What was announced about Mark van Bommel during the 2008-09 FC Bayern Munich season?
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2008–09 FC Bayern Munich season FC Bayern Munich made few squad changes for the 2008–09 season. With captain Oliver Kahn retiring and coach Ottmar Hitzfeld leaving to coach the Swiss national team, the team leaders had to be replaced. Jürgen Klinsmann was appointed as new coach as announced in December 2007. In August 2008, Klinsmann announced that Mark van Bommel would succeed Kahn as captain. Klinsmann was sacked in April 2009 when the club officials saw the club's minimum aim, qualification for the Champions League, in jeopardy after a string of games in which Bayern underperformed. Jupp Heynckes was appointed as caretaker manager.
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Mark van Bommel Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (] ; born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer.
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2013–14 Borussia Mönchengladbach season The 2013–14 Borussia Mönchengladbach season is the 113th season in the club's football history. In 2013–14 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs sixth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.
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Sebastian Plate Sebastian Plate (born 7 August 1979) is a German football player. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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2011–12 Bundesliga The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and ended with the last games on 5 May 2012. The traditional winter break was held between the weekends around 17 December 2011 and 20 January 2012.
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1968–69 FC Bayern Munich season The 1968–69 FC Bayern Munich season was the club's fourth season in Bundesliga.
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Franz Beckenbauer Cup The Franz Beckenbauer Cup is an annual friendly association football match named in honour of Franz Beckenbauer. It is organised by Bayern Munich before the beginning of the season, and played between the hosts and a guest team at the Allianz Arena.
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Willy Sagnol Willy Sagnol (born 18 March 1977) is a former French international footballer who played as a defender and current manager of Bayern Munich. He spent much of his professional career playing for Bayern Munich in Germany's Bundesliga. He was also part of the French squad at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008.
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2008–09 Premier League The 2008–09 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) season was the 17th season since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992. Manchester United became champions for the 11th time on the penultimate weekend of the season, defending their crown after winning their tenth Premier League title on the final day of the previous season. They were run close by Liverpool, who had a better goal difference and who had beaten United home and away, including a dramatic 4–1 victory at Old Trafford, but who were undone by a series of disappointing draws. The campaign – the fixtures for which were announced on 16 June 2008 – began on Saturday, 16 August 2008, and ended on 24 May 2009. A total of 20 teams contested the league, consisting of 17 who competed the previous season and three promoted from the Football League Championship. The new match ball was the Nike T90 Omni.
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1987–88 Bundesliga The 1987–88 Bundesliga was the 25th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 31 July 1987 and ended on 21 May 1988. FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
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1993–94 FC Bayern Munich season The 1993–94 FC Bayern Munich season was the 94th season in the club's history. Bayern Munich won its 12th Bundesliga title.
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Jérôme Boateng Jérôme Agyenim Boateng (] ; born 3 September 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. A versatile defender, Boateng primarily is a centre-back, although he can also play as a right-back. Physically strong and composed in possession, he has garnered a reputation as a tough-tackling defender, with good passing and an ability to read the game, and is considered to be one of the world's best at his position.
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Kurt Van De Paar Kurt Van De Paar (born 10 January 1978) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented R.S.C. Anderlecht in his native country, after which he went abroad to play for FC Twente in the Netherlands and Trabzonspor in Turkey.
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2006–07 Hertha BSC season Hertha BSC's 2006–07 season began on 16 July, with their UEFA Intertoto Cup match against FC Moscow, and ended on 19 May, with their Bundesliga match against Eintracht Frankfurt. They were one of 11 winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the UEFA Cup, and in the DFB-Ligapokal they were eliminated in the first round. They made it as far as the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal, and finished tenth in the Bundesliga.
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2014–15 Borussia Dortmund season The 2014–15 Borussia Dortmund season was the 106th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15, the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 39th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1976. Dortmund also contested the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League.
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1967–68 FC Bayern Munich season The 1967–68 FC Bayern Munich season was the club's third season in Bundesliga.
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Hans van Breukelen Johannes Franciscus "Hans" van Breukelen (] , 4 October 1956) is a former Dutch football player who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is the technical director of the KNVB.
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Tom Van Imschoot Tom Van Imschoot (born 4 September 1981 in Tienen) is a Belgian former footballer and manager who was last in charge of Belgian First Division B side Lommel United.
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2002–03 FC Schalke 04 season FC Schalke 04 had another disappointing season, in which it failed to qualify for the Champions League. New coach Frank Neubarth did not last long, and was sacked and replaced by captain Marc Wilmots in the dugout. Once again, goalscoring was at a premium, with top scorer Victor Agali managing only seven in total. The end result was 7th place in Bundesliga, barely even qualifying for the Intertoto Cup.
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2008–09 Dynamo Dresden season The 2008–09 season saw Dynamo Dresden return to national football, in the inaugural season of the 3. Liga. A new coach was appointed, veteran Eduard Geyer was replaced by Ruud Kaiser, a Dutchman with a good record in youth football. The squad saw many changes too, with several experienced players leaving or retiring and a number of new players brought on.
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2007–08 Premier League The 2007–08 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) season was the 16th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 11 August 2007, and the season ended on 11 May 2008. Manchester United went into the 2007–08 season as the Premier League's defending champions, having won their ninth Premier League title and sixteenth league championship overall the previous season. This season was also the third consecutive season to see the "Big Four" continue their stranglehold on the top four spots and places in the UEFA Champions League.
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Jupp Heynckes Josef "Jupp" Heynckes (] ; born 9 May 1945) is a German retired professional footballer and manager. As a player, he spent the majority of his career as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and '70s, where he won many national championships and the DFB-Pokal, as well as the UEFA Cup. During this period, the team also played in its only European Cup final in 1977, losing to Liverpool. He is the third-highest goalscorer in the history of the Bundesliga, with 220 goals. He was a member of the West Germany national team that won the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup in the first half of the 1970s.