# 2008–09 Hamburger SV season

During the 2008–09 German football season, Hamburger SV competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

Hamburg finished fifth, eight points off first. They also made it to the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Cup, but were beaten by Werder Bremen in both competitions, on penalties and away goals respectively.

## 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 | Frank Rost |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Alex Silva |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Timothée Atouba |
| 4 | DF | GER | Bastian Reinhardt |
| 5 | DF | NED | Joris Mathijsen |
| 7 | DF | GER | Marcell Jansen |
| 8 | MF | GER | Albert Streit (on loan from FC Schalke 04) |
| 9 | FW | PER | Paolo Guerrero |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Mladen Petrić |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić |
| 12 | GK | GER | Wolfgang Hesl |
| 14 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski |
| 16 | DF | DEN | Michael Gravgaard (on loan from Nantes) |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Macauley Chrisantus |
| 18 | MF | NED | Romeo Castelen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Jérôme Boateng |
| 20 | DF | CIV | Guy Demel |
| 21 | MF | BFA | Jonathan Pitroipa |
| 22 | FW | GER | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting |
| 24 | FW | CMR | Marcel Ndjeng (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 25 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón |
| 26 | DF | GER | Volker Schmidt |
| 28 | MF | SEN | Mickaël Tavares |
| 29 | GK | GER | Raphael Wolf |
| 30 | DF | NAM | Collin Benjamin |
| 31 | MF | GER | Timo Kunert |
| 33 | GK | MAR | Khalid Sinouh |
| 34 | DF | GER | Kai-Fabian Schulz |
| 35 | FW | TUR | Tunay Torun |
| 36 | MF | GER | Hanno Behrens |
| 40 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo |

### 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 |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (to Club Brugge) |
| 7 | FW | EGY | Mohamed Zidan (to Borussia Dortmund) |
| 8 | DF | NED | Nigel de Jong (to Manchester City) |
| 10 | DF | BEL | Vincent Kompany (to Manchester City) |
| 16 | MF | BLR | Anton Putsila (on loan from Dinamo Minsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Miroslav Štěpánek (on loan to Kapfenberger SV) |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Thiago Neves (on loan to Fluminense) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Änis Ben-Hatira (on loan to MSV Duisburg) |
| 33 | FW | USA | Preston Zimmerman (to Kapfenberger SV) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Sidney Sam (on loan to Kaiserslautern) |

## Transfers
### Out

* Otto Addo - retired

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 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 | |

### UEFA Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Žilina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Slavia Prague | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |