2008–09 Stade Rennais FC season
{{Infobox football club season
|club = Rennes
|season = 2008–09
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|caption = Rennes supporters' stand during the Coupe de France final
|chrtitle = President
|chairman = Frédéric de Saint-Sernin
|ownertitle =
|owner =
|mgrtitle = Head coach
|manager = Guy Lacombe
|stdtitle =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|league = Ligue 1
|league result = 7th
|cup1 = Coupe de France
|cup1 result = Runners-up
|cup2 = Coupe de la Ligue
|cup2 result = Round of 16
|cup3 = UEFA Cup
|cup3 result = First round
|league topscorer =
Moussa Sow (9)
|season topscorer =
Moussa Sow (10)
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The 2008–09 season was the 108th season in the existence of Stade Rennais FC and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Angers participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
Transfers
=In=
=Out=
Competitions
=Overview=
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|c2=Coupe de France |fm2=3 January 2009 |lm2=9 May 2009 |sr2=Round of 64 |fp2=Runners-up |w2=5 |d2=0 |l2=1 |f2=10 |a2=2
|c3=Coupe de la Ligue |fm3=24 September 2008 |lm3=12 November 2008 |sr3=Third round |fp3=Round of 16 |w3=0 |d3=1 |l3=1 |f3=3 |a3=4
|c4=UEFA Cup |fm4=14 August 2008 |lm4=2 October 2008 |sr4=Second qualifying round |fp4=First round |w4=2 |d4=0 |l4=2 |f4=5 |a4=4
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=Ligue 1=
{{main|2008–09 Ligue 1}}
==League table==
{{:2008–09 Ligue 1|showteam=REN}}
==Results summary==
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{{Fb_rs footer|s=[https://www.ligue1.com/ranking Ligue 1] |date=April 2021}}
==Results by round==
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| pos3=10/16/10/10/13/12/10/7/7/9/9/6/4/3/4/2/3/5/3/3/4/5/7/6/7/6/6/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/6/7
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| color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw
| color_L=red2|text_L=Loss
| text_H=Home|text_A=Away
| color1=gold|color_2=green1|color_3=green2|color_4=blue1|color_5=yellow1|color_18=red2|color_19–20=red1
| source=[https://www.ligue1.com/ranking Ligue 1]
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==Matches==
The league fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ogcnice.com/en/news/4485/calendrier-ligue-1-2008-2009|title=Calendrier Ligue 1 2008/2009|website=OGC Nice}}
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|round = 1
|date = 9 August 2008
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 4–4
|report =
|team2 = Marseille
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Roazhon Park
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 28,879
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 2
|date = 17 August 2008
|time = 16:00
|team1 = Grenoble
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade des Alpes
|location = Grenoble
|attendance = 17,535
|referee =
|result = L
}}
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|round = 3
|date = 24 August 2008
|time = 16:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Lille
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 20,878
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 4
|date = 31 August 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Toulouse
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stadium de Toulouse
|location = Toulouse
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 5
|date = 13 September 2008
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Le Havre
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 18,536
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 6
|date = 21 September 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Nancy
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Marcel Picot
|location = Tomblaine
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 7
|date = 27 September 2008
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Nice
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 19,776
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 8
|date = 5 October 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Lyon
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 27,816
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 9
|date = 19 October 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Auxerre
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps
|location = Auxerre
|attendance = 10,974
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 10
|date = 25 October 2008
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–2
|report =
|team2 = Le Mans
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 23,555
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 11
|date = 29 October 2008
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Valenciennes
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Nungesser
|location = Valenciennes
|attendance = 12,428
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 12
|date = 2 November 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Sochaux
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 21,856
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 13
|date = 9 November 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Saint-Étienne
|score = 0–3
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
|location = Saint-Étienne
|attendance = 24,441
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 14
|date = 16 November 2008
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Monaco
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 21,086
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 15
|date = 22 November 2008
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Bordeaux
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Chaban-Delmas
|location = Bordeaux
|attendance = 25,213
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 16
|date = 30 November 2008
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Paris Saint-Germain
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 27,551
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 17
|date = 6 December 2008
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Caen
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Michel d'Ornano
|location = Caen
|attendance = 19,084
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 18
|date = 13 December 2008
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Nantes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 28,652
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 19
|date = 20 December 2008
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Lorient
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade du Moustoir
|location = Lorient
|attendance = 14,366
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 20
|date = 10 January 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Grenoble
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 21
|date = 18 January 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Lille
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stadium Lille Métropole
|location = Villeneuve d'Ascq
|attendance = 12,031
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 22
|date = 31 January 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Toulouse
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 23
|date = 7 February 2009
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Le Havre
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Jules Deschaseaux
|location = Le Havre
|attendance = 12,618
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 24
|date = 14 February 2009
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Nancy
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 19,002
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 25
|date = 21 February 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Nice
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade du Ray
|location = Nice
|attendance = 9,718
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 26
|date = 1 March 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Lyon
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de Gerland
|location = Lyon
|attendance = 34,870
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 27
|date = 8 March 2009
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Auxerre
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 27,116
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 28
|date = 14 March 2009
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Le Mans
|score = 2–2
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Léon-Bollée
|location = Le Mans
|attendance = 9,862
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 29
|date = 21 March 2009
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team2 = Valenciennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 26,053
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 30
|date = 5 April 2009
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Sochaux
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Auguste Bonal
|location = Montbéliard
|attendance = 13,654
|referee =
|result = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 31
|date = 11 April 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Saint-Étienne
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 25,222
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 32
|date = 18 April 2009
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Monaco
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Louis II
|location = Monaco
|attendance = 7,714
|referee =
|result = L
}}
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|round = 33
|date = 29 April 2009
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–3
|report =
|team2 = Bordeaux
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 26,079
|referee =
|result = L
}}
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|round = 34
|date = 3 May 2009
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Paris Saint-Germain
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Parc des Princes
|location = Paris
|attendance = 43,875
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 35
|date = 13 May 2009
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–0
|report =
|team2 = Caen
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 20,880
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = 36
|date = 17 May 2009
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Nantes
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Beaujoire
|location = Nantes
|attendance = 26,078
|referee =
|result = D
}}
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|round = 37
|date = 23 May 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = Lorient
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 27,728
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = 38
|date = 30 May 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Marseille
|score = 4–0
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Vélodrome
|location = Marseille
|attendance = 55,873
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=Coupe de France=
{{main|2008–09 Coupe de France}}
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|round = Round of 64
|date = 3 January 2009
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Sochaux
|score = 0–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Auguste Bonal
|location = Montbéliard
|attendance = 4,546
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = Round of 32
|date = 24 January 2009
|time = 20:30
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Saint-Étienne
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 14,105
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = Round of 16
|date = 4 March 2009
|time = 20:45
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 3–0
|report =
|team2 = Lorient
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 14,650
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = Quarter-finals
|date = 18 March 2009
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = Rodez
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 18,964
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = Semi-finals
|date = 21 April 2009
|time = 20:45
|team1 = Grenoble
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade des Alpes
|location = Grenoble
|attendance = 17,822
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = Final
|date = 9 May 2009
|time = 20:45
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Guingamp
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade de France
|location = Saint-Denis
|attendance = 80,056
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=Coupe de la Ligue=
{{main|2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Third round
|date = 24 September 2008
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Rennes
|score = 2–2
|aet = yes
|report =
|team2 = Le Mans
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 4–3
|penalties2 =
|stadium = Stade de la Route de Lorient
|location = Rennes
|attendance = 11,089
|referee =
|result = D
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Round of 16
|date = 12 November 2008
|time = 21:00
|team1 = Le Havre
|score = 2–1
|report =
|team2 = Rennes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Jules Deschaseaux
|location = Le Havre
|attendance = 5,540
|referee =
|result = L
}}
=UEFA Cup=
{{main|2008–09 UEFA Cup}}
Statistics
=Goalscorers=
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Stade Rennais FC seasons}}
{{2008–09 in French football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Stade Rennais F.C. Season}}