2008–09 Feyenoord season

Feyenoord
2008–09 season
Chairman	Dick van Well
Manager	Gertjan Verbeek (until 14 January 2009) ; Leon Vlemmings (caretaker; from 14 January 2009)
Stadium	De Kuip
Eredivisie	7th
Johan Cruyff Shield	Runner-up
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Roy Makaay (16); All: Roy Makaay (20)
Highest home attendance	46,000 Feyenoord–Vitesse
Lowest home attendance	13,000 Feyenoord–CSKA Moscow
Average home league attendance	43,750 Eredivisie ; 20,100 KNVB Cup ; 19,333 UEFA cup
Biggest win	Feyenoord 5–0 Volendam
Biggest defeat	Feyenoord 0–4 NAC
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Feyenoord, in Dutch Eredivisie. the first season under new coach Gertjan Verbeek.^[1] On 14 January 2009, the bigger part of the players group declared they did not have any confidence in Gertjan Verbeek. Although the board and the supporters completely backed up Verbeek, the choice was made to sack the trainer because of financial considerations.^[2] The rest of the season Leon Vlemmings, who was Verbeek's assistant from the start of the season, was the manager.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Eredivisie	—	7th	9 August 2008	10 May 2009
KNVB Cup	2nd round	Round of 16	24 September 2008	20 January 2009
Johan Cruyff Shield	Final	Runner-up	23 August 2008
UEFA Cup	1st Round	Group stage	18 September 2008	17 December 2008
Playoff UEFA Cup	1/2 final	1/2 final	16 May 2009	24 May 2009

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Heerenveen	34	17	9	8	66	57	9	60	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
6	Groningen	34	17	5	12	53	36	17	56	Qualification to European competition play-offs
7	Feyenoord	34	12	9	13	54	46	8	45
8	NAC Breda (O)	34	13	6	15	44	54	−10	45
9	Utrecht	34	11	11	12	41	44	−3	44

Source: ESPN Eredivisie Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Heerenveen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10 by winning the 2008–09 KNVB Cup.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	9	13	54	46	8	45	8	5	4	34	21	13	4	4	9	20	25	−5

Source: Matches

Matches

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31) 1	Heracles	3–1	Feyenoord	Almelo
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Douglas 38' Dost 49' Klavan 60' Bridji 90'	Report	Bahia 1', 59' De Guzmán 30' Bruins 64'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

13 September 2008 (2008-09-13) 2	Feyenoord	5–0	Volendam	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Tomasson 14' (pen.), 30' (pen.) De Cler 56' Biseswar 74', 82' Mols 90 2'	Report	Boots 14' Maynard 29'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Ruud Bossen

21 September 2008 (2008-09-21) 3	Feyenoord	2–2	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Biseswar 2' De Cler 39' Timmer 42' Tomasson 50', 84' (pen.) Hofland 69' Bruins 88'	Report	Van der Wiel 28' Sarpong 39', 45' Suárez 40' Huntelaar 70' Emanuelson 85'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

28 September 2008 (2008-09-28) 4	Groningen	3–1	Feyenoord	Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Lovre 8' De Roover 21' Van de Laak 33' Berg 49', 81', 90'	Report	Hofland 10' Bahia 41', 88' Wijnaldum 55'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,329 Referee: Kevin Blom

5 October 2008 (2008-10-05) 5	Feyenoord	0–2	NEC	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	El Ahmadi 14' Greene 63'	Report	Zomer 45' Janssen 49' Ntibazonkiza 56', 59'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

19 October 2008 (2008-10-19) 6	Willem II	1–0	Feyenoord	Tilburg
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Demouge 23', 41'	Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 13,750 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

26 October 2008 (2008-10-26) 7	Feyenoord	2–2	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
16:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Van Bronckhorst 11' Bahia 14' Fer 66' Makaay 69' Mols 90'	Report	Paulo Henrique 35' Väyrynen 37' Pranjić 48' Vandenbussche 66' Breuer 71'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

29 October 2008 (2008-10-29) 8	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Vermes 31' Slot 42' Knol 71' Slijngard 73' Poepon 87'	Report	Fer 40' Greene 45'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,894 Referee: Pieter Vink

2 November 2008 (2008-11-02) 9	Roda JC	0–4	Feyenoord	Kerkrade
12:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Kah 81'	Report	Hofland 50' Wijnaldum 53' Fer 57' Makaay 67' Biseswar 70'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Attendance: 16,095 Referee: Kevin Blom

9 November 2008 (2008-11-09) 10	Feyenoord	5–2	Utrecht	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Van Bronckhorst 5', 85' Biseswar 27', 31' El Ahmadi 66', 89' Hofland 78' Makaay 90'	Report	Schut 33' Neșu 57' Cornelisse 58' Van Dijk 72'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

23 November 2008 (2008-11-23) 11	Twente	1–1	Feyenoord	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Nkufo 13' (pen.) Douglas 78'	Report	Tiendalli 12' Makaay 53' (pen.) Van Bronckhorst 61' El Ahmadi 75'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23,028 Referee: Ruud Bossen

30 November 2008 (2008-11-30) 12	Feyenoord	3–1	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Derijck 8' Makaay 16' Fer 43' Bruins 54'	Report	Knopper 10', 12' Tillema 32' Caracciolo 60'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

7 December 2008 (2008-12-07) 13	Vitesse	1–1	Feyenoord	Arnhem
12:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Verhaegh 77'	Report	Makaay 3'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,345 Referee: Kevin Blom

14 December 2008 (2008-12-14) 14	Feyenoord	1–3	De Graafschap	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Bahia 56' Hofland 79'	Report	Oost 11' 72' Den Ouden 51', 69'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

20 December 2008 (2008-12-20) 15	Feyenoord	0–1	AZ	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	El Ahmadi 76'	Report	De Zeeuw 36' Ari 56'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Pieter Vink

10 January 2009 (2009-01-10) 16	PSV	1–0	Feyenoord	Eindhoven
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Afellay 78'	Report	Tiendalli 19' El Ahmadi 50' Bruins 62' Lucius 83' Bahia 90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

13 January 2009 (2009-01-13) 17	Feyenoord	3–1	NAC Breda	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Biseswar 33' Fer 44', 63' Wattamaleo 88'	Report	De Graaf 32' Amoah 86' Zwaanswijk 88'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Jack van Hulten

16 January 2009 (2009-01-16) 18	Heerenveen	3–1	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Nielsen 4' Väyrynen 34' Pranjić 43' Smárason 71'	Report	Makaay 38'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

24 January 2009 (2009-01-24) 19	Feyenoord	1–1	Willem II	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	De Cler 44' Slory 90'	Report	Janse 51' Zijler 53' Boutahar 60'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44,250 Referee: Roelof Luinge

1 February 2009 (2009-02-01) 20	NEC	1–0	Feyenoord	Nijmegen
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Sibum 53' Davids 80' Koenders 90'	Report	Slory 79'	Stadium: De Goffert Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

4 February 2009 (2009-02-04) 21	Feyenoord	1–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Biseswar 18' Tiendalli 81'	Report	Promes 5' Strootman 18' Vermes 51' Slijngard 64' Godee 65'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

8 February 2009 (2009-02-08) 22	Feyenoord	0–0	Groningen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Slory 38' Nieveld 42' Hofland 85'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

15 February 2009 (2009-02-15) 23	Ajax	2–0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Vermaelen 51' Leonardo 59' Emanuelson 90'	Report	Fer 22' Bahia 26' Tiendalli 82' Lucius 50'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,136 Referee: Pieter Vink

22 February 2009 (2009-02-22) 24	De Graafschap	0–2	Feyenoord	Doetinchem
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Meijer 23'	Report	El Ahmadi 54' Van Bronckhorst 66' Tomasson 90'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Kevin Blom

1 March 2009 (2009-03-01) 25	Feyenoord	2–2	Vitesse	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Wijnaldum 41' Fer 52' Makaay 72'	Report	Hofs 17' Sansoni 36' Velthuizen 52' Stevanović 39', 60'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Richard Liesveld

8 March 2009 (2009-03-08) 26	NAC Breda	1–2	Feyenoord	Breda
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Gorter 42' (pen.) Penders 68' Van der Leegte 87' Loran 88'	Report	Leerdam 42' Wijnaldum 50' Tomasson 82', 86' Pattinama 88'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Attendance: 17,254 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

15 March 2009 (2009-03-15) 27	Feyenoord	1–0	PSV	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Van Bronckhorst 34' Fer 73' Wijnaldum 90'	Report	Lazović 63'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

22 March 2009 (2009-03-22) 28	AZ	0–0	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)		Report	El Ahmadi 90'	Stadium: DSB-Stadion Attendance: 17,067 Referee: Roelof Luinge

5 April 2009 (2009-04-05) 29	Volendam	2–1	Feyenoord	Volendam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Van Dijk 57', 82' De Wit 78'	Report	Makaay 10' Fer 74' Bahia 89'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,002 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

12 April 2009 (2009-04-12) 30	Feyenoord	5–1	Heracles	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Makaay 3', 23', 59' (pen.) Fer 43' Landzaat 63' Leerdam 68' Slory 78'	Report	Dost 34' De Vries 35' Looms 38' Van den Bergh 55' Maertens 59' Boakye 75'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Tom van Sichem

18 April 2009 (2009-04-18) 31	Feyenoord	1–0	Twente	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Leerdam 19' Tomasson 70' Makaay 77' (pen.) Van Bronckhorst 90'	Report	Perez 66' Brama 75' Douglas 76' Tioté 85'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

26 April 2009 (2009-04-26) 32	ADO Den Haag	2–3	Feyenoord	’s-Gravenhage
12:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Tillema 25' Hoogendorp 34' Derijck 62' Knopper 81'	Report	Tiendalli 23' Tomasson 64', 74' Landzaat 79' Makaay 82'	Stadium: ADO Den Haag Stadion Attendance: 14,993 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

3 May 2009 (2009-05-03) 33	Utrecht	2–2	Feyenoord	Utrecht
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Neșu 9' Caluwé 14' Keller 65'	Report	Leerdam 11' Tomasson 25' Fer 41' De Cler 69' Wijnaldum 73' Biseswar 77'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Roelof Luinge

10 May 2009 (2009-05-10) 34	Feyenoord	2–3	Roda JC	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Tiendalli 20' Makaay 56', 75' (pen.) Wijnaldum 77' Bahia 80' Hofland 83' Van Bronckhorst 86'	Report	Cissé 14' 90' Meeuwis 20' (pen.), 74' Lachambre 23' Hadouir 70' Kah 74'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

^[3]

UEFA Cup Playoff

16 May 2009 (2009-05-16) 1/2 final	NAC Breda	3–2	Feyenoord	Breda
19:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Penders 56' Gorter 60' (pen.) Lurling 79' Amoah 83' Van der Leegte 86'	Report	Biseswar 11' Makaay 69' (pen.) Tomasson 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 12,548 Referee: Roelof Luinge

21 May 2009 (2009-05-21) 1/2 final	Feyenoord	0–4	NAC Breda	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Bahia 17'	Report	Penders 31' Boukhari 41' Reuser 53' Kwakman 85' Kolkka 87'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Johan Cruyff Shield

23 August 2008 (2008-08-23) Final	Feyenoord	0–2	PSV	Amsterdam
		Report	55' Lazović 66' Marcellis	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

^[4]

KNVB Cup

24 September 2008 (2008-09-24) Round of 64	Feyenoord	3–0 (a.e.t.)	TOP Oss	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Makaay 92' Janota 109', 118'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jack van Hulten

4 December 2008 (2008-12-04) Round of 32	HHC Hardenberg	1–5	Feyenoord	Emmen
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Tieltjes 24'	Report	Pedro 31', 52' Makaay 51', 76' Hofland 85'	Stadium: Unive Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

20 January 2009 (2009-01-20) Round of 16	Feyenoord	0–3	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Bahia 46'	Report	Elm 37', 73' Breuer 52' Beerens 82'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 22,700 Referee: Pieter Vink

^[5]

UEFA Cup

18 September 2008 (2008-09-18) 1st round	Feyenoord	0–1	Kalmar FF	Rotterdam
19:00 CEST (UTC 02:00)		Report	Elm 71'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

2 October 2008 (2008-10-02) 1st round	Kalmar FF	1–2	Feyenoord	Borås
18:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Johansson 47' Nouri 54' R. Elm 90 1'	Report	Wijnaldum 18' Nouri 52' (o.g.) Van Bronckhorst 90 3'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

23 October 2008 (2008-10-23) Group Stage Group H	Nancy	3–0	Feyenoord	Nancy
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Féret 18', 53' Zerka 47' Hélder Maurílio 84'	Report	Hofland 15' Greene 63'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 11,512 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

6 November 2008 (2008-11-06) Group Stage Group H	Feyenoord	1–3	CSKA Moscow	Rotterdam
19:30 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Van Bronckhorst 29' Bahia 44' De Cler 90 2'	Report	Van Bronckhorst 14' (o.g.) Vágner Love 40', 81' Aldonin 82' Rahimić 90 3'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

27 November 2008 (2008-11-27) Group Stage Group H	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	Feyenoord	A Coruña
21:00 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Lopo 30' Guardado 37', 51' Hofland 50' (o.g.) Tomás 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Riazor Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

11 December 2008 (2008-12-11) Group Stage Group H	Feyenoord	0–1	Lech Poznań	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST (UTC 02:00)	Lucius 18' Bahia 61'	Report	Đurđević 27', 28' Peszko 31'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

^[6]

Friendlies

12 July 2008 (2008-07-12)	VV Oirschot Vooruit	1–9	Feyenoord	Oirschot
	Van der Wal 31'		De Guzmán 14' Landzaat 19' Bruins 24', 34' Biseswar 52', 74', 80' Hofs 55' Janota 70'	Stadium: Sportpark Moorland Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Unknown

15 July 2008 (2008-07-15)	Groot Goes	1–9	Feyenoord	Kloetinge
	Weijers 38'		El Ahmadi 22' Bruins 25' Pedro 56', 69', 87' Leerdam 60', 73' Janota 76', 82'	Stadium: Wesselopark Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

17 July 2008 (2008-07-17)	SV VELO Wateringen	1–12	Feyenoord	Wateringen
	Schooneman 37'		Mols 15' Erasmus 20', 44' Janota 33' Makaay 47' Tomasson 54', 69', 77' Wijnaldum 60', 72' Bruins 65', 78'	Stadium: Sportcomplex VELO Attendance: Unknown Referee: Dick Jol

22 July 2008 (2008-07-22)	Feyenoord	0–2	Mallorca	Wörgl
	Landzaat 20'		Arango 30', 55'	Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

24 July 2008 (2008-07-24)	Regionaalelftal Oberliga	0–12	Feyenoord	Wörgl
			Slory 2', 24' Fer 13', 27' Landzaat 16' Greene 20' Bahia 41' Tomasson 57', 81' Janota 69', 87' Manteiga 84'	Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

26 July 2008 (2008-07-26)	Dordrecht	1–1	Feyenoord	Dordrecht
	Ribeiro 69'		Derveld 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: Unknown Referee: Danny Makkelie

1 August 2008 (2008-08-01)	Feyenoord	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Rotterdam
	Wijnaldum 41'		Błaszczykowski 5' Hille 78'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: Unknown Referee: Pieter Vink

3 August 2008 (2008-08-03)	Feyenoord	1–3	Celtic	Rotterdam
	Fer 57'		Samaras 13' Vennegoor of Hesselink 16', 40'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

8 August 2008 (2008-08-08)	Excelsior Maassluis	0–7	Feyenoord	Maassluis
			Biseswar 16', 35' Janota 34' Fer 48' Landzaat 55' Vlaar 67' Bruins 72'	Stadium: Sportpark Dijkpolder Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)	Benfica	1–0	Feyenoord	Lisbon
	Cardozo 69'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: Unknown Referee: Pedro Henriques

16 August 2008 (2008-08-16)	Konyaspor	0–0	Feyenoord	Konya
				Stadium: Konya Atatürk Stadium Attendance: Unknown Referee: Ahmed Gökhan Bal

19 August 2008 (2008-08-19)	BVV Barendrecht	2–1	Feyenoord	Barendrecht
	Van Zanten 49' Koremans 90'		Ramsteijn 68'	Stadium: Sportpark De Bongerd Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

27 June 2009 (2009-06-27)	Sportclub Feyenoord	0–5	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
			Luigi Bruins 45', 82' Pattinama 47' Eli 51' (o.g.) De Cler 86'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Varkenoord Attendance: Unknown Referee: Unknown

30 June 2009 (2009-06-30)	Wit-Rood-Wit	1–10	Feyenoord	Brielle
	Hessel 62'		Makaay 6' Luigi Bruins 30' Slory 31' Tomasson 32' Fernández 44' Hofs 52' Landzaat 60', 68' (pen.) Pattinama 72', 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportcomplex Nieuw-Meeuwenoord Attendance: Unknown Referee: Jan Wegereef

Player details

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup		Super Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Henk Timmer	39	0	30	0	3	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF	NED	Theo Lucius	22	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	NED	Kevin Hofland	28	2	20	1	3	1	0	0	5	0
4	DF	BRA	André Bahia	40	2	30	2	3	0	1	0	6	0
5	DF	NED	Tim de Cler	27	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
6	MF	MAR	Karim El Ahmadi	29	2	22	2	2	0	0	0	5	0
7	MF	NED	Denny Landzaat	8	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	NED	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	36	2	27	1	3	0	1	0	5	1
9	FW	NED	Roy Makaay	40	19	31	16	3	3	0	0	6	0
10	MF	NED	Luigi Bruins	30	1	22	1	3	0	1	0	4	0
11	FW	DEN	Jon Dahl Tomasson	14	9	13	9	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	NED	Michael Mols	25	2	18	2	3	0	1	0	3	0
15	FW	RSA	Kermit Erasmus	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	GK	BRA	Darley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	BRA	Manteiga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	NED	Serginho Greene	14	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
20	DF	NED	Ron Vlaar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	NED	Andwelé Slory	21	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	NED	Danny Buijs	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	NED	Luis Pedro	10	2	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
25	MF	NED	Giorginio Wijnaldum	43	5	33	4	3	0	1	0	6	1
26	MF	POL	Michal Janota	10	2	6	0	2	2	1	0	1	0
27	DF	NED	Kaj Ramsteijn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	NED	Leroy Fer	40	6	32	6	2	0	0	0	6	0
29	FW	NED	Tim Vincken	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	NED	Nicky Hofs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	DF	NED	Dwight Tiendalli	27	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
32	GK	NED	Rob van Dijk	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF	NED	Jonathan de Guzmán	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	FW	NED	Mitchell Schet	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	DF	NED	Norichio Nieveld	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	NED	Kevin Wattamaleo	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	FW	NED	Diego Biseswar	35	7	28	7	2	0	1	0	4	0
38	MF	NED	Kelvin Leerdam	19	1	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
40	DF	BEL	Timothy Derijck	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	MF	NED	Glenn Kobussen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	FW	NED	Jordao Pattinama	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: voetbal.com

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Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	RSA	Kermit Erasmus (from SuperSport United)
—	MF	MAR	Karim El Ahmadi (from Twente)
—	FW	DEN	Jon Dahl Tomasson (from Villarreal)
—	MF	BRA	Manteiga (from Gama)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	TUN	Karim Saidi (free to Club Africain)
—	MF	TUR	Nuri Şahin (end of loan Borussia Dortmund)
—	DF	NED	Jordy Buijs (free to De Graafschap)
—	MF	CHI	Sebastián Pardo (free to Universidad de Chile)
—	MF	NED	Michael Jansen (free to Cambuur)
—	MF	NED	Jeffrey Altheer (loan to Excelsior)
—	GK	NED	Erwin Mulder (loan to Excelsior)
—	MF	NED	Jerson Ribeiro (loan to Dordrecht)
—	FW	KOR	Lee Chun-soo (loan to Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
—	FW	NED	Nicky Hofs (loan to Vitesse)
—	GK	EGY	Sherif Ekramy (loan to Ankaragücü)

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Gertjan Verbeek sacked 14 January 2009 Leon Vlemmings from 14 January 2009
Assistant manager	Leon Vlemmings caretaker from 14 January 2009 John Lammers from 14 January 2009 Patrick Lodewijks from 14 January 2009 Wim Jansen resigned 14 January 2009
Assistant manager / Goalkeeping coach	Patrick Lodewijks
Fitness coach	Toine van de Goolberg