2008–09 Hamburger SV season

Hamburger SV
2008–09 season
Manager	Martin Jol
Stadium	Volksparkstadion
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mladen Petrić (12); All: Mladen Petrić (20)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

Season summary

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

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

In

Out

Otto Addo - retired

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

First round

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hamburger SV	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

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

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

9 April 2009	Hamburg	3–1	Manchester City	HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45	Mathijsen 9' Trochowski 63' (pen.) Guerrero 79'	Report	Ireland 1'	Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

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

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

References

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

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also holds an Ivory Coast passport and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Sinouh was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 2004.
^ 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.
^ 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.

[1] "FootballSquads - Hamburger SV - 2008/09".

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also holds an Ivory Coast passport and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] Sinouh was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 2004.

[11] 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.

[12] 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.

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