2008–09 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2008–09 season
Manager Germany Ralf Rangnick
Stadium Carl-Benz-Stadion (until 31 January)
Rhein-Neckar-Arena (from 31 January)
Bundesliga 7th
DFB-Pokal Second round
Top goalscorer Vedad Ibišević (18)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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