2008–09 FC Bayern Munich season

Bayern Munich

2008–09 season
Chairman	Franz Beckenbauer
Manager	Jürgen Klinsmann (until 27 April 2009) Jupp Heynckes (caretaker)
Stadium	Allianz Arena
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Luca Toni (14) All: Miroslav Klose (20)
Highest home attendance	69,000
Lowest home attendance	69,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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FC Bayern Munich made few squad changes for the 2008–09 season. With captain Oliver Kahn retiring and coach Ottmar Hitzfeld leaving to coach the Swiss national team, the team leaders had to be replaced. Jürgen Klinsmann was appointed as new coach as announced in December 2007. In August 2008, Klinsmann announced that Mark van Bommel would succeed Kahn as captain. Klinsmann was sacked in April 2009 when the club officials saw the club's minimum aim, qualification for the Champions League, in jeopardy after a string of games in which Bayern underperformed. Jupp Heynckes was appointed as caretaker manager.

Course of the season

Preseason

With Ottmar Hitzfeld not available for another season, Bayern announced in December 2007 that they had signed former Bayern player and recent manager of the Germany national team Jürgen Klinsmann as head coach for the 2008–09 season. Oliver Kahn had, even before the 2007–08 season, announced that this would be his last season as a player. He was replaced by former reserve goalkeeper Michael Rensing, whose spot was taken by the newly signed Hans-Jörg Butt. Second reserve goalkeeper Bernd Dreher had also retired and was replaced by the amateur Thomas Kraft. Reserve strikers Jan Schlaudraff (to Hannover 96) and Sandro Wagner (to MSV Duisburg) left the club, but found no replacements. After being loaned out for two seasons, midfielder Julio dos Santos left the club for good. The only field player added to the squad was Tim Borowski, who came from Werder Bremen. All changes were made before UEFA Euro 2008. After the tournament, Bayern announced that they would make no further squad changes.^[1]

Training for the 2008–09 season began on 30 June 2008. Several players were still on vacation due to Euro 2008, while Franck Ribéry was missing due to injury.^[2] After a 45-minute in-training test against their own amateurs, the first official test was won at SV Lippstadt 7–1.^[3][4] Further tests on 19 July in Nördlingen^[5] and 20 July in Amberg^[6] were won 8–0 and 11–1. The T-Home Supercup against Borussia Dortmund marked the first loss of the season (1–2).^[7] After a goalless draw at 1. FC Köln on 26 July^[8] Bayern travelled to Japan for a guestplay at Urawa Red Diamonds, beating the hosts 4–2.^[9] On 5 August, Bayern hosted Internazionale in the Franz Beckenbauer Cup for the final test before the regular season, losing 1–0.^[10]

August

On 8 August, Klinsmann announced that Mark van Bommel would succeed Oliver Kahn as captain.^[11] Two days later, in the first cup match, third league club Rot-Weiß Erfurt provided unexpected difficulties for the Bayern as the club went to catch up on a Bayern lead three times, before having to concede to Bayern's fourth goal.^[12] In the opening game of the Bundesliga season, Bayern hosted Hamburger SV. As Hamburg caught up from two goals behind, the game finished 2–2, leaving Hamburg yet unbeaten at the Allianz Arena.^[13] After another draw at Dortmund, the succeeding week brought two squad changes for Munich, as Marcell Jansen left the club for Hamburg^[14] while Massimo Oddo was loaned out from Milan.^[15] The first league victory followed against Berlin, 4–1.

September

Victories at 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga and Steaua București in the Champions League were followed up with a 2–5 loss at home against rival Werder Bremen and another away at Hannover 96 (0–1) on 27 September. Three days later, Bayern were held to 1–1 draw at home by Lyon in Champions League group play.

October

On 4 October, Bayern drew level with VfL Bochum, despite leading 3–1 with just seven minutes left in regulation; goals in the 84th and 85th minutes, however, saw Marcel Koller's men leave the Allianz with a point.^[16] A few days later, Bayern lost a friendly at FC Ingolstadt^[17] but proceeded to win all other games in the month, including the Champions League home game against Fiorentina.^[18]

November

After a victory at home against Arminia Bielefeld^[19] Bayern drew level in the Champions League at Fiorentina on 1 November.^[20] The following victory against Steaua București on 25 November qualified Bayern for the single elimination stage.^[21] In the Bundesliga, away matches at Schalke 04 and Borussia Mönchengladbach followed; while Bayern defeated rival Schalke,^[22] the club drew at Mönchengladbach, for the third time this season not winning against them, despite having led by two goals.^[23] The games at home against Energie Cottbus^[24] and away at Bayer Leverkusen were also won.^[25]

December / January

On the 16th Bundesliga matchday, Bayern defeated Bundesliga leaders 1899 Hoffenheim, thus coming very close to the top of the standings.^[26] The final match of the Champions League group stage was also won at Lyon, completing Bayern's best performance in the group stage.^[27] A draw at VfB Stuttgart was Bayern's final game before the winter break.^[28] Coincidentally Stuttgart was also Bayern's first opponent after the break. While Bayern won this cup game 5–1 away, the first league match was lost at Hamburger SV, 0–1.^[29][30]

February

After winning at home against Borussia Dortmund,^[31] Bayern lost their next two games at Hertha BSC,^[32] that thereby took the lead in the league, and at home against newly promoted 1. FC Köln.^[33] A 5–0 victory in the Champions League at Sporting CP was the final game of the month.^[34]

March

After a draw in the league at Werder Bremen, Bayern was eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by Bayer Leverkusen.^[35][36] Munich won all other games in the month, including a 7–1 in the second leg against Sporting CP, thus achieving a record aggregate of 12–1.^[37]

April

After 5–1 defeat in the league at VfL Wolfsburg,^[38] a direct rival for the championship, Bayern suffered another severe loss (4–0) at the hands of Barcelona.^[39] Bayern held Barcelona to a draw in the second leg a week later but was eliminated from the competition nevertheless.^[40] In the Bundesliga, Munich managed to win against underdogs Eintracht Frankfurt and Arminia Bielefeld, but a home defeat at the hands of Schalke 04 led to the dismissal of coach Jürgen Klinsmann. The club appointed Jupp Heynckes as caretaker coach and Hermann Gerland as assistant caretaker coach.^[41]

May

Bayern won its first three games under Heynckes as coach, defeating Borussia Mönchengladbach, Energie Cottbus and Bayer Leverkusen. A draw at 1899 Hoffenheim led to a delicate situation before the last game, where second-place Bayern hosted third-place VfB Stuttgart. While the winner of the match would be qualified for the Champions League, and even win the championship if VfL Wolfsburg lost, the loser would likely fall to fourth position, outside of the Champions League spots.^[42] As fourth-place Hertha BSC lost and Wolfsburg won, the game eventually just decided that Bayern would go to the Champions League directly while Stuttgart would go to the qualification. The season concluded with four friendly games at Kaufbeuren, Eichstätt, 1. FC Magdeburg, and Fortuna Sittard, all won by Munich.

Bundesliga

Bayern hosted Hamburger SV in the opener of the 46th Bundesliga season on 15 August 2008. On the last day of play, on 23 May 2009, Bayern defeated VfB Stuttgart to finish second in the league. The second place qualified Bayern for the 2009–10 Champions League.^[43]

Matches

DFB-Pokal

In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, Bayern faced Rot-Weiß Erfurt. The east Germans from the third tier were able to equalize three times before finally succumbing to Bayern. A victory at home against second-tier 1. FC Nürnberg followed. In the third round, Bayern managed one of their best performances of the season, winning 5–1 at VfB Stuttgart, but they lost in the next round to Bayer Leverkusen.

Champions League

Bayern's Champions League season started on 17 September at Steaua București. The other group rivals were Lyon and Fiorentina.^[44] They finished the group stage undefeated in first place and eliminated Sporting CP via a record aggregate margin in the first knockout round, but then fell to Barcelona in the quarter-final. Club officials spoke of a "massive humiliation" and being "taken apart" after the 0–4 in the first leg which Bayern played without its top defender Philipp Lahm.^[45][46]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11
3	Fiorentina	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Steaua București	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Friendly

T-Home-Supercup

The League Cup was not held this season.^[47] Instead Bayern and Dortmund played out the unofficial T-Home-Supercup with Bayern losing 1–2.

Franz Beckenbauer Cup

Bayer invited Internazionale for the Franz Beckenbauer Cup 2009, but lost 0–1 to the guests from Italy.

Preseason

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Intermediate

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Winter break

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Postseason

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Players

Squad information

These stats are as 25 May 2009, the final day of the 2008–09 Bundesliga season.

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Michael Rensing	25	EU	2003	49	0	2010	Youth system
22	GK		Hans-Jörg Butt	34	EU	2008	8	0	2010	Free
35	GK		Thomas Kraft	20	EU	2006	0	0	2011	Youth system
3	DF		Lúcio (VC)	31	Non-EU	2004	144	7	2010	€12m
5	DF		Daniel Van Buyten	31	EU	2006	68	7	2010	€8M
6	DF		Martín Demichelis (VC)	28	Non-EU	2003	147	11	2012	€5M
21	DF		Philipp Lahm	25	EU	2005	104	4	2012	Loan return
23	DF		Massimo Oddo	32	EU	2008	18	0	2009	Loaned
30	DF		Christian Lell	24	EU	2003	65	1	2011	Youth system
33	DF		Breno	19	Non-EU	2008	5	0	2012	€12M
7	MF		Franck Ribéry	26	EU	2007	53	20	2011	€25M
8	MF		Hamit Altıntop	26	EU	2007	34	5	2010	Free
15	MF		Zé Roberto	34	EU	2007	169	14	2009	€9.5M
16	MF		Andreas Ottl	24	EU	2005	73	5	2011	Youth system
17	MF		Mark van Bommel (captain)	32	EU	2006	85	10	2009	€6M
20	MF		José Sosa	23	Non-EU	2007	32	2	2011	€6M
24	MF		Tim Borowski	29	EU	2008	26	5	2011	Free
31	MF		Bastian Schweinsteiger	24	EU	2002	184	20	2012	Youth system
9	FW		Luca Toni	31	EU	2007	56	38	2011	€11M
11	FW		Lukas Podolski	23	EU	2006	72	15	2010	€10M
18	FW		Miroslav Klose	30	EU	2007	53	20	2011	€14M
25	FW		Thomas Müller	19	EU	2008	4	0	2011	Youth system

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
24	MF		Tim Borowski	29	EU	Werder Bremen	End of contract	Summer	2011	Free
13	FW		Landon Donovan	27	Non-EU	LA Galaxy	Loaned	Winter	2009	Free

Total spending: €0.0 million

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Oliver Kahn	39	EU		Career end	Summer	n/a
29	GK		Bernd Dreher	42	EU		Career end	Summer	n/a
2	DF		Willy Sagnol	32	EU		Career end	Summer	n/a
23	DF		Marcell Jansen	23	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€8M
	MF		Julio dos Santos	26	Non-EU	Atlético Paranaense	Transfer	Summer	Free
19	FW		Jan Schlaudraff	25	EU	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	€2M
34	FW		Sandro Wagner	21	EU	MSV Duisburg	Transfer	Summer	Free
32	DF		Georg Niedermeier	23	EU	VfB Stuttgart	Loaned out	Winter	€0.1M
39	MF		Toni Kroos	18	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	Loaned out	Winter	Free
13	FW		Landon Donovan	27	Non-EU	LA Galaxy	Loan return	Winter	n/a

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Total income: €10,100,000

Individual statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		Champions League		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Michael Rensing	37	0	26	0	7	0	4	0
22	GK	GER	Hans-Jörg Butt	11	0	8	0	3	0	0	0
35	GK	GER	Thomas Kraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Lúcio (vice-captain)	44	2	32	1	8	0	4	1
5	DF	BEL	Daniel Van Buyten	25	4	18	3	5	1	2	0
6	DF	ARG	Martín Demichelis (vice-captain)	40	4	29	4	8	0	3	0
21	DF	GER	Philipp Lahm	39	4	28	3	8	0	3	1
23	DF	ITA	Massimo Oddo	27	0	18	0	7	0	2	0
30	DF	GER	Christian Lell	28	0	20	0	6	0	2	0
33	DF	BRA	Breno	8	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
7	MF	FRA	Franck Ribéry	36	14	25	9	8	4	3	1
8	MF	TUR	Hamit Altıntop	16	2	10	2	3	0	3	0
15	MF	BRA	Zé Roberto	42	7	29	4	9	2	4	1
16	MF	GER	Andreas Ottl	28	0	20	0	4	0	4	0
17	MF	NED	Mark van Bommel (captain)	41	3	29	2	9	1	3	0
20	MF	ARG	José Sosa	20	2	17	2	2	0	1	0
24	MF	GER	Tim Borowski	32	7	23	5	7	1	2	1
31	MF	GER	Bastian Schweinsteiger	44	9	31	5	9	2	4	2
9	FW	ITA	Luca Toni	35	18	25	14	8	3	2	1
11	FW	GER	Lukas Podolski	31	9	24	6	4	2	3	1
18	FW	GER	Miroslav Klose	37	20	25	10	8	7	4	3
25	FW	GER	Thomas Müller	5	1	4	0	1	1	0	0
Players sold/retired after the start of the season:
2	DF	FRA	Willy Sagnol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	GER	Marcell Jansen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	GER	Georg Niedermeier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	GER	Toni Kroos	8	1	6	0	1	0	1	1
13	FW	USA	Landon Donovan (on loan from January to March 2009)	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0

As of 25 May 2009^[update][48]

Goals

Pos.	Player	BL	CL	Cup	Overall
1	Miroslav Klose	10	7	3	20
2	Luca Toni	14	3	1	18
3	Franck Ribéry	9	4	1	14
4	Lukas Podolski	6	2	1	9
	Bastian Schweinsteiger	5	2	2	9
6	Tim Borowski	5	1	1	7
	Zé Roberto	4	2	1	7

References

External links

• (in English) FC Bayern Munich
• Rough schedule of the 2008–09 Bundesliga on the DFB website
• Schedule of the cup on the DFB website
• UEFA