The 2008–09 2. Bundesliga was the 35th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany's football league. The season began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.
SC Freiburg were the first team to win promotion to Bundesliga 2009–10 after securing the 2. Bundesliga championship on 10 May 2009. 1. FSV Mainz 05 were also directly promoted as runners-up after a 4–0 home victory over Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. 1. FC Nürnberg defeated Bundesliga sides Energie Cottbus in a two-legged playoff for one spot in 2009–10 Bundesliga and thus earned promotion as well.
Changes from 2007–08 Starting with the 2008–09 season, only two teams are promoted automatically. Two-leg relegation playoffs between the third last team of the Bundesliga and the third team of the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the regular season will be reintroduced.
Likewise, instead of formerly four teams only the two bottom teams are relegated to the new 3. Liga automatically. The third last team plays a two-leg playoff against the third team of the third tier over the remaining place in the 2. Bundesliga.
Teams
Movement between Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln were promoted to Bundesliga after finishing 1st through third in 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. They were replaced by 1. FC Nürnberg, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg, which were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season.
Movement between 2. Bundesliga and third-level divisions Kickers Offenbach, Erzgebirge Aue, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and SC Paderborn 07 were relegated to the newly formed 3. Liga following the 2007–08 season due to finishing 15th through 18th. They were replaced by the champions and runners-up of both divisions of the 2007–08 Regionalliga. Rot Weiss Ahlen and Rot-Weiss Oberhausen earned promotion in the Regionalliga Nord while FSV Frankfurt and FC Ingolstadt 04 were promoted from the Regionalliga Süd.
Stadiums and locations
TeamVenueCapacity Alemannia AachenTivoli21,632Rot Weiss AhlenWersestadion10,498 FC AugsburgRosenaustadion32,354 MSV DuisburgMSV-Arena31,500 FSV FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena52,300 SC FreiburgBadenova-Stadion24,918 SpVgg Greuther FürthPlaymobil-Stadion15,500 FC Ingolstadt 04ESV-Stadion16,500 1. FC KaiserslauternFritz Walter Stadion48,500TuS KoblenzStadion Oberwerth13,500 1. FSV Mainz 05Stadion am Bruchweg20,300 TSV 1860 MunichAllianz Arena69,901 1. FC NürnbergFrankenstadion47,559 Rot-Weiß OberhausenNiederrheinstadion21,318 VfL OsnabrückOsnatel-Arena18,415 FC Hansa RostockDKB-Arena29,000 FC St. PauliMillerntor-Stadion22,648 SV Wehen WiesbadenBRITA-Arena12,566
Personnel and sponsoring TeamHead coachTeam captainKitmakerShirt sponsor Alemannia Aachen Jürgen Seeberger Reiner PlaßhenrichJakoAachen MünchenerRot Weiss Ahlen Stefan Emmerling Daniel ThiouneJakoreflex FC Augsburg Jos Luhukay Lars MüllerDo You Footballimpuls MSV Duisburg Peter Neururer Ivica Grlićuhlsportevonik FSV Frankfurt Tomas Oral Angelo BarlettaJakoHyundai SC Freiburg Robin Dutt Heiko ButscherJakoDuravit SpVgg Greuther Fürth Benno Möhlmann Daniel FelgenhauerJakoKarstadt Quelle Versicherungen FC Ingolstadt Horst Köppel Stefan LeitlNikeAudi 1. FC Kaiserslautern Alois Schwartz (interim) Axel Bellinghausen KappaDeutsche VermögensberatungTuS Koblenz Uwe Rapolder Branimir BajićNikeRhein-Zeitung 1. FSV Mainz 05 Jørn Andersen Dimo WacheNikeDBV-Winterthur TSV 1860 Munich Ewald Lienen Daniel Bierofkaerimatrenkwalder 1. FC Nürnberg Michael Oenning Andreas WolfadidasAreva Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Jürgen Luginger Benjamin ReichertuhlsportVatro VfL Osnabrück Claus-Dieter Wollitz Thomas ReichenbergerPumaHerforder FC Hansa Rostock Andreas Zachhuber Martin RetovMasitaLübzer FC St. Pauli Holger Stanislawski Fabio MorenaDo You Footballcongstar SV Wehen Wiesbaden Sandro Schwarz (Interim) Alexander WalkeNikeVictor's
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment1. FC Nürnberg Thomas von HeesenResigned28 August 2008 Michael Oenning5 September 2008MSV Duisburg Rudi BommerSacked9 November 2008 Peter Neururer16 November 2008FC Hansa Rostock Frank PagelsdorfSacked10 November 2008 Dieter Eilts21 November 2008SV Wehen Wiesbaden Christian HockSacked17 December 2008 Wolfgang Frank19 December 2008TSV 1860 Munich Marco KurzSacked24 February 2009 Uwe Wolf (Interim)24 February 2009Rot Weiss Ahlen Christian WückSacked3 March 2009 Stefan Emmerling16 April 2009FC Hansa Rostock Dieter EiltsSacked6 March 2009 Andreas Zachhuber8 March 2009SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wolfgang FrankSacked23 March 2009 Sandro Schwarz (Interim)23 March 2009FC Augsburg Holger FachSacked13 April 2009 Jos Luhukay14 April 2009FC Ingolstadt 04 Thorsten FinkSacked21 April 2009 Horst Köppel26 April 20091. FC Kaiserslautern Milan ŠašićSacked4 May 2009 Alois Schwartz (interim)4 May 2009TSV 1860 Munich Uwe Wolf (Interim)Released from duties13 May 2009 Ewald Lienen13 May 2009
League table
Results
Promotion/relegation play-offs
VfL Osnabrück, as the 16th-placed team, had to face third-placed 3. Liga team SC Paderborn 07 for a two-legged playoff. Paderborn won both matches on an aggregated score of 2–0 and thus secured promotion to 2. Bundesliga 2009–10, while Osnabrück were relegated to 3. Liga 2009–10.
Top goalscorers 16 goals Benjamin Auer (Alemannia Aachen) Cédric Makiadi (MSV Duisburg) Marek Mintál (1. FC Nürnberg)
15 goals Sami Allagui (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) Benjamin Lauth (1860 Munich)
14 goals Aristide Bancé (1. FSV Mainz 05) Erik Jendrišek (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Dorge Kouemaha (MSV Duisburg) Michael Thurk (FC Augsburg)
13 goals Mohammadou Idrissou (SC Freiburg) Lars Toborg (Rot Weiss Ahlen)
Source:www.kicker.de
References
External links
Official Bundesliga site 2. Bundesliga @ DFB Kicker.de