The 2008–09 season was Hull City's first ever season in the Premier League. Home games were played at the KC Stadium, which has a capacity of 25,404. On Friday 6 June 2008 Hull City announced they had sold out all 20,500 season tickets. Hull City's first ever top-flight fixture was a home game against Fulham, which they won 2–1. City finished the season in 17th place in the table, successfully avoiding relegation by the narrow margin of one point over Newcastle United. In the FA Cup, Hull reached the quarterfinals stage for the first time in 38 years, where they were knocked out by Arsenal with a controversial offside goal.

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Craig Fagan rejoined the club from Derby County, having spent the latter part of the previous season on loan at Hull. On 5 July Hull completed the signing of Brazilian winger Geovanni on a free transfer, following his release from fellow Premier League side Manchester City. Hungarian winger Peter Halmosi soon followed. Hull were also eager to sign Fraizer Campbell, who played for Hull on loan in the 2007–08 season. On 14 August, Hull made Anthony Gardner's loan from Tottenham Hotspur into a permanent deal for £2.5 million, breaking their transfer record. On 1 September, Hull City made a £7 million bid for Fraizer Campbell, but Campbell joined Tottenham on a season-long loan as part of the deal that took Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United.

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