2008–09 Borussia Dortmund season

2008–09 season of Borussia Dortmund During the 2008–09 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund 2008–09 Jürgen Klopp Bundesliga 6th Alexander Frei (12) DFB-Pokal Round of 16 UEFA Cup First round 2007–08 2009–10 _bvb0809h _bvb0809h _bvb0809h _por0608a _thinblackvertical FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFF00 _bvb0809a _nikeblack _nikegold 000000 FFFFFF 000000 FFD626 000000 _thinwhiteborder _bvb0809e _thinwhiteborder _kase1718a _whitetop FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Season summary In Jürgen Klopp's first season in charge of Dortmund, they rose to 6th in the final table, but were 2 points shy of qualifying for the revamped UEFA Europa League. Notably, they were one of only two teams to go the league season unbeaten at home (the other being champions Wolfsburg). Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2008-2009/bundes/dortmund.htm FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2008/09 1 GER GK Roman Weidenfeller 3 KOR DF Lee Young-pyo 4 SER DF Neven SubotićSubotić was born in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Germany and the United States and also qualified to represent Serbia internationally, and represented the United States at U-17 and U-20 level before making his international debut for Serbia in March 2009. 5 GER MF Sebastian Kehl captain 6 GER MF Florian Kringe 7 BRA MF Tinga 9 PAR FW Nelson Valdez 10 EGY FW Mohamed Zidan 13 SUI FW Alexander Frei 15 GER DF Mats Hummels on loan from Bayern Munich 16 POL MF Jakub Błaszczykowski 17 BRA DF Dedê 20 GER GK Marc Ziegler 22 GER MF Kevin-Prince BoatengBoateng was born in West Berlin, West Germany, and represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his father and made his international debut for Ghana in June 2010. on loan from Tottenham Hotspur 23 TUR MF Nuri ŞahinŞahin was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005. 24 GER DF Daniel GordonGordon was born in Dortmund, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2013. 25 GER DF Patrick Owomoyela 27 BRA DF Felipe Santana 29 GER DF Marcel Schmelzer 30 HUN MF Tamás Hajnal 32 GER DF Uwe Hünemeier 34 GER FW Bajram Sadrijaj 36 GER MF Yasin ÖztekinÖztekin was born in Dortmund, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in June 2015. 39 GER FW Christopher Kullmann 42 BIH MF Damir VrančićVrančić was born in Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 2012. Left club during season 8 GER MF Giovanni Federico on loan to Karlsruhe 10 CRO FW Mladen PetrićPetrić was born in Brčko, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001. to Hamburg 11 RSA MF Delron Buckley on loan to Mainz 14 SER DF Antonio Rukavina on loan to 1860 Munich 19 ARG FW Diego Klimowicz to VfL Bochum 21 CRO DF Robert KovačKovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999. to Dinamo Zagreb 22 GER MF Marc-André Kruska to Club Brugge 31 GER GK Lukas Kruse to Augsburg Transfers In Felipe Santana - Figueirense, 16 May, €2,000,000Dortmund swoop for Brazilian http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11881/3574707/ Sky Sports 16 May 2008 7 June 2020http://www.bvb.de/News/Uebersicht/Abwehrspieler-Felipe-Santana-kommt-zum-BVB Abwehrspieler Felipe Santana kommt zum BVB Borussia Dortmund Home Page 16 May 2008 7 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160722212839/http://www.bvb.de/News/Uebersicht/Abwehrspieler-Felipe-Santana-kommt-zum-BVB 22 July 2016 live Mohamed Zidan - Hamburg, 17 August, €5,000,000 + Mladen Petrić BVB Acquires Striker Mohamed Zidan http://www.bvb.de/?%87%ECY%1B%E7%F4%9C%5Bk%E0%87%98 Borussia Dortmund official website 17 August 2008 7 June 2020 Hamburg swoop for Petric http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11881_4001017,00.html Sky Sports 17 August 2008 7 June 2020 Lee Young-pyo - Tottenham Hotspur, 27 August, undisclosed Tottenham offload Lee to Dortmund http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7584570.stm BBC Sport 27 August 2008 7 June 2020 Kevin-Prince Boateng - Tottenham Hotspur, 11 January, loanhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7823309.stm Boateng leaves Spurs for Dortmund 11 January 2009 BBC Sport 7 June 2020 Neven Subotić - Mainz, 4 June Tamás Hajnal - Karlsruhe, July, €1,300,000 Patrick Owomoyela - Werder Bremen Christopher Kullmann - Magdeburg Damir Vrančić - Mainz Bajram Sadrijaj - TSG Thannhausen Out Mladen Petrić - Hamburg, 17 August, part-exchangeHSV sign Mladen Petric http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=24132 Hamburger SV official website 17 August 2008 18 August 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080821080111/http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=24132 21 August 2008 Robert Kovač - Dinamo Zagreb, 29 January, €450,000 Robert Kovač u Dinamu http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/vijest/prikaz/1390/default.aspx nk-dinamo.hr 7 June 2020 8 September 2009 Croatian August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Delron Buckley - Mainz, January, loan Giovanni Federico - Karlsruhe, January, loan Antonio Rukavina - 1860 Munich, February, loan Diego Klimowicz - VfL Bochum, January Lukas Kruse - Augsburg, February Christopher Nöthe - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, loan Markus Brzenska - MSV Duisburg, loan Christian Wörns - retired Philipp Degen - released (later joined Liverpool) Alexander Bade - released Sahr SenesieSenesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. - released Martin Amedick - Kaiserslautern Christian Eggert - FSV Frankfurt Marc-André Kruska - Club Brugge Competitions Bundesliga 2008–09 Bundesliga League table BVB Notes notes References Category:Borussia Dortmund seasons Borussia Dortmund