| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
| Champions | SC Freiburg |
| Promoted | SC Freiburg 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. FC Nürnberg (via playoff) |
| Relegated | VfL Osnabrück (via playoff) FC Ingolstadt 04 SV Wehen Wiesbaden |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 852 (2.78 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Benjamin Auer (16) Cédric Makiadi (16) Marek Mintál (16) |
| Biggest home win | Rostock 9–0Koblenz |
| Biggest away win | Oberhausen 0–4Greuther Fürth |
| Highest scoring | Rostock 9–0Koblenz |
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The2008–09 2. Bundesliga was the 35th season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany'sfootball league. The season began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.
SC Freiburg were the first team to win promotion toBundesliga 2009–10 after securing the 2. Bundesliga championship on 10 May 2009.[1]1. FSV Mainz 05 were also directly promoted as runners-up after a 4–0 home victory overRot-Weiß Oberhausen.1. FC Nürnberg defeatedBundesliga sidesEnergie Cottbus in a two-legged playoff for one spot in2009–10 Bundesliga and thus earned promotion as well.
Starting with the 2008–09 season, only two teams are promoted automatically. Two-leg relegation playoffs between the third last team of theBundesliga and the third team of the2. Bundesliga at the end of the regular season will be reintroduced.
Likewise, instead of formerly four teams only the two bottom teams are relegated to the new3. Liga automatically. The third last team plays a two-leg playoff against the third team of the third tier over the remaining place in the 2. Bundesliga.
Borussia Mönchengladbach,TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and1. FC Köln were promoted toBundesliga after finishing 1st through third in2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. They were replaced by1. FC Nürnberg,Hansa Rostock andMSV Duisburg, which were relegated at the end of the2007–08 Bundesliga season.
Kickers Offenbach,Erzgebirge Aue,FC Carl Zeiss Jena andSC Paderborn 07 were relegated to the newly formed3. Liga following the2007–08 season due to finishing 15th through 18th. They were replaced by the champions and runners-up of both divisions of the2007–08 Regionalliga.Rot Weiss Ahlen andRot-Weiss Oberhausen earned promotion in the Regionalliga Nord whileFSV Frankfurt andFC Ingolstadt 04 were promoted from the Regionalliga Süd.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Freiburg(C, P) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 68 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | Mainz 05(P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 63 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg(O, P) | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 60 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 56 | |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 56 | |
| 6 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 55 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 52 | |
| 8 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 48 | |
| 9 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 42 | |
| 10 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 41 | |
| 11 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 40 | |
| 12 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 39 | |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 38 | |
| 14 | TuS Koblenz | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 38[a] | |
| 15 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 38 | |
| 16 | VfL Osnabrück(R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 36 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs |
| 17 | FC Ingolstadt(R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to3. Liga |
| 18 | Wehen Wiesbaden(R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | RWA | FCA | DUI | FSV | SCF | SGF | FCI | FCK | KOB | M05 | M60 | FCN | RWO | OSN | ROS | STP | WEH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Rot Weiss Ahlen | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| FC Augsburg | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| SC Freiburg | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| FC Ingolstadt | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| TuS Koblenz | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Mainz 05 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Hansa Rostock | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 9–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| FC St. Pauli | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — |
VfL Osnabrück, as the 16th-placed team, had to face third-placed3. Liga team SC Paderborn 07 for a two-legged playoff. Paderborn won both matches on anaggregated score of 2–0 and thus secured promotion to2. Bundesliga 2009–10, while Osnabrück were relegated to3. Liga 2009–10.
| SC Paderborn 07 | 1–0 | VfL Osnabrück |
|---|---|---|
| Löning | Report (in German) |
| VfL Osnabrück | 0–1 | SC Paderborn 07 |
|---|---|---|
| Report (in German) | Löning |
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