2008–09 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First-team squad

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)
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

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

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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

Main article: 2008 Trophée des Champions

Lyon v Bordeaux

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

Main article: 2008–09 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	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
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

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

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

The league fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.

Bordeaux v Caen

9 August 2008 1	Bordeaux	2–1	Caen	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gourcuff 55' Cavenaghi 80'		Nivet 14'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 29,002 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Paris Saint-Germain v Bordeaux

16 August 2008 2	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Bordeaux	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoarau 53'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,575 Referee: Alain Hamer

Bordeaux v Nantes

24 August 2008 3	Bordeaux	2–0	Nantes	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cavenaghi 5' (pen.) Fernando 86'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 29,748 Referee: Stéphane Bre

Lille v Bordeaux

31 August 2008 4	Lille	2–1	Bordeaux	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bastos 31' Obraniak 75'		Cavenaghi 28'	Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

Bordeaux v Marseille

13 September 2008 5	Bordeaux	1–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chamakh 25'		Koné 2'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,854 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Grenoble v Bordeaux

20 September 2008 6	Grenoble	0–1	Bordeaux	Grenoble
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Jussiê 81'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 19,019 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Bordeaux v Saint-Étienne

28 September 2008 7	Bordeaux	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cavenaghi 57'		Payet 27'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 23,191 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Lorient v Bordeaux

4 October 2008 8	Lorient	1–2	Bordeaux	Lorient
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ciani 58'		Fernando 66', 69'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 11,279 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Bordeaux v Toulouse

18 October 2008 9	Bordeaux	2–1	Toulouse	Bordeaux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gourcuff 29' Bellion 40'		Capoue 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 27,740 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Nice v Bordeaux

25 October 2008 10	Nice	2–2	Bordeaux	Nice
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mouloungui 84' Rémy 90' (pen.)		Wendel 10' Cavenaghi 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 12,612 Referee: Tony Chapron

Bordeaux v Le Havre

28 October 2008 11	Bordeaux	4–0	Le Havre	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bellion 30', 47' Cavenaghi 72' Wendel 80'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 21,990 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Nancy v Bordeaux

1 November 2008 12	Nancy	1–0	Bordeaux	Tomblaine
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hadji 68'			Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 18,618 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Bordeaux v Auxerre

8 November 2008 13	Bordeaux	2–0	Auxerre	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cavenaghi 70' Chamakh 75'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 22,335 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

Lyon v Bordeaux

16 November 2008 14	Lyon	2–1	Bordeaux	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benzema 33' Källström 38'		Cavenaghi 80'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,341 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Bordeaux v Rennes

22 November 2008 15	Bordeaux	1–1	Rennes	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gourcuff 60'		Thomert 20'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 25,213 Referee: Thierry Auriac

Sochaux v Bordeaux

29 November 2008 16	Sochaux	0–0	Bordeaux	Montbéliard
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Attendance: 13,843 Referee: Alain Hamer

Bordeaux v Valenciennes

5 December 2008 17	Bordeaux	2–1	Valenciennes	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)])	Chamakh 35' Cavenaghi 47'		Pujol 42'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 18,717 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Le Mans v Bordeaux

13 December 2008 18	Le Mans	1–3	Bordeaux	Le Mans
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Helstad 67'		Cavenaghi 59' Chalmé 76' Jussiê 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 10,499 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Monaco v Bordeaux

21 December 2008 19	Monaco	3–4	Bordeaux	Bordeaux
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pino 13' Licata 43', 50'		Chamakh 52', 87' Diarra 67' Cavenaghi 89'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 8,142 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Bordeaux v Paris Saint-Germain

11 January 2009 20	Bordeaux	4–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Bordeaux
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diawara 10' Cavenaghi 35' Gourcuff 70' Fernando 87'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 31,910 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Nantes v Bordeaux

17 January 2009 21	Nantes	1–2	Bordeaux	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Đorđević 89'		Gourcuff 89' Chamakh 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,008 Referee: Bruno Coué

Bordeaux v Lille

1 February 2009 22	Bordeaux	2–2	Lille	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bellion 17' Gourcuff 65'		Obraniak 49' Rami 57'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 28,137 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Marseille v Bordeaux

8 February 2009 23	Marseille	1–0	Bordeaux	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chamakh 57' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,856 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Bordeaux v Grenoble

14 February 2009 24	Bordeaux	1–1	Grenoble	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chamakh 59'		Cesar 76'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 21,392 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Saint-Étienne v Bordeaux

22 February 2009 25	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Bordeaux	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Matuidi 54'		Cavenaghi 90'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 27,048 Referee: Thierry Auriac

Bordeaux v Lorient

1 March 2009 26	Bordeaux	1–0	Lorient	Bordeaux
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chamakh 49'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 22,670 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Toulouse v Bordeaux

7 March 2009 27	Toulouse	3–0	Bordeaux	Toulouse
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sirieix 32' Gignac 44' Sissoko 90+3'			Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 30,152 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Bordeaux v Nice

14 March 2009 28	Bordeaux	2–1	Nice	Bordeaux
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chamakh 18' Henrique 48'		Bamogo 23' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 25,054 Referee: Philippe Malige

Le Havre v Bordeaux

21 March 2009 29	Le Havre	0–3	Bordeaux	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)			Gourcuff 12' Diawara 58' Wendel 89'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 14,363 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Bordeaux v Nancy

4 April 2009 30	Bordeaux	1–0	Nancy	Bordeaux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chamakh 88'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 26,825 Referee: Bruno Coué

Auxerre v Bordeaux

11 April 2009 31	Auxerre	0–2	Bordeaux	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Frenando 34' Wendel 80'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 20,002 Referee: Didier Falcone

Bordeaux v Lyon

19 April 2009 32	Bordeaux	1–0	Lyon	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diarra 42'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,858 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Rennes v Bordeaux

29 April 2009 33	Rennes	2–3	Bordeaux	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danzé 1' Sow 89'		Gouffran 62' Gourcuff 70', 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 26,079 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Bordeaux v Sochaux

3 May 2009 34	Bordeaux	3–0	Sochaux	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sertic 7' Gourcuff 15' Chamakh 90+4'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 27,133 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Valenciennes v Bordeaux

13 May 2009 35	Valenciennes	1–2	Bordeaux	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danic 21' (pen.)		Fernando 38' Gourcuff 83'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 15,104 Referee: Tony Chapron

Bordeaux v Le Mans

16 May 2009 36	Bordeaux	3–2	Le Mans	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chamakh 38' Gourcuff 45' Planus 75'		Le Tallec 24', 55'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,722 Referee: Clément Turpin

Bordeaux v Monaco

23 May 2009 37	Bordeaux	1–0	Monaco	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chamakh 35'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,620 Referee: Thierry Auriac

Caen v Bordeaux

30 May 2009 38	Caen	0–1	Bordeaux	Caen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Gouffran 48'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,924 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Coupe de France

Main article: 2008–09 Coupe de France

Bordeaux v Saint-Étienne

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

Main article: 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue

Bordeaux v Guingamp

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

Bordeaux v Châteauroux

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Bordeaux

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

Bordeaux v Vannes

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

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

The group stage draw was held on 28 August 2008.

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

Source: RSSSF

Chelsea v Bordeaux

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)

Bordeaux v Roma

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)

Bordeaux v CFR Cluj

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)

CFR Cluj v Bordeaux

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)

Bordeaux v Chelsea

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)

Roma v Bordeaux

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

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Final phase

Round of 32

Bordeaux v Galatasaray

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)

Galatasaray v Bordeaux

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)

External links

• Official website