The title thrown away: the missed championship in 2008/09 was a financial disaster for the club. In spring 2009 all of Berlin was dreaming of the Meisterschale. A BILD editor even carried a copy through the Brandenburg Gate in anticipation of the victory parade manager Dieter Hoeneß wanted.\n\nNone of it happened.
A 3:1 loss to a resurgent Borussia Dortmund and a 0:0 draw with Schalke on Matchday 33 cost Lucien Favre’s side a possible title. It got even worse: a 4:0 defeat away to already relegated Karlsruhe knocked Berlin out of the Champions League places.