2008–09 AaB Fodbold season
During the 2008–09 Danish football season, AaB Fodbold competed in the Danish Superliga.
| 2008–09 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Bruce Rioch[notes 1] (from July 1 to October 23) Allan Kuhn (interim manager) Magnus Pehrsson (from January 1) |
| Stadium | Energi Nord Arena |
| Danish Superliga | 7th |
| Danish Cup | Runners-up |
| Champions League | Group stage |
| UEFA Cup | Round of 16 |
| Top goalscorer | Cacá (8) |
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 Europe League.
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
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Left club during season
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Results
Second qualifying round
| 30 July 2008 | Aalborg BK | 5–0 |  Modriča | Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg |
| 20:00 CET | Johansson  16'Jakobsen 42'Bræmer 44'Due 53'Cacá 89' |
Report | Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia) |
| 6 August 2008 | Modriča | 1–2 | Aalborg BK | Bilino Polje, Zenica |
| 20:00 CET | Bojić 72' |
Report | Due 12' Risgård 62' |
Attendance: 270 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany) |
Aalborg BK won 7–1 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
| 13 August 2008 | Aalborg BK | 2–0 |  Kaunas | Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg |
| 20:05 CET | Cacá 71' Curth 86' |
Report | Attendance: 6,310 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) |
| 27 August 2008 | Kaunas | 0–2 | Aalborg BK | S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas |
| 19:00 CET | Report | Risgård 75', 90+1' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal) |
Aalborg BK won 4–0 on aggregate.
Group stage
| 17 September 2008 | Celtic | 0–0 | Aalborg BK | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
| 20:45 | Report | Attendance: 58,754 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) |
| 30 September 2008 | Aalborg BK | 0–3 |  Manchester United | Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg |
| 20:45 | Report | Rooney 22' Berbatov 55', 79' |
Attendance: 10,346 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) |
| 21 October 2008 | Villarreal  | 6–3 | Aalborg BK | Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal |
| 20:45 | Rossi 28' Capdevila 33'Llorente 67', 70', 84'Pires 79' |
Report | Saganowski 19' Enevoldsen 36'Johansson 77' |
Attendance: 15,959 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany) |
| 5 November 2008 | Aalborg BK | 2–2 | Villarreal | Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg |
| 20:45 | Curth 54' Due 81' |
Report | Rossi 41' Franco 75' |
Attendance: 10,355 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France) |
| 25 November 2008 | Aalborg BK | 2–1 | Celtic | Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg |
| 20:45 | Cacá 73' Caldwell 87' (o.g.) |
Report | Robson 53' |
Attendance: 10,096 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria) |
| 10 December 2008 | Manchester United | 2–2 | Aalborg BK | Old Trafford, Manchester |
| 20:45 | Tevez 3' Rooney 52' |
Report | Jakobsen 31' Curth 45+2' |
Attendance: 74,382 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France) |
Round of 32
| 18 February 2009 | Aalborg BK | 3–0 | Deportivo La Coruña | Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg |
| 21:00 | Due 53', 71' Jakobsen 90' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 7,987 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia) |
| 26 February 2009 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1–3 | Aalborg BK | Estadio Riazor, A Coruña |
| 21:00 | Sergio 38' |
Report | Shelton 41' Johansson 45'Enevoldsen 45+1' |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland) |
Aalborg BK won 6–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
| 12 March 2009 | Manchester City | 2–0 | Aalborg BK | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester |
| 20:45 | Caicedo 8' Wright-Phillips 30' |
Report | Attendance: 24,502 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) |
| 19 March 2009 | Aalborg BK | 2–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Manchester City | Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg |
| 21:00 | Shelton 85' Jakobsen 90+1' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 10,734 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France) | |
| Penalties | ||||
Jakobsen  Johansson Augustinussen  Nomvethe Shelton |
Evans Elano Wright-Phillips Dunne |
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Manchester City 2–2 Aalborg BK on aggregate. Manchester City won 4–3 on penalties.
References
- "FootballSquads - Aalborg - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-08.