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

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.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 (on loan from FC Schalke 04)
9	FW	PER	Paolo Guerrero
10	FW	CRO	Mladen Petrić
11	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić
12	GK	GER	Wolfgang Hesl
14	MF	CZE	David Jarolím
15	MF	GER	Piotr Trochowski
16	DF	DEN	Michael Gravgaard (on loan from Nantes)
17	FW	NGA	Macauley Chrisantus
18	MF	NED	Romeo Castelen

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Jérôme Boateng
20	DF	CIV	Guy Demel
21	MF	BFA	Jonathan Pitroipa
22	FW	CMR	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
24	FW	GER	Marcel Ndjeng
25	MF	VEN	Tomás Rincón
26	DF	GER	Volker Schmidt
28	MF	SEN	Mickaël Tavares
29	GK	GER	Raphael Wolf
30	DF	NAM	Collin Benjamin
31	MF	GER	Timo Kunert
33	GK	MAR	Khalid Sinouh
34	DF	GER	Kai-Fabian Schulz
35	FW	TUR	Tunay Torun
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. 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 (on loan to MSV Duisburg)
33	FW	USA	Preston Zimmerman (to Kapfenberger SV)
34	MF	GER	Sidney Sam (on loan to Kaiserslautern)