2008–09 Hamburger SV season

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

Hamburger SV
2008–09 season
Manager Martin Jol
StadiumVolksparkstadion
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
UEFA CupSemi-finals

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
6 MF Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (to Club Brugge)
7 FW Mohamed Zidan (to Borussia Dortmund)
8 DF Nigel de Jong (to Manchester City)
10 DF Vincent Kompany (to Manchester City)
16 MF Anton Putsila (on loan from Dinamo Minsk)
No. Position Player
24 DF Miroslav Štěpánek (on loan to Kapfenberger SV)
27 MF Thiago Neves (on loan to Fluminense)
32 MF Änis Ben-Hatira[notes 5] (on loan to MSV Duisburg)
33 FW Preston Zimmerman (to Kapfenberger SV)
34 MF Sidney Sam (on loan to Kaiserslautern)

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Bundesliga

UEFA Cup

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

Hamburg won 2–0 on aggregate.

Group stage
23 October 2008 Žilina 1–2 HamburgStadium 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 AjaxHSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
21:00 UTC+1 Report Leonardo  77' Attendance: 51,200
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
4 December 2008 Slavia Prague 0–2 HamburgSynot 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 VillaHSH 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 HamburgStadion 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 NECHSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
18:15 Olić  9' Report Attendance: 31,537
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Hamburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

Round of 16
12 March 2009 Hamburg 1–1 GalatasarayHSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
18:00 Jansen  50' Report Akman  33' Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
19 March 2009 Galatasaray 2–3 HamburgAli Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
20:30 Kewell  42' (pen.)
Baroš  49'		 Report Guerrero  57', 60'
Olić  90'		 Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Hamburg won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
9 April 2009 Hamburg 3–1 Manchester CityHSH 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 HamburgCity of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
20:45 Elano  17' (pen.)
Caicedo  50'		 Report Guerrero  12' Attendance: 47,009
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Hamburg won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

Werder Bremen 3–3 Hamburg on aggregate. Werder Bremen won on away goals.

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2008-2009/bundes/hamburg.htm

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also holds an Ivory Coast passport and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.
  4. Choupo-Moting was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and would make his international debut for Cameroon in 2010.
  5. Ben-Hatira was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in February 2012.
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