# 2008–09 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

During the 2008–09 German football season, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

In their first ever season in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim finished seventh.

## 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 | Daniel Haas |
| 2 | DF | GER | Andreas Beck |
| 3 | DF | GER | Matthias Jaissle |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Aytaç Sulu |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Fabricio (on loan from Flamengo) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Demba Ba |
| 10 | MF | GER | Selim Teber |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Wellington |
| 14 | DF | GER | Christoph Janker |
| 17 | MF | GER | Tobias Weis |
| 18 | FW | CIV | Boubacar Sanogo (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Chinedu Obasi |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Sejad Salihović |
| 24 | DF | SWE | Per Nilsson |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Isaac Vorsah |
| 26 | DF | AUT | Andreas Ibertsberger |
| 27 | GK | AUT | Ramazan Özcan |
| 28 | GK | GER | Timo Hildebrand |
| 29 | GK | GER | Daniel Bernhardt |
| 32 | FW | GER | Kai Herdling |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo |
| 34 | MF | GER | Boris Vukčević |
| 36 | FW | GER | Marco Terrazzino |
| 37 | MF | GER | Jonas Strifler |
| 39 | MF | GER | Pascal Groß |
| 42 | DF | GER | Kevin Conrad |

### 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 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Dragan Paljić (to Kaiserslautern) |
| 11 | DF | GER | Jochen Seitz (to Alemannia Aachen) |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Lőw (to Mainz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GER | Kai Hesse (to Kaiserslautern) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Francisco Copado (to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Thorsten Kirschbaum (to Vaduz) |

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 16 August 2008 | 23 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 044.12 |
| DFB-Pokal | 10 August 2008 | 24 September 2008 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 044.44 |
Last updated: 1 March 2022 Source: DFB

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 49 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 March 2022. Source: DFB

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |