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
Manager 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  GER Gerhard Tremmel
2 DF  GER Thomas Franke
4 MF  BUL Stanislav Angelov
5 DF  POL Mariusz Kukiełka
6 DF  BRA Vragel da Silva
7 MF  GER Timo Rost
8 FW  BUL Dimitar Rangelov
9 FW  ROU Emil Jula
10 MF  CRO Stiven Rivić
11 FW  SRB Ivica Iliev
12 GK  GER Philipp Pentke
13 MF  ALB Ervin Skela
14 MF  SRB Dušan Vasiljević
15 DF  GER Alexander Bittroff
16 MF  GER Marco Kurth
17 DF  GER Daniel Ziebig
18 DF  POL Łukasz Kanik
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  GER Marc-Philipp Zimmermann
20 MF  CHN Shao Jiayi
21 DF  MNE Savo Pavićević[notes 1]
23 GK  BIH Tomislav Piplica
25 DF  CZE Jan Rajnoch (on loan from Mladá Boleslav)
26 FW  GER Nils Petersen
27 DF  ROU Ovidiu Burcă
28 DF  BIH Ivan Radeljić[notes 2]
29 FW  DEN Dennis Sørensen
30 FW  SRB Branko Jelić
31 MF  GER Michael Lerchl[notes 3]
32 FW  BRA Adi
33 DF  CRO Mario Cvitanović
34 DF  TUR Çağdaş Atan
36 DF  GER Peter Hackenberg
37 MF  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  FRA Christian Bassila (to Guingamp)
22 FW  GER Danny Galm (to Stuttgarter Kickers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  MKD Igor Mitreski (on loan to Germinal Beerschot)

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2008–09 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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