2008–09 Hamburger SV season

During the 2008–09 German football season, Hamburger SV competed in the Bundesliga.

Hamburger SV
2008–09 season
ManagerNetherlands Martin Jol
StadiumVolksparkstadion
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mladen Petrić (12)
All: Mladen Petrić (20)

Season summary edit

Hamburg finished fifth, eight points off first. They also made it to the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Cup, but were beaten by Werder Bremen in both competitions, on penalties and away goals respectively.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Frank Rost
2 DF   BRA Alex Silva
3 DF   CMR Timothée Atouba
4 DF   GER Bastian Reinhardt
5 DF   NED Joris Mathijsen
7 DF   GER Marcell Jansen
8 MF   GER Albert Streit[notes 1] (on loan from FC Schalke 04)
9 FW   PER Paolo Guerrero
10 FW   CRO Mladen Petrić[notes 2]
11 FW   CRO Ivica Olić
12 GK   GER Wolfgang Hesl
14 MF   CZE David Jarolím
15 MF   GER Piotr Trochowski[notes 3]
16 DF   DEN Michael Gravgaard (on loan from Nantes)
17 FW   NGA Macauley Chrisantus
18 MF   NED Romeo Castelen[notes 4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   GER Jérôme Boateng
20 DF   CIV Guy Demel[notes 5]
21 MF   BFA Jonathan Pitroipa
22 FW   GER Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting[notes 6]
24 FW   CMR Marcel Ndjeng[notes 7] (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
25 MF   VEN Tomás Rincón
26 DF   GER Volker Schmidt
28 MF   SEN Mickaël Tavares[notes 8]
29 GK   GER Raphael Wolf
30 DF   NAM Collin Benjamin
31 MF   GER Timo Kunert
33 GK   MAR Khalid Sinouh[notes 9]
34 DF   GER Kai-Fabian Schulz
35 FW   TUR Tunay Torun[notes 10]
36 MF   GER Hanno Behrens
40 DF   GER Dennis Aogo

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (to Club Brugge)
7 FW   EGY Mohamed Zidan (to Borussia Dortmund)
8 DF   NED Nigel de Jong (to Manchester City)
10 DF   BEL Vincent Kompany (to Manchester City)
16 MF   BLR Anton Putsila (on loan from Dinamo Minsk)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   CZE Miroslav Štěpánek (on loan to Kapfenberger SV)
27 MF   BRA Thiago Neves (on loan to Fluminense)
32 MF   GER Änis Ben-Hatira[notes 11] (on loan to MSV Duisburg)
33 FW   USA Preston Zimmerman (to Kapfenberger SV)
34 MF   GER Sidney Sam (on loan to Kaiserslautern)

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Competitions edit

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 VfB Stuttgart 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Hertha BSC 34 19 6 9 48 41 +7 63 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Hamburger SV 34 19 4 11 49 47 +2 61 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 14 5 60 37 +23 59
7 1899 Hoffenheim 34 15 10 9 63 49 +14 55
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

18 September 2008 Hamburg   0–0   Unirea Urziceni HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
19:00 CET Report Attendance: 39,010
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)
2 October 2008 Unirea Urziceni   0–2
(0–2 agg.)
  Hamburg Stadionul Tineretului, Urziceni
18:00 Report Petrić   27', 51' Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hamburg 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Ajax 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
3   Aston Villa 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
4   Žilina 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
5   Slavia Prague 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
Source: RSSSF
23 October 2008 Žilina   1–2   Hamburg Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina
18:30 UTC+2 Rilke   69' Report Petrić   15'
Olić   45+1'
Attendance: 9,871
Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
27 November 2008 Hamburg   0–1   Ajax HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
21:00 UTC+1 Report Leonardo   77' Attendance: 51,200
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
4 December 2008 Slavia Prague   0–2   Hamburg Synot Tip Arena, Prague
20:45 UTC+1 Report Olić   30'
Petrić   90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,368
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
17 December 2008 Hamburg   3–1   Aston Villa HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45 UTC+1 Petrić   18'
Olić   30', 57'
Report Delfouneso   83' Attendance: 49,121
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

Round of 32 edit

18 February 2009 NEC   0–3   Hamburg Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen
20:45 Report Trochowski   41'
Silva   45'
Olić   75'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Darko Ceferin (Slovenia)
26 February 2009 Hamburg   1–0
(4–0 agg.)
  NEC HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
18:15 Olić   9' Report Attendance: 31,537
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Round of 16 edit

12 March 2009 Hamburg   1–1   Galatasaray HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
18:00 Jansen   50' Report Akman   33' Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
19 March 2009 Galatasaray   2–3
(3–4 agg.)
  Hamburg Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
20:30 Kewell   42' (pen.)
Baroš   49'
Report Guerrero   57', 60'
Olić   90'
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Quarter-finals edit

16 April 2009 Manchester City   2–1
(3–4 agg.)
  Hamburg City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
20:45 Elano   17' (pen.)
Caicedo   50'
Report Guerrero   12' Attendance: 47,009
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Semi-finals edit

30 April 2009 Werder Bremen   0–1   Hamburg Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Report Trochowski   28' Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
7 May 2009 Hamburg   2–3
(3–3a agg.)
  Werder Bremen HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45 Olić   13', 87' Report Diego   29'
Pizarro   66'
Baumann   83'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Final edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Hamburger SV - 2008/09".

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Petrić was born in Brčko, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Switzerland and also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Switzerland at U-17 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
  3. ^ Trochowski was born in Tczew, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and made his international debut for Germany in October 2002.
  4. ^ Castelen was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.
  5. ^ Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also holds an Ivory Coast passport and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.
  6. ^ Choupo-Moting was born in Hamburg, West Germany, and represented Germany at U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally through his father and made his international debut for Cameroon in June 2010.
  7. ^ Ndjeng was born in Bonn, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally through his father and made his international debut for Cameroon in May 2008.
  8. ^ Tavares was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde and Senegal internationally through his mother and father respectively and was called up by Cape Verde in May 2008 before making his international debut for Senegal in 2009.
  9. ^ Sinouh was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 2004.
  10. ^ Torun was born in Hamburg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in February 2011.
  11. ^ Ben-Hatira was born in West Berlin, West Germany, and represented Germany at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his international debut for Tunisia in February 2012.