2+1 0
10 MF Morocco MAR Mehdi Taouil 38 5 30+4 3 3+0 1 1+0 1
11 FW Australia AUS Danny Invincible 30 6 21+4 6 2+1 0 1+1 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Allan Johnston 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK South Africa RSA Chad Harpur 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Grant Murray 14 0 10+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Kyle 12 8 11+0 8 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Willie Gibson 25 1 10+11 1 0+1 0 3+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Martyn Corrigan 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Gavin Skelton 30 1 20+7 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
20 FW Spain ESP David Fernández 37 3 28+4 2 2+0 1 3+0 0
21 DF Scotland SCO Ryan O'Leary 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Tim Clancy 13 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Hamill 36 5 28+5 5 2+0 0 0+1 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Iain Flannigan 9 0 1+6 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Adams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 GK Scotland SCO Cameron Bell 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 GK France FRA Damien Rascle 6 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
28 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Conor Sammon 22 2 10+9 1 2+1 1 0+0 0
29 MF Italy ITA Manuel Pascali 38 3 31+1 2 3+0 0 3+0 1
30 FW Scotland SCO David Cox 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW Scotland SCO Scott Anson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Paul McInnes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Thomas Nolan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW England ENG Donovan Simmonds 22 1 4+15 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
40 MF Scotland SCO Gavin Brown 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW Scotland SCO Daniel McKay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
48 MF Scotland SCO Gary Fisher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
49 MF Scotland SCO Liam Kelly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Final league table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 Hibernian 38 11 14 13 42 46 −4 47
7 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 46 51 −5 48 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
8 Kilmarnock 38 12 8 18 38 48 −10 44
9 Hamilton Academical 38 12 5 21 30 53 −23 41
10 Falkirk 38 9 11 18 37 52 −15 38 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[c]
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ Scotland were awarded an additional Europa League place as the association finished in third place of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Motherwell earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.
  3. ^ Since Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, already qualified for the Champions League via their league position, Falkirk, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the Europa League.

Division summary

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GroundHAHAAHAAHHAHAHHAAHAAHHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHHA
ResultWDWWLLLWWLLLLWLLWLWDLLLDDLDLLDLWDLDWWW
Position543235533356756787777889910999910881010888
Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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