Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09

The Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09 is the 35th season of the Second Fußball-Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany's football league.

Changes from 2007–08

Starting with the 2008–09 season, only two teams are promoted automatically. Two-leg relegation playoffs between the third last team of the Bundesliga and the third team of the Second Bundesliga at the end of the regular season will be reintroduced.

Likewise, instead of formerly four teams only the two bottom teams are relegated to the new 3rd Liga automatically. The third last team plays a two-leg playoff against the third team of the third tier over the remaining place in the Second Bundesliga.

Teams

Movement between Bundesliga and Second Bundesliga

Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln have been promoted to Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09 after finishing 1st through 3rd in Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08. They will be replaced by 1. FC Nuremberg, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg, which were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Movement between Second Bundesliga and third-level divisions

Kickers Offenbach, Erzgebirge Aue, Carl Zeiss Jena and SC Paderborn 07 have been relegated to the newly formed 3rd Liga following the 2007–08 season due to finishing 15th through 18th. They will be replaced by the champions and runners-up of both divisions of the Regionalliga 2007–08. Rot-Weiss Ahlen and Rot-Weiss Oberhausen earned promotion in the Northern divsion while FSV Frankfurt and FC Ingolstadt 04 have been promoted from the Southern division.

Team information

*fnb|1 Thomas von Heesen resigned as manager of 1. FC Nuremberg on August 28, 2008. [ [http://www.fcn.de/index.php?id=18628 Club-Trainer Thomas von Heesen erklärt Rücktritt] ] His former assistant coach was named as his successor on September 5, 2008. [ [http://www.fcn.de/index.php?id=18673 Michael Oenning wird Chef-Trainer des 1. FC Nürnberg] ]

League table

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Top goalscorers

;8 goals
*flagicon|TUN Sami Allagui "(SpVgg Greuther Fürth)"

;5 goals
*flagicon|GER Benjamin Auer "(Alemannia Aachen)"
*flagicon|TUR Ersin Demir "(FC Ingolstadt)"
*flagicon|CMR Mohamadou Idrissou "(SC Freiburg)"
*flagicon|SVK Erik Jendrisek "(1. FC Kaiserslautern)"
*flagicon|GERflagicon|COD Cedric Makiadi "(MSV Duisburg)"
*flagicon|GER Lars Toborg "(Rot Weiss Ahlen)"

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*flagicon|BFA Aristide Bancé "(FSV Mainz 05)"
*flagicon|ARG Matias Esteban Cenci "(FSV Frankfurt)"
*flagicon|USA Mathew Taylor "(TuS Koblenz)
*flagicon|HUN Sandor Torghelle "(FC Augsburg)"

Last updated: October 5, 2008; Source: [http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/torjaeger/ www.kicker.de]

ee also

* Bundesliga 2008–09
* 3rd Liga 2008–09
* German Cup 2008–09
* List of German football transfers summer 2008

External links

* [http://www.dfb.de/ Official Site of the DFB] de icon
* [http://www.kicker.de/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/ Kicker.de] de icon
* [http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/ Official Bundesliga site] de icon
* [http://www.bundesliga.de/en/liga2/ Official Bundesliga site] en icon

References