2008–09 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04

2008–09 season
Chairman	Josef Schnusenberg
Manager	Fred Rutten
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The 2008–09 season was Schalke 04's 41st season in the Bundesliga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2008–09 season.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Neuer	23	2005	61	0	2012	Youth system
32	GK		Fährmann	20	2006	0	0	2009	Youth system
33	GK		Schober	33	2007	0	0	2011
35	GK		Amsif	20	2008	0	0	2010	Youth system
2	DF		Westermann	25	2007	32	4	2011
5	DF		Bordon (captain)	33	2004	116	12	2011
18	DF		Rafinha	23	2005	92	4	2011
20	DF		Krstajić	35	2004	107	6	2009
23	DF		Höwedes	21	2007	6	0	2010	Youth system
24	DF		Pander	25	2004	57	4	2011	Youth system
25	DF		Zambrano	19	2008	0	0	2012	Youth system
3	MF		Kobiashvili	31	2003	134	8	2010
6	MF		Streit	29	2008 (Winter)	10	0	2012
7	MF		Varela	31	2002	82	8	2009
8	MF		Ernst	30	2005	90	1	2010
10	MF		Rakitić	21	2007	29	3	2011
13	MF		Jones	27	2007	30	1	2011
15	MF		Zé Roberto	28	2008 (Winter)	3	1	2011
21	MF		Grossmüller	26	2007	11	1	2011
28	MF		Heppke	23	2006	1	0	2009	Youth system
30	MF		Kenia	18	2008	0	0	2012	Youth system
37	MF		Engelaar	29	2008	0	0	2011
11	FW		Løvenkrands	29	2006	44	6	2009
14	FW		Asamoah	30	1999	244	41	2011
17	FW		Farfán	24	2008	0	0	2012
19	FW		Altıntop	26	2006	58	12	2010
22	FW		Kurányi	27	2005	96	40	2010
27	MF		Sánchez	29	2008 (Winter)	14	1	2011

• Last updated: 2008-08-16
• Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

Fussballdaten (for appearances and goals)

• Ordered by position on pitch.

Players in / out

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
37	MF		Engelaar	28	EU	Twente	Transfer	Summer	2011	€6m	Sports Network
17	FW		Farfán	23	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2012	€10m	Sports Network
35	GK		Amsif	19	EU	Youth system	Promotion	Summer	2010	n/a
30	MF		Kenia	17	EU	Youth system	Promotion	Summer	2012	n/a
25	DF		Zambrano	18	EU	Youth system	Promotion	Summer	2012	n/a

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
4	DF		Abel	27	EU	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[]
26	MF		Azaouagh	25	EU	VfL Bochum	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[]
29	MF		Bajramović	28	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[]
9	FW		Larsen	26	EU	Toulouse	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[]

Last updated: 2008-08-16

Squad statistics

				Total			Bundesliga		Champions League		DFB Cup
No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Neuer
32	GK		Fährmann	1	1		1
33	GK		Schober	6	6		3		2		1
35	GK		Amsif
2	DF		Westermann	7	7	3	4	3	2		1
5	CB		Bordon	7	7	1	4	1	2		1
18	RB		Rafinha	2	3	1	2	1	1
20	CB		Krstajić	2	3		2		1
23	CB		Höwedes	5	7		4		2		1
24	LB		Pander	7	7	1	4		2	1	1
25	DF		Zambrano
3	MF		Kobiashvili	3	5		3		1		1
6	RM		Streit
7	RW		Varela
8	DM		Ernst	7	7		4		2		1
10	AM		Rakitić	6	6		3		2		1
13	DM		Jones	6	6		3		2		1
15	AM		Zé Roberto
21	MF		Grossmüller	1	2		2
28	MF		Heppke
30	CM		Kenia
37	CM		Engelaar	2	2				1		1
11	FW		Løvenkrands
14	RW		Asamoah	2	7		4		2		1
17	FW		Farfán	3	3	2	1	1	1		1	1
19	FW		Altıntop	3	6	1	3		2		1	1
22	FW		Kurányi	7	7	3	4	2	2		1	1
27	LW		Sánchez		3		3

Last updated: 2008-09-16
Source: Match reports in competitive matches and Fussballdaten.de
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
24	LB		Pander		1	1
8	DM		Ernst	3	0	1
13	DM		Jones	2	0	0
22	FW		Kurányi	1	0	0
17	FW		Farfán	1	0	0
10	AM		Rakitić	1	0	0
19	FW		Altıntop	1	0	0
18	FW		Rafinha	1	0	0

Last updated: 16 September 2008
Source: Competitive matches at Fussballdaten.de
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Fred Rutten
Assistant coach	Mike Büskens
Assistant coach	Youri Mulder
Fitness coach	Rouven Schirp
Goalkeeper coach	Oliver Reck

Source: Wiki.de

Other information

Chairman	Josef Schnusenberg
General Secretary	Peter Peters
General manager	Andreas Müller
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Veltins-Arena (61,482 / 105x68m)
Club Value	€348 m

Source: Managing Board (Schalke04), Veltins-Arena, Forbes

Kits

Home

Home Alternate

Away

Third

Fourth

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Blue	Blue	Blue
Home Alt.	Blue	Blue	White	Bundesliga, Match 8, October 19 against Hamburg
Away	White	White	White
Third	Navy	Navy	Navy	→ European Kit
Fourth	Orange	Black	Orange	Bundesliga, Match 33, May 16 against Berlin → 2006-07 Third Kit

Competitions

Overall

As in the last two seasons, Schalke 04 was present in all major competitions, including the First division and the DFB Cup in Germany but they failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League in Europe.

As of 27 August

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Bundesliga	—	—		2008-08-16	2009-05-23
Champions League	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2008-08-13	2008-08-27
UEFA Cup	First round	First round		2008-09-16
DFB Cup	Round of 64	Round of 32		2008-08-09

Last updated: 15 September
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	VfB Stuttgart	29	16	6	7	52	37	+15	54	Play-off round
5	Hamburger SV	29	17	3	9	42	40	+2	54	Third qualifying round
6	Schalke 04	29	14	7	8	43	27	+16	49
7	Borussia Dortmund	29	12	13	4	47	33	+14	49
8	1899 Hoffenheim	29	12	9	8	54	41	+13	45
9	Bayer Leverkusen	29	12	6	11	50	37	+13	42
10	Werder Bremen	29	10	9	10	55	41	+14	39

Updated to games played on 26 April 2009.
Source: bundesliga.de (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	14	7	6	47	31	+16	49	9	3	1	43	27	+16	5	4	5	4	4	0

Source: Fussballdaten

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D

Last updated: 2008-09-15.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Competitive

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	2008-08-09	DFB Cup	Round 1	A	Hamburger SV	3 – 0
2	2008-08-13	Champions League	Qual. 1st Leg	H	Atlético Madrid	1 – 0
3	2008-08-16	Bundesliga	1	H	Hannover 96	3 – 0
4	2008-08-23	Bundesliga	2	A	Werder Bremen	1 – 1
5	2008-08-27	Champions League	Qual. 2nd Leg	A	Atlético Madrid	0 – 4
6	2008-08-30	Bundesliga	3	H	VfL Bochum	1 – 0
7	2008-09-13	Bundesliga	4	A	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 3
8	2008-09-20	Bundesliga	5	H	Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 0
9	2008-09-27	Bundesliga	6	A	1. FC Köln	1 – 0
10	2008-10-04	Bundesliga	7	H	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 2
11	2008-10-18	Bundesliga	8	A	Hamburger SV	1 – 1
12	2008-10-25	Bundesliga	9	H	Arminia Bielefeld	0 – 0
13	2008-10-28	Bundesliga	10	A	Karlsruher SC	0 – 3
14	2008-11-01	Bundesliga	11	A	Energie Cottbus	0 – 2
15	2008-11-08	Bundesliga	12	H	Bayern Munich	1 – 2
16	2008-11-15	Bundesliga	13	A	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1
17	2008-11-22	Bundesliga	14	H	Borussia Mönchengladbach
18	2008-11-29	Bundesliga	15	A	VfB Stuttgart
19	2008-12-06	Bundesliga	16	H	Hertha BSC
20	2009-12-13	Bundesliga	17	A	1899 Hoffenheim
21	2009-01-31	Bundesliga	18	A	Hannover 96
22	2009-02-07	Bundesliga	19	H	Werder Bremen
23	2009-02-14	Bundesliga	20	A	VfL Bochum
24	2009-02-21	Bundesliga	21	H	Borussia Dortmund
25	2009-02-28	Bundesliga	22	A	Eintracht Frankfurt
26	2009-03-07	Bundesliga	23	H	1. FC Köln
27	2009-03-14	Bundesliga	24	A	VfL Wolfsburg
28	2009-03-21	Bundesliga	25	H	Hamburger SV
29	2009-04-04	Bundesliga	26	A	Arminia Bielefeld
30	2009-04-10	Bundesliga	27	H	Karlsruher SC
31	2009-04-18	Bundesliga	28	H	Energie Cottbus
32	2009-04-25	Bundesliga	29	A	Bayern Munich
33	2009-05-02	Bundesliga	30	H	Bayer Leverkusen
34	2009-05-09	Bundesliga	31	A	Borussia Mönchengladbach
35	2009-05-12	Bundesliga	32	H	VfB Stuttgart
36	2008-05-16	Bundesliga	33	A	Hertha BSC
37	2009-05-23	Bundesliga	34	H	1899 Hoffenheim

Last updated: 2008-11-29
Source: Fussballdaten
¹Schalke 04 goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Schalke 04.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

See also

• FC Schalke 04
• 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
• 2008–09 Bundesliga
• 2008–09 DFB-Pokal

External links

• Schalke04.de Official Site
• Bundesliga.de Team Page
• Fussballdaten.de Team Page (German)
• uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
• FIFA