2008–09 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

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

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2008–09 season
Manager Ralf Rangnick
StadiumCarl-Benz-Stadion (until 31 January)
Rhein-Neckar-Arena (from 31 January)
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerVedad Ibišević (18)

Season summary

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

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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[notes 1]
5 DF  GER Marvin Compper
6 DF  BRA Fabricio (on loan from Flamengo)
9 FW  SEN Demba Ba[notes 2]
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[notes 3]
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)

References
  1. "FootballSquads - 1899 Hoffenheim - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

Notes
  1. Sulu was born in Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his parents, only holds a Turkish passport, and has declared for Turkey internationally.
  2. Ba was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualifies to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in June 2007.
  3. Vukčević was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualifies to represent Germany internationally and has represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
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