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2008–09 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2008–09 season was Schalke 04's 41st season in the Bundesliga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2008–09 season.

Schalke 04
2008–09 season
ChairmanGermany Josef Schnusenberg
ManagerNetherlands Fred Rutten
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Kurányi (13)
All: Kevin Kurányi (16)

Players edit

Squad information edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK   Manuel Neuer 23 2005 61 0 2012 Youth system
32 GK   Ralf Fährmann 20 2006 0 0 2009 Youth system
33 GK   Mathias Schober 33 2007 0 0 2011
35 GK   Mohamed Amsif[notes 1] 20 2008 0 0 2010 Youth system
2 DF   Heiko Westermann 25 2007 32 4 2011
5 DF   Marcelo Bordon (captain) 33 2004 116 12 2011
18 DF   Rafinha 23 2005 92 4 2011
20 DF   Mladen Krstajić[notes 2] 35 2004 107 6 2009
23 DF   Benedikt Höwedes 21 2007 6 0 2010 Youth system
24 DF   Christian Pander 25 2004 57 4 2011 Youth system
25 DF   Carlos Zambrano 19 2008 0 0 2012 Youth system
3 MF   Levan Kobiashvili 31 2003 134 8 2010
6 MF   Albert Streit[notes 3] 29 2008 (Winter) 10 0 2012
7 MF   Gustavo Varela 31 2002 82 8 2009
8 MF   Fabian Ernst 30 2005 90 1 2010
10 MF   Ivan Rakitić[notes 4] 21 2007 29 3 2011
13 MF   Jermaine Jones[notes 5] 27 2007 30 1 2011
15 MF   Zé Roberto 28 2008 (Winter) 3 1 2011
21 MF   Carlos Grossmüller 26 2007 11 1 2011
28 MF   Markus Heppke 23 2006 1 0 2009 Youth system
30 MF   Levan Kenia 18 2008 0 0 2012 Youth system
37 MF   Orlando Engelaar 29 2008 0 0 2011
11 FW   Peter Løvenkrands 29 2006 44 6 2009
14 FW   Gerald Asamoah[notes 6] 30 1999 244 41 2011
17 FW   Jefferson Farfán 24 2008 0 0 2012
19 FW   Halil Altıntop[notes 7] 26 2006 58 12 2010
22 FW   Kevin Kurányi[notes 8] 27 2005 96 40 2010
27 MF   Vicente Sánchez 29 2008 (Winter) 14 1 2011

Fussballdaten (for appearances and goals)

  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
37 MF   Engelaar 28 EU Twente   Transfer Summer 2011 €6m Sports Network
17 FW   Farfán 23 EU PSV   Transfer Summer 2012 €10m Sports Network
35 GK   Amsif 19 EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2010 n/a
30 MF   Kenia 17 EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2012 n/a
25 DF   Zambrano 18 EU Youth system Promotion Summer 2012 n/a

Out edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
4 DF   Abel 27 EU Mainz 05 Transfer Summer Undisclosed []
26 MF   Azaouagh 25 EU VfL Bochum Transfer Summer Undisclosed []
29 MF   Bajramović 28 EU Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer Undisclosed []
9 FW   Larsen 26 EU Toulouse   Transfer Summer Undisclosed []

Last updated: 2008-08-16

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Total Bundesliga Champions League DFB Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK   Neuer
32 GK   Fährmann 1 1 1
33 GK   Schober 6 6 3 2 1
35 GK   Amsif
2 DF   Westermann 7 7 3 4 3 2 1
5 CB   Bordon 7 7 1 4 1 2 1
18 RB   Rafinha 2 3 1 2 1 1
20 CB   Krstajić 2 3 2 1
23 CB   Höwedes 5 7 4 2 1
24 LB   Pander 7 7 1 4 2 1 1
25 DF   Zambrano
3 MF   Kobiashvili 3 5 3 1 1
6 RM   Streit
7 RW   Varela
8 DM   Ernst 7 7 4 2 1
10 AM   Rakitić 6 6 3 2 1
13 DM   Jones 6 6 3 2 1
15 AM   Zé Roberto
21 MF   Grossmüller 1 2 2
28 MF   Heppke
30 CM   Kenia
37 CM   Engelaar 2 2 1 1
11 FW   Løvenkrands
14 RW   Asamoah 2 7 4 2 1
17 FW   Farfán 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
19 FW   Altıntop 3 6 1 3 2 1 1
22 FW   Kurányi 7 7 3 4 2 2 1 1
27 LW   Sánchez 3 3
Last updated: 2008-09-16
Source: Match reports in competitive matches and Fussballdaten.de
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
       Notes
24 LB   Pander 1 1
8 DM   Ernst 3 0 1
13 DM   Jones 2 0 0
22 FW   Kurányi 1 0 0
17 FW   Farfán 1 0 0
10 AM   Rakitić 1 0 0
19 FW   Altıntop 1 0 0
18 FW   Rafinha 1 0 0

Last updated: 16 September 2008
Source: Competitive matches at Fussballdaten.de
Only competitive matches
  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club edit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Fred Rutten
Assistant coach   Mike Büskens
Assistant coach   Youri Mulder
Fitness coach   Rouven Schirp
Goalkeeper coach   Oliver Reck

Source: Wiki.de

Other information edit

Chairman   Josef Schnusenberg
General Secretary   Peter Peters
General manager   Andreas Müller
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Veltins-Arena (61,482 / 105x68m)
Club Value €348 m

Source: Managing Board (Schalke04), Veltins-Arena, Forbes

Kits edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Alternate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fourth
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Home Blue Blue Blue
Home Alt. Blue Blue White Bundesliga, Match 8, 19 October against Hamburg
Away White White White
Third Navy Navy Navy → European Kit
Fourth Orange Black Orange Bundesliga, Match 33, 16 May against Berlin → 2006–07 Third Kit

Competitions edit

Overall edit

As in the last two seasons, Schalke 04 was present in all major competitions, including the First division and the DFB Cup in Germany but they failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League in Europe.

As of 27 August
Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Bundesliga — — 2008-08-16 2009-05-23
Champions League Third qualifying round Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2008-08-13 2008-08-27
UEFA Cup First round First round 2008-09-16
DFB Cup Round of 64 Round of 32 2008-08-09

Updated to match played 15 September
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga edit

Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
9 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 7 13 59 46 +13 49
10 Werder Bremen[a] 34 12 9 13 64 50 +14 45 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.

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
27 14 7 6 47 31  +16 49 9 3 1 43 27  +16 5 4 5 4 4  0

Source: Fussballdaten

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWDWDWLDDDWWLLWLWDLWLDWWLLWWWWLLLDL
Updated to match(es) played on 2008-09-15. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Competitive edit

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 2008-08-09 DFB Cup Round 1 A Hamburger SV 3 – 0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:30 CET
Attendance
18,800
Referee
Hamburger SV Schalke 04

  Muftawu

  45' Farfán
  55' Altıntop
  67',   Kurányi

2 2008-08-13 Champions League Qual. 1st Leg H Atlético Madrid  1 – 0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:45 CET
Attendance
54,142
Referee
Schalke 04 Atlético Madrid

  10' Ernst
  30' Pander
  42' Farfán
  89' Jones

  19' R. García
  29'   76' López
  35' Heitinga
  82' Rodríguez
  88' Pernía
  90+1' L. García

3 2008-08-16 Bundesliga 1 H Hannover 96 3 – 0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:30 CET
Attendance
61,673
Referee
Schalke 04 Hannover 96

  2' Bordon
  7'   64' Kurányi
  43' Rakitić

  27' Balitsch
  43' Lala

4 2008-08-23 Bundesliga 2 A Werder Bremen 1 – 1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:30 CET
Attendance
42,100
Referee
Werder Bremen Schalke 04

  64' Frings

  32' Ernst
  85' Westermann

5 2008-08-27 Champions League Qual. 2nd Leg A   Atlético Madrid  0 – 4
Report Report link
Kick off
20:45 CET
Attendance
55,000
Referee
Atlético Madrid Schalke 04

  22' Agüero
  52' Pernía
  54' Forlán
  54' Forlán
  65' Rodríguez
  82' L. García
  86' Rodríguez

  34' Ernst
  45+3' Jones
  55' Altıntop
  86' Pander
  90' Rafinha

6 2008-08-30 Bundesliga 3 H VfL Bochum 1 – 0
Kick off
15:30 CET
Attendance
61,673
Referee
Schalke 04 VfL Bochum

  36' Westermann

  63' Šesták
  77'   90' Fuchs

7 2008-09-13 Bundesliga 4 A Borussia Dortmund 3 – 3
Kick off
15:30 CET
Attendance
80,600
Referee
Borussia Dortmund Schalke 04

  16' Hajnal
  19' Subotić
  67' Subotić
  70'   89' Frei
  85' Hummels

  20' Farfán
  27' Rafinha
  39' Rafinha
  54' Westermann
  69'   73' Pander
  76' Ernst

8 2008-09-20 Bundesliga 5 H Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
61,542
Referee
Schalke 04 Eintracht Frankfurt
  41' (o.g.) Ochs
  13' Galindo
  17' Spycher
  34' Chris
  79' Fenin
9 2008-09-27 Bundesliga 6 A 1. FC Köln 1 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
50,000
Referee
Meyer
1. FC Köln Schalke 04
  30' Ehmet
  43' Mohamad
  80' Geromel
  29' Rafinha
  63' Sánchez
  76' Fárfan
10 2008-10-04 Bundesliga 7 H VfL Wolfsburg 2 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
60,549
Referee
Gräfe
Schalke 04 VfL Wolfsburg
  20', 90+3',   75' Kurányi
  53' Bordon
  62' Jones
  73' Krstajić
  51' Džeko
  59' Riether
  60' Misimović
  66' Caiuby
  71' Costa
11 2008-10-18 Bundesliga 8 A Hamburger SV 1 – 1
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
57,000
Referee
Hamburger SV Schalke 04
  29' Trochowski
  59' Jarolím
  63' Atouba
  65' Benjamin
  48' Höwedes
  58' Bordon
  90' Rafinha
12 2008-10-25 Bundesliga 9 H Arminia Bielefeld 0 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
60,886
Referee
Winkmann
Schalke 04 Arminia Bielefeld
  78' Höwedes
  35' Schuler
  42' Kamper
  64' Herzig
13 2008-10-28 Bundesliga 10 A Karlsruher SC 0 – 3
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
29,164
Referee
Karlsruher SC Schalke 04
  22' Franz
  85' Carnell
  15' Bordon
  19' Kurányi
  68',   55' Farfán
  61' Engelaar
14 2008-11-01 Bundesliga 11 A Energie Cottbus 0 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
16,640
Referee
Energie Cottbus Schalke 04
  45+1' Rivić
  76' Ziebig
  41' Rafinha
  52' Engelaar
  80',   67' Westermann
  78' Ernst
  90' Farfán
15 2008-11-08 Bundesliga 12 H Bayern Munich 1 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
61,673
Referee
Schalke 04 Bayern Munich
  5' Farfán
  22' Ernst
  37' Rakitić
  3' Toni
  31' Ribéry
  35' Borowski
  36' Lúcio
  43' Zé Roberto
  86' Demichelis
16 2008-11-15 Bundesliga 13 A Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 4
Kick off
--:-- CET
Attendance
19,200
Referee
Gräfe
Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04
  30' Kießling
  41' Helmes
  59' Castro
  67' Castro
  84' Dum
  42' Rafinha
  65' Bordon
  82' Engelaar
  85' Kurányi
17 2008-11-22 Bundesliga 14 H Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 – 1
Kick off
--:-- CET
18 2008-11-29 Bundesliga 15 A VfB Stuttgart 0 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
19 2008-12-06 Bundesliga 16 H Hertha BSC 1 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
20 2009-12-13 Bundesliga 17 A 1899 Hoffenheim 1 – 1
Kick off
--:-- CET
21 2009-01-31 Bundesliga 18 A Hannover 96 0 – 1
Kick off
--:-- CET
22 2009-02-07 Bundesliga 19 H Werder Bremen 1 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
23 2009-02-14 Bundesliga 20 A VfL Bochum 1 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
24 2009-02-21 Bundesliga 21 H Borussia Dortmund 1 – 1
Kick off
--:-- CET
25 2009-02-28 Bundesliga 22 A Eintracht Frankfurt 2 – 1
Kick off
--:-- CET
26 2009-03-07 Bundesliga 23 H 1. FC Köln 1 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
27 2009-03-14 Bundesliga 24 A VfL Wolfsburg 3 – 4
Kick off
--:-- CET
28 2009-03-21 Bundesliga 25 H Hamburger SV 1 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
29 2009-04-04 Bundesliga 26 A Arminia Bielefeld 2 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
30 2009-04-10 Bundesliga 27 H Karlsruher SC 2 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
31 2009-04-18 Bundesliga 28 H Energie Cottbus 4 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
32 2009-04-25 Bundesliga 29 A Bayern Munich 1 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
33 2009-05-02 Bundesliga 30 H Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
34 2009-05-09 Bundesliga 31 A Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 – 1
Kick off
--:-- CET
35 2009-05-12 Bundesliga 32 H VfB Stuttgart 1 – 2
Kick off
--:-- CET
36 2008-05-16 Bundesliga 33 A Hertha BSC 0 – 0
Kick off
--:-- CET
37 2009-05-23 Bundesliga 34 H 1899 Hoffenheim 2 – 3
Kick off
--:-- CET

Last updated: 2008-11-29
Source: Fussballdaten
1Schalke 04 goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Schalke 04.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

See also edit

External links edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Amsif was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-18, U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 2011.
  2. ^ Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  3. ^ Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18, and B level.
  4. ^ Rakitić was born in Möhlin, Switzerland, and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in September 2007.
  5. ^ Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-20, U-21 and B level and made his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  6. ^ Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
  7. ^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  8. ^ Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
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