2008–09 FC Energie Cottbus season

During the 2008–09 German football season, FC Energie Cottbus competed in the Bundesliga.

FC Energie Cottbus
2008–09 season
ManagerSlovenia Bojan Prašnikar
StadiumStadion der Freundschaft
Bundesliga16th (relegated)
DFB-PokalRound of 16

Season summary

Cottbus were relegated after finishing 16th and losing to 1. FC Nürnberg in the relegation play-off. As of 2022, this remains their most recent season in the top flight of German football.

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 Germany GER Gerhard Tremmel
2 DF Germany GER Thomas Franke
4 MF Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Angelov
5 DF Poland POL Mariusz Kukiełka
6 DF Brazil BRA Vragel da Silva
7 MF Germany GER Timo Rost
8 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Rangelov
9 FW Romania ROU Emil Jula
10 MF Croatia CRO Stiven Rivić
11 FW Serbia SRB Ivica Iliev
12 GK Germany GER Philipp Pentke
13 MF Albania ALB Ervin Skela
14 MF Serbia SRB Dušan Vasiljević
15 DF Germany GER Alexander Bittroff
16 MF Germany GER Marco Kurth
17 DF Germany GER Daniel Ziebig
18 DF Poland POL Łukasz Kanik
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Germany GER Marc-Philipp Zimmermann
20 MF China CHN Shao Jiayi
21 DF Montenegro MNE Savo Pavićević[notes 1]
23 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Tomislav Piplica
25 DF Czech Republic CZE Jan Rajnoch (on loan from Mladá Boleslav)
26 FW Germany GER Nils Petersen
27 DF Romania ROU Ovidiu Burcă
28 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ivan Radeljić[notes 2]
29 FW Denmark DEN Dennis Sørensen
30 FW Serbia SRB Branko Jelić
31 MF Germany GER Michael Lerchl[notes 3]
32 FW Brazil BRA Adi
33 DF Croatia CRO Mario Cvitanović
34 DF Turkey TUR Çağdaş Atan
36 DF Germany GER Peter Hackenberg
37 MF Germany GER Christian Müller

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
3 MF France FRA Christian Bassila (to Guingamp)
22 FW Germany GER Danny Galm (to Stuttgarter Kickers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF North Macedonia MKD Igor Mitreski (on loan to Germinal Beerschot)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Hamburger SV 34 19 4 11 49 47 +2 61 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 14 5 60 37 +23 59
7 1899 Hoffenheim 34 15 10 9 63 49 +14 55
8 Schalke 04 34 14 8 12 47 35 +12 50
9 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 7 13 59 46 +13 49
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. "FootballSquads - Energie Cottbus - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

Notes

  1. Pavićević was born in Kikinda, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but also qualified to represent Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Montenegro in March 2007.
  2. Radeljić was born in Imotski, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007.
  3. Lerchl was born in Windhoek, Namibia, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-20 level.
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