2008–09 AaB Fodbold season

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AaB Fodbold
2008–09 season
ManagerScotland Bruce Rioch[notes 1] (from July 1 to October 23)
Denmark Allan Kuhn (interim manager)
Sweden Magnus Pehrsson (from January 1)
StadiumEnergi Nord Arena
Danish Superliga7th
Danish CupRunners-up
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerCacá (8)

During the 2008–09 Danish football season, AaB Fodbold competed in the Danish Superliga.

Season summary

Bruce Rioch managed to guide AaB to the Champions League group stage, but was sacked after only two wins from the first 10 league games and a single point won from their first three Champions League games, with the team 11th in the Superliga. Interim manager Allan Kuhn went undefeated in his seven league games and three Champions League games, seeing the club rise to 6th and qualify for the UEFA Cup knockout stages. However, sporting director Lynge Jakobsen was wary of promoting Kuhn from assistant coach to head coach and instead opted to appoint Magnus Pehrsson as permanent head coach. Although Pehrsson only won 3 of his 16 league matches in charge, resulting in a final 7th-place finish (their lowest in 11 years), he achieved famous victories against Deportivo and Manchester City to take AaB to the round of 16 before elimination at the hands of the Mancunian team on penalties. He also took the team to the Danish Cup final; although they were defeated by F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen's title victory saw AaB qualify for the second qualifying round of the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa League.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Morocco MAR Karim Zaza[notes 2]
2 DF Denmark DEN Michael Jakobsen
4 DF Australia AUS Michael Beauchamp
5 DF Norway NOR Kjetil Wæhler
6 DF Netherlands NED Steve Olfers
7 MF Denmark DEN Anders Due
8 MF Sweden SWE Andreas Johansson
9 MF Denmark DEN Thomas Augustinussen
11 FW Jamaica JAM Luton Shelton (on loan from Vålerenga)
14 FW Denmark DEN Jeppe Curth
15 FW South Africa RSA Siyabonga Nomvethe
16 DF Denmark DEN Kasper Bøgelund
18 MF Brazil BRA Cacá
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW United States USA Marcus Tracy
20 MF Denmark DEN Henrik Dalsgaard
21 MF Denmark DEN Kasper Risgård
23 MF Denmark DEN Thomas Enevoldsen
24 DF Denmark DEN Jens-Kristian Sørensen
27 MF Denmark DEN Patrick Kristensen
28 DF Denmark DEN Emil Haucke
30 GK Denmark DEN Kenneth Stenild
31 DF Denmark DEN Lasse Nielsen
32 FW Denmark DEN Ronnie Schwartz
36 DF Denmark DEN Daniel Christensen
37 GK Denmark DEN Simon Sloth

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Denmark DEN Martin Pedersen (to Vejle Boldklub)
10 FW Poland POL Marek Saganowski (on loan from Southampton)
17 MF South Africa RSA Benedict Vilakazi (to Mamelodi Sundowns)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Denmark DEN Simon Bræmer (to Akademisk Boldklub)
25 DF Denmark DEN Casper Nordstrøm (to Thisted FC)
26 FW Denmark DEN Jacob Nordstrøm (released)

Results

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

30 July 2008 Aalborg BK Denmark 5–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Modriča Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
20:00 CET Johansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'
Jakobsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'
Bræmer File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Due File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'
Cacá File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Report Attendance: 6,043
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)
6 August 2008 Modriča Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Denmark Aalborg BK Bilino Polje, Zenica
20:00 CET Bojić File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Report Due File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Risgård File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'		 Attendance: 270
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Aalborg BK won 7–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008 Aalborg BK Denmark 2–0 Lithuania Kaunas Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
20:05 CET Cacá File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'
Curth File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'		 Report Attendance: 6,310
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
27 August 2008 Kaunas Lithuania 0–2 Denmark Aalborg BK S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
19:00 CET Report Risgård File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 90+1' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Aalborg BK won 4–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

17 September 2008 Celtic Scotland 0–0 Denmark Aalborg BK Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:45 Report Attendance: 58,754
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
30 September 2008 Aalborg BK Denmark 0–3 England Manchester United Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
20:45 Report Rooney File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'
Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 55', 79'		 Attendance: 10,346
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
21 October 2008 Villarreal Spain 6–3 Denmark Aalborg BK Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45 Rossi File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'
Capdevila File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'
Llorente File:Soccerball shade.svg 67', 70', 84'
Pires File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'		 Report Saganowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'
Enevoldsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'
Johansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'		 Attendance: 15,959
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
5 November 2008 Aalborg BK Denmark 2–2 Spain Villarreal Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
20:45 Curth File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'
Due File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		 Report Rossi File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'
Franco File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		 Attendance: 10,355
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
25 November 2008 Aalborg BK Denmark 2–1 Scotland Celtic Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg
20:45 Cacá File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Caldwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' (o.g.)		 Report Robson File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Attendance: 10,096
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
10 December 2008 Manchester United England 2–2 Denmark Aalborg BK Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45 Tevez File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Rooney File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'		 Report Jakobsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Curth File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2'		 Attendance: 74,382
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

18 February 2009 Aalborg BK Denmark 3–0 Spain Deportivo La Coruña Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
21:00 Due File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 71'
Jakobsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)		 Report Attendance: 7,987
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
26 February 2009 Deportivo La Coruña Spain 1–3 Denmark Aalborg BK Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
21:00 Sergio File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Report Shelton File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'
Johansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'
Enevoldsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

Aalborg BK won 6–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

12 March 2009 Manchester City England 2–0 Denmark Aalborg BK City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
20:45 Caicedo File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Wright-Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'		 Report Attendance: 24,502
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
19 March 2009 Aalborg BK Denmark 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 England Manchester City Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg
21:00 Shelton File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'
Jakobsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Attendance: 10,734
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Penalties
Jakobsen soccer ball with check mark
Johansson soccer ball with check mark
Augustinussen soccer ball with red X
Nomvethe soccer ball with check mark
Shelton soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Evans
soccer ball with check mark Elano
soccer ball with check mark Wright-Phillips
soccer ball with check mark Dunne

Manchester City 2–2 Aalborg BK on aggregate. Manchester City won 4–3 on penalties.

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Aalborg - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-08.

Notes

  1. ↑ Rioch was born in Aldershot, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 1975.
  2. ↑ Zaza was born in Brøndby, Denmark, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 2000.
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