2008–09 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

Bordeaux
2008–09 season
President	Jean-Louis Triaud
Head coach	Laurent Blanc
Stadium	Stade Chaban-Delmas
Ligue 1	1st (champions)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Winners
Trophée des Champions	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Fernando Cavenaghi; Marouane Chamakh; (13 each); All: ; Fernando Cavenaghi; Marouane Chamakh; Yoann Gourcuff; (14 each)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was the 119th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Cup.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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	FRA	Kévin Olimpa
3	DF	BRA	Carlos Henrique
4	MF	FRA	Alou Diarra
5	MF	BRA	Fernando Menegazzo
6	DF	FRA	Franck Jurietti
7	MF	FRA	Yoan Gouffran
8	MF	FRA	Yoann Gourcuff (on loan from Milan)^[1]
9	FW	ARG	Fernando Cavenaghi
10	FW	BRA	Jussiê
11	FW	FRA	David Bellion
13	DF	ARG	Diego Placente
14	DF	SEN	Souleymane Diawara


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Ulrich Ramé (captain)
17	MF	BRA	Wendel
19	MF	FRA	Pierre Ducasse
21	DF	FRA	Mathieu Chalmé
24	MF	MLI	Abdou Traoré
25	FW	FRA	Henri Saivet
27	DF	FRA	Marc Planus
28	DF	FRA	Benoît Trémoulinas
29	FW	MAR	Marouane Chamakh
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Valverde
33	MF	FRA	Grégory Sertic
40	GK	FRA	Gilles Meslien

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	FW	MLI	Cheik Diabaté (at Ajaccio)
--	DF	FRA	Ted Lavie (at Angers)
--	MF	TOG	Floyd Ayité (at Angers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	FRA	Wilfried Moimbé (at Reims)
26	FW	FRA	Gabriel Obertan (at Lorient)
23	DF	FRA	Florian Marange (at Le Havre)

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	9 August 2008	30 May 2009	Matchday 1	Winners	38	24	8	6	64	34	+30	063.16
Coupe de France	3 January 2009		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	11 November 2008	25 April 2009	Round of 16	Winners	4	4	0	0	13	3	+10	100.00
Trophée des Champions	2 August 2008		Final	Winners	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Champions League	16 September 2008	9 December 2008	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	033.33
UEFA Cup	18 February 2009	26 February 2009	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					52	30	11	11	85	53	+32	057.69

Source: Soccerway

Trophée des Champions[edit]

2 August 2008 Final	Lyon	0–0 (4–5 p)	Bordeaux	Bordeaux
17:55 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 27,167 Referee: Bertrand Layec
	Penalties
	Benzema Bodmer Källström Govou Grosso Toulalan Cris		Cavenaghi Fernando Wendel Bellion Gourcuff Jurietti Diawara

Ligue 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bordeaux (C)	38	24	8	6	64	34	+30	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	22	11	5	67	35	+32	77	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Lyon	38	20	11	7	52	29	+23	71	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Toulouse	38	16	16	6	45	27	+18	64	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Lille	38	17	13	8	51	39	+12	64	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
France's third UEFA Europa League spot went to Ligue 2 side Guingamp, winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France.
(C) Champions

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	24	8	6	64	34	+30	80	14	5	0	36	12	+24	10	3	6	28	22	+6

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	4	11	3	7	10	6	7	5	4	4	2	3	3	6	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.

9 August 2008 1	Bordeaux	2–1	Caen	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Referee: Philippe Kalt

16 August 2008 2	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Bordeaux	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Alain Hamer

24 August 2008 3	Bordeaux	2–0	Nantes	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Referee: Stéphane Bre

31 August 2008 4	Lille	2–1	Bordeaux	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

13 September 2008 5	Bordeaux	1–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Referee: Bertrand Layec

20 September 2008 6	Grenoble	0–1	Bordeaux	Grenoble
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Alpes

28 September 2008 7	Bordeaux	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

4 October 2008 8	Lorient	1–2	Bordeaux	Lorient
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Referee: Philippe Kalt

18 October 2008 9	Bordeaux	2–1	Toulouse	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

25 October 2008 10	Nice	2–2	Bordeaux	Nice
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Ray

28 October 2008 11	Bordeaux	4–0	Le Havre	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

1 November 2008 12	Nancy	1–0	Bordeaux	Tomblaine
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

8 November 2008 13	Bordeaux	2–0	Auxerre	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

16 November 2008 14	Lyon	2–1	Bordeaux	Lyon
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

22 November 2008 15	Bordeaux	1–1	Rennes	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

29 November 2008 16	Sochaux	0–0	Bordeaux	Sochaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

5 December 2008 17	Bordeaux	2–1	Valenciennes	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

13 December 2008 18	Le Mans	1–3	Bordeaux	Le Mans
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

21 December 2008 19	Monaco	3–4	Bordeaux	Monaco
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

11 January 2009 20	Bordeaux	4–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

17 January 2009 21	Nantes	1–2	Bordeaux	Nantes
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

1 February 2009 22	Bordeaux	2–2	Lille	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

8 February 2009 23	Marseille	1–0	Bordeaux	Marseille
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

14 February 2009 24	Bordeaux	1–1	Grenoble	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

22 February 2009 25	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Bordeaux	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

1 March 2009 26	Bordeaux	1–0	Lorient	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

7 March 2009 27	Toulouse	3–0	Bordeaux	Toulouse
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

14 March 2009 28	Bordeaux	2–1	Nice	Bordeaux
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

21 March 2009 29	Le Havre	0–3	Bordeaux	Le Havre
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

4 April 2009 30	Bordeaux	1–0	Nancy	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

11 April 2009 31	Auxerre	0–2	Bordeaux	Auxerre
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

19 April 2009 32	Bordeaux	1–0	Lyon	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

29 April 2009 33	Rennes	2–3	Bordeaux	Rennes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

3 May 2009 34	Bordeaux	3–0	Sochaux	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

13 May 2009 35	Valenciennes	1–2	Bordeaux	Valenciennes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

16 May 2009 36	Bordeaux	3–2	Le Mans	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

23 May 2009 37	Bordeaux	1–0	Monaco	Bordeaux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

30 May 2009 38	Caen	0–1	Bordeaux	Caen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

Coupe de France[edit]

3 January 2009 Round of 64	Bordeaux	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gomis 74'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 12,272 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de la Ligue[edit]

11 November 2008 Round of 16	Bordeaux	4–2	Guingamp	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Trémoulinas 13' Obertan 23', 31' Cavenaghi 78' (pen.)	Report	Eduardo 33' (pen.), 44'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 13,995 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

14 January 2009 Quarter-finals	Bordeaux	2–1	Châteauroux	Bordeaux
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gouffran 25' Bellion 57'	Report	Mulenga 80'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 9,209 Referee: Antony Gautier

4 February 2009 Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	0–3	Bordeaux	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bellion 17' Diawara 88' Wendel 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,543 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

25 April 2009 Final	Bordeaux	4–0	Vannes	Saint-Denis
20:50 CEST (UTC+2)	Wendel 3' Planus 10' Gouffran 13' Gourcuff 40'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 75,828 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The group stage draw was held on 28 August 2008.^[2]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Bordeaux	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	CFR Cluj	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2008 1	Chelsea	4–0	Bordeaux	London, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lampard 14' J. Cole 30' Malouda 82' Anelka 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,635 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

1 October 2008 2	Bordeaux	1–3	Roma	Bordeaux, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gourcuff 18'	Report	Vučinić 64' Baptista 71', 83'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 26,920 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

22 October 2008 3	Bordeaux	1–0	CFR Cluj	Bordeaux, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cadú 54' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 26,213 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

4 November 2008 4	CFR Cluj	1–2	Bordeaux	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:45 EET (UTC+2)	Dani 9'	Report	Gourcuff 6' Wendel 38'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 19,380 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

26 November 2008 5	Bordeaux	1–1	Chelsea	Bordeaux, France
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Diarra 83'	Report	Anelka 60'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,486 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

9 December 2008 6	Roma	2–0	Bordeaux	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Brighi 61' Totti 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,926 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup[edit]

Final phase[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

18 February 2009 First leg	Bordeaux	0–0	Galatasaray	Bordeaux, France
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 21,813 Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

26 February 2009 Second leg	Galatasaray	4–3 (4–3 agg.)	Bordeaux	Istanbul, Turkey
19:30EET (UTC+2)	Turan 42', 65' Kewell 45' Sarıoğlu 90'	Report	Bellion 1' Chamakh 73' Cavenaghi 75'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

References[edit]

^ Gourcuff prêté aux Girondins
^ "UEFA sets Monaco agenda". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] Gourcuff prêté aux Girondins

[2] "UEFA sets Monaco agenda". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.

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