2008–09 PSV Eindhoven season

PSV Eindhoven
2008–09 season
Head coachNetherlands Huub Stevens (until 28 January)
Netherlands Dwight Lodeweges
StadiumPhilips Stadion
Eredivisie4th
KNVB CupThird round
Johan Cruyff ShieldWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerIbrahim Afellay (13)

During the 2008–09 Dutch football season, PSV Eindhoven competed in the Eredivisie.

Season summary

Despite winning the Johan Cruyff Shield, manager Huub Stevens resigned in late January.[1] His assistant Dwight Lodeweges acted as caretaker manager for the rest of the season, leaving at the season's end to manage NEC Nijmegen.

Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2008–09 Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Twente 34 20 9 5 62 31 +31 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Ajax 34 21 5 8 74 41 +33 68 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 PSV 34 19 8 7 71 33 +38 65 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Heerenveen 34 17 9 8 66 57 +9 60 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
6 Groningen 34 17 5 12 53 36 +17 56 Qualification to European competition play-offs
Source: ESPN Eredivisie Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Heerenveen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10 by winning the 2008–09 KNVB Cup.

Johan Cruyff Shield

Main article: 2008 Johan Cruyff Shield
23 August 2008 Final Feyenoord 0–2 PSV Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Report Lazović 55'
Marcellis 67'		 Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kevin Blom

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Liverpool 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
3 France Marseille 6 1 1 4 5 7 −2 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3
Source: RSSSF

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Andreas Isaksson
2 DF Netherlands NED Jan Kromkamp
3 DF Mexico MEX Carlos Salcido
4 DF Mexico MEX Francisco Rodríguez
5 DF Netherlands NED Mike Zonneveld
6 MF Belgium BEL Timmy Simons
7 FW Sweden SWE Ola Toivonen
8 MF Ecuador ECU Édison Méndez
9 FW Serbia SRB Danko Lazović
10 FW Netherlands NED Danny Koevermans
11 MF Netherlands NED Nordin Amrabat[notes 1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF France FRA Jérémie Bréchet
14 DF Netherlands NED Erik Pieters
15 MF Australia AUS Jason Culina
16 FW Netherlands NED Stef Nijland
20 MF Netherlands NED Ibrahim Afellay
21 GK Netherlands NED Bas Roorda
22 MF Hungary HUN Balázs Dzsudzsák
24 DF Netherlands NED Dirk Marcellis
28 MF Netherlands NED Otman Bakkal
36 MF Belgium BEL Funso Ojo
41 GK Netherlands NED Jeroen Zoet

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Peru PER Reimond Manco (on loan to Willem II)
18 DF Ghana GHA Eric Addo (on loan to Roda JC Kerkrade)
19 FW Brazil BRA Jonathan Reis (on loan to Tupi)
23 DF Brazil BRA Fagner (on loan to Vitória)
26 MF Netherlands NED Tommie van der Leegte (to NAC Breda)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF Belgium BEL Stijn Wuytens (on loan to De Graafschap)
30 MF Finland FIN Mika Väyrynen (to Heerenveen)
31 GK Brazil BRA Cássio (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam)
34 DF Netherlands NED Rens van Eijden (on loan to Willem II)

References

  1. ^ "Off-colour PSV accept Stevens' resignation". UEFA. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - PSV Eindhoven - 2008/09".

Notes

  1. ^ Amrabat was born in Naarden, Netherlands, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and would make his international debut for Morocco in 2011.