Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09
| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions | SC Freiburg |
| Promoted |
SC Freiburg 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. FC Nuremberg (via playoff) |
| Relegated |
VfL Osnabrück (via playoff) FC Ingolstadt 04 SV Wehen Wiesbaden |
| Goals scored | 852 |
| Average goals/game | 2.78 |
| Top goalscorer |
Benjamin Auer (16) Cédric Makiadi (16) Marek Mintál (16) |
| Biggest home win | 9–0 Koblenz |
| Biggest away win | Oberhausen 0–4 Greuther Fürth |
| Highest scoring | 9–0 Koblenz |
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The 2008–09 2. Bundesliga was the 35th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany's football league. The season began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.
SC Freiburg were the first team to win promotion to Bundesliga 2009–10 after securing the 2. Bundesliga championship on 10 May 2009.1. FSV Mainz 05 were also directly promoted as runners-up after a 4–0 home victory over Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. 1. FC Nuremberg defeated Bundesliga sides Energie Cottbus in a two-legged playoff for one spot in 2009–10 Bundesliga and thus earned promotion as well.
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 2. 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 3. 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 2. Bundesliga.
Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln were promoted to Bundesliga after finishing 1st through 3rd in 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. They were replaced by 1. FC Nuremberg, and MSV Duisburg, which were relegated at the end of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season.
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