# 2008–09 Hércules CF season

The 2008–09 season was the 90th in the Hércules CF's existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football.

## 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 | ESP | Juan Calatayud |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Manuel Ruz |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Dani Carril |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Rodri |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Sergio Fernández |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Javier Farinós |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Cámara |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fernando Morán |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Rubén Navarro |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Tote |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Sendoa |
| 14 | MF | COL | Abel Aguilar |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Abraham Paz |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Javi González |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Unai Expósito |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Gerardo Noriega |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Fernando Sales |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ESP | César Martín |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Dani Bautista |
| 22 | FW | URU | Sebastián Taborda |
| 23 | FW | MNE | Andrija Delibašić |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Tuni |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Unai Alba |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Manuel Santacruz |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Raúl Ruiz |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Luisao |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Sergio Serrano |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Efrén |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Kiko Femenía |
| 32 | GK | ESP | Celso |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Alberto Calero |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Pagán |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergio Alejandro |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Segunda División | 31 August 2008 | 20 June 2009 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 050.00 |
| Copa del Rey | 3 September 2008 | 12 November 2008 | Second round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 88 | 51 | +37 | 051.11 |
Source: Competitions

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 2 | Zaragoza (P) | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Tenerife (P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 79 | 47 | +32 | 81 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 4 | Hércules | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 78 | |
| 5 | Rayo Vallecano | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 70 | |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 67 | |
* 1 2 TEN 1–2 ZAR; ZAR 1–1 TEN

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: BDFutbol

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |