2008–09 PSV Eindhoven season

During the 2008–09 Dutch football season, PSV Eindhoven competed in the Eredivisie.

PSV Eindhoven

2008–09 season
Head coach	Huub Stevens (until 28 January) Dwight Lodeweges
Stadium	Philips Stadion
Eredivisie	4th
KNVB Cup	Third round
Johan Cruyff Shield	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Ibrahim Afellay (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Season summary

Despite winning the Johan Cruyff Shield, manager Huub Stevens resigned in late January.^[1] His assistant Dwight Lodeweges acted as caretaker manager for the rest of the season, leaving at the season's end to manage NEC Nijmegen.

Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2008–09 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Twente	34	20	9	5	62	31	+31	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Ajax	34	21	5	8	74	41	+33	68	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	PSV	34	19	8	7	71	33	+38	65	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
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

Source: ESPN Eredivisie Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

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

Johan Cruyff Shield

Main article: 2008 Johan Cruyff Shield

Feyenoord v PSV

23 August 2008 Final	Feyenoord	0–2	PSV	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
		Report	Lazović 55' Marcellis 67'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	5	7	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3

Source: RSSSF

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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 1 GK  SWE Andreas Isaksson 2 DF  NED Jan Kromkamp 3 DF  MEX Carlos Salcido 4 DF  MEX Francisco Rodríguez 5 DF  NED Mike Zonneveld 6 MF  BEL Timmy Simons 7 FW  SWE Ola Toivonen 8 MF  ECU Édison Méndez 9 FW  SRB Danko Lazović 10 FW  NED Danny Koevermans 11 MF  NED Nordin Amrabat[notes 1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  FRA Jérémie Bréchet 14 DF  NED Erik Pieters 15 MF  AUS Jason Culina 16 FW  NED Stef Nijland 20 MF  NED Ibrahim Afellay 21 GK  NED Bas Roorda 22 MF  HUN Balázs Dzsudzsák 24 DF  NED Dirk Marcellis 28 MF  NED Otman Bakkal 36 MF  BEL Funso Ojo 41 GK  NED Jeroen Zoet

Left club during season

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 17 FW  PER Reimond Manco (on loan to Willem II) 18 DF  GHA Eric Addo (on loan to Roda JC Kerkrade) 19 FW  BRA Jonathan Reis (on loan to Tupi) 23 DF  BRA Fagner (on loan to Vitória) 26 MF  NED Tommie van der Leegte (to NAC Breda)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 DF  BEL Stijn Wuytens (on loan to De Graafschap) 30 MF  FIN Mika Väyrynen (to Heerenveen) 31 GK  BRA Cássio (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam) 34 DF  NED Rens van Eijden (on loan to Willem II)