2009–10 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2009–10 Bundesliga season was the 111th in Hoffenheim's history and second consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They finished in eleventh, accumulating a total of 42 points over 34 games.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

2009–10 season
Manager	Ralf Rangnick
Stadium	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Vedad Ibišević (12) All: Vedad Ibišević (13)
Home colours Away colours

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	GER	Daniel Haas
2	DF	GER	Andreas Beck
3	DF	GER	Matthias Jaissle
5	DF	GER	Marvin Compper
7	FW	BRA	Maicosuel
8	DF	GER	Christian Eichner
9	FW	SEN	Demba Ba
10	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo Marques
11	FW	GER	Marco Terrazzino
12	FW	BRA	Wellington
14	DF	CRO	Josip Šimunić
17	MF	GER	Tobias Weis
18	FW	GHA	Prince Tagoe
19	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević (Captain)
20	FW	NGA	Chinedu Obasi
21	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo
22	DF	FIN	Jukka Raitala

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	BIH	Sejad Salihović
24	DF	SWE	Per Nilsson
25	DF	GHA	Isaac Vorsah
26	DF	AUT	Andreas Ibertsberger
27	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan
28	GK	GER	Timo Hildebrand
29	MF	GER	Adam Jabiri
30	GK	GER	Jens Grahl
32	DF	GER	Robin Neupert
34	MF	GER	Boris Vukčević
35	DF	GER	Kevin Conrad
36	MF	ITA	Franco Zuculini
37	DF	GER	Manuel Gulde
38	FW	GER	Kai Herdling
39	MF	GER	Pascal Groß

Transfers

Summer

In

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
7	FW	BRA	Maicosuel (from Desportivo Brasil)
8	DF	GER	Christian Eichner (from Karlsruher SC)
14	DF	CRO	Josip Šimunić (from Hertha BSC)
18	FW	GHA	Prince Tagoe (from Al-Ettifaq)
22	DF	FIN	Jukka Raitala (One-year loan from HJK Helsinki)
30	GK	GER	Jens Grahl (from Greuther Furth)
36	MF	ITA	Franco Zuculini (from Racing Club de Avellaneda)

Out

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
—	DF	GER	Christoph Janker (to Hertha BSC)
—	DF	GER	Jonas Strifler (to Dynamo Dresden)
—	MF	GER	Selim Teber (to Eintracht Frankfurt)
—	MF	GER	Steffen Haas (loaned to Kickers Offenbach)
—	FW	BRA	Wellington Luís de Sousa (loaned to FC Twente)
—	FW	GER	Kai Herdling (demoted to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II)
—	FW	CIV	Boubacar Sanogo (end of loan from Werder Bremen)

Winter

Out

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
—	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan (loaned to Beşiktaş)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	8 August 2009	8 May 2010	Matchday 1	11th	34	11	9	14	44	42	+2	032.35
DFB-Pokal	2 August 2009	9 February 2010	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	075.00
Total					38	14	9	15	52	44	+8	036.84

Last updated: 24 August 2021
Source: DFB

Bundesliga

Main article: 2009–10 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Mainz 05	34	12	11	11	36	42	−6	47
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	12	10	12	47	54	−7	46
11	1899 Hoffenheim	34	11	9	14	44	42	+2	42
12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	10	9	15	43	60	−17	39
13	1. FC Köln	34	9	11	14	33	42	−9	38

Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	11	9	14	44	42	+2	42	5	6	6	26	20	+6	6	3	8	18	22	−4

Last updated: 24 August 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	D
Position	12	14	15	10	7	4	3	5	7	6	5	7	4	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2010. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayern Munich

8 August 2009 1	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Bayern Munich	Sinsheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Obasi 41'	Report	Olić 25' van Bommel  76'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Babak Rafati

Bayer Leverkusen v 1899 Hoffenheim

15 August 2009 2	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kadlec  60' Kießling 67' Vidal  76' Adler  90'	Report	Vorsah  31' Ibišević  34'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Schalke 04

21 August 2009 3	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	FC Schalke 04	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vorsah  28' Salihović  36' Obasi  82' Eichner  84'	Report	Pliatsikas  17' Zambrano  30' Höwedes  64' Bordon  78'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Michael Weiner

Hannover 96 v 1899 Hoffenheim

29 August 2009 4	Hannover 96	0-1	1899 Hoffenheim	Hannover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Eduardo 40' Ibišević 58'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 34257 Referee: Lutz Wagner

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Bochum

12 September 2009 5	1899 Hoffenheim	3-0	VfL Bochum	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ba 16' Obasi 58' Compper 79'	Report	Dabrowski  20' Bonig  58' Aydin  78' Concha  79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29500 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1899 Hoffenheim

19 September 2009 6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2-4	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arango 10' ,  74' Colautti 17' Levels  63' Jaurès  90'	Report	Salihović 21' ,  21' Maicosuel 86' Obasi 89' Ba 90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46511 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1899 Hoffenheim v Hertha BSC

27 September 2009 7	1899 Hoffenheim	5-1	Hertha BSC	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibišević 1, 4, 21' Beck  45' Compper  52' Obasi 58' Eduardo 62'	Report	Raffael 45' Pejčinović  90'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29600 Referee: Peter Sippel

Mainz 05 v 1899 Hoffenheim

3 October 2009 8	Mainz 05	2-1	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Peković  2' Ivanschitz 6' ,  67' Bancé 11' Heller  14' Lőw  45' Gopko  59' Müller  73'	Report	Ba  48' Ibertsberger 87'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 20300 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

17 October 2009 9	Werder Bremen	2-0	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wiese  14' Pizarro 18' ,  61' Mertesacker 22' Bargfrede  71'	Report	Salihović  15' Compper  23' Šimunić  40' Vorsah  52' Gustavo  56' Obasi  66' Vukčević  84'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 33916 Referee: Knut Kircher

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Nürnberg

24 October 2009 10	1899 Hoffenheim	3-0	FC Nürnberg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibertsberger  29' Eichner 34' Ibišević 38' Zuculini 64'	Report	Gygax  33' Judt  57'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Michael Weiner

SC Freiburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

1 November 2009 11	SC Freiburg	0-1	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Maicosuel 39'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 24000 Referee: Florian Meyer

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

7 November 2009 12	1899 Hoffenheim	1-2	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibišević 23' ,  53' Šimunić  72' Hildebrand  90'	Report	Misimović  41' , 52' Grafite 57' Hasebe  73' Josué  80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29400 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1. FC Köln v 1899 Hoffenheim

21 November 2009 13	1. FC Köln	0-4	1899 Hoffenheim	Köln
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maniche  28' Podolski  34' Petit  63'	Report	Eduardo 5' Obasi 11' Ba 46' Ibišević 90' (pen.)	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 45000 Referee: Felix Brych

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund

28 November 2009 14	1899 Hoffenheim	1-2	Borussia Dortmund	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Compper  40' Ba 49' Šimunić  79' Maicosuel  81' Salihović  89'	Report	Błaszczykowski 2' Subotić  30' Schmelzer  54' Şahin 79' (pen.) Bender  83'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Michael Kempter

Hamburger SV v 1899 Hoffenheim

5 December 2009 15	Hamburger SV	0-0	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Demel  56' Petrić  82' Rincón  88'	Report	Eichner  75'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 52725 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1899 Hoffenheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 December 2009 16	1899 Hoffenheim	1-1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Salihović 9' (pen.) ,  73' Ibertsberger  81' Eichner  90'	Report	Schwegler 61'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Günter Perl

VfB Stuttgart v 1899 Hoffenheim

19 December 2009 17	VfB Stuttgart	3-1	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Marica 32' (pen.) ,  60' Delpierre  43' Gebhart  65' Cacau 68' Khedira 82'	Report	Maicosuel 44' Luiz Gustavo  52'  Chinedu Obasi  87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz-Arena Attendance: 41000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayern Munich v 1899 Hoffenheim

15 January 2010 18	Bayern Munich	2-0	1899 Hoffenheim	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Demichelis 35' Klose 86'	Report	Vukčević  42' Salihović  60' Šimunić  81'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

24 January 2010 19	1899 Hoffenheim	0-3	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Salihović  55' Šimunić  62'	Report	Hyypiä 11' Schwaab  33' Vidal  39' Kroos 51' Barnetta 72' Friedrich  80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

FC Schalke 04 v 1899 Hoffenheim

30 January 2010 20	FC Schalke 04	2-0	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kurányi 19' Rakitić  43' Schmitz 49' Matip  79'	Report	Eichner  7' Salihović  37' Andreas Beck  40' Nilsson  86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60402 Referee: Florian Meyer

1899 Hoffenheim v Hannover 96

6 February 2010 21	1899 Hoffenheim	2-1	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Eduardo 35' Salihović 40' (pen.),  64'	Report	Haggui  44' Koné 57' Andreasen  71' Pinto  80' Chahed  83'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28100 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

VfL Bochum v 1899 Hoffenheim

13 February 2010 22	VfL Bochum	2-1	1899 Hoffenheim	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šesták 24' Dabrowski  73' Dedič 76'	Report	Salihović  41' Ibišević 64' Maicosuel  80' Gustavo  86'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 17104 Referee: Marco Fritz

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

19 February 2010 23	1899 Hoffenheim	2-2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nilsson  31' Šimunić  64' Ibišević 69',  74' Eduardo 89' (pen.)	Report	Daems 31' (pen.) Colautti 51' Meeuwis  90'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hertha BSC v 1899 Hoffenheim

27 February 2010 24	Hertha BSC	0-2	1899 Hoffenheim	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raffael  54' Cícero  55'	Report	Ba 35' Šimunić  63' Ibertsberger  82' Ibišević 90'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37391 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1899 Hoffenheim v Mainz 05

7 March 2010 25	1899 Hoffenheim	0-1	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Šimák  31' Bancé 69'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Florian Meyer

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

14 March 2010 26	1899 Hoffenheim	0-1	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šimunić  83'	Report	Pizarro 80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Peter Sippel

FC Nürnberg v 1899 Hoffenheim

20 March 2010 27	FC Nürnberg	0-0	1899 Hoffenheim	Nürnberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maroh  81'	Report	Šimunić  69' Ibertsberger  84'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 40421 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg

14 March 2010 28	1899 Hoffenheim	1-1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šimunić  48', 80'	Report	Makiadi  55' Mujdža  60' Idrissou 64'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

4 April 2010 29	VfL Wolfsburg	4-0	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Džeko 25', 76' Barzagli 51' Misimović 74'	Report	Beck  36' Gustavo  50'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28107 Referee: Knut Kircher

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Köln

10 April 2010 30	1899 Hoffenheim	0-2	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Salihović  18'	Report	Novakovič  26' Matuszczyk 46', 82' Maniche  48'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26950 Referee: Günter Perl

Borussia Dortmund v 1899 Hoffenheim

18 April 2010 31	Borussia Dortmund	1-1	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weidenfeller  38' Valdez 57' Dédé  62'	Report	Gustavo  38' Šimunić  39' Ibertsberger  61' Ibišević 89'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80100 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1899 Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV

25 April 2010 32	1899 Hoffenheim	5-1	Hamburger SV	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibišević 2', 11' Šimunić  22' Obasi 31', 72' Salihović 76'	Report	Tesche 65' Arslan  89'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1899 Hoffenheim

1 May 2010 33	Eintracht Frankfurt	1-2	1899 Hoffenheim	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schwegler 20',  23'	Report	Compper  33' Salihović  36' Tagoe 80', 89'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1899 Hoffenheim v VfB Stuttgart

8 May 2010 34	1899 Hoffenheim	1-1	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Salihović  5' Šimunić  21' Vukčević 44'	Report	Cacau 20',  81' Molinaro  67'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30150 Referee: Jochen Drees

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2009–10 DFB-Pokal

FC Oberneuland v 1899 Hoffenheim

2 August 2009 First round	FC Oberneuland	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
14:30 UTC+2		Report (in German)	Obasi 47' Maicosuel 53'	Stadium: Sportpark Vinnenweg Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Tobias Christ (Kaiserslautern)

1. FC Nürnberg v 1899 Hoffenheim

22 September 2009 Second round	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Nuremberg
19:00 UTC+2		Report (in German)	Nilsson 35'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 26,041 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

1899 Hoffenheim v TuS Koblenz

28 October 2009 Round of 16	1899 Hoffenheim	4–0	TuS Koblenz	Sinsheim
20:30 UTC+1	Salihović 50' Ibisević 67' Maicosuel 71' Compper 90'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 18,050 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

9 February 2010 Quarter-finals	Werder Bremen	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30 UTC+1	Naldo 27' Almeida 76'	Report (in German)	Tagoe 73'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Daniel Haas	6	0	6	0	0	0
27	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	GER	Timo Hildebrand	32	0	28	0	4	0
30	GK	GER	Jens Grahl	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Andreas Beck	26	0	25	0	1	0
3	DF	GER	Matthias Jaissle	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	GER	Marvin Compper	35	2	32	1	3	1
8	DF	GER	Christian Eichner	29	1	25	1	4	0
14	DF	CRO	Josip Šimunić	31	1	31	1	0	0
22	DF	FIN	Jukka Raitala	2	0	2	0	0	0
24	DF	SWE	Per Nilsson	11	1	8	0	3	1
25	DF	GHA	Isaac Vorsah	19	0	16	0	3	0
26	DF	AUT	Andreas Ibertsberger	26	1	23	1	3	0
32	DF	GER	Robin Neupert	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	GER	Kevin Conrad	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	GER	Manuel Gulde	6	0	6	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo	37	5	33	5	4	0
11	MF	GER	Marco Terrazzino	10	0	8	0	2	0
17	MF	GER	Tobias Weis	15	0	15	0	0	0
21	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	30	0	27	0	3	0
23	MF	BIH	Sejad Salihović	36	5	32	4	4	1
31	MF	GER	Andreas Ludwig	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	MF	ARG	Franco Zuculini	8	1	7	1	1	0
39	MF	GER	Pascal Groß	2	0	1	0	1	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Maicosuel	31	5	27	3	4	2
9	FW	SEN	Demba Ba	18	5	17	5	1	0
12	FW	BRA	Wellington	2	0	1	0	1	0
18	FW	GHA	Prince Tagoe	13	3	12	2	1	1
19	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević	38	13	34	12	4	1
20	FW	NGA	Chinedu Obasi	26	8	23	7	3	1
29	FW	GER	Adam Jabiri	1	0	1	0	0	0
34	FW	GER	Boris Vukčević	32	1	28	1	4	0
38	FW	GER	Kai Herdling	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 27 November 2021
Source: DFB