Fußball-Bundesliga 2008-09 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Team	Venue	Capacity
Hertha BSC	Olympic Stadium Olympic Stadium (Berlin) The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...	74,228
Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...	Bielefelder Alm Bielefelder Alm Bielefelder Alm is a football stadium in Bielefeld, Germany. The stadium, which has a capacity of 27 300, is owned by the football club DSC Arminia Bielefeld and mostly used for the club's matches...	28,008
VfL Bochum VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...	rewirpowerSTADION Ruhrstadion Ruhrstadion is a football stadium in Bochum, Germany. It is the home ground for the VfL Bochum and has a capacity of 29.448.-History:...	31,328
SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...	Weserstadion Weserstadion The Weserstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Bremen, Germany. The stadium is scenically situated on the north bank of the Weser River and is surrounded by lush green parks . The city center is only about a kilometer away...	42,358
FC Energie Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft Stadion der Freundschaft The Stadion der Freundschaft is a football stadium in Cottbus, Germany. The home ground of FC Energie Cottbus, originally opened in 1930, has a capacity of 22,528.- References :...	22,450
Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...	Westfalenstadion Westfalenstadion Westfalenstadion is an association football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home stadium of the Borussia Dortmund football team playing in the German Bundesliga....	80,708
Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...	Commerzbank-Arena Commerzbank-Arena The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion , the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation...	52,300
Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...	HSH Nordbank Arena	57,274
Hannover 96 Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...	AWD-Arena AWD-Arena The AWD-Arena is a football stadium in the district Calenberger Neustadt in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, and competition venue of the German Bundesliga football club Hannover 96....	49,000
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Rhein-Neckar-Arena Rhein-Neckar-Arena The Rhein-Neckar Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of 1899 Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people... ¹	30,000
Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...	Wildparkstadion Wildparkstadion The Wildparkstadion is a football stadium located in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is the home of the football club Karlsruher SC.It is located northeast of the Karlsruhe castle and is located in part of the former deer park of the Grand Dukes of Baden in the Hardtwald, hence the name...	32,306
1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....	RheinEnergieStadion RheinEnergieStadion The RheinEnergieStadion is a football stadium in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built on the site of the two previous Müngersdorfer stadiums. It is the home of the local Bundesliga team, 1. FC Köln. The stadium was one of the 12 hosting the 2006 FIFA World Cup...	50,374
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	BayArena BayArena The BayArena is a football stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, which has been the home ground of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen since 1958.-History:... ²	22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...	Borussia-Park Borussia-Park Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach is the home stadium of German football Bundesliga team Borussia Mönchengladbach...	54,067
FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	Allianz Arena Allianz Arena The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005–06 season...	69,901
FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...	Veltins-Arena Veltins-Arena Veltins-Arena is a football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 2001, as the new home ground for German Bundesliga club Schalke 04....	61,673
VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...	Mercedes-Benz Arena	58,000
VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...	Volkswagen Arena Volkswagen Arena Volkswagen Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and serves as the home stadium for 2008/09 Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg. The Volkswagen Arena replaced the former stadium of VfL Wolfsburg, the VFL Stadion.- History :...	30,122

Notes

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim played their 2008 home games at Carl-Benz-Stadion
Carl-Benz-Stadion
Carl-Benz-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Mannheim, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Waldhof Mannheim. In 2008, it also hosted TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the first half of that club's first season in the Fußball-Bundesliga, until...

in Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

because their Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Rhein-Neckar-Arena
The Rhein-Neckar Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of 1899 Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people...

had not yet been completed.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen played their 2009 home games at LTU-Arena in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

because their BayArena
BayArena
The BayArena is a football stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, which has been the home ground of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen since 1958.-History:...

was being upgraded to a capacity of 30,000.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Team Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Hertha BSC	Lucien Favre Lucien Favre Lucien Favre is a football manager and former Swiss international player. He is the current head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach.- Playing career :...	Arne Friedrich Arne Friedrich Arne Friedrich is a German international football defender, who plays for the German national team....	Nike Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...	Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...	Jörg Berger Jörg Berger Jörg Berger was a German football manager and player, who last managed Arminia Bielefeld.- Coaching career :...	Rüdiger Kauf Rüdiger Kauf Rüdiger Kauf is a German former football player currently with Arminia Bielefeld. After having a short spell at VfB Stuttgart he was sold to Arminia Bielefeld in 2001. He is called "Rübe" by the Arminian fans.-Career:The Swabian started his career in the youth team of TV Hochdorf in 1982...	Saller	Krombacher
VfL Bochum VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...	Marcel Koller Marcel Koller Marcel Koller is a former Swiss football player and current head coach of the Austria national team.-As player:...	Marcel Maltritz Marcel Maltritz Marcel Maltritz is a German footballer.-1. FC Magdeburg:Maltritz was born in East German Magdeburg. He first played for TuS Magdeburg-Neustadt and then joined 1. FC Magdeburg. He played for this club from 1986 till 1998. 1...	Do You Football	KiK KiK KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH is a textile discounter based in Bönen, Germany, founded in 1994 by Stefan Heinig and the holding company Tengelmann Group....
SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...	Thomas Schaaf Thomas Schaaf Thomas Schaaf is a former German football defender and current manager of Werder Bremen. A true one-club man, he spent his entire playing career, and so far coaching career, with Werder Bremen...	Frank Baumann	Kappa Kappa (company) Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:...	Citibank Citibank Citibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York...
FC Energie Cottbus	Bojan Prašnikar Bojan Prašnikar Bojan Prašnikar is a Slovenian football manager and former player, who currently works as Head Coach of NK Rudar Velenje.- Playing career :...	Timo Rost Timo Rost Timo Rost is a German footballer who currently plays for RB Leipzig.-External links:* at Kicker.de...	Saller	enviaM
Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...	Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp is a retired German footballer and current manager of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga....	Sebastian Kehl Sebastian Kehl Sebastian Walter Kehl is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Borussia Dortmund. He is naturally left footed and has also occasionally appeared at left back...	Nike	Evonik Evonik Industries Evonik Industries is an industrial corporation in Germany owned by RAG Foundation and one of the world´s leading specialty chemicals companies. It was created on 12 September 2007 as a result of restructuring of the mining and technology group RAG...
Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...	Friedhelm Funkel	Ioannis Amanatidis	Jako Jako Jako AG is a German sportswear company based in the Hollenbach district of Mulfingen , Baden-Württemberg. The company was founded by Rudi Sprügel and his brother in 1989 in Stachenhausen...	Fraport Fraport Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide is a German transport company which operates the Frankfurt International Airport serving Frankfurt am Main and holds interests in the operation of several other airports around the world. In the past the firm also managed the smaller Frankfurt-Hahn...
Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...	Martin Jol Martin Jol Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...	David Jarolím David Jarolím David Jarolím is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Hamburger SV. A central midfielder by position, Jarolím is known for his stamina and technical skill.-Club career:...	adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...	Emirates Emirates Airline Emirates is the airline based in the Emirate of Dubai part of the United Arab Emirates . Based at Dubai International Airport it is the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 2,400 flights per week, from its hub at Terminal 3, to 111 cities in 62 countries across six continents...
Hannover 96 Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...	Dieter Hecking Dieter Hecking Dieter Hecking is a German football manager and former professional player who works as head coach of 1. FC Nuremberg. He played for both Hannover 96 and Eintracht Braunschweig...	Robert Enke Robert Enke Robert Enke was a German football goalkeeper.Enke played at leading clubs in several European countries, namely Barcelona, Benfica and Fenerbahçe, but made the majority of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 in his homeland.He won eight full international caps for the German national...	Under Armour Under Armour Under Armour is an American sports clothing and accessories company. The company is a supplier of a wide range of sportswear and casual apparel mainly focusing on hi-tech sportswear for professional athletes...	TUI TUI AG TUI AG is a German multinational travel and tourism company headquartered in Hanover. Until 2001 it was an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s decided to reinvent itself as a tourism, shipping, and logistics company...
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Ralf Rangnick	Selim Teber Selim Teber Selim Teber is a German footballer of Turkish descent, who plays as a midfielder for Samsunspor.- Career :Teber was a member of the team 1899 Hoffenheim that won promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga....	Puma PUMA AG Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...	TV Digital
Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...	Edmund Becker Edmund Becker Edmund Becker is a former German footballer, who works as manager of the Karlsruher SC youth centre.- Career :Becker's biggest success was as a player with Karlsruher SC, when he finished in tenth place in the Bundesliga...	Germany Maik Franz Maik Franz Maik Franz is a German footballer currently playing for Hertha BSC.- Career :Franz grew up in Langenstein near Halbstadt, and began his football career there with SV Langenstein/Harz. In 1997, he transferred to VfB Germania Halberstadt, before joining 1. FC Magdeburg's youth division in the summer...	Jako	EnBW EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly traded electric utilities company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.-History:...
1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....	Christoph Daum Christoph Daum Christoph Daum is a German football coach, currently managing Club Brugge.-Career as a player:Daum began his football career in 1971 in the youth league with Hamborn 07, transferred in 1972 to Eintracht Duisburg and then in 1975 to 1...	Milivoje Novakovič Milivoje Novakovic Milivoje Novakovič is a Slovenian footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln and the Slovenia national team.-Club career:...	Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle...	REWE REWE REWE is a supermarket chain in Germany and part of the Cologne-based REWE Group. REWE have more than 15,000 stores and 211,000 employees world wide.Their catchphrase is "Jeden Tag ein bisschen besser."...
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia is a former German footballer of Italian heritage who is now head coach of German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.- Club career :...	Simon Rolfes Simon Rolfes Simon Rolfes is a German footballer who currently plays for Bayer Leverkusen.-Club career:...	adidas	TelDaFax
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...	Hans Meyer Hans Meyer (football) Hans Meyer Hans Meyer Hans Meyer (born 3 November 1942 in Briesen (today near Bílina, Czech Republic) is a German former football player and manager.- Coaching career :...	Filip Daems Filip Daems Filip Daems is a Belgian footballer.Daems is a defender who played for Belgian club Geel. He then moved to Lierse S.K. and Gençlerbirliği S.K. In January 2005 he signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach....	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Kyocera Kyocera is a multinational manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. The company has diversified its founding technology in ceramic materials through internal development as well as strategic mergers and acquisitions...
FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	Jupp Heynckes Jupp Heynckes Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup... ¹	Netherlands Mark van Bommel Mark van Bommel Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Milan and captains the Netherlands national team as a midfielder....	adidas	T-Home Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...	Mike Büskens Mike Buskens Michael 'Mike' Büskens is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of SpVgg Greuther Fürth.... , Youri Mulder Youri Mulder Youri Mulder is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a striker and also a manager.-Club career:... and Oliver Reck Oliver Reck Oliver Reck is a former German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.In a 20-year professional career, he was best known for his stints with Werder Bremen and Schalke 04, for whom he appeared in more than 500 official games combined, 471 in the Bundesliga alone.-Club career:Reck started his... ²	Mladen Krstajić Mladen Krstajic Mladen Krstajić is a former Serbian footballer who currently works as a director of football for FK Partizan.-Early life:...	adidas	Gazprom Gazprom Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...
VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...	Markus Babbel Markus Babbel Markus Babbel is a former international German football player, who is currently manager of German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England.-Career:...	Thomas Hitzlsperger Thomas Hitzlsperger Thomas Hitzlsperger is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder. He plays for Bundesliga club Wolfsburg after signing a three-year deal on 17 August 2011. Hitzlsperger spent the early part of his career playing for Aston Villa in England , before returning to Germany to play for Stuttgart...	Puma	EnBW
VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...	Felix Magath Felix Magath Wolfgang-Felix Magath is a former German football central midfielder and current manager of VfL Wolfsburg.-Playing career:...	Josué Josué Anunciado de Oliveira Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, or simply Josué , is a Brazilian defensive midfielder. He currently plays for German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg.-Club career:...	Nike	Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

Notes

Jupp Heynckes
Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...

acted as caretaker for the remainder of the season.
Mike Büskens
Mike Buskens
Michael 'Mike' Büskens is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of SpVgg Greuther Fürth....

, Youri Mulder
Youri Mulder
Youri Mulder is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a striker and also a manager.-Club career:...

and Oliver Reck
Oliver Reck
Oliver Reck is a former German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.In a 20-year professional career, he was best known for his stints with Werder Bremen and Schalke 04, for whom he appeared in more than 500 official games combined, 471 in the Bundesliga alone.-Club career:Reck started his...

acted as caretakers for the remainder of the season.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Michael Skibbe Michael Skibbe Michael Skibbe is a German football manager who coaches Eskişehirspor.-Club career:In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09. Then he switched to the professional team of Schalke 04...	Sacked	30 June 2008	Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia is a former German footballer of Italian heritage who is now head coach of German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.- Club career :...	1 July 2008	Pre-season
FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	Ottmar Hitzfeld Ottmar Hitzfeld Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General ....	End of contract	30 June 2008	Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...	1 July 2008	Pre-season
Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...	Thomas Doll Thomas Doll Thomas Doll is a former footballer and coach. He is currently the Manager of Al-Hilal.- Career :...	Resigned	30 June 2008	Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp is a retired German footballer and current manager of Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga....	1 July 2008	Pre-season
Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...	Huub Stevens Huub Stevens Hubertus "Huub" Jozef Margaretha Stevens is a Dutch football manager and former defender.- Playing career :...	End of contract	30 June 2008	Martin Jol Martin Jol Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...	1 July 2008	Pre-season
FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...	Mike Büskens Mike Buskens Michael 'Mike' Büskens is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of SpVgg Greuther Fürth.... & Youri Mulder Youri Mulder Youri Mulder is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a striker and also a manager.-Club career:...	Stepped down to assistant position	30 June 2008	Fred Rutten	1 July 2008	Pre-season
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...	Jos Luhukay Jos Luhukay Jos Luhukay is a Dutch football coach and former player.- Career as a player:He began his career at the age of 15 at his hometown club VVV-Venlo. In 1989, he went to play at SVV Schiedam, where he stayed until 1991...	Sacked	5 October 2008	Hans Meyer Hans Meyer (football) Hans Meyer Hans Meyer Hans Meyer (born 3 November 1942 in Briesen (today near Bílina, Czech Republic) is a German former football player and manager.- Coaching career :...	18 October 2008	18th
VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...	Armin Veh Armin Veh Armin Veh is a German former footballer and current manager who works for Eintracht Frankfurt. He won the German championship with Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart on 19 May 2007. Veh and his team also had the chance to win "the double" by winning the DFB-Cup on 26 May 2007 in Berlin, but lost 2–3 in...	Sacked	23 November 2008	Markus Babbel Markus Babbel Markus Babbel is a former international German football player, who is currently manager of German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England.-Career:...	23 November 2008	11th
FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...	Fred Rutten	Sacked	26 March 2009	Mike Büskens Mike Buskens Michael 'Mike' Büskens is a former German footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of SpVgg Greuther Fürth.... , Youri Mulder Youri Mulder Youri Mulder is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a striker and also a manager.-Club career:... and Oliver Reck Oliver Reck Oliver Reck is a former German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.In a 20-year professional career, he was best known for his stints with Werder Bremen and Schalke 04, for whom he appeared in more than 500 official games combined, 471 in the Bundesliga alone.-Club career:Reck started his...	1 April 2009	8th
FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...	Sacked	27 April 2009	Jupp Heynckes Jupp Heynckes Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...	27 April 2009	3rd
Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...	Michael Frontzeck Michael Frontzeck Michael Frontzeck is a German football coach and former footballer. For the Germany national football team, he earned 19 caps and was in the squad for Euro 1992.- Player career :...	Sacked	17 May 2009	Jörg Berger Jörg Berger Jörg Berger was a German football manager and player, who last managed Arminia Bielefeld.- Coaching career :...	19 May 2009	16th

League table

Results

Official schedule

Relegation playoff

Energie Cottbus as 16th-placed team had to face 3rd-placed 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Nuremberg for a two-legged playoff. Nuremberg won both matches on an aggregated score of 5–0 and thus secured promotion to 2009–10 Bundesliga

2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga

The 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 47th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart. The last games were played on 8 May 2010...

, while Cottbus were relegated to 2009–10 2. Bundesliga.
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Top goalscorers

Source: kicker.de

28 goals Grafite

Grafite

Edinaldo Batista Libânio , commonly known as Grafite is a Brazilian footballer who plays for UAE Football League club Al-Ahli Dubai....

(VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...

)

26 goals Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Bosnian national team. He was named Bosnian Footballer of the Year for 2009 and 2010...

Mario Gómez

Mario Gómez García is a German footballer who plays as a striker for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. Gómez joined Bayern after six years in Stuttgart. The fee was a record for a player transferred in the Bundesliga, estimated to be 30–35 million euro...

(VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...

)

21 goals Patrick Helmes

Patrick Helmes

Patrick Helmes is a German football striker who plays for VfL Wolfsburg. Until September 2007 he was captain of 1. FC Köln.-Early career:...

(Bayer Leverkusen)

18 goals Vedad Ibišević

Vedad Ibiševic

Vedad Ibišević is a Bosnian footballer playing as striker for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga and the Bosnian national team. He has also played in Switzerland, the USA and France...

(1899 Hoffenheim)

17 goals Claudio Pizarro

Claudio Pizarro

Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio is a Peruvian football forward. Pizarro plays for Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga...

(Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

)

16 goals Milivoje Novakovič

Milivoje Novakovic

Milivoje Novakovič is a Slovenian footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln and the Slovenia national team.-Club career:...

(1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

)

14 goals Demba Ba

Demba Ba

Demba Ba is a French-born Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for Newcastle United in the Premier League, and for the Senegal national team.-Early life:Ba was born in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, and was the sixth child of seven...

(1899 Hoffenheim) Luca Toni

Luca Toni

Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...

(Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

)

13 goals Kevin Kurányi

Kevin Kurányi

Kevin Dennis Kurányi is a German footballer who plays in Russia for Dynamo Moscow. He is a striker who possesses great aerial ability and finishing skills.- Early life :...

(Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

) Artur Wichniarek

Artur Wichniarek

-Early career in Poland:Wichniarek started his professional career at Lech Poznań in 1992–93 season. The following season he made his Ekstraklasa debut, however, he was not able to secure a place in the starting eleven. In the spring of 1996 was loaned to Polish Second League club Aluminium Konin...

(Arminia Bielefeld)

Top assistants

Source: kicker.de

20 assists Zvjezdan Misimović

Zvjezdan Misimovic

Zvjezdan Misimović is a German-born Bosnian footballer who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow...

Mesut Özil

Mesut Özil is a footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and for the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated...

Arnold Bruggink

Arnold Jan Bruggink is a former Dutch striker and occasional midfielder.He won the Dutch Talent of the Year award in 2000 while playing for PSV Eindhoven and won three league titles and two Supercups with the club, as well as appearing in the UEFA Champions League...

(Hannover 96
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...

) Marko Marin (Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

)

12 assists Franck Ribéry

Franck Ribéry

Franck Ribéry is a French international footballer who currently plays for German club Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. He primarily plays as a winger, preferably on the left side, and is known for "pace, energy, skill and precise passing." Ribéry is described as a player who is "fast, tricky and...

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayern Munich and the German national team. A right-footed player, he is capable of playing out wide or in a more central role....

Martin Fenin

Martin Fenin is a Czech football striker currently playing for the German club FC Energie Cottbus and the Czech Republic national football team. Fenin also played for the youth teams of the Czech Republic from the under-16 level.-Club career:...

(Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

) Grafite

Grafite

Edinaldo Batista Libânio , commonly known as Grafite is a Brazilian footballer who plays for UAE Football League club Al-Ahli Dubai....

Tamás Hajnal

Tamás Hajnal is a Hungarian football midfielder currently playing for German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart.-Ferencvárosi TC and Dunakanyar Vác FC :...

(Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

)

10 assists Tranquillo Barnetta

Tranquillo Barnetta

Tranquillo Barnetta is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen and the Swiss national team. He usually plays out wide as a winger but can also play in a more withdrawn role as a defensive midfielder....

(Bayer Leverkusen) Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Bosnian national team. He was named Bosnian Footballer of the Year for 2009 and 2010...

Christian Gentner

Christian Gentner is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart.-Club career:Before joining VfB Stuttgart, the central midfielder played at TSV Beuren and VfL Kirchheim....

Markus Steinhöfer

Markus Steinhöfer is a German footballer, who plays for FC Basel.- Career :In July 2008, he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt for a fee of €900,000. In his second saison, he struggled to find a regular spot and announced that his intention to transfer. On 29 December 2009, Eintracht Frankfurt loaned...

(Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

)

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
August	Artur Wichniarek Artur Wichniarek -Early career in Poland:Wichniarek started his professional career at Lech Poznań in 1992–93 season. The following season he made his Ekstraklasa debut, however, he was not able to secure a place in the starting eleven. In the spring of 1996 was loaned to Polish Second League club Aluminium Konin...	Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
September	Mesut Özil Mesut Özil Mesut Özil is a footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and for the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated...	Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
October	Vedad Ibišević Vedad Ibiševic Vedad Ibišević is a Bosnian footballer playing as striker for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga and the Bosnian national team. He has also played in Switzerland, the USA and France...	1899 Hoffenheim
November	Franck Ribéry Franck Ribéry Franck Ribéry is a French international footballer who currently plays for German club Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. He primarily plays as a winger, preferably on the left side, and is known for "pace, energy, skill and precise passing." Ribéry is described as a player who is "fast, tricky and...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
December	Sami Khedira Sami Khedira Sami Khedira is a German footballer currently playing for Real Madrid and the German national team. Khedira moved to Real Madrid from VfB Stuttgart in 2010...	VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
February	Mario Gómez Mario Gómez Mario Gómez García is a German footballer who plays as a striker for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. Gómez joined Bayern after six years in Stuttgart. The fee was a record for a player transferred in the Bundesliga, estimated to be 30–35 million euro...	VfB Stuttgart
March	Grafite Grafite Edinaldo Batista Libânio , commonly known as Grafite is a Brazilian footballer who plays for UAE Football League club Al-Ahli Dubai....	VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
April	Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart
May	Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart

Champion Squad

VfL Wolfsburg
Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (31); André Lenz André Lenz André Lenz is a German football goalkeeper who plays for VfL Wolfsburg.-Career:Lenz began his football career as a professional in 1999. Back then, he played for Alemannia Aachen in the 2. Bundesliga. In 2001 he signed a contract with Energie Cottbus, who were playing in the first division... (5) Defenders: Andrea Barzagli Andrea Barzagli Andrea Barzagli, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus.- Club career :... (34); Marcel Schäfer Marcel Schäfer Marcel Schäfer is a German footballer who plays as a defender for VfL Wolfsburg.-International career:He made his international debut for Germany on 19 November 2008 in a friendly against England.-External links:... (34); Alexander Madlung Alexander Madlung Alexander Madlung is a German footballer who plays for VfL Wolfsburg.-Club career:Madlung started his career at Hertha BSC before moving to VfL Wolfsburg in 2006.-International career:... (24 / 3); Jan Šimůnek Jan Šimunek Jan Šimůnek is a footballer from the Czech Republic. He currently plays defender for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.- External links :* at www.vflwolfsburg.de... (17); Peter Pekarík Peter Pekarík Peter Pekarík is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for the Süper Lig club Kayserispor and the Slovakia national football team.-Žilina:... (16); Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Italian Serie A club Parma... (14 / 1); Ricardo Costa (11 / 3); Rodrigo Alvim Rodrigo Alvim Rodrigo Oliveira da Silva Alvim is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Flamengo, as a left back.-Football career:... (2); Daniel Reiche Daniel Reiche Daniel Reiche is a German footballer who plays for MSV Duisburg.-Career:He made his Bundesliga debut for VfL Wolfsburg on 13 September 2008 in a game against Hertha Berlin. He was substituted on for Christian Gentner in the 70th minute.... (1); Sergei Karimov Sergei Karimov Sergei Karimov is a Kazakh footballer who plays for MSV Duisburg.- Personal life :... (1) Midfielders: Christian Gentner Christian Gentner Christian Gentner is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart.-Club career:Before joining VfB Stuttgart, the central midfielder played at TSV Beuren and VfL Kirchheim.... (34 / 4); Josué Josué Anunciado de Oliveira Josué Anunciado de Oliveira, or simply Josué , is a Brazilian defensive midfielder. He currently plays for German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg.-Club career:... (33); Zvjezdan Misimović Zvjezdan Misimovic Zvjezdan Misimović is a German-born Bosnian footballer who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow... (33 / 6); Ashkan Dejagah Ashkan Dejagah Ashkan Dejagah is an Iranian-German footballer who Currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg, usually as a striker or a winger. He has represented Germany at youth levels.-Club career:... (27 / 3); Makoto Hasebe Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese football player. He is a right-footed midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and is currently the captain of the Japan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.-Urawa Red Diamonds :... (25); Sascha Riether (28 / 2); Sebastian Schindzielorz Sebastian Schindzielorz Sebastian Schindzielorz is a Polish-born German footballer playing for VfL Wolfsburg II.-External links: * at worldfootball.net... (6) Forwards: Edin Džeko Edin Džeko Edin Džeko is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Bosnian national team. He was named Bosnian Footballer of the Year for 2009 and 2010... (33 / 26); Grafite Grafite Edinaldo Batista Libânio , commonly known as Grafite is a Brazilian footballer who plays for UAE Football League club Al-Ahli Dubai.... (25 / 28); Caiuby Caiuby Francisco da Silva Caiuby Francisco da Silva , commonly known as Caiuby is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Ingolstadt 04.- Career :... (9 / 1); Yoshito Ōkubo Yoshito Okubo is a Japanese football player, he is a forward and currently plays for Vissel Kobe.- Career :On January 3, 2009, Vissel announced his transfer to VfL Wolfsburg of the 1. Bundesliga... (9); Alexander Esswein Alexander Esswein Alexander Esswein is a German footballer who plays as a striker for 1. FC Nuremberg.-Club career:... (4) (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Felix Magath Felix Magath Wolfgang-Felix Magath is a former German football central midfielder and current manager of VfL Wolfsburg.-Playing career:... On the roster but have not played in a league game: Marwin Hitz Marwin Hitz Marwin Hitz is a Swiss football goalkeeper, who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... ; Patrick Platins; Kevin Wolze Transferred out during the season: Bernd Korzynietz Bernd Korzynietz Bernd Korzynietz is a German footballer who is currently a free agent.- External links :* ... (loan return to Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... ); Jacek Krzynówek Jacek Krzynówek Jacek Krzynówek , born 15 May 1976, is a former Polish footballer. One of the most glorious moments of his career was scoring a rocket shot against Real Madrid in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League.-Club career:... (to Hannover 96 Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:... ); Vlad Munteanu Vlad Munteanu Vlad Munteanu is a Romanian professional football player, currently playing for Concordia Chiajna.-Career:Munteanu came up through his hometown club FCM Bacău. He then moved to Dinamo Bucureşti. He spent six years there appearing in over 90 matches. He also had brief loan spells at Poiana Câmpina... (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... ); Mahir Sağlık Mahir Saglik Mahir Sağlık is a German–born Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC St Pauli.- Career :Sağlık signed a three-year deal for VfL Wolfsburg in September 2008. On 1 February 2009, he was loaned out to Karlsruher SC until the end of the season... (on loan to Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2... ); Jonathan Santana Jonathan Santana Jonathan Santana Gehre is an Argentine-Paraguayan football midfielder, who plays for Kayserispor in the Turkish Süper Lig and Paraguay national team.-Club:... (on loan to San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine sports club based in Boedo neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, mostly known because of its football team.... ) Note: Players without nationality denoted are German.*