2008–09 Bundesliga The 2008–09 Bundesliga was the 46th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league . The season began on 15 August 2008 with a 2–2 draw between defending champions Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV and ended with the last matches on 23 May 2009. VfL Wolfsburg secured their first national title in the last match after a 5–1 win at home against Werder Bremen .Changes from 2007–08 Structural changes Starting with the 2008–09 season, two-legged 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 were re-introduced. Due to the restructuring of European competitions, the third-placed team qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League , entering in a separate qualifying round for non-champions. The fourth-placed team and the winner of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round ; the fifth-placed team qualified for the third qualifying round. The sixth-placed team did not qualify for any European competitions because the UEFA Intertoto Cup will not be continued after its final edition in 2008 .Promotion and relegation , Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg finished the 2007–08 season in 16th through 18th place, respectively, and therefore were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by the top three teams of 2007–08 2. Bundesliga: Borussia Mönchengladbach , 1899 Hoffenheim and [|1]. FC Köln , respectively.Teams Stadia and locations Team Location Venue Capacity Hertha BSC Berlin Olympic Stadium 74,228 Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Bielefelder Alm 28,008 VfL Bochum Bochum rewirpowerSTADION 31,328 Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 42,358 Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,450 Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 80,708 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 52,300 Hamburger SV Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena57,274 Hannover 96 Hanover AWD-Arena 49,000 1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim Rhein-Neckar-Arena 1 30,000 Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 32,306 1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 50,374 Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 2 22,500 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,067 Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 69,901 Schalke 04Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,673 VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 58,000 VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena30,122
;Notes 1899 Hoffenheim played their 2008 home matches at Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim because their Rhein-Neckar-Arena had not yet been completed. Bayer Leverkusen played their 2009 home matches at LTU-Arena in Düsseldorf because their BayArena was being upgraded to a capacity of 30,000.Personnel and sponsoring ;Notes Jupp Heynckes acted as caretaker for the remainder of the season. Mike Büskens , Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck acted as caretakers for the remainder of the season. Ein Herz Für Kinder took the place of Volkswagen's sponsorship during the 2008–09 season to celebrate the 20th year of the Charity.Managerial changes League table Results Relegation play-offs , as the 16th-placed team, faced third-placed 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg for a two-legged playoff. Nürnberg won both matches on an aggregated score of 5–0 and thus secured promotion to the 2009–10 Bundesliga , while Cottbus were relegated to the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga. After Energie were relegated, no teams from the former East Germany played in the Bundesliga until RB Leipzig earned promotion to the Bundesliga for 2016–17 . ----Statistics Top goalscorers Source: Rank Player Club Goals 1 GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg 28 2 Edin DžekoVfL Wolfsburg 26 3 Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart 24 4 Patrick HelmesBayer Leverkusen 21 5 Vedad Ibišević1899 Hoffenheim 18 6 Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen 17 7 Milivoje Novaković1. FC Köln 16 8 Demba Ba1899 Hoffenheim 14 8 Luca ToniBayern Munich 14 10 Kevin KurányiSchalke 04 13 10 Artur WichniarekArminia Bielefeld 13
Top assists Source: Rank Player Club Assists 1 Zvjezdan MisimovićVfL Wolfsburg 20 2 Mesut ÖzilWerder Bremen 15 3 Arnold BrugginkHannover 96 13 3 Marko MarinBorussia Mönchengladbach 13 5 Franck RibéryBayern Munich 12 5 Bastian SchweinsteigerBayern Munich 12 7 Martin FeninEintracht Frankfurt 11 7 GrafiteVfL Wolfsburg 11 7 Tamás HajnalBorussia Dortmund 11 10 Tranquillo BarnettaBayer Leverkusen 10 10 Edin DžekoVfL Wolfsburg 10 10 Christian GentnerVfL Wolfsburg 10 10 Markus SteinhöferEintracht Frankfurt 10
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