Can anyone tell whether the player attributes are the same? We could therefore import F08 extra leads like Romania and Russia...

The attributes are the same, but there are about 20-ish new columns in the database, and it's pretty hard to convert players from 08 to 09.

are about 20-ish new columns in the database,
can u name them plz?

also if u didn't know the fonts are 1024x128 now double the size of 08 therefore better quality fonts :D tried resizing 1 of my fonts and importing but didn't work rofl

Can anyone tell whether the player attributes are the same?
The only new attribute is one for overall rating, but there are also 19 additional fields related to player appearance.

can u name them plz?
These are the twenty fields that are new in the players table in the FIFA 09 demo database, with the low and high values in brackets:
eyecolorid ( 1 7)
bodytypecode ( 1 3)
hairtypecode ( 0 420000)
hairtypegeometrycode ( 1 95)
headtypecode ( 1 420000)
headclasscode ( 0 2)
haircolorcode ( 0 11)
facialhairtypecode ( 0 19)
facialhaircolorcode ( 0 11)
sideburnscode ( 0 3)
facetexturecode ( 0 420000)
skintypecode ( 0 10)
facetonecode ( 0 10)
skintonecode ( 1 10)
jerseystylecode ( 0 1)
eyecolorcode ( 0 420000)
jerseysleevelengthcode ( 0 1)
shoecolorcode1 ( 0 14)
shoetypecode ( 0 200)
overallrating ( 1 99)

Yes it seems to be difficult to import...When I tried to import some all the overallrating were reset after...I hope CM 09 will allow that!