2008–09 Bundesliga
Managerial changes
Columns: Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table
Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Michael Skibbe | Sacked | 30 June 2008[ citation needed ] | Bruno Labbadia | 1 July 2008[ citation needed ] | Pre-season | FC Bayern Munich | Ottmar Hitzfeld | End of contract | 30 June 2008 | Jürgen Klinsmann | 1 July 2008 | Pre-season | Borussia Dortmund | Thomas Doll | Resigned | 30 June 2008[ citation needed ] | Jürgen Klopp | 1 July 2008[ citation needed ] | Pre-season | Hamburger SV | Huub Stevens | End of contract | 30 June 2008 | Martin Jol | 1 July 2008 | Pre-season | FC Schalke 04 | Mike Büskens & Youri Mulder | Stepped down to assistant position | 30 June 2008 | Fred Rutten | 1 July 2008 | Pre-season | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Jos Luhukay | Sacked | 5 October 2008 | Hans Meyer | 18 October 2008 | 18th | VfB Stuttgart | Armin Veh | Sacked | 23 November 2008 | Markus Babbel | 23 November 2008 | 11th | FC Schalke 04 | Fred Rutten | Sacked | 26 March 2009 | Mike Büskens , Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck | 1 April 2009 | 8th | FC Bayern Munich | Jürgen Klinsmann | Sacked | 27 April 2009 | Jupp Heynckes | 27 April 2009 | 3rd | Arminia Bielefeld | Michael Frontzeck | Sacked | 17 May 2009 | Jörg Berger | 19 May 2009 | 16th