# 2008–09 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2008–09 season was the 119th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | FRA | Kévin Olimpa |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Carlos Henrique |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Alou Diarra |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Fernando Menegazzo |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Franck Jurietti |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Yoan Gouffran |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff (on loan from Milan) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Fernando Cavenaghi |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Jussiê |
| 11 | FW | FRA | David Bellion |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Diego Placente |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Souleymane Diawara |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Ulrich Ramé (captain) |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Wendel |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Pierre Ducasse |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Chalmé |
| 24 | MF | MLI | Abdou Traoré |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Henri Saivet |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Marc Planus |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Benoît Trémoulinas |
| 29 | FW | MAR | Marouane Chamakh |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Valverde |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Grégory Sertic |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Gilles Meslien |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | FW | MLI | Cheik Diabaté (at Ajaccio) |
| -- | DF | FRA | Ted Lavie (at Angers) |
| -- | MF | TOG | Floyd Ayité (at Angers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | FRA | Wilfried Moimbé (at Reims) |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Gabriel Obertan (at Lorient) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Florian Marange (at Le Havre) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 9 August 2008 | 30 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 063.16 |
| Coupe de France | 3 January 2009 | 3 January 2009 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 11 November 2008 | 25 April 2009 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 100.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 2 August 2008 | 2 August 2008 | Final | Winners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 16 September 2008 | 9 December 2008 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 18 February 2009 | 26 February 2009 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 85 | 53 | +32 | 057.69 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bordeaux (C) | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Toulouse | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 28 August 2008.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROM | CHE | BOR | CLJ |
| 1 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |