2008–09 AaB Fodbold season

August 2018 AaB Fodbold 2008–09 Bruce Rioch (from July 1 to October 23)Allan Kuhn (interim manager)Magnus Pehrsson (from January 1) Energi Nord Arena Danish Superliga 7th Danish Cup Runners-up Champions League Group stage UEFA Cup Round of 16 Cacá (8) 2007–08 2009–10 During the 2008–09 Danish football season, AaB Fodbold competed in the Danish Superliga. Season summary Bruce Rioch managed to guide AaB to the Champions League group stage, but was sacked after only two wins from the first 10 league games and a single point won from their first three Champions League games, with the team 11th in the Superliga. Interim manager Allan Kuhn went undefeated in his seven league games and three Champions League games, seeing the club rise to 6th and qualify for the UEFA Cup knockout stages. However, sporting director Lynge Jakobsen was wary of promoting Kuhn from assistant coach to head coach and instead opted to appoint Magnus Pehrsson as permanent head coach. Although Pehrsson only won 3 of his 16 league matches in charge, resulting in a final 7th-place finish (their lowest in 11 years), he achieved famous victories against Deportivo and Manchester City to take AaB to the round of 16 before elimination at the hands of the Mancunian team on penalties. He also took the team to the Danish Cup final; although they were defeated by F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen's title victory saw AaB qualify for the second qualifying round of the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa League. First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.footballsquads.co.uk/denmark/2008-2009/supliga/aalborg.htm FootballSquads - Aalborg - 2008/09 footballsquads.co.uk 2018-08-08 1 MAR GK Karim ZazaZaza was born in Brøndby, Denmark, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 2000. 2 DEN DF Michael Jakobsen 4 AUS DF Michael Beauchamp 5 NOR DF Kjetil Wæhler 6 NED DF Steve Olfers 7 DEN MF Anders Due 8 SWE MF Andreas Johansson 9 DEN MF Thomas Augustinussen 11 JAM FW Luton Shelton on loan from Vålerenga 14 DEN FW Jeppe Curth 15 RSA FW Siyabonga Nomvethe 16 DEN DF Kasper Bøgelund 18 BRA MF Cacá 19 USA FW Marcus Tracy 20 DEN MF Henrik Dalsgaard 21 DEN MF Kasper Risgård 23 DEN MF Thomas Enevoldsen 24 DEN DF Jens-Kristian Sørensen 27 DEN MF Patrick Kristensen 28 DEN DF Emil Haucke 30 DEN GK Kenneth Stenild 31 DEN DF Lasse Nielsen 32 DEN FW Ronnie Schwartz 36 DEN DF Daniel Christensen 37 DEN GK Simon Sloth Left club during season 3 DEN DF Martin Pedersen to Vejle Boldklub 10 POL FW Marek Saganowski on loan from Southampton 17 RSA MF Benedict Vilakazi to Mamelodi Sundowns 20 DEN FW Simon Bræmer to Akademisk Boldklub 25 DEN DF Casper Nordstrøm to Thisted FC 26 DEN FW Jacob Nordstrøm released Results UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round W 30 July 2008 20:00 CET Aalborg BK DEN 5–0 Report BIH Modriča Johansson 16Jakobsen 42Bræmer 44Due 53Cacá 89 Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 6,043 Stanislav Sukhina (Russia) W 6 August 2008 20:00 CET Modriča BIH 1–2 Report DEN Aalborg BK Bojić 72 Due 12Risgård 62 Bilino Polje, Zenica 270 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany) Aalborg BK won 7–1 on aggregate. Third qualifying round W 13 August 2008 20:05 CET Aalborg BK DEN 2–0 Report LTU Kaunas Cacá 71Curth 86 Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 6,310 Ivan Bebek (Croatia) W 27 August 2008 19:00 CET Kaunas LTU 0–2 Report DEN Aalborg BK Risgård 75 90+1 S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas 3,000 Pedro Proença (Portugal) Aalborg BK won 4–0 on aggregate. Group stage D 17 September 2008 20:45 Celtic SCO 0–0 Report DEN Aalborg BK Celtic Park, Glasgow 58,754 Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) L 30 September 2008 20:45 Aalborg BK DEN 0–3 Report ENG Manchester United Rooney 22Berbatov 55 79 Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg 10,346 Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) L 21 October 2008 20:45 Villarreal ESP 6–3 Report DEN Aalborg BK Rossi 28Capdevila 33Llorente 67 70 84Pires 79 Saganowski 19Enevoldsen 36Johansson 77 Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal 15,959 Florian Meyer (Germany) D 5 November 2008 20:45 Aalborg BK DEN 2–2 Report ESP Villarreal Curth 54Due 81 Rossi 41Franco 75 Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg 10,355 Bertrand Layec (France) W 25 November 2008 20:45 Aalborg BK DEN 2–1 Report SCO Celtic Cacá 73Caldwell 87 o.g. Robson 53 Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg 10,096 Konrad Plautz (Austria) D 10 December 2008 20:45 Manchester United ENG 2–2 Report DEN Aalborg BK Tevez 3Rooney 52 Jakobsen 31Curth 45+2 Old Trafford, Manchester 74,382 Laurent Duhamel (France) UEFA Cup Round of 32 W 18 February 2009 21:00 Aalborg BK DEN 3–0 Report ESP Deportivo La Coruña Due 53 71Jakobsen 90 pen. Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 7,987 Nikolai Ivanov (Russia) W 26 February 2009 21:00 Deportivo La Coruña ESP 1–3 Report DEN Aalborg BK Sergio 38 Shelton 41Johansson 45Enevoldsen 45+1 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña 16,000 Alan Kelly (Ireland) Aalborg BK won 6–1 on aggregate. Round of 16 L 12 March 2009 20:45 Manchester City ENG 2–0 Report DEN Aalborg BK Caicedo 8Wright-Phillips 30 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester 24,502 Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) W 19 March 2009 21:00 Aalborg BK DEN 2–0 Report ENG Manchester City Shelton 85Jakobsen 90+1 pen. Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 10,734 Stéphane Lannoy (France) Jakobsen Johansson Augustinussen Nomvethe Shelton 3–4 Evans Elano Wright-Phillips Dunne Manchester City 2–2 Aalborg BK on aggregate. Manchester City won 4–3 on penalties. References Notes notes 2008–09 Category:Danish football clubs 2008–09 season Category:2008–09 UEFA Champions League participants seasons