# 2008–09 FC Bayern Munich II season

The 2008–09 FC Bayern Munich II season is the first season they participated in the 3. Liga.

## Review
### July–September

On 27 July, Bayern Munich II opened up their season with a 2–1 victory against Union Berlin. Thomas Müller and Mehmet Ekici scored for Bayern II and Shergo Biran scored for Union Berlin. Bayern II finished the matchday tied for fifth with VfR Aalen. On matchday two, on 2 August, Bayern II and Borussia Wuppertal finished in a 2–2 draw. Deniz Yılmaz and Mehmet Ekici scored for Bayern II and Marcel Reichwein and Tobias Damm scored for Borussia Wuppertal. Bayern II finished the matchday in seventh place. On matchday three, on 16 August, Bayern II defeated Dynamo Dresden 1–0 with a goal from Daniel Sikorski. Bayern II finished the matchday in third place. On matchday four, on 23 August, Bayern II defeated Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 with a goal from Mehmet Ekici. Bayern II finished the matchday in first place. On matchday five, on 29 August, Bayern II defeated Carl Zeiss Jena 2–1. Deniz Yılmaz and Thomas Müller scored for Bayern II and Salvatore Amirante scored for Carl Zeiss Jena. Bayern II finished the matchday in second place. The match between Bayern II and VfR Aalen on matchday six, on 13 September, finished in a goalless draw. Bayern II finished the matchday in second place. Bayern II had their second consecutive draw after a 1–1 draw against Werder Bremen II on matchday seven, on 19 September. Bayern II finished the matchday in third place. Bayern II loss of their first match of the season after losing to SC Paderborn 07 2–1 on matchday eight, on 27 September. Frank Löning scored two goals for Paderborn and Daniel Sikorski scored for Bayern II. Bayern II finished the matchday in seventh place.

### October–December

Bayern II drew all four of their matches in October. The first match, on matchday nine, on 5 October, against Stuttgarter Kickers, finished in a 3–3 draw. Bayern II got two goals from Deniz Yılmaz and a goal from Toni Kroos and Stuttgarter Kickers got a goal each from Michael Schürg, Benedikt Deigendesch, and Angelo Vaccaro. Bayern II finished the matchday in seventh place. The second match, against Fortuna Düsseldorf, on matchday 10, on 18 October, finished in a 1–1 draw. Thomas Müller scored for Bayern II and Ranisav Jovanović scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Bayern II finished the matchday in sixth place. In the third match against SpVgg Unterhaching, on matchday 11, on 26 October, finished in a goalless draw. Bayern II finished the matchday in seventh place. In the final match in October, on matchday 12, on 29 October, Bayern and SV Sandhausen finished in a 3–3 draw. Bayern II got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Daniel Sikorski. Alf Mintzel, Sreto Ristić, and Roberto Pinto scored for Sandhausen. Bayern II player Oliver Stierle was sent–off. Bayern II finished the matchday in seventh place. Bayern II started November with a 2–2 draw against Jahn Regensburg on 2 November. Bayern II got goals from Thomas Müller and Daniel Sikorski. Jahn Regensburg got goals from Nico Beigang and Andreas Schäffer. Bayern II finished the matchday in eighth place.

## Results
### Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | SC Paderborn 07 (O, P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 68 | Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 67 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | Bayern Munich II | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 59 | |
| 6 | Kickers Emden (R) | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 59 | Relegation to Oberliga Niedersachsen |
| 7 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 52 | |
* ↑ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.
* ↑ Kickers Emden retracted their application for a 3. Liga license for the 2009–10 season and were automatically relegated. SV Wacker Burghausen took their spot.

### Results summary

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Last updated: 28 July 2015. Source:

### League results

| MD | Date | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Bayern Munich II | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | Ref. |
| 1 | 27 July | H | Union Berlin | 2–1 | 3,300 | Müller 48' Ekici 77' | Biran 80' | T5 | 3 | [1] [2] |
| 2 | 2 August | A | Borussia Wuppertal | 2–2 | 6,281 | Yılmaz 55' Ekici 69' (pen.) | Reichwein 53' (pen.) Damm 75' | 7 | 4 | [3] [4] |
| 3 | 16 August | H | Dynamo Dresden | 1–0 | 7,000 | Sikorski 5' | — | 3 | 7 | [5] [6] |
| 4 | 23 August | A | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–0 | 16,300 | Ekici 66' | — | 1 | 10 | [7] [8] |
| 5 | 29 August | H | Carl Zeiss Jena | 2–1 | 2,500 | Yılmaz 20' Müller 41' | Amirante 84' | 2 | 13 | [9] [10] |
| 6 | 13 September | A | VfR Aalen | 0–0 | 3,226 | — | — | 2 | 14 | [11] [12] |
| 7 | 19 September | H | Werder Bremen II | 1–1 | 1,500 | Ekici 85' | Oehrl 3' | 3 | 15 | [13] [14] |
| 8 | 27 September | A | Paderborn | 1–2 | 9,431 | Sikorski 73' | Löning 17', 44' | 7 | 15 | [15] [16] |
| 9 | 5 October | H | Stuttgarter Kickers | 3–3 | 950 | Yılmaz 45', 90' Kroos 81' | Schürg 12' Deigendesch 19' Vaccaro 20' | 7 | 16 | [17] [18] |
| 10 | 18 October | A | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | 13,150 | Müller 15' | Jovanović 63' | 6 | 17 | [19] [20] |
| 11 | 26 October | H | Unterhaching | 0–0 | 2,000 | — | — | 7 | 18 | [21] [22] |
| 12 | 29 October | A | Sandhausen | 3–3 | 2,200 | Sikorski 13' Müller 72', 83' | Mintzel 53' Ristić 62' Pinto 77' | 7 | 19 | [23] [24] |
| 13 | 2 November | H | Jahn Regensburg | 2–2 | 1,200 | Müller 45' Sikorski 88' | Beigang 64' Schäffer 79' | 8 | 20 | [25] [26] |
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## Squad and statistics

| Players | T. App | Starts | S. App | Goals | | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| Hans-Jörg Butt | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Grün | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Kraft | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Maximilian Riedmüller | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| Holger Badstuber | 32 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Alexander Benede | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Diego Contento | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Erb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maximilian Haas | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Heinze | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Höferth | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Björn Kopplin | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Georg Niedermeier | 18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Saba | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Schürf | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Stierle | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| Hamit Altintop | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viktor Bopp | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Duhnke | 19 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehmet Ekici | 32 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephan Fürstner | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yannick Kakoko | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toni Kroos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Müller | 32 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Rieß | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominik Rohracker | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Schütz | 34 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Stier | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| Vitus Nagorny | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Sikorski | 35 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Deniz Yilmaz | 32 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |