During the 2008–09 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.
Season summary In Jürgen Klopp's first season in charge of Dortmund, they rose to 6th in the final table, but were 2 points shy of qualifying for the revamped UEFA Europa League. Notably, they were one of only two teams to go the league season unbeaten at home (the other being champions Wolfsburg).
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Transfers In Felipe Santana - Figueirense, 16 May, €2,000,000 Mohamed Zidan - Hamburg, 17 August, €5,000,000 + Mladen Petrić Lee Young-pyo - Tottenham Hotspur, 27 August, undisclosed Kevin-Prince Boateng - Tottenham Hotspur, 11 January, loan Neven Subotić - Mainz, 4 June Tamás Hajnal - Karlsruhe, July, €1,300,000 Patrick Owomoyela - Werder Bremen Christopher Kullmann - Magdeburg Damir Vrančić - Mainz Bajram Sadrijaj - TSG Thannhausen Out Mladen Petrić - Hamburg, 17 August, part-exchange Robert Kovač - Dinamo Zagreb, 29 January, €450,000 Delron Buckley - Mainz, January, loan Giovanni Federico - Karlsruhe, January, loan Antonio Rukavina - 1860 Munich, February, loan Diego Klimowicz - VfL Bochum, January Lukas Kruse - Augsburg, February Christopher Nöthe - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, loan Markus Brzenska - MSV Duisburg, loan Christian Wörns - retired Philipp Degen - released (later joined Liverpool) Alexander Bade - released Sahr SenesieSenesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. - released Martin Amedick - Kaiserslautern Christian Eggert - FSV Frankfurt Marc-André Kruska - Club Brugge Competitions Bundesliga
League table
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