2008–09 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season2008–09
ChampionsSC Freiburg
PromotedSC Freiburg
1. FSV Mainz 05
1. FC Nürnberg (via playoff)
RelegatedVfL Osnabrück (via playoff)
FC Ingolstadt 04
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Matches played306
Goals scored852 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerBenjamin Auer (16)
Cédric Makiadi (16)
Marek Mintál (16)
Biggest home winRostock 9–0 Koblenz
Biggest away winOberhausen 0–4 Greuther Fürth
Highest scoringRostock 9–0 Koblenz

The 2008–09 2. Bundesliga was the 35th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany's football league. The season began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.

SC Freiburg were the first team to win promotion to Bundesliga 2009–10 after securing the 2. Bundesliga championship on 10 May 2009.[1] 1. FSV Mainz 05 were also directly promoted as runners-up after a 4–0 home victory over Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. 1. FC Nürnberg defeated Bundesliga sides Energie Cottbus in a two-legged playoff for one spot in 2009–10 Bundesliga and thus earned promotion as well.

Changes from 2007–08

Starting with the 2008–09 season, only two teams are promoted automatically. Two-leg 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 will be reintroduced.

Likewise, instead of formerly four teams only the two bottom teams are relegated to the new 3. Liga automatically. The third last team plays a two-leg playoff against the third team of the third tier over the remaining place in the 2. Bundesliga.

Teams

Movement between Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga

Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln were promoted to Bundesliga after finishing 1st through third in 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. They were replaced by 1. FC Nürnberg, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg, which were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season.

Movement between 2. Bundesliga and third-level divisions

Kickers Offenbach, Erzgebirge Aue, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and SC Paderborn 07 were relegated to the newly formed 3. Liga following the 2007–08 season due to finishing 15th through 18th. They were replaced by the champions and runners-up of both divisions of the 2007–08 Regionalliga. Rot Weiss Ahlen and Rot-Weiss Oberhausen earned promotion in the Regionalliga Nord while FSV Frankfurt and FC Ingolstadt 04 were promoted from the Regionalliga Süd.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2. Bundesliga 2008–09
Team Venue Capacity
Alemannia Aachen Tivoli 21,632
Rot Weiss Ahlen Wersestadion 10,498
FC Augsburg Rosenaustadion 32,354
MSV Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500
FSV Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 52,300
SC Freiburg Badenova-Stadion 24,918
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Playmobil-Stadion 15,500
FC Ingolstadt 04 ESV-Stadion 16,500
1. FC Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadion 48,500
TuS Koblenz Stadion Oberwerth 13,500
1. FSV Mainz 05 Stadion am Bruchweg 20,300
TSV 1860 Munich Allianz Arena 69,901
1. FC Nürnberg Frankenstadion 47,559
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Niederrheinstadion 21,318
VfL Osnabrück Osnatel-Arena 18,415
FC Hansa Rostock DKB-Arena 29,000
FC St. Pauli Millerntor-Stadion 22,648
SV Wehen Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,566

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alemannia Aachen Germany Jürgen Seeberger Germany Reiner Plaßhenrich Jako Aachen Münchener
Rot Weiss Ahlen Germany Stefan Emmerling Germany Daniel Thioune Jako reflex
FC Augsburg Netherlands Jos Luhukay Germany Lars Müller Do You Football impuls
MSV Duisburg Germany Peter Neururer Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Grlić uhlsport evonik
FSV Frankfurt Turkey Tomas Oral Italy Angelo Barletta Jako Hyundai
SC Freiburg Germany Robin Dutt Germany Heiko Butscher Jako Duravit
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Germany Benno Möhlmann Germany Daniel Felgenhauer Jako Karstadt Quelle Versicherungen
FC Ingolstadt Germany Horst Köppel Germany Stefan Leitl Nike Audi
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Alois Schwartz (interim) Germany Axel Bellinghausen Kappa Deutsche Vermögensberatung
TuS Koblenz Germany Uwe Rapolder Bosnia and Herzegovina Branimir Bajić Nike Rhein-Zeitung
1. FSV Mainz 05 Norway Jørn Andersen Germany Dimo Wache Nike DBV-Winterthur
TSV 1860 Munich Germany Ewald Lienen Germany Daniel Bierofka erima trenkwalder
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Michael Oenning Germany Andreas Wolf adidas Areva
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Germany Jürgen Luginger Germany Benjamin Reichert uhlsport Vatro
VfL Osnabrück Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Germany Thomas Reichenberger Puma Herforder
FC Hansa Rostock Germany Andreas Zachhuber Denmark Martin Retov Masita Lübzer
FC St. Pauli Germany Holger Stanislawski Germany Fabio Morena Do You Football congstar
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Sandro Schwarz (Interim) Germany Alexander Walke Nike Victor's

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Thomas von Heesen Resigned 28 August 2008[2] Germany Michael Oenning 5 September 2008[3]
MSV Duisburg Germany Rudolf Bommer Sacked 9 November 2008[4] Germany Peter Neururer 16 November 2008[5]
FC Hansa Rostock Germany Frank Pagelsdorf Sacked 10 November 2008[6] Germany Dieter Eilts 21 November 2008[7]
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Christian Hock Sacked 17 December 2008[8] Germany Wolfgang Frank 19 December 2008[9]
TSV 1860 Munich Germany Marco Kurz Sacked 24 February 2009[10] Germany Uwe Wolf (Interim) 24 February 2009[10]
Rot Weiss Ahlen Germany Christian Wück Sacked 3 March 2009[11] Germany Stefan Emmerling 16 April 2009[12]
FC Hansa Rostock Germany Dieter Eilts Sacked 6 March 2009[13] Germany Andreas Zachhuber 8 March 2009[14]
SV Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Wolfgang Frank Sacked 23 March 2009[15] Germany Sandro Schwarz (Interim) 23 March 2009[16]
FC Augsburg Germany Holger Fach Sacked 13 April 2009[17] Netherlands Jos Luhukay 14 April 2009[18]
FC Ingolstadt 04 Germany Thorsten Fink Sacked 21 April 2009[19] Germany Horst Köppel 26 April 2009[20]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Croatia Milan Šašić Sacked 4 May 2009[21] Germany Alois Schwartz (interim) 4 May 2009[21]
TSV 1860 Munich Germany Uwe Wolf (Interim) Released from duties 13 May 2009[22] Germany Ewald Lienen 13 May 2009[22]

League table

Pos Team 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
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to licensing irregularities in the 2007–08 season, TuS Koblenz started with a three point deduction.

Results

Home \ Away AAC RWA FCA DUI FSV SCF SGF FCI FCK KOB M05 M60 FCN RWO OSN ROS STP WEH
Alemannia Aachen — 0–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–2 2–2 3–1 3–3 1–3 2–1
Rot Weiss Ahlen 0–2 — 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 2–4 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0
FC Augsburg 3–1 3–0 — 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–1
MSV Duisburg 3–2 0–1 2–0 — 0–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–1
FSV Frankfurt 0–3 4–0 2–1 0–0 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–4 0–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
SC Freiburg 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 — 0–0 3–2 4–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 5–0
Greuther Fürth 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–3 0–0 1–1 — 6–1 0–1 4–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 5–2 1–1
FC Ingolstadt 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 — 1–3 4–0 3–4 2–3 0–3 0–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 0–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–5 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 — 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 6–0 4–1 1–0
TuS Koblenz 0–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–5 3–0 0–1 5–0 — 0–3 3–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Mainz 05 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 3–3 2–0 — 2–2 2–0 4–0 4–2 3–1 2–2 5–0
1860 Munich 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 5–1 3–3
1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 — 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 — 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–1
VfL Osnabrück 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 5–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 — 0–0 2–2 1–1
Hansa Rostock 1–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 5–1 9–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 — 3–0 1–0
FC St. Pauli 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–2 — 2–0
Wehen Wiesbaden 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Further information on the playoff for promotion to the Bundesliga: 2008–09 Bundesliga § Relegation playoff

VfL Osnabrück as 16th-placed team had to face third-placed 3. Liga team SC Paderborn 07 for a two-legged playoff. Paderborn won both matches on an aggregated score of 2–0 and thus secured promotion to 2. Bundesliga 2009–10, while Osnabrück were relegated to 3. Liga 2009–10.

SC Paderborn 071–0VfL Osnabrück
Löning 78' Report
(in German)
Attendance: 15,000 (capacity crowd)
VfL Osnabrück0–1SC Paderborn 07
Report
(in German)		 Löning 63'
Attendance: 16,250 (capacity crowd)
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Top goalscorers

16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Source:www.kicker.de

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