2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Swansea City's 82nd season in the Football League. They finished in 3rd place, and won the Championship playoff, to win promotion to the Premier League. It was their first return to top-flight football since 1983.

The season was their 3rd consecutive season in the second tier following a 7th-placed finish in the previous campaign, narrowly missing out on a play-off place by 1 point.

Playoffs
Semi Final 1st leg-8 May 2009-19:45 BST-Nottingham Forest 0–1 Swansea City-Taylor Red Card 2' and Monk 80'-City Ground, West Bridgford-Attendance: 27,881

Semi Final 2nd leg-11 May 2009-19:45 BST-Swansea City 3–0 Nottingham Forest-Britton 28', Pintado 33' and Pratley 90+3'-Liberty Stadium, Swansea-Attendance: 20,750

Swansea City won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final-25 May 2009-3pm BST-Reading 1–4 Swansea City-Sinclair 21' (pen.), 22' & 80' (pen.) and Dobbie 40' (Reading: Mills 57')-Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales-Attendance: 86,581