# 2008–09 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2008–09 season was Schalke 04's 41st season in the Bundesliga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2008–09 season.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Manuel Neuer | 23 | 2005 | 61 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 32 | GK | Ralf Fährmann | 20 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 2009 | Youth system |
| 33 | GK | Mathias Schober | 33 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | |
| 35 | GK | Mohamed Amsif | 20 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system |
| 2 | DF | Heiko Westermann | 25 | 2007 | 32 | 4 | 2011 | |
| 5 | DF | Marcelo Bordon (captain) | 33 | 2004 | 116 | 12 | 2011 | |
| 18 | DF | Rafinha | 23 | 2005 | 92 | 4 | 2011 | |
| 20 | DF | Mladen Krstajić | 35 | 2004 | 107 | 6 | 2009 | |
| 23 | DF | Benedikt Höwedes | 21 | 2007 | 6 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system |
| 24 | DF | Christian Pander | 25 | 2004 | 57 | 4 | 2011 | Youth system |
| 25 | DF | Carlos Zambrano | 19 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 3 | MF | Levan Kobiashvili | 31 | 2003 | 134 | 8 | 2010 | |
| 6 | MF | Albert Streit | 29 | 2008 (Winter) | 10 | 0 | 2012 | |
| 7 | MF | Gustavo Varela | 31 | 2002 | 82 | 8 | 2009 | |
| 8 | MF | Fabian Ernst | 30 | 2005 | 90 | 1 | 2010 | |
| 10 | MF | Ivan Rakitić | 21 | 2007 | 29 | 3 | 2011 | |
| 13 | MF | Jermaine Jones | 27 | 2007 | 30 | 1 | 2011 | |
| 15 | MF | Zé Roberto | 28 | 2008 (Winter) | 3 | 1 | 2011 | |
| 21 | MF | Carlos Grossmüller | 26 | 2007 | 11 | 1 | 2011 | |
| 28 | MF | Markus Heppke | 23 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 2009 | Youth system |
| 30 | MF | Levan Kenia | 18 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 37 | MF | Orlando Engelaar | 29 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | |
| 11 | FW | Peter Løvenkrands | 29 | 2006 | 44 | 6 | 2009 | |
| 14 | FW | Gerald Asamoah | 30 | 1999 | 244 | 41 | 2011 | |
| 17 | FW | Jefferson Farfán | 24 | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | |
| 19 | FW | Halil Altıntop | 26 | 2006 | 58 | 12 | 2010 | |
| 22 | FW | Kevin Kurányi | 27 | 2005 | 96 | 40 | 2010 | |
| 27 | MF | Vicente Sánchez | 29 | 2008 (Winter) | 14 | 1 | 2011 | |
* Last updated: 2008-08-16
* Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,
Fussballdaten (for appearances and goals)
* Ordered by position on pitch.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 37 | MF | Engelaar | 28 | EU | Twente | Transfer | Summer | 2011 | €6m | Sports Network |
| 17 | FW | Farfán | 23 | EU | PSV | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | €10m | Sports Network |
| 35 | GK | Amsif | 19 | EU | Youth system | Promotion | Summer | 2010 | n/a | |
| 30 | MF | Kenia | 17 | EU | Youth system | Promotion | Summer | 2012 | n/a | |
| 25 | DF | Zambrano | 18 | EU | Youth system | Promotion | Summer | 2012 | n/a | |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 4 | DF | Abel | 27 | EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 26 | MF | Azaouagh | 25 | EU | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 29 | MF | Bajramović | 28 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 9 | FW | Larsen | 26 | EU | Toulouse | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
Last updated: 2008-08-16

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Champions League | Champions League | DFB Cup | DFB Cup |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| 1 | GK | | Neuer | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | GK | | Fährmann | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | |
| 33 | GK | | Schober | 6 | 6 | | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 35 | GK | | Amsif | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | | Westermann | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | 1 | |
| 5 | CB | | Bordon | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | |
| 18 | RB | | Rafinha | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 20 | CB | | Krstajić | 2 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | | |
| 23 | CB | | Höwedes | 5 | 7 | | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 24 | LB | | Pander | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | DF | | Zambrano | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | MF | | Kobiashvili | 3 | 5 | | 3 | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 6 | RM | | Streit | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | RW | | Varela | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | DM | | Ernst | 7 | 7 | | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 10 | AM | | Rakitić | 6 | 6 | | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 13 | DM | | Jones | 6 | 6 | | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 15 | AM | | Zé Roberto | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | MF | | Grossmüller | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | | | | |
| 28 | MF | | Heppke | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | CM | | Kenia | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | CM | | Engelaar | 2 | 2 | | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 11 | FW | | Løvenkrands | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | RW | | Asamoah | 2 | 7 | | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 17 | FW | | Farfán | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | | Altıntop | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | | Kurányi | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | LW | | Sánchez | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | |

### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | | |
| 24 | LB | Pander | | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DM | Ernst | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DM | Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Kurányi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Farfán | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | AM | Rakitić | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Altıntop | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Rafinha | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 September 2008 Source: Competitive matches at Fussballdaten.de Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Fred Rutten |
| Assistant coach | Mike Büskens |
| Assistant coach | Youri Mulder |
| Fitness coach | Rouven Schirp |
| Goalkeeper coach | Oliver Reck |
Source: Wiki.de

### Other information

| Chairman | Josef Schnusenberg |
| General Secretary | Peter Peters |
| General manager | Andreas Müller |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Veltins-Arena (61,482 / 105x68m) |
| Club Value | €348 m |
Source: Managing Board (Schalke04), Veltins-Arena, Forbes

### Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Away | Third | Fourth |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Blue | Blue | Blue | |
| Home Alt. | Blue | Blue | White | Bundesliga, Match 8, 19 October against Hamburg |
| Away | White | White | White | |
| Third | Navy | Navy | Navy | → European Kit |
| Fourth | Orange | Black | Orange | Bundesliga, Match 33, 16 May against Berlin → 2006–07 Third Kit |

## Competitions
### Overall

As in the last two seasons, Schalke 04 was present in all major competitions, including the First division and the DFB Cup in Germany but they failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League in Europe.
    As of 27 August
| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Bundesliga | — | — | | 2008-08-16 | 2009-05-23 |
| Champions League | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2008-08-13 | 2008-08-27 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | First round | | 2008-09-16 | |
| DFB Cup | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | | 2008-08-09 | |
Updated to match played 15 September Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 49 | |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 45 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
* ↑ Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Fussballdaten

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L |

## Matches
### Competitive

| Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | Report |
| 1 | 2008-08-09 | DFB Cup | Round 1 | A | Hamburger SV | 3 – 0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:30 CET Attendance 18,800 Referee Michael Kempter Hamburger SV Schalke 04 Muftawu 45' Farfán 55' Altıntop 67', Kurányi |
| 2 | 2008-08-13 | Champions League | Qual. 1st Leg | H | Atlético Madrid | 1 – 0 | Report Report link Kick off 20:45 CET Attendance 54,142 Referee Peter Fröjdfeldt Schalke 04 Atlético Madrid  10' Ernst 30' Pander 42' Farfán 89' Jones  19' R. García 29' 76' López 35' Heitinga 82' Rodríguez 88' Pernía 90+1' L. García |
| 3 | 2008-08-16 | Bundesliga | 1 | H | Hannover 96 | 3 – 0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:30 CET Attendance 61,673 Referee Günter Perl Schalke 04 Hannover 96 2' Bordon 7' 64' Kurányi 43' Rakitić  27' Balitsch 43' Lala |
| 4 | 2008-08-23 | Bundesliga | 2 | A | Werder Bremen | 1 – 1 | Report Report link Kick off 15:30 CET Attendance 42,100 Referee Dr. Helmut Fleischer Werder Bremen Schalke 04 64' Frings  32' Ernst 85' Westermann |
| 5 | 2008-08-27 | Champions League | Qual. 2nd Leg | A | Atlético Madrid | 0 – 4 | Report Report link Kick off 20:45 CET Attendance 55,000 Referee Frank De Bleeckere Atlético Madrid Schalke 04 22' Agüero 52' Pernía 54' Forlán 54' Forlán 65' Rodríguez 82' L. García 86' Rodríguez  34' Ernst 45+3' Jones 55' Altıntop 86' Pander 90' Rafinha |
| 6 | 2008-08-30 | Bundesliga | 3 | H | VfL Bochum | 1 – 0 | Kick off 15:30 CET Attendance 61,673 Referee Wolfgang Stark Schalke 04 VfL Bochum 36' Westermann  63' Šesták 77' 90' Fuchs |
| 7 | 2008-09-13 | Bundesliga | 4 | A | Borussia Dortmund | 3 – 3 | Kick off 15:30 CET Attendance 80,600 Referee Lutz Wagner Borussia Dortmund Schalke 04  16' Hajnal 19' Subotić 67' Subotić 70' 89' Frei 85' Hummels 20' Farfán 27' Rafinha 39' Rafinha 54' Westermann 69' 73' Pander 76' Ernst |
| 8 | 2008-09-20 | Bundesliga | 5 | H | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 61,542 Referee Herbert Fandel Schalke 04 Eintracht Frankfurt 41' (o.g.) Ochs  13' Galindo 17' Spycher 34' Chris 79' Fenin |
| 9 | 2008-09-27 | Bundesliga | 6 | A | 1. FC Köln | 1 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 50,000 Referee Meyer 1. FC Köln Schalke 04  30' Ehmet 43' Mohamad 80' Geromel  29' Rafinha 63' Sánchez 76' Fárfan |
| 10 | 2008-10-04 | Bundesliga | 7 | H | VfL Wolfsburg | 2 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 60,549 Referee Gräfe Schalke 04 VfL Wolfsburg 20', 90+3', 75' Kurányi 53' Bordon 62' Jones 73' Krstajić 51' Džeko 59' Riether 60' Misimović 66' Caiuby 71' Costa |
| 11 | 2008-10-18 | Bundesliga | 8 | A | Hamburger SV | 1 – 1 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 57,000 Referee Babak Rafati Hamburger SV Schalke 04 29' Trochowski 59' Jarolím 63' Atouba 65' Benjamin 48' Höwedes 58' Bordon 90' Rafinha |
| 12 | 2008-10-25 | Bundesliga | 9 | H | Arminia Bielefeld | 0 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 60,886 Referee Winkmann Schalke 04 Arminia Bielefeld  78' Höwedes  35' Schuler 42' Kamper 64' Herzig |
| 13 | 2008-10-28 | Bundesliga | 10 | A | Karlsruher SC | 0 – 3 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 29,164 Referee Herbert Fandel Karlsruher SC Schalke 04  22' Franz 85' Carnell 15' Bordon 19' Kurányi 68', 55' Farfán 61' Engelaar |
| 14 | 2008-11-01 | Bundesliga | 11 | A | Energie Cottbus | 0 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 16,640 Referee Michael Weiner Energie Cottbus Schalke 04  45+1' Rivić 76' Ziebig  41' Rafinha 52' Engelaar 80', 67' Westermann 78' Ernst 90' Farfán |
| 15 | 2008-11-08 | Bundesliga | 12 | H | Bayern Munich | 1 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 61,673 Referee Knut Kircher Schalke 04 Bayern Munich 5' Farfán 22' Ernst 37' Rakitić 3' Toni 31' Ribéry 35' Borowski 36' Lúcio 43' Zé Roberto 86' Demichelis |
| 16 | 2008-11-15 | Bundesliga | 13 | A | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 – 4 | Kick off --:-- CET Attendance 19,200 Referee Gräfe Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04 30' Kießling 41' Helmes 59' Castro 67' Castro 84' Dum 42' Rafinha 65' Bordon 82' Engelaar 85' Kurányi |
| 17 | 2008-11-22 | Bundesliga | 14 | H | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 – 1 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 18 | 2008-11-29 | Bundesliga | 15 | A | VfB Stuttgart | 0 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 19 | 2008-12-06 | Bundesliga | 16 | H | Hertha BSC | 1 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 20 | 2009-12-13 | Bundesliga | 17 | A | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1 – 1 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 21 | 2009-01-31 | Bundesliga | 18 | A | Hannover 96 | 0 – 1 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 22 | 2009-02-07 | Bundesliga | 19 | H | Werder Bremen | 1 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 23 | 2009-02-14 | Bundesliga | 20 | A | VfL Bochum | 1 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 24 | 2009-02-21 | Bundesliga | 21 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 1 – 1 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 25 | 2009-02-28 | Bundesliga | 22 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 1 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 26 | 2009-03-07 | Bundesliga | 23 | H | 1. FC Köln | 1 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 27 | 2009-03-14 | Bundesliga | 24 | A | VfL Wolfsburg | 3 – 4 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 28 | 2009-03-21 | Bundesliga | 25 | H | Hamburger SV | 1 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 29 | 2009-04-04 | Bundesliga | 26 | A | Arminia Bielefeld | 2 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 30 | 2009-04-10 | Bundesliga | 27 | H | Karlsruher SC | 2 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 31 | 2009-04-18 | Bundesliga | 28 | H | Energie Cottbus | 4 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 32 | 2009-04-25 | Bundesliga | 29 | A | Bayern Munich | 1 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 33 | 2009-05-02 | Bundesliga | 30 | H | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 34 | 2009-05-09 | Bundesliga | 31 | A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 – 1 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 35 | 2009-05-12 | Bundesliga | 32 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 1 – 2 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 36 | 2008-05-16 | Bundesliga | 33 | A | Hertha BSC | 0 – 0 | Kick off --:-- CET |
| 37 | 2009-05-23 | Bundesliga | 34 | H | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2 – 3 | Kick off --:-- CET |
Last updated: 2008-11-29 Source: Fussballdaten $^1$Schalke 04 goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Schalke 04. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.