2008–09 Bundesliga
| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions |
VfL Wolfsburg 1st Bundesliga title 1st German title |
| Relegated |
Energie Cottbus (via playoff) Karlsruher SC Arminia Bielefeld |
| Champions League |
VfL Wolfsburg Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart |
| Europa League |
Hertha BSC Hamburger SV Werder Bremen (via domestic cup) |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 894 (2.92 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Grafite (28) |
| Biggest home win | Dortmund 6–0 Bielefeld (16 May 2009) |
| Biggest away win |
Frankfurt 0–5 Bremen (13 May 2009) Hannover 0–5 Wolfsburg (16 May 2009) |
| Highest scoring |
Bremen 5–4 Hoffenheim (27 September 2008) (9 goals) |
| Average attendance | 42,565 |
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The 2008–09 Bundesliga was the 46th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 15 August 2008 with a 2–2 draw between defending champions Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV and ended with the last matches on 23 May 2009. VfL Wolfsburg secured their first national title in the last game after a 5–1 win at home against Werder Bremen.
Starting with the 2008–09 season, two-legged relegation playoffs between the third last team of the Bundesliga and the third team of the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the regular season were re-introduced.
Due to the restructuring of European competitions, the third-placed team qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, entering in a separate qualifying round for non-champions. The fourth-placed team and the winner of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round; the fifth-placed team qualified for the third qualifying round. The sixth-placed team did not qualify for any European competitions as the UEFA Intertoto Cup will not be continued after its final edition in 2008.
1. FC Nürnberg, and MSV Duisburg finished the 2007–08 season in 16th through 18th place and thus were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. They were replaced by the best three teams of 2007–08 2. Bundesliga: Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln.
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