Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2008–09 season
ManagerBruno Labbadia
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Patrick Helmes (21)
All: Patrick Helmes (24)

During the 2008–09 season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Leverkusen dropped further down the table to finish 9th, failing to qualify for European competition for a second consecutive year. Manager Bruno Labbadia left Leverkusen at the end of the season for Hamburg, and was replaced by erstwhile Bayern Munich caretaker Jupp Heynckes.

Players

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 René Adler
2 DF Tunisia TUN Karim Haggui
3 DF Brazil BRA Henrique (on loan from Barcelona)
5 DF Germany GER Manuel Friedrich
6 MF Germany GER Simon Rolfes
7 MF Switzerland SUI Tranquillo Barnetta
8 MF Brazil BRA Renato Augusto
9 FW Germany GER Patrick Helmes
11 FW Germany GER Stefan Kießling
14 MF Germany GER Sascha Dum
15 DF Ghana GHA Hans Sarpei
16 MF Switzerland SUI Pirmin Schwegler
17 DF Slovakia SVK Vratislav Greško
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Ivory Coast CIV Constant Djakpa
19 MF Poland POL Tomasz Zdebel
20 DF Germany GER Lukas Sinkiewicz[notes 1]
21 GK Hungary HUN Gábor Király (on loan from Burnley)
22 GK Germany GER Benedikt Fernandez
23 MF Chile CHI Arturo Vidal
24 DF Czech Republic CZE Michal Kadlec
25 MF Germany GER Bernd Schneider
27 DF Germany GER Gonzalo Castro[notes 2]
29 FW Greece GRE Angelos Charisteas (on loan from Nürnberg)
34 GK Germany GER Erik Domaschke
39 MF Germany GER Toni Kroos (on loan from Bayern Munich)
51 FW Germany GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu

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
10 FW Greece GRE Theofanis Gekas (on loan to Portsmouth)
13 FW Russia RUS Dmitri Bulykin (to Anderlecht)
19 MF Germany GER Marcel Risse (on loan to Nürnberg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 DF Germany GER Stefan Reinartz (on loan to Nürnberg)
45 MF Germany GER Jens Hegeler (on loan to Augsburg)

Notes

  1. ↑ Sinkiewicz was born in Tychy, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in September 2005.
  2. ↑ Castro was born in Wuppertal, West Germany)(now Germany), and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Spain internationally through his parents and represented Spain at U-19 level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2007.

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Bayer Leverkusen - 2008/09".
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