# 2008–09 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2008–09 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

In Jürgen Klopp's first season in charge of Dortmund, they rose to 6th in the final table, but were 2 points shy of qualifying for the revamped UEFA Europa League. Notably, they were one of only two teams to go the league season unbeaten at home (the other being champions Wolfsburg).

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Roman Weidenfeller |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Lee Young-pyo |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić |
| 5 | MF | GER | Sebastian Kehl (captain) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Florian Kringe |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Tinga |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Nelson Valdez |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Zidan |
| 13 | FW | SUI | Alexander Frei |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Dedê |
| 20 | GK | GER | Marc Ziegler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | GER | Kevin-Prince Boateng (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin |
| 24 | DF | GER | Daniel Gordon |
| 25 | DF | GER | Patrick Owomoyela |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe Santana |
| 29 | DF | GER | Marcel Schmelzer |
| 30 | MF | HUN | Tamás Hajnal |
| 32 | DF | GER | Uwe Hünemeier |
| 34 | FW | GER | Bajram Sadrijaj |
| 36 | MF | GER | Yasin Öztekin |
| 39 | FW | GER | Christopher Kullmann |
| 42 | MF | BIH | Damir Vrančić |

### 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 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Giovanni Federico (on loan to Karlsruhe) |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Mladen Petrić (to Hamburg) |
| 11 | MF | RSA | Delron Buckley (on loan to Mainz) |
| 14 | DF | SRB | Antonio Rukavina (on loan to 1860 Munich) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Diego Klimowicz (to VfL Bochum) |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Robert Kovač (to Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Marc-André Kruska (to Club Brugge) |
| 31 | GK | GER | Lukas Kruse (to Augsburg) |

## Transfers
### In

* Felipe Santana - Figueirense, 16 May, €2,000,000
* Mohamed Zidan - Hamburg, 17 August, €5,000,000 + Mladen Petrić
* Lee Young-pyo - Tottenham Hotspur, 27 August, undisclosed
* Kevin-Prince Boateng - Tottenham Hotspur, 11 January, loan
* Neven Subotić - Mainz, 4 June
* Tamás Hajnal - Karlsruhe, July, €1,300,000
* Patrick Owomoyela - Werder Bremen
* Christopher Kullmann - Magdeburg
* Damir Vrančić - Mainz
* Bajram Sadrijaj - TSG Thannhausen

### Out

* Mladen Petrić - Hamburg, 17 August, part-exchange
* Robert Kovač - Dinamo Zagreb, 29 January, €450,000
* Delron Buckley - Mainz, January, loan
* Giovanni Federico - Karlsruhe, January, loan
* Antonio Rukavina - 1860 Munich, February, loan
* Diego Klimowicz - VfL Bochum, January
* Lukas Kruse - Augsburg, February
* Christopher Nöthe - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, loan
* Markus Brzenska - MSV Duisburg, loan
* Christian Wörns - retired
* Philipp Degen - released (later joined Liverpool)
* Alexander Bade - released
* Sahr Senesie - released
* Martin Amedick - Kaiserslautern
* Christian Eggert - FSV Frankfurt
* Marc-André Kruska - Club Brugge

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 59 | |
| 7 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 55 | |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 50 | |