Team squad of the German Bundesliga 2009/10

This article is an overview of the teams in the Bundesliga 2009/10 .

FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich
Basic data
Surname	Football Club Bayern Munich e. V.
Seat	Munich
founding	February 27, 1900
Colours	Red White
president	Uli Hoeneß
Website	www.fcbayern.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Louis van Gaal Mehmet Scholl (II.)
Venue	Allianz Arena Grünwalder Stadium (II.)
Places	69,901 10,240 (II.)
league	Bundesliga 3rd division (II.)
2009/10	1st place (master)
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at FCB since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Michael Rensing		May 14, 1984	2000	TuS Lingen
22nd	Hans Jörg Butt		May 28, 1974	2008	Benfica Lisbon
35	Thomas Kraft		July 22, 1988	2004	SG 06 Betzdorf
Defense
5	Daniel Van Buyten		0Feb. 7, 1978	2006	Hamburger SV
6th	Martín Demichelis		Dec 20, 1980	2003	CA River Plate
13	Andreas Goerlitz		Jan. 31, 1982	2004	Karlsruher SC
21st	Philipp Lahm		Nov 11, 1983	1995	VfB Stuttgart
26th	Diego Contento		0May 1, 1990	1995	-
27	David Alaba		June 24, 1992	2008	FK Austria Vienna II
28	Holger Badstuber		13 Mar 1989	2002	VfB Stuttgart
30th	Christian Lell		29 Aug 1984	1993	1. FC Cologne
midfield
7th	Franck Ribery		0Apr 7, 1983	2007	Olympique Marseille
8th	Hamit Altıntop		0Dec 8, 1982	2007	FC Schalke 04
10	Arjen Robben		Jan. 23, 1984	2009	real Madrid
17th	Mark van Bommel		Apr 22, 1977	2006	FC Barcelona
23	Danijel Pranjić		0Dec 2, 1981	2009	SC Heerenveen
31	Bastian Schweinsteiger		0Aug 1, 1984	1998	TSV 1860 Rosenheim
32	Mehmet Ekici		25th Mar 1990	1997	SpVgg Unterhaching
44	Anatoly Tymoshchuk		30th Mar 1979	2009	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Storm
11	Ivica Olić		Sep 14 1979	2009	Hamburger SV
18th	Miroslav Klose		0June 9, 1978	2007	SV Werder Bremen
25th	Thomas Müller		13 Sep 1989	2000	TSV Pähl
33	Mario Gomez		July 10, 1985	2009	VfB Stuttgart

FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04
Basic data
Surname	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 eV
Seat	Gelsenkirchen
founding	May 4, 1904
Colours	blue White
president	Josef Schnusenberg
Website	www.schalke04.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Felix Magath
Venue	Veltins Arena
Places	61,673 at international matches: 54,142
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	2nd place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	with Schalke since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Manuel Neuer		03/27/1986	1991	-
33	Mathias Schober		04/08/1976	2007	Hansa Rostock
Defense
2	Heiko Westermann		08/14/1983	2007	Arminia Bielefeld
3	Tore Reginiussen		04/10/1986	2010	Tromso IL
4th	Benedikt Höwedes		02/29/1988	2001	SG Herten-Langenbochum
5	Marcelo Bordon		07/01/1976	2004	VfB Stuttgart
18th	Rafinha		07.09.1985	2005	Coritiba FC
21st	Lukas Schmitz		10/13/1988	2009	VfL Bochum II
24	Christian Pander		08/28/1983	2001	Prussia Munster
25th	Carlos Zambrano		07/10/1989	2006	Academico Cantalao
midfield
7th	Hao Junmin		March 24, 1987	2010	Tianjin Teda
8th	Mineiro		08/02/1975	2009	Chelsea FC
10	Ivan Rakitić		03/10/1988	2007	FC Basel
11	Alexander Baumjohann		01/23/1987	2010	FC Bayern Munich
12	Peer Kluge		11/22/1980	2010	1. FC Nuremberg
13	Jermaine Jones		11/03/1981	2007	Eintracht Frankfurt
15th	Zé Roberto II		December 9, 1980	2007	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
16	Jan Moravek		11/01/1989	2009	Bohemians 1905 Prague
20th	Vasileios Pliatsikas		04/14/1988	2009	AEK Athens
28	Christoph Moritz		01/27/1990	2009	Alemannia Aachen II
30th	Lewan Qenia		October 18, 1990	2008	Locomotive Tbilisi
32	Joël Matip		08/08/1991	2007	-
Storm
9	Edu		11/30/1981	2010	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
14th	Gerald Asamoah		10/03/1978	1999	Hannover 96
17th	Jefferson Farfan		10/26/1984	2008	PSV Eindhoven
19th	Mario Gavranović		11/24/1989	2010	Neuchâtel Xamax
22nd	Kevin Kuranyi		02.03.1982	2005	VfB Stuttgart
27	Vicente Sánchez		December 07, 1979	2008	Deportivo Toluca
29	Bogdan Muller		06/12/1988	2010	SpVgg Neckarelz
34	Besart Ibraimi		12/17/1986	2010	Renova Dzepciste

SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen
Basic data
Surname	Sports club Werder from 1899 e. V. Bremen
Seat	Bremen
founding	February 4, 1899
Colours	green white
president	Klaus-Dieter Fischer
Website	www.werder.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Thomas Schaaf
Venue	Weser Stadium
Places	42,354
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	3rd place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at SVW since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Tim Wiese		12/17/1981	2005	1. FC Kaiserslautern
21st	Sebastian Mielitz		07/18/1989	2005	Energy Cottbus
33	Christian Vander		October 24, 1980	2005	VfL Bochum
Defense
2	Sebastian Boenisch		02/01/1987	2007	FC Schalke 04
3	Petri Pasanen		09/24/1980	2004	Portsmouth FC
4th	Naldo		09/10/1982	2005	EC Juventude
8th	Clemens Fritz		December 07, 1980	2006	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
15th	Sebastian Prödl		06/21/1987	2008	SK Sturm Graz
16	Aymen Abdennour		08/06/1989	2010	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
29	Per Mertesacker		09/29/1984	2006	Hannover 96
midfield
6th	Tim Borowski		05/02/1980	2009	FC Bayern Munich
10	Marko Marin		03/13/1989	2009	Borussia Monchengladbach
11	Mesut Özil		October 15, 1988	2008	FC Schalke 04
14th	Aaron Hunt		09/04/1986	2001	Goslarer SC 08
20th	Daniel Jensen		06/25/1979	2004	Real Murcia
22nd	Torsten Frings		11/22/1976	2005	FC Bayern Munich
25th	Peter Niemeyer		11/22/1983	2007	FC Twente Enschede
44	Philipp Bargfrede		03/03/1989	2004	TuS Heeslingen
Storm
9	Markus Rosenberg		09/27/1982	2007	Ajax Amsterdam
19th	Sandro Wagner		11/29/1987	2010	MSV Duisburg
23	Hugo Almeida		05/23/1984	2006	FC Porto
24	Claudio Pizarro		10/03/1978	2009	Chelsea FC

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Basic data
Surname	Bayer 04 Leverkusen Football GmbH
Seat	Leverkusen
founding	June 15, 1904
Colours	Red Black
Board	Wolfgang wooden houses
Website	www.bayer04.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Jupp Heynckes
Venue	BayArena
Places	30.210
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	4th Place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at Bayer since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	René Adler		January 15, 1985	2000	VfB Leipzig
22nd	Benedict Fernandez		01/08/1985	2005	Renault Bruehl
36	Fabian Giefer		05/17/1990	2006	-
Defense
2	Daniel Schwaab		08/23/1988	2009	Sc freiburg
3	Stefan Reinartz		01/01/1989	1999	SV Bergisch Gladbach 09
4th	Sami Hyypia		07.10.1973	2009	Liverpool FC
5	Manuel Friedrich		09/13/1979	2007	1. FSV Mainz 05
15th	Hans Sarpei		06/28/1976	2007	VfL Wolfsburg
20th	Lukas Sinkiewicz		10/09/1985	2007	1. FC Cologne
24	Michal Kadlec		12/13/1984	2008	Sparta Prague
27	Gonzalo Castro		06/11/1987	1999	Bayer Wuppertal
midfield
6th	Simon Rolfes		01/21/1982	2005	Alemannia Aachen
7th	Tranquillo Barnetta		May 22, 1985	2005	Hannover 96
8th	Lars Bender		04/27/1989	2009	TSV 1860 Munich
10	Renato Augusto		02/08/1988	2008	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
18th	Thomas Zdebel		May 25, 1973	2009	VfL Bochum
23	Arturo Vidal		05/22/1987	2007	CSD Colo-Colo
28	Burak chaplain		02/01/1990	1997	SSV Vingst 05
39	Toni Kroos		04/01/1990	2007	FC Bayern Munich
Storm
9	Patrick Helmes		03/01/1984	2008	1. FC Cologne
11	Stefan Kießling		01/25/1984	2006	1. FC Nuremberg
19th	Eren Derdiyok		06/12/1988	2009	FC Basel

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund
Basic data
Surname	Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund
Seat	Dortmund
founding	December 19, 1909
Colours	black yellow
president	Reinhard Rauball
Website	www.bvb.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Jürgen Klopp
Venue	Westfalenstadion
Places	80,552
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	5th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at BVB since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Roman Weidenfeller		08/06/1980	2002	1. FC Kaiserslautern
20th	Marc Ziegler		06/13/1976	2007	Arminia Bielefeld
Defense
4th	Neven Subotić		December 10, 1988	2008	1. FSV Mainz 05
15th	Mats Hummels		December 16, 1988	2008	FC Bayern Munich
17th	Dedê		04/18/1978	1998	Atlético Mineiro
25th	Patrick Owomoyela		05/11/1979	2008	Werder Bremen
27	Felipe Santana		03/17/1986	2008	Figueirense FC
29	Marcel Schmelzer		01/22/1988	2005	1. FC Magdeburg
midfield
5	Sebastian Kehl		02/13/1980	2002	Sc freiburg
7th	Tinga		01/13/1978	2006	SC Internacional
8th	Nuri Sahin		09/05/1988	2008	Feyenoord Rotterdam
14th	Markus Feulner		02/12/1982	2009	1. FSV Mainz 05
16	Jakub Błaszczykowski		December 14, 1985	2007	Wisła Krakow
19th	Kevin Grosskreutz		07/19/1988	2009	Red and white awls
22nd	Sven Bender		04/27/1989	2009	TSV 1860 Munich
30th	Tamás Hajnal		03/15/1981	2008	Karlsruher SC
Storm
9	Nelson Valdez		11/28/1983	2006	Werder Bremen
10	Mohamed Zidan		12/11/1981	2008	Hamburger SV
11	Dimitar Rangelow		02/09/1983	2009	Energy Cottbus
13	Damien Le Tallec		April 19, 1990	2009	FC Stade Rennes
18th	Lucas Barrios		11/13/1984	2009	CSD Colo-Colo

VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart
Basic data
Surname	Association for Movement Games Stuttgart 1893 e. V.
Seat	Stuttgart
founding	September 9, 1893
Colours	White-red
president	Erwin Staudt
Board	Erwin Staudt Horst Heldt Ulrich Ruf
Website	www.vfb.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Christian Gross Jürgen Seeberger (II.)
Venue	Mercedes-Benz Arena Gazi Stadium on the Waldau (II.)
Places	41,000 (renovation, then 60,100) 11,544 (II.)
league	Bundesliga 3rd division (II.)
2009/10	6th place 10th place (II.)
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at VfB since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Jens Lehmann		11/10/1969	2008	Arsenal FC
12	Alexander pride		10/13/1983	2007	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
24	Sven Ulreich		08/03/1988	1998	TSV Schornbach
Defense
3	Ricardo Osorio		03/30/1980	2006	CD Cruz Azul
4th	Khalid Boulahrouz		12/28/1981	2008	Sevilla FC
5	Serdar Tasci		04/24/1987	2004	Stuttgart Kickers
6th	Georg Niedermeier		02/26/1986	2009	FC Bayern Munich II
15th	Arthur Boka		04/02/1983	2006	Racing Strasbourg
17th	Matthieu Delpierre		04/26/1981	2004	Lille OSC
27	Cristian Molinaro		07/30/1983	2010	Juventus Turin
27	Stefano Celozzi		11/02/1988	2009	Karlsruher SC
35	Christian Träsch		09/01/1987	2007	TSV 1860 Munich II
midfield
7th	Martin Lanig		07/11/1984	2008	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
13	Timo Gebhart		04/12/1989	2009	TSV 1860 Munich
16	Sebastian Rudy		02/28/1990	2003	SV rooms
19th	Roberto Hilbert		10/16/1984	2006	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
23	Aljaksandr Hleb		05/01/1981	2009	FC Barcelona
28	Sami Khedira		04/04/1987	1995	TV Oeffingen
32	Zdravko Kuzmanović		09/22/1987	2009	AC Florence
Storm
9	Ciprian Marica		10/02/1985	2007	Shakhtar Donetsk
18th	Cacau		03/27/1981	2003	1. FC Nuremberg
29	Pavel Pogrebnjak		11/08/1983	2009	Zenit St. Petersburg
39	Julian Schieber		02/13/1989	2006	TSG Backnang 1919

Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV
Basic data
Surname	Hamburger Sport-Verein eV
Seat	Hamburg
founding	September 29, 1887
Colours	blue-white-black
Board	Bernd Hoffmann Oliver Scheel Katja Kraus
Website	www.hsv.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Ricardo Moniz (Interim)
Venue	Volksparkstadion
Places	57,000
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	7th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at HSV since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Frank Rost		06/30/1973	2007	FC Schalke 04
12	Wolfgang Hesl		01/13/1986	2004	FC Amberg
Defense
3	David Rozehnal		07/05/1980	2009	Lazio Rome
4th	Bastian Reinhardt		November 19, 1975	2003	Arminia Bielefeld
5	Joris Mathijsen		04/05/1980	2006	AZ Alkmaar
6th	Dennis Aogo		01/14/1987	2008	Sc freiburg
17th	Jerome Boateng		09/03/1988	2007	Hertha BSC
20th	Guy Demel		06/13/1981	2005	Borussia Dortmund
30th	Collin Benjamin		08/03/1978	2001	FC Elmshorn 1920
midfield
7th	Marcell Jansen		04/11/1985	2008	FC Bayern Munich
8th	Zé Roberto		07/06/1974	2009	FC Bayern Munich
11	Eljero Elia		02/13/1987	2009	FC Twente
13	Robert Tesche		05/27/1987	2009	Arminia Bielefeld
14th	David Jarolím		05/17/1979	2003	1. FC Nuremberg
15th	Piotr Trochowski		March 22, 1984	2005	FC Bayern Munich
18th	Romeo Castelen		05/03/1983	2007	Feyenoord
21st	Jonathan Pitroipa		04/12/1986	2008	Sc freiburg
25th	Tomás Rincon		01/13/1988	2009	FC Deportivo Táchira
35	Tunay Torun		April 21, 1990	2006	FC St. Pauli
Storm
9	Paolo Guerrero		01/01/1984	2006	FC Bayern Munich
10	Mladen Petrić		01/01/1981	2008	Borussia Dortmund
16	Marcus Berg		08/17/1986	2009	FC Groningen
19th	Tolgay Arslan		08/16/1990	2009	Borussia Dortmund
22nd	Ruud van Nistelrooy		07/01/1976	2010	real Madrid

VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg Football GmbH
Basic data
Surname	Association for physical exercises Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH
Seat	Wolfsburg
founding	spun off in 2001
Colours	green white
president	Chairman of the Supervisory Board Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz
Website	www.vfl-wolfsburg.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Lorenz-Günther Köstner (interim)
Venue	Volkswagen Arena
Places	30,000
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	8th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at VfL since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Diego Benaglio		09/08/1983	2008	Nacional Funchal
12	André Lenz		11/19/1973	2004	TSV 1860 Munich
35	Marwin Hitz		09/18/1987	2008	FC Winterthur
Defense
4th	Marcel Schäfer		06/07/1984	2007	TSV 1860 Munich
5	Réver		04/01/1985	2010	Gremio Porto Alegre
6th	Jan Šimůnek		02/20/1987	2007	SK Kladno
16	Fabian Johnson		12/11/1987	2009	TSV 1860 Munich
17th	Alexander Madlung		07/11/1982	2006	Hertha BSC
19th	Peter Pekarík		10/30/1986	2009	MŠK Žilina
20th	Sascha Riether		03/23/1983	2007	Sc freiburg
43	Andrea Barzagli		05/08/1981	2008	US Palermo
midfield
7th	Josué		07/19/1979	2007	Sao Paulo FC
8th	Thomas Kahlenberg		03/20/1983	2009	AJ Auxerre
10	Zvjezdan Misimović		06/05/1982	2008	1. FC Nuremberg
13	Makoto Hasebe		01/18/1984	2008	Urawa Red Diamonds
14th	Jonathan Santana		October 19, 1981	2006	CA River Plate
15th	Karim Ziani		08/17/1982	2009	Olympique Marseille
25th	Christian Gentner		08/14/1985	2007	VfB Stuttgart
32	Sebastian Schindzielorz		01/21/1979	2008	APO Levadiakos
Storm
9	Edin Džeko		03/17/1986	2007	FK Teplice
11	Obafemi Martins		10/28/1984	2009	Newcastle United
23	Graphite		04/02/1979	2007	UC Le Mans
24	Ashkan Dejagah		07/05/1986	2007	Hertha BSC
27	Alexander Esswein		03/25/1990	2008	1. FC Kaiserslautern

1. FSV Mainz 05

1. FSV Mainz 05
Basic data
Surname	1. Soccer and sports club Mainz 05 eV
Seat	Mainz
founding	March 16, 1905
Colours	Red White
president	Harald Strutz
Website	www.mainz05.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Thomas Tuchel
Venue	Bruchweg Stadium
Places	20,300
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	9th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Dimo guard		11/01/1973	1995	Borussia Monchengladbach
29	Christian Wetklo		January 11, 1980	2000	Red and white food
33	Heinz Müller		05/30/1978	2009	Barnsley FC
Defense
3	Malik Fathi		October 29, 1983	2010	Spartak Moscow
2	Bo Svensson		08/04/1979	2007	Borussia Monchengladbach
4th	Nikolče Noveski		04/28/1979	2004	FC Erzgebirge Aue
8th	Radoslav Zabavník		09/16/1980	2010	Terek Grozny
16	Florian Heller		03/10/1982	2008	FC Erzgebirge Aue
17th	Marco Rose		09/11/1976	2002	Hannover 96
24	Zsolt Lőw		04/29/1979	2009	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
26th	Niko Bungert		October 24, 1986	2008	Kickers Offenbach
midfield
6th	Tim Hoogland		06/11/1985	2007	FC Schalke 04
7th	Eugene Polanski		03/17/1986	2009	Getafe CF.
10	Jan Simak		10/13/1978	2010	VfB Stuttgart
11	Filip Trojan		02/21/1983	2009	FC St. Pauli
14th	André Schürrle		11/06/1990	2005	Ludwigshafener SC
18th	Jahmir Hyka		03/08/1988	2008	FK Tirana
19th	Elkin Soto		08/04/1980	2007	Barcelona SC Guayaquil
20th	Jared Jeffrey		06/14/1990	2010	Club Bruges
21st	Miroslav Karhan		06/21/1976	2007	VfL Wolfsburg
22nd	Chadli Amri		12/14/1984	2006	1. FC Saarbrücken
25th	Andreas Ivanschitz		October 15, 1983	2009	Panathinaikos Athens
28	Gamal Hamza		05.12.1981	2009	Zamalek SC
Storm
9	Félix Borja		04/02/1983	2007	Olympiacos Piraeus
23	Aristide Bancé		09/19/1984	2008	Kickers Offenbach
28	Ádám Szalai		12/09/1987	2010	Real Madrid Castilla
32	Dragan Bogavac		04/07/1980	2008	SC Paderborn 07
43	Adriano Grimaldi		04/05/1991	2009	FC Sachsen Leipzig

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt
Basic data
Surname	Eintracht Frankfurt eV
Seat	Frankfurt am Main
founding	March 8, 1899
Colours	red-black-white
president	Peter Fischer
Website	www.eintracht.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Michael Skibbe
Venue	Commerzbank-Arena (former Waldstadion)
Places	52,300
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	10th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	With the SGE since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Oka Nikolov		05/25/1974	1991	SV Darmstadt 98
21st	Markus Pröll		08/28/1979	2003	1. FC Cologne
22nd	Ralf Fährmann		09/27/1988	2009	FC Schalke 04
Defense
2	Patrick Ochs		05/14/1984	2004	FC Bayern Munich
3	Nikola Petkovic		03/28/1986	2009	FK Red Star Belgrade
4th	Maik Franz		08/05/1981	2009	Karlsruher SC
5	Aleksandar Vasoski		11/21/1979	2005	Vardar Skopje
16	Christoph Spycher		03/30/1978	2005	Grasshopper Club Zurich
23	Marco Russ		08/04/1985	1996	VfB Großauheim
24	Sebastian Jung		06/22/1990	1998	1. FC Koenigstein
29	Chris		08/25/1978	2004	FC St. Pauli
midfield
6th	Selim Teber		03/07/1981	2009	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
7th	Benjamin Koehler		08/04/1980	2004	Red and white food
8th	Zlatan Bajramović		08/12/1979	2008	FC Schalke 04
11	Ümit Korkmaz		09/17/1985	2008	SK Rapid Vienna
13	Ricardo Clark		02/10/1983	2010	Houston Dynamo
14th	Alex Meier		January 17, 1983	2004	Hamburger SV
27	Pirmin Schwegler		03/09/1987	2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
30th	Caio		05/29/1986	2008	SE Palmeiras
32	Faton Toski		02/17/1987	1994	TuS Makkabi Frankfurt
Storm
10	Nikos Liberopoulos		08/04/1975	2008	AEK Athens
17th	Martin Fenin		04/16/1987	2008	FK Teplice
18th	Ioannis Amanatidis		December 3rd, 1981	2005	1. FC Kaiserslautern
19th	Halil Altıntop		December 8, 1982	2010	FC Schalke 04
25th	Marcel Heller		02/12/1986	2009	MSV Duisburg
26th	Juvhel Tsoumou		December 27, 1990	2007	Blackburn Rovers
35	Marcos Álvarez		09/30/1991	2007	Kickers Offenbach

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

1899 Hoffenheim
Basic data
Surname	Gymnastics and Sports Association 1899 Hoffenheim e. V.
Seat	Sinsheim
founding	July 1, 1899
Colours	blue White
president	Peter Hofmann
Website	www.achtzehn99.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Ralf Rangnick
Venue	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Places	30,150
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	11th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at TSG since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Daniel Haas		08/01/1983	2005	Hannover 96
28	Timo Hildebrand		04/05/1979	2009	Valencia CF
Defense
2	Andreas Beck		03/13/1987	2008	VfB Stuttgart
3	Matthias Jaissle		04/05/1988	2007	VfB Stuttgart
5	Marvin Compper		06/14/1985	2008	Borussia Monchengladbach
8th	Christian Eichner		11/24/1982	2009	Karlsruher SC
14th	Josip Šimunić		02/18/1978	2009	Hertha BSC
22nd	Jukka Raitala		09/15/1988	2009	HJK Helsinki
24	Per Nilsson		09/15/1982	2007	Odd Grenland
26th	Andreas Ibertsberger		07/27/1982	2008	Sc freiburg
37	Manuel Gulde		02/12/1991	2007	SC Pfingstberg
midfield
7th	Maicosuel		06/16/1986	2009	Botafogo FR
10	Carlos Eduardo		07/18/1987	2007	Gremio Porto Alegre
17th	Tobias Weis		07/30/1985	2007	VfB Stuttgart II
21st	Luiz Gustavo		07/23/1987	2007	CRB Maceió
23	Sejad Salihović		10/08/1984	2006	Hertha BSC
25th	Isaac providence		06/21/1988	2007	Asante Kotoko
34	Boris Vukcevic		March 16, 1990	2008	VfB Stuttgart
36	Franco zuculini		09/05/1990	2009	Racing Club Avellaneda
Storm
9	Demba Ba		May 25, 1985	2007	Excelsior Mouscron
11	Marco Terrazzino		04/15/1991	2007	VfL Neckarau
18th	Prince Tagoe		11/9/1986	2009	Al-Ettifaq
19th	Vedad Ibisevic		08/06/1984	2007	Alemannia Aachen
20th	Chinedu Obasi		06/01/1986	2007	Lyn Oslo

Borussia Monchengladbach

Borussia Monchengladbach
Basic data
Surname	Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach e. V.
Seat	Mönchengladbach
founding	August 1, 1900
Colours	black, white, green
president	Rolf Königs
Board	Siegfried Söllner, Rainer Bonhof , Stephan AC Schippers
Website	www.borussia.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Michael Frontzeck (Head Coach) Horst Wohlers (II.)
Venue	Borussia Park Grenzlandstadion (II.)
Places	54,067 10,000 (II.)
league	Bundesliga Regionalliga West (II.)
2009/10	12th place 6th place (II.) (Season 2008/09)
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	with Borussia since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Christofer Heimeroth		08/01/1981	2006	FC Schalke 04
30th	Logan Bailly		December 27, 1985	2009	KRC Genk
Defense
3	Filip Daems		10/31/1978	2005	Gençlerbirliği Ankara
4th	Roel Brouwers		11/28/1981	2007	SC Paderborn 07
6th	Jan-Ginger Callsen-Bracker		09/23/1984	2008	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
7th	Paul Stalteri		October 18, 1977	2009	Fulham FC
15th	Thomas Kleine		12/28/1977	2008	Hannover 96
20th	Jean-Sébastien Jaurès		09/30/1977	2008	AJ Auxerre
22nd	Tobias Levels		11/22/1986	1999	KFC Uerdingen 05
23	Christian Dorda		December 6, 1988	1996	SC Wegberg
31	Dante		October 18, 1983	2009	Standard Liege
midfield
8th	Marcel Meeuwis		October 31, 1980	2009	Roda JC Kerkrade
11	Marco Reus		05/31/1989	2009	Red and white awls
13	Roman Neustädter		02/18/1988	2009	1. FSV Mainz 05
14th	Thorben Marx		06/01/1981	2009	Arminia Bielefeld
18th	Juan Arango		May 16, 1980	2009	RCD Mallorca
19th	Gal Alberman		04/17/1983	2008	Beitar Jerusalem
24	Tony Jantschke		04/07/1990	2006	SC Borea Dresden
26th	Michael Bradley		07/31/1987	2008	SC Heerenveen
42	Patrick Herrmann		02/12/1991	2008	1. FC Saarbrücken
Storm
9	Roberto Colautti		05/24/1982	2007	Maccabi Haifa
10	Raúl Bobadilla		06/18/1987	2009	Grasshopper Club Zurich
16	Rob Friend		01/23/1981	2007	Heracles Almelo
27	Oliver Neuville		05/01/1973	2004	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
29	Fabian Baker		May 28, 1990	2004	JSG Upland
40	Karim Matmour		06/25/1985	2008	Sc freiburg

1. FC Cologne

1. FC Cologne
Basic data
Surname	1. Football Club Cologne 01/07 e. V.
Seat	Cologne
founding	February 13, 1948
Colours	Red White
president	Wolfgang Overath
Website	www.fc-koeln.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Zvonimir Soldo
Venue	Rheinenergiestadion
Places	50,374
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	13th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at FC since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Faryd Mondragón		06/21/1971	2007	Galatasaray Istanbul
18th	Thomas Kessler		01/20/1986	2000	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
Defense
2	Mišo Brečko		05/01/1984	2008	FC Erzgebirge Aue
3	Youssef Mohamad		07/01/1980	2007	Sc freiburg
6th	Pierre Womé		03/26/1979	2008	Werder Bremen
16	Christopher Schorch		01/30/1989	2009	Real Madrid Castilla
21st	Pedro Geromel		09/21/1985	2008	Vitória Guimarães
23	Kevin McKenna		01/21/1980	2007	Energy Cottbus
midfield
8th	Petit		09/25/1976	2008	Benfica Lisbon
12	Maniche		11/11/1977	2009	Atlético Madrid
13	Daniel Brosinski		07/17/1988	2008	Karlsruher SC II
14th	Zoran Tošić		04/28/1987	2010	Manchester United
17th	Kevin Pezzoni		March 22, 1989	2008	Blackburn Rovers
19th	Taner Yalcin		02/18/1990	2003	SC Fortuna Cologne
22nd	Fabrice Ehret		09/28/1979	2006	FC Aarau
25th	Adam Matuschyk		02/14/1989	2003	VfB Dillingen
Storm
7th	Sebastian Freis		04/23/1985	2009	Karlsruher SC
9	Manasseh Ishiaku		01/09/1983	2008	MSV Duisburg
10	Lukas Podolski		06/04/1985	2009	FC Bayern Munich
11	Milivoje Novakovič		05/18/1979	2006	Litex Lovech
20th	Adil Chihi		02/21/1988	2003	Fortuna Dusseldorf

Sc freiburg

Sc freiburg
Basic data
Surname	Sport-Club Freiburg e. V.
Seat	Freiburg in Breisgau
founding	May 30, 1904
Colours	Red White
president	Achim Stocker
Website	www.scfreiburg.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Robin Dutt
Venue	Badenova Stadium
Places	25,000
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	14th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at SC since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Simon Pouplin		May 28, 1985	2008	Rennes stadium
21st	Michael Langer		01/06/1985	2008	VfB Stuttgart
26th	Manuel salt		08/06/1985	2009	Stuttgart Kickers
Defense
3	Felix Bastians		05/09/1988	2009	BSC Young Boys
5	Heiko Butscher		07/28/1980	2007	VfL Bochum
6th	You-Ri Cha		July 25, 1980	2009	TuS Koblenz
15th	Oliver Barth		10/06/1979	2007	Fortuna Dusseldorf
24	Scale length mujdza		03/28/1984	2009	NK Zagreb
25th	Sandro Sirigu		07.10.1988	2009	SSV Ulm 1846
28	Daniel Williams		03/08/1989	2004	-
38	Ömer Toprak		07/21/1989	2005	FV Ravensburg
39	Jackson Mendy		05/25/1987	2009	FC Hansa Rostock II
midfield
7th	Cédric Makiadi		02/23/1984	2009	MSV Duisburg
10	Yacine Abdessadki		01/01/1981	2008	Racing Strasbourg
14th	Hamed Namouchi		02/14/1984	2010	FC Lorient
18th	Johannes Flum		12/14/1987	2008	SC Pfullendorf
20th	Ivica Banovic		08/02/1980	2007	1. FC Nuremberg
23	Julian Schuster		April 15, 1985	2008	VfB Stuttgart
30th	Dawit Targamadze		08/22/1989	2006	Meshakre Agara
40	Daniel Caligiuri		January 15, 1988	2009	SV rooms
Storm
8th	Mohamadou Idrissou		03/08/1980	2008	MSV Duisburg
9	Papiss Demba Cissé		06/03/1985	2010	FC Metz
11	Jonathan Hunter		05/25/1978	2007	1. FC Saarbrücken
13	Tommy Bechmann		12/22/1981	2008	VfL Bochum
27	Stefan Reisinger		09/14/1981	2009	SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Hannover 96

Hannover 96
Basic data
Surname	Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 e. V.
Seat	Hanover
founding	April 12, 1896
Colours	black-white-green
president	Martin child
Website	www.hannover96.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Mirko Slomka
Venue	AWD arena
Places	49,000
league	Bundesliga
2009/10	15th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at 96 since	Last club
goalkeeper
16	Uwe Gospodarek		08/06/1973	2010	Borussia Monchengladbach
27	Florian Fromlowitz		07/02/1986	2008	1. FC Kaiserslautern
30th	Morten Jensen		09/20/1987	2005	DGF Flensborg
Defense
2	Vinicius Bergantin		07/31/1980	2002	SE Gama
4th	Ján Ďurica		December 10, 1981	2010	Moscow locomotive
5	Mario Eggimann		01/24/1981	2008	Karlsruher SC
6th	Steven Cherundolo		02/19/1979	1999	Portland Pilots
15th	Constant Djakpa		10/17/1986	2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
19th	Christian Schulz		04/01/1983	2007	Werder Bremen
21st	Karim Haggui		01/20/1984	2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
28	Leon Balogun		06/28/1988	2008	Türkiyemspor Berlin
33	Manuel Schmiedebach		December 05, 1988	2008	Hertha BSC II
34	Konstantin Rausch		03/15/1990	2004	SV Nienhagen
midfield
3	Leon Andreasen		04/23/1983	2009	Fulham FC
7th	Sergio Pinto		10/16/1980	2007	Alemannia Aachen
8th	Altin Lala		11/18/1975	1998	Borussia Fulda
10	Arnold Bruggink		07/24/1977	2006	SC Heerenveen
14th	Hanno Balitsch		01/02/1981	2005	1. FSV Mainz 05
20th	Jacek Krzynówek		05/15/1976	2009	VfL Wolfsburg
22nd	Valdet Rama		11/20/1987	2009	FC Ingolstadt 04
23	Sofian Chahed		04/18/1983	2009	Hertha BSC
25th	Élson		11/16/1981	2010	VfB Stuttgart
26th	Jan Rosenthal		04/07/1986	2000	SV Staffhorst
35	Sofien Chahed		11/22/1989	2007	TuS Altwarmbüchen
Storm
9	Mike Hanke		05/11/1983	2007	VfL Wolfsburg
13	Jan Schlaudraff		07/18/1983	2008	FC Bayern Munich
18th	Arouna Koné		11/11/1983	2010	Sevilla FC
24	Jiri Stajner		05/27/1976	2002	Slovan Liberec
32	Mikael Forssell		03/15/1981	2008	Birmingham City

1. FC Nuremberg

1. FC Nuremberg
Basic data
Surname	1. Football Club Nuremberg Association for physical exercises e. V.
Seat	Nuremberg
founding	May 4th 1900
Colours	Red White
president	Franz Schäfer (acting)
Website	www.fcn.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Dieter Hecking
Venue	Easycredit Stadium Max-Morlock-Platz (II.)
Places	48,553 07,000 (II.)
league	Bundesliga Regionalliga Süd (II.)
2009/10	16th place
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at 1. FCN since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Raphael Schäfer		01/30/1979	2008	VfB Stuttgart
18th	Daniel Klewer		03/04/1977	2004	Hansa Rostock
30th	Alexander Stephan		09/15/1986	1996	ASV Niederndorf
Defense
2	Dennis Diekmeier		10/20/1989	2009	Werder Bremen
3	Breno		10/13/1989	2010	FC Bayern Munich
5	Andreas Wolf		06/12/1982	1997	SpVgg Ansbach 09
6th	Dominic Maroh		03/04/1987	2008	SSV Reutlingen
16	Yuri Judt		07/24/1986	2008	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
20th	Pascal Bieler		02/26/1986	2008	Hertha BSC
25th	Javier Pinola		02/24/1983	2005	Racing Club Avellaneda
midfield
4th	Håvard Nordtveit		06/21/1990	2009	Arsenal FC
7th	Daniel Gygax		08/28/1981	2008	FC Metz
12	Marcel Risse		12/17/1989	2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
17th	Mike Frantz		10/14/1986	2008	1. FC Saarbrücken
21st	Mickaël Tavares		10/25/1982	2010	Hamburger SV
22nd	İlkay Gündoğan		October 24, 1990	2009	VfL Bochum
23	Andreas Ottl		03/01/1985	2010	FC Bayern Munich
26th	Thomas Broich		01/29/1981	2009	1. FC Cologne
36	Jawhar Mnari		11/08/1976	2005	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Storm
8th	Christian Eigler		01/01/1984	2008	Arminia Bielefeld
9	Angelos Charisteas		02/09/1980	2009	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
10	Albert Bunjaku		11/29/1983	2009	Red and white Erfurt
11	Marek Mintál		09/02/1977	2003	MŠK Žilina
14th	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting		03/23/1989	2009	Hamburger SV
19th	Isaac Boakye		11/26/1981	2008	1. FSV Mainz 05

VfL Bochum

VfL Bochum
Basic data
Surname	VfL Bochum 1848 FG eV
Seat	Bochum
founding	April 15, 1938
president	Werner Altegoer
Website	www.vfl-bochum.de
First soccer team
Head coach	Dariusz Wosz (interim)
Venue	rewirpowerSTADION
Places	31,328
league	2nd Bundesliga
2009/10	17th place (Bundesliga)
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at VfL since	Last club
goalkeeper
18th	Philipp Heerwagen		04/13/1983	2007	SpVgg Unterhaching
26th	Andreas Luthe		03/10/1987	2001	Borussia Velbert
31	René Renno		02/19/1979	2005	Red and white food
Defense
2	Matías Concha		March 31, 1980	2007	Djurgårdens IF
4th	Marcel Maltritz		10/02/1978	2004	Hamburger SV
6th	Christian Fuchs		04/07/1986	2008	SV Mattersburg
20th	Mergim Mavraj		06/09/1986	2007	SV Darmstadt 98
21st	Marc Pfertzel		05/21/1981	2007	AS Livorno
24	Philipp Bönig		03/20/1980	2003	MSV Duisburg
25th	Anthar Yahia		03/21/1982	2007	OGC Nice
30th	Patrick Fabian		10/11/1987	2000	Sportfreunde Oestrich-Iserlohn
midfield
5	Christoph Dabrowski		07/01/1978	2006	Hannover 96
7th	Paul Freier		07/26/1979	2008	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
8th	Andreas Johansson		03/10/1982	2009	Halmstads BK
17th	Lewis Holtby		September 18, 1990	2010	FC Schalke 04
19th	Dennis Grote		08/09/1986	2002	Prussia Munster
22nd	Mimoun Azaouagh		11/17/1982	2008	FC Schalke 04
23	Milos Maric		05.03.1982	2010	KAA Gent
29	Roman Prokoph		08/06/1985	2008	FC St. Pauli
Storm
9	Stanislav Šesták		December 16, 1982	2007	MŠK Žilina
10	Joël Epalle		02/20/1978	2007	Iraklis Thessaloniki
11	Zlatko Dedič		05/10/1984	2009	Frosinone Calcio
14th	Diego Klimowicz		07/06/1974	2009	Borussia Dortmund
16	Vahid Hashemian		07/21/1976	2008	Hannover 96

Hertha BSC

Hertha BSC
Basic data
Surname	Hertha Berliner Sport-Club e. V.
Seat	Berlin
founding	July 25, 1892
Colours	blue White
president	Werner Gegenbauer
Website	http://herthabsc.de/
First soccer team
Head coach	Markus Babbel
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Places	74,228
league	2nd Bundesliga
2009/10	18th place (Bundesliga)
home Away

Squad season 2009/10
No.	player	Nat.	Date of birth	at the BSC since	Last club
goalkeeper
1	Jaroslav Drobný		October 18, 1979	2007	VfL Bochum
30th	Christopher Gang		05/10/1988	2007	SV Waldhof Mannheim
40	Sascha Burchert		10/30/1989	2004	Wartenberger SV
Defense
3	Arne Friedrich		05/29/1979	2002	Arminia Bielefeld
4th	Steve from Bergen		06/10/1983	2007	FC Zurich
5	Nemanja Pejčinović		04/11/1987	2009	FK wheel
6th	Christoph Janker		02/14/1985	2009	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
13	Marc Stein		07/07/1985	2008	Hansa Rostock
16	Roman Hubník		06/06/1984	2010	AC Sparta Prague
21st	Levan Kobiashvili		07/10/1977	2010	FC Schalke 04
22nd	Rasmus Bengtsson		06/26/1986	2009	Trelleborg FF
26th	Łukasz Piszczek		06/03/1985	2007	Zagłębie Lubin
35	Shervin Radjabali-Fardi		05/17/1991	2006	Hertha Zehlendorf
midfield
7th	Cicero		08/26/1984	2008	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
8th	Pál Dárdai		March 16, 1976	1997	Vasas Budapest
11	Florian Kringe		08/18/1982	2010	Borussia Dortmund
20th	Patrick Ebert		03/17/1987	1998	TSV Russee
25th	Maximilian Nicu		11/25/1982	2008	SV Wehen Wiesbaden
28	Fabian Lustenberger		05/02/1988	2007	FC Luzern
44	Gojko Kačar		01/26/1987	2008	FK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Storm
9	Adrian Ramos		01/22/1986	2009	CD America de Cali
10	Raffael		March 28, 1985	2008	FC Zurich
18th	Artur Wichniarek		02/28/1977	2009	Arminia Bielefeld
17th	Theofanis Gekas		May 23, 1980	2010	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
23	Valery Domovchisky		05.10.1986	2008	Levski Sofia