FC Bayern Munich 2008-2009 Players

No. Position Player 1 GK Michael Rensing 2 DF Willy Sagnol 3 DF Lúcio (vice-captain) 5 DF Daniel Van Buyten 6 DF Martín Demichelis (vice-captain) 7 MF Franck Ribéry 8 MF Hamit Altıntop 9 FW Luca Toni 11 FW Lukas Podolski 15 MF Zé Roberto 16 MF Andreas Ottl 17 MF Mark van Bommel (captain)

No. Position Player 18 FW Miroslav Klose 20 MF José Ernesto Sosa 21 DF Philipp Lahm 22 GK Hans-Jörg Butt 23 DF Massimo Oddo (on loan from A.C. Milan) 24 MF Tim Borowski 30 DF Christian Lell 31 MF Bastian Schweinsteiger 33 DF Breno 35 GK Thomas Kraft 39 MF Toni Kroos

FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern München is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München, Bayern). In English the name should literally be Bavaria Munich but is usually referred to as Bayern Munich. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful club in German football, having won 20 Bundesliga titles and 14 cups.

The club was founded in 1900 by eleven football players led by Franz John.^[1] Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932,^[2] the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963.^[3] In the middle of the 1970s, the club had its period of greatest success, when the famous team led by Franz Beckenbauer won the European Cup three times in row (1974-76). In recent years they have been by far the most successful team in German football, winning seven of the last ten championships. The club's last international title was the Intercontinental Cup in 2001.

Since the beginning of the 2005-06 season, Munich plays its home games in the Allianz Arena. Previously the team had played for 33 years in the Olympic Stadium. The team colours are red and white, and the team crest shows the colours of Bavaria.^[4]

Bayern is a membership-based club and with more than 142,500 members.^[5] There are also more than 2,000 officially-registered fan clubs with about 132,000 members.^[6] The club has other departments for chess, handball, basketball, gymnastics, bowling, table tennis, referees, and senior football with more than 1100 active members.^[7]

Wigan Athletic F.C. 2008-2009 Players

No. Position Player 1 GK Chris Kirkland 2 DF Ryan Taylor 3 DF Erik Edman 4 MF Lee Cattermole 5 MF Wilson Palacios 7 DF Paul Scharner 8 MF Kevin Kilbane (Vice-captain) 9 FW Emile Heskey (Vice-captain) 10 MF Jason Koumas 11 MF Michael Brown 12 GK Michael Pollitt 13 FW Amr Zaki (on loan from El Zamalek)

No. Position Player 16 MF Antonio Valencia 17 DF Emmerson Boyce 18 MF Daniël de Ridder 19 DF Titus Bramble 21 MF Tomasz Cywka 23 MF Olivier Kapo 25 DF Mario Melchiot (Captain) 27 FW Henri Camara 28 FW Tomasz Kupisz 29 MF Lewis Montrose 31 DF Maynor Figueroa (on loan from Olimpia)

West Ham United F.C. 2008-2009 Players

No. Position Player 1 GK Robert Green 2 DF Lucas Neill (captain) 3 DF Herita Ilunga (on loan from Toulouse) 4 DF Daniel Gabbidon 7 MF Kieron Dyer 8 MF Scott Parker 9 FW Dean Ashton 10 FW Craig Bellamy 11 MF Matthew Etherington 12 FW Carlton Cole 13 MF Luis Boa Morte 15 DF Matthew Upson 16 MF Mark Noble 17 MF Hayden Mullins 18 DF Jonathan Spector 19 DF James Collins 20 MF Julien Faubert 21 DF Valon Behrami 22 MF Tony Stokes 23 GK James Walker

No. Position Player 24 GK Jan Laštůvka (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 26 MF Nigel Quashie 27 DF Calum Davenport 28 MF Kyel Reid 29 MF Lee Bowyer 30 DF James Tomkins 31 MF Jack Collison 32 FW David Di Michele (on loan from Torino) 33 FW Freddie Sears 34 GK Marek Štěch 35 DF Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 40 DF Joe Widdowson 41 FW Zavon Hines 42 FW Jack Jeffrey 43 GK David Blackmore 44 DF Bondz N'Gala 45 DF Jordan Spence 46 MF Junior Stanislas 48 DF Ashley Miller