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2008–09 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2008–09 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 108th season in the club's history. They played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's first season in the top tier since their relegation from the Bundesliga in 2007.

Borussia Mönchengladbach
2008–09 season
Oliver Neuville, and mascot Jünter in March 2009
PresidentRolf Königs
Head coachJos Luhukay
(until 5 October)
Christian Ziege
(interim, 5 – 18 October)
Hans Meyer
(from 18 October)
StadiumBorussia-Park
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rob Friend (7)
All:
Rob Friend, Marko Marin (7)
Highest home attendance54,067 (sold out; tied between 5 teams)[a]
Lowest home attendance36,166 v Hannover 96
Average home league attendance44,881
Biggest win8–1 v Fichte Bielefeld
Biggest defeat5–0 v Bayer Leverkusen

They also took part in the DFB Pokal, Germany's top club knockout competition, where they reached the second round before being eliminated 2–0 by fellow Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus, who they coincidentally played a part in relegating later on in the season.

Season summary edit

In the summer transfer window, Jos Luhukay notably sold German under-21 youngsters Eugen Polanski and Robert Fleßers, Danish Tor des Jahres winner Kasper Bøgelund, and Angolan international Nando Rafael, to Getafe, Mainz 05, Aalborg, and AGS, with all bar the last being free transfers. In replacement, Michael Bradley, Karim Matmour, Gal Alberman and Jean-Sébastien Jaurès signed with die Fohlen.

At the start of the season, Mönchengladbach encountered troubles in the Bundesliga, with several disappointing performances. The worst of it came in a 5–1 defeat to 12th place Hannover 96, saw manager Jos Luhukay dismissed in October with only 1 win in 7 league matches, and elimination from the DFB-Pokal by Energie Cottbus. Christian Ziege's brief one match stint as manager saw Borussia get their 4th point of the season in a 2–2 draw to Bochum away, with Hans Meyer taking the reins for the rest of the season.

In the winter transfer window, Meyer signed Belgian goalkeeper Logan Bailly from Genk, Czech national Tomáš Galásek from Baník Ostrava, and Canadian defender Paul Stalteri from Tottenham Hotspur, with Meyer selling fellow Germans Alexander Voigt to Greuther Fürth, and Sascha Rösler to 1860 Munich. In a tough final day battle, Mönchengladbach played Dortmund in the Borussia derby, while Bielefeld faced Hannover. Cottbus took on Leverkusen, and won 3–1, and as Bielefeld finished with a 1–1 draw, they went down to 20th, cementing their place next season in the 2. Bundesliga. Mönchengladbach were able to salvage a 1–1 draw in the derby, which secured Bundesliga status. Meyer escaped the drop with die Fohlen while being bottom of the league from mid December to early March. Meyer left the club at the season's close, and recently sacked Arminia Bielefeld coach Michael Frontzeck took his place.

Squad edit

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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   GER Christofer Heimeroth
2 DF   GER Sebastian Schachten
3 DF   BEL Filip Daems (captain)
4 DF   NED Roel Brouwers
5 DF   CIV Steve Gohouri
6 DF   GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
7 MF   MLI Soumaïla Coulibaly
8 MF   CZE Tomáš Galásek
9 FW   ISR Roberto Colautti[b]
11 MF   GER Marko Marin[c]
13 DF   CAN Paul Stalteri
14 FW   SWE Sharbel Touma[d]
15 DF   GER Thomas Kleine
16 FW   CAN Rob Friend
17 DF   NED Patrick Paauwe
18 GK   GER Frederic Löhe
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   ISR Gal Alberman
20 DF   FRA Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
22 DF   GER Tobias Levels
25 FW   GER Moses Lamidi[e]
26 MF   USA Michael Bradley
27 FW   GER Oliver Neuville[f]
28 MF   GER Johannes van den Bergh
29 MF   GER Alexander Baumjohann
30 GK   BEL Logan Bailly
31 DF   BRA Dante
32 DF   GER Christian Dorda
33 DF   GER Tim Heubach
37 MF   GER Tony Jantschke
40 FW   ALG Karim Matmour[g]
41 DF   GER Oliver Stang

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
40 MF   Karim Matmour   SC Freiburg Undisclosed 4 June 2008 [3]
6 DF   Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker   Bayer Leverkusen Undisclosed 1 July 2008 [4]
19 MF   Gal Alberman   Beitar Jerusalem Undisclosed [5]
20 DF   Jean-Sébastien Jaurès   Auxerre Free
26 FW   Michael Bradley   Heerenveen €5,000,000 31 August 2008 [6]
30 GK   Logan Bailly   Genk Undisclosed 22 December 2008 [7]
8 MF   Tomáš Galásek   Baník Ostrava Undisclosed
13 DF   Paul Stalteri   Tottenham Hotspur Free
31 DF   Dante   Standard Liège Undisclosed 27 December 2008 [8]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
26 MF   Robert Fleßers   Mainz 05 Free 4 June 2008 [9]
9 FW   Nando Rafael   AGS Undisclosed 1 July 2008 [10]
13 DF   Zé António   Racing Santander Free [11]
20 DF   Kasper Bögelund   Aalborg Free [12]
6 MF   Eugen Polanski   Getafe Free 4 July 2008 [13]
17 MF   David Degen   Young Boys Free 22 August 2008 [14]
8 MF   Sebastian Svärd   Hansa Rostock Loan 1 January 2009 [15]
10 FW   Sascha Rösler   1860 Munich Undisclosed 8 January 2009 [16]
13 DF   Alexander Voigt   Greuther Fürth Free 12 January 2009 [17]
23 MF   Marcel Ndjeng   Hamburger SV Loan 26 January 2009
21 GK   Uwe Gospodarek Unattached End of contract 22 April 2009

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 17 August 2008 23 May 2008 Matchday 1 15th 34 8 7 19 39 62 −23 023.53
DFB-Pokal 9 August 2008 23 September 2008 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 8 3 +5 050.00
Total 36 9 7 20 47 65 −18 025.00

Last updated: 25 May 2023
Source: kicker

Bundesliga edit

Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 8 7 19 39 62  −23 31 5 4 8 23 27  −4 3 3 11 16 35  −19

Source: kicker

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultLLWLLLLDWLLWDLLLLLDDWLWWLDLLDLWWLD
Position15151811161718181817171714141517181818181818181716161616161717151415
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

17 August 2008 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
17:00 CEST Rösler   20'
Alberman   54'
Friend   60'
Matmour   85'		 Report Hitzlsperger   15'
Marica   26'
Boka   31'
Gómez   44'
Šimák   66'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 47,028
Referee: Herbert Fandel
23 August 2008 2 1899 Hoffenheim 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mannheim
15:30 CEST Ibišević   31'
Nilsson   52'		 Report Jaurès   22'
Daems   51'
Matmour   71'
Neuville   89'		 Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 26,300
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
30 August 2008 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Matmour   12'   90+2'
Friend   30'
Daems   60'
Baumjohann   71'		 Report Naldo   30'
Jensen   44'
Pizarro   79'
Diego   89'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,067
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
14 September 2008 4 Hannover 96 5–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hannover
17:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 41,362
Referee: Markus Schmidt
20 September 2008 5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 Hertha Berlin Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 43,193
Referee: Felix Brych
27 September 2008 6 Hamburger SV 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: HSH-Nordbank-Arena
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
4 October 2008 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,067
Referee: Günter Perl
17 October 2008 8 VfL Bochum 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bochum
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Rewirpower-Stadion
Attendance: 31,328
Referee: Helmut Fleischer [de]
25 October 2008 9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 Karlsruher SC Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 42,051
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
28 October 2008 10 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,580
Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) [de]
2 November 2008 11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Mönchengladbach
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 44,773
Referee: Florian Meyer
8 November 2008 12 Arminia Bielefeld 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bielefeld
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 24,600
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
15 November 2008 13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Bayern Munich Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,067
Referee: Michael Weiner
22 November 2008 14 Schalke 04 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Jochen Drees
29 November 2008 15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 Energie Cottbus Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 36,454
Referee: Peter Sippel
6 December 2008 16 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 44,161
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
12 December 2008 17 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park
Attendance: 79,700
Referee: Knut Kircher
31 January 2009 18 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stuttgart
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 41,300
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
7 February 2009 19 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 42,421
Referee: Lutz Wagner
14 February 2009 20 Werder Bremen 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 41,332
Referee: Markus Schmidt
21 February 2009 21 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 Hannover 96 Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 36,166
Referee: Günter Perl
28 February 2009 22 Hertha Berlin 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 48,534
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
7 March 2009 23 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 Hamburger SV Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,273
Referee: Michael Kempter
14 March 2009 24 1. FC Köln 2–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Köln
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Energie-Stadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
20 March 2009 25 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 49,282
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
5 April 2009 26 Karlsruher SC 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Karlsruhe
17:30 CEST
Report Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 29,380
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
11 April 2009 27 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 49,152
Referee: Knut Kircher
18 April 2009 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Felix Brych
26 April 2009 29 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Arminia Bielefeld Mönchengladbach
17:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,108
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
2 May 2009 30 Bayern Munich 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Munich
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Allianz-Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
10 May 2009 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
17:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,067
Referee: Peter Sippel
13 May 2009 32 Energie Cottbus 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cottbus
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 20,850
Referee: Peter Sippel
16 May 2009 33 Bayer Leverkusen 5–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Düsseldorf
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: LTU-Arena
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Günter Perl
23 May 2009 34 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,067
Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal edit

Main article: 2008–09 DFB-Pokal

In the first round, Borussia Mönchengladbach were drawn against VfB Vichte Bielefeld.

9 August 2008 First round VfB Fichte Bielefeld 1–8 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bielefeld
15:30 CEST Önen   66' Report Marin   7', 11', 17' (pen.)
Colautti   9', 24'
Rösler   18', 54'
Brouwers   36'		 Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Babak Rafati
23 September 2008 Second round Energie Cottbus 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cottbus
19:00 CEST Rangelov   42' (pen.)
Skela   73' (pen.), 89' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 9,805
Referee: Michael Kempter (referee) [de]

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Christofer Heimeroth 11 0 9 0 2 0
18 GK   GER Frederic Löhe 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 GK   BEL Logan Bailly 17 0 17 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Sebastian Schachten 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
3 DF   BEL Filip Daems 35 2 33 2 2 0
4 DF   BEL Roel Brouwers 26 3 20+5 2 1 1
5 DF   CIV Steve Gohouri 15 2 14+1 2 0 0
6 DF   GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker 9 0 6+1 0 1+1 0
13 DF   CAN Paul Stalteri 16 0 16 0 0 0
15 DF   GER Thomas Kleine 8 1 3+5 1 0 0
17 DF   NED Patrick Paauwe 24 1 21+3 1 0 0
20 DF   FRA Jean-Sébastien Jaurès 5 0 4 0 1 0
22 DF   GER Tobias Levels 18 1 15+2 1 1 0
31 DF   BRA Dante 10 3 9+1 3 0 0
32 DF   GER Christian Dorda 7 0 6+1 0 0 0
33 DF   GER Tim Heubach 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF   GER Oliver Stang 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF   MLI Soumaïla Coulibaly 5 0 0+4 0 0+1 0
8 MF   CZE Tomáš Galásek 15 0 15 0 0 0
11 MF   GER Marko Marin[c] 35 7 25+8 4 2 3
19 MF   ISR Gal Alberman 17 0 14+2 0 1 0
26 MF   USA Michael Bradley 28 5 26+2 5 0 0
28 MF   GER Johannes van den Bergh 8 1 4+3 1 0+1 0
29 MF   GER Alexander Baumjohann 30 3 22+6 3 2 0
37 MF   GER Tony Jantschke 4 1 3+1 1 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   ISR Roberto Colautti[b] 25 3 10+14 1 1 2
14 FW   SWE Sharbel Touma[d] 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
16 FW   CAN Rob Friend 25 7 23+1 7 0+1 0
25 FW   GER Moses Lamidi[e] 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
27 FW   GER Oliver Neuville[f] 26 1 3+22 1 1 0
40 FW   ALG Karim Matmour[g] 35 3 29+5 3 1 0
Players transferred out during season
8 MF   DEN Sebastian Svärd 7 0 6 0 1 0
10 FW   GER Sascha Rösler 6 2 2+2 0 2 2
13 DF   GER Alexander Voigt 7 0 6 0 1 0
23 MF   CMR Marcel Ndjeng 11 0 6+3 0 2 0
21 GK   GER Uwe Gospodarek 7 0 7 0 0 0

Source: worldfootball
worldfootball

Goalscorers edit

Rank[h] Pos. No. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 FW 16   Rob Friend 7 0 7
MF 11   Marko Marin 4 3 7
3 MF 26   Michael Bradley 5 0 5
4 DF 31   Dante 3 0 3
FW 9   Roberto Colautti 1 2 3
DF 4   Roel Brouwers 2 1 3
MF 29   Alexander Baumjohann 3 0 3
FW 40   Karim Matmour 3 0 3
9 FW 11   Sascha Rösler 0 2 2
DF 5   Steve Gohouri 2 0 2
DF 3   Filip Daems 2 0 2
12 MF 37   Tony Jantschke 1 0 1
DF 15   Thomas Kleine 1 0 1
MF 28   Johannes van den Bergh 1 0 1
DF 18   Tobias Levels 1 0 1
DF 17   Patrick Paauwe 1 0 1
FW 27   Oliver Neuville 1 0 1
— Own goal 1 0 1
Total 39 8 47

Notes edit

  1. ^ The 5 clubs who played in a sold-out match against Mönchengladbach were, Werder Bremen, 1. FC Köln, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, and Borussia Dortmund.
  2. ^ a b Colautti was born in Córdoba, Argentina, but he soon obtained Israeli citizenship through his Israeli wife, allowing him the option of playing for Israel. He made his international debut for Israel in September 2006.
  3. ^ a b Marin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia, but he soon obtained German citizenship, allowing him the option of playing for Germany. He played for Germany at the U-16, U-17, U-18, and U-21 levels, making his senior international debut in May 2008.
  4. ^ a b Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but he soon obtained Swedish citizenship, allowing him the option of playing for Sweden. He played for Sweden at the U-16, U-18, and U-21 levels, making his senior level international debut in February 2001.
  5. ^ a b Lamidi was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but he soon obtained German citizenship, allowing him the option to play for Germany. He represented Germany at U-20 level 5 times.
  6. ^ a b Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but he had the option of playing for Germany through his German father. He represented Germany at senior level, making his international debut in September 1998.
  7. ^ a b Matmour was born in Strasbourg, France, but he had the option of playing for Algeria through his Algerian parents. He represented Algeria at senior level, making his international debut in February 2007.
  8. ^ If two or more players have the same number of goals, they are ranked by appearances, and if the same happens for appearances, they are ranked by minutes played.

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