The 2008–09 season was

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

's fourth consecutive year in the

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. On 3 May 2009, the club was relegated to play League One football for the first time in 49 years after losing 4–2 to Charlton Athletic and finishing in 22nd place. This article shows statistics and lists all matches played by the club during the season.

Club sponsors

From 26 April 2008, it was announced that Flybe would be stepping down as the main club sponsor. On 29 April 2008 it was announced that

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would be the new shirt sponsors, having signed a three-year contract. Aviva are the parent company of

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Board changes

On 2 September 2008, Andrew and Sharon Turner announced that they were leaving the football club's board of directors. This left a £2 million hole in Norwich City's budget. On 4 September 2008, Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones announced that they would be injecting £2 million, avoiding financial problems for the club.

Board and staff members

Board members

Coaching staff

Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Out

* Indicates player joined club after being released by Norwich City

Loans in

Loans out

Results by round

Competitions

Pre-season

League

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

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