2008–09 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

During the 2008–09 German football season, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim competed in the Bundesliga.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2008–09 season
Manager Ralf Rangnick
StadiumCarl-Benz-Stadion (until 31 January)
Rhein-Neckar-Arena (from 31 January)
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerVedad Ibišević (18)

Season summary

In their first ever season in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim finished seventh.

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 Daniel Haas
2 DF Andreas Beck
3 DF Matthias Jaissle
4 DF Aytaç Sulu[notes 1]
5 DF Marvin Compper
6 DF Fabricio (on loan from Flamengo)
9 FW Demba Ba[notes 2]
10 MF Selim Teber
12 FW Wellington
14 DF Christoph Janker
17 MF Tobias Weis
18 FW Boubacar Sanogo (on loan from Werder Bremen)
19 FW Vedad Ibišević
20 FW Chinedu Obasi
21 MF Luiz Gustavo
No. Position Player
23 MF Sejad Salihović
24 DF Per Nilsson
25 DF Isaac Vorsah
26 DF Andreas Ibertsberger
27 GK Ramazan Özcan
28 GK Timo Hildebrand
29 GK Daniel Bernhardt
32 FW Kai Herdling
33 MF Carlos Eduardo
34 MF Boris Vukčević[notes 3]
36 FW Marco Terrazzino
37 MF Jonas Strifler
39 MF Pascal Groß
42 DF Kevin Conrad

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
7 DF Dragan Paljić (to Kaiserslautern)
11 DF Jochen Seitz (to Alemannia Aachen)
13 DF Zsolt Lőw (to Mainz)
No. Position Player
18 FW Kai Hesse (to Kaiserslautern)
22 MF Francisco Copado (to SpVgg Unterhaching)
30 GK Thorsten Kirschbaum (to Vaduz)

References
  1. "FootballSquads - 1899 Hoffenheim - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

Notes
  1. Sulu was born in Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his parents, only holds a Turkish passport, and has declared for Turkey internationally.
  2. Ba was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualifies to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in June 2007.
  3. Vukčević was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualifies to represent Germany internationally and has represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
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