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2008–09 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

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

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

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Daniel Haas
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck
3 DF Germany GER Matthias Jaissle
4 DF Turkey TUR Aytaç Sulu[notes 1]
5 DF Germany GER Marvin Compper
6 DF Brazil BRA Fabricio (on loan from Flamengo)
9 FW Senegal SEN Demba Ba[notes 2]
10 MF Germany GER Selim Teber
12 FW Brazil BRA Wellington
14 DF Germany GER Christoph Janker
17 MF Germany GER Tobias Weis
18 FW Ivory Coast CIV Boubacar Sanogo (on loan from Werder Bremen)
19 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vedad Ibišević
20 FW Nigeria NGA Chinedu Obasi
21 MF Brazil BRA Luiz Gustavo
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sejad Salihović
24 DF Sweden SWE Per Nilsson
25 DF Ghana GHA Isaac Vorsah
26 DF Austria AUT Andreas Ibertsberger
27 GK Austria AUT Ramazan Özcan
28 GK Germany GER Timo Hildebrand
29 GK Germany GER Daniel Bernhardt
32 FW Germany GER Kai Herdling
33 MF Brazil BRA Carlos Eduardo
34 MF Germany GER Boris Vukčević[notes 3]
36 FW Germany GER Marco Terrazzino
37 MF Germany GER Jonas Strifler
39 MF Germany GER Pascal Groß
42 DF Germany GER 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. Pos. Nation Player
7 DF Germany GER Dragan Paljić (to Kaiserslautern)
11 DF Germany GER Jochen Seitz (to Alemannia Aachen)
13 DF Hungary HUN Zsolt Lőw (to Mainz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Germany GER Kai Hesse (to Kaiserslautern)
22 MF Germany GER Francisco Copado (to SpVgg Unterhaching)
30 GK Germany GER 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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