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AaB Fodbold

2008–09 season
Manager	Bruce Rioch (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)
← 2007–082009–10 →

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

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  MAR Karim Zaza 2 DF  DEN Michael Jakobsen 4 DF  AUS Michael Beauchamp 5 DF  NOR Kjetil Wæhler 6 DF  NED Steve Olfers 7 MF  DEN Anders Due 8 MF  SWE Andreas Johansson 9 MF  DEN Thomas Augustinussen 11 FW  JAM Luton Shelton (on loan from Vålerenga) 14 FW  DEN Jeppe Curth 15 FW  RSA Siyabonga Nomvethe 16 DF  DEN Kasper Bøgelund 18 MF  BRA Cacá

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  USA Marcus Tracy 20 MF  DEN Henrik Dalsgaard 21 MF  DEN Kasper Risgård 23 MF  DEN Thomas Enevoldsen 24 DF  DEN Jens-Kristian Sørensen 27 MF  DEN Patrick Kristensen 28 DF  DEN Emil Haucke 30 GK  DEN Kenneth Stenild 31 DF  DEN Lasse Nielsen 32 FW  DEN Ronnie Schwartz 36 DF  DEN Daniel Christensen 37 GK  DEN Simon Sloth

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 3 DF  DEN Martin Pedersen (to Vejle Boldklub) 10 FW  POL Marek Saganowski (on loan from Southampton) 17 MF  RSA Benedict Vilakazi (to Mamelodi Sundowns)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  DEN Simon Bræmer (to Akademisk Boldklub) 25 DF  DEN Casper Nordstrøm (to Thisted FC) 26 FW  DEN Jacob Nordstrøm (released)

Results

UEFA Champions League

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)

UEFA Cup

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

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.

• AaB Fodbold seasons
• Danish football clubs 2008–09 season