2007–08 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 2007–08
Champions Bayern Munich
20th Bundesliga title
21st German title
Relegated 1. FC Nuremberg
Hansa Rostock
MSV Duisburg
Champions League Bayern Munich
Werder Bremen
Schalke 04
UEFA Cup Hamburger SV
VfL Wolfsburg
Borussia Dortmund (via domestic cup)
Hertha BSC (via Fair Play)
Intertoto Cup VfB Stuttgart
Matches played 306
Goals scored 860 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Luca Toni (24)
Biggest home win Bremen 8–1 Bielefeld (29 September 2007)
Hamburg 7–0 Karlsruhe (17 May 2008)
Biggest away win Bremen 0–4 Bayern (18 August 2007)
Highest scoring Bremen 8–1 Bielefeld (29 September 2007)
Stuttgart 6–3 Bremen (8 March 2008)
Average attendance 37,644

The 2007–08 Bundesliga was the 45th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. VfB Stuttgart were the defending champions.

Competition format

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Background

Bayern Munich secured their 21st title with a 0–0 draw at Wolfsburg on 4 May 2008. Bayern were good value for their title, having conceded only 21 goals, losing only 2 games in the process. Their completely overhauled squad hinged on the performances of Italy striker Luca Toni, who found the back of the net 24 times, and France winger Franck Ribéry, who won the Player of the Year award. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld was named Manager of the Year as well, to round off a thoroughly successful season for Bayern. Werder Bremen finished their first season without Miroslav Klose on 66 points, a distant ten points behind Bayern, in second place. Schalke 04 finished in the last Champions League place, two points behind Bremen. Joining Hamburger SV in the UEFA Cup spot were season surprise packages VfL Wolfsburg, who finished in 5th place. Borussia Dortmund, though suffering a terrible domestic campaign, finishing 13th, managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as well, having finished runners-up in the DFB-Pokal Final, losing to Bayern Munich. 1. FC Nuremberg, MSV Duisburg and Hansa Rostock were all automatically relegated, having suffered a combined 58 defeats in the campaign.

Teams

1. FSV Mainz 05, Alemannia Aachen and Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Karlsruher SC, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg.

2007–08 teams

Stadia and locations

Team Venue Capacity
Hertha BSC Olympic Stadium 74,228
Arminia Bielefeld Schüco Arena 28,008
VfL Bochum Ruhrstadion 31,328
SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 42,358
FC Energie Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,450
Borussia Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 80,708
MSV Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500
Eintracht Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 52,300
Hamburger SV HSH Nordbank Arena 57,274
Hannover 96 AWD-Arena 49,000
Karlsruher SC Wildparkstadion 32,306
Bayer 04 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
FC Bayern Munich Allianz Arena 69,901
1. FC Nuremberg Easy Credit Stadion 47,559
F.C. Hansa Rostock DKB-Arena 29,000
FC Schalke 04 Veltins-Arena 61,673
VfB Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 58,000
VfL Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,122

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Hertha BSC Switzerland Lucien Favre Germany Arne Friedrich Nike DB
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Michael Frontzeck Germany Mathias Hain Saller Krombacher
VfL Bochum Switzerland Marcel Koller Poland Tomasz Zdebel Umbro KiK
SV Werder Bremen Germany Thomas Schaaf Germany Frank Baumann Kappa Citibank
FC Energie Cottbus Slovenia Bojan Prašnikar Germany Timo Rost Saller enviaM
Borussia Dortmund Germany Thomas Doll Germany Christian Wörns Nike Evonik
MSV Duisburg Germany Rudolf Bommer Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Grlić Uhlsport Xella
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Friedhelm Funkel Greece Ioannis Amanatidis Jako Fraport
Hamburger SV Netherlands Huub Stevens Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart Adidas Emirates
Hannover 96 Germany Dieter Hecking Germany Robert Enke Diadora TUIfly
Karlsruher SC Germany Edmund Becker Switzerland Mario Eggimann Jako EnBW
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany Michael Skibbe Germany Carsten Ramelow Adidas Teldafax
FC Bayern Munich Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld Germany Oliver Kahn Adidas T-Home
1. FC Nuremberg Germany Thomas von Heesen Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek Adidas mister*lady
F.C. Hansa Rostock Germany Frank Pagelsdorf Germany Stefan Beinlich Masita KiK
FC Schalke 04 Germany Mike Büskens
Netherlands Youri Mulder
Brazil Marcelo Bordon Adidas Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart Germany Armin Veh Portugal Fernando Meira Puma EnBW
VfL Wolfsburg Germany Felix Magath Brazil Marcelinho Nike Volkswagen

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of departure Replaced by Date of Appointment
Hertha BSC Germany Karsten Heine 19 May 2007[1] Switzerland Lucien Favre 1 July 2007[2]
VfL Wolfsburg Germany Klaus Augenthaler 19 May 2007[3] Germany Felix Magath 1 July 2007[4]
Energie Cottbus Germany Petrik Sander 23 September 2007[5] Slovenia Bojan Prašnikar 28 September 2007[6]
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Ernst Middendorp 10 December 2007[7] Germany Michael Frontzeck 1 January 2008[8]
FC Schalke 04 Germany Mirko Slomka 13 April 2008[9] Germany Mike Büskens
Netherlands Youri Mulder
14 April 2008[10][11]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 22 10 2 68 21+47 76 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Werder Bremen 34 20 6 8 75 45+30 66
3 Schalke 04 34 18 10 6 55 32+23 64 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Hamburger SV 34 14 12 8 47 26+21 54 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
5 VfL Wolfsburg 34 15 9 10 58 46+12 54
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 16 4 14 57 570 52 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
7 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 57 40+17 51
8 Hannover 96 34 13 10 11 54 562 49
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 12 10 12 43 507 46
10 Hertha BSC 34 12 8 14 39 445 44 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 1
11 Karlsruher SC 34 11 10 13 38 5315 43
12 VfL Bochum 34 10 11 13 48 546 41
13 Borussia Dortmund 34 10 10 14 50 6212 40 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 2
14 Energie Cottbus 34 9 9 16 35 5621 36
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 8 10 16 35 6025 34
16 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 7 10 17 35 5116 31 Relegation to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 Hansa Rostock (R) 34 8 6 20 30 5222 30
18 MSV Duisburg (R) 34 8 5 21 36 5519 29

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1An additional UEFA Cup spot was awarded to the Bundesliga after it had been drawn from the best teams of the UEFA Fair Play ranking 2007–08. The spot was awarded to national Fair Play competition winners Hertha BSC.
2Because German Cup 2007–08 winners Bayern Munich had already qualified for the Champions League via their league placement, losing finalists Borussia Dortmund took the UEFA Cup spot reserved for the cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away BSC BIE BOCBRECOTDORDUIFRAHAMH96KARLEVFCBNURROSS04STUWOL
Hertha BSC 10 20 12 00 32 20 03 00 10 31 03 00 10 13 12 31 21
Arminia Bielefeld 20 20 11 11 22 02 22 01 02 10 10 01 31 42 02 20 01
VfL Bochum 11 30 22 33 33 11 00 21 21 22 20 12 33 12 03 11 53
Werder Bremen 32 81 12 20 20 12 21 21 61 40 52 04 20 10 51 41 01
Energie Cottbus 21 10 12 02 02 12 22 20 51 20 23 20 11 21 10 01 12
Borussia Dortmund 11 61 21 30 30 13 11 03 13 11 21 00 00 10 23 32 24
MSV Duisburg 12 30 02 13 01 33 01 01 11 01 32 23 10 11 02 23 13
Eintracht Frankfurt 10 21 11 10 21 11 42 21 00 01 21 13 13 10 22 14 23
Hamburger SV 21 11 30 01 00 10 01 41 11 70 10 11 10 20 01 41 22
Hannover 96 22 22 32 43 40 21 21 21 01 22 03 03 21 30 23 00 22
Karlsruher SC 21 00 13 33 11 31 10 01 11 12 22 14 20 12 00 10 31
Bayer Leverkusen 12 40 20 01 00 22 41 02 11 11 30 01 41 30 10 30 22
Bayern Munich 41 20 31 11 50 50 00 00 11 30 20 21 30 30 11 41 21
1. FC Nürnberg 21 22 11 01 11 20 20 51 00 22 02 12 11 11 02 01 10
Hansa Rostock 00 11 20 12 32 01 20 10 13 03 00 12 12 12 11 21 01
Schalke 04 10 30 10 10 50 41 21 10 11 11 02 11 01 21 10 41 12
VfB Stuttgart 13 22 10 63 30 12 10 41 10 02 31 10 31 30 41 22 31
VfL Wolfsburg 00 13 01 11 30 40 21 22 11 32 12 12 00 31 10 11 40

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: www.kicker.de (German)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Luca Toni Bayern Munich 24
2 Germany Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart 19
3 Germany Kevin Kurányi Schalke 04 15
4 Croatia Ivica Olić Hamburger SV 14
Sweden Markus Rosenberg Werder Bremen
6 Brazil Diego Werder Bremen 13
Serbia Marko Pantelić Hertha BSC
Croatia Mladen Petrić Borussia Dortmund
Slovakia Stanislav Šesták VfL Bochum
10 Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart Hamburger SV 12

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year:[12] France Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)

Manager of the Year:[12] Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld (Bayern Munich)

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team
August France Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich
September Brazil Diego Werder Bremen
October Croatia Ivica Olić Hamburger SV
November Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger VfB Stuttgart
December Brazil Diego Werder Bremen
February Australia Joshua Kennedy Karlsruher SC
March Germany Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart
April Germany Kevin Kurányi FC Schalke 04
May Germany Torsten Frings Werder Bremen

Champion squad

FC Bayern Munich

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (26); Michael Rensing (10).
Defenders: Christian Lell (29 / 1); Martín Demichelis Argentina (28 / 1); Lúcio Brazil (24 / 1); Philipp Lahm (22); Daniel Van Buyten Belgium (19 / 1); Marcell Jansen (17), Willy Sagnol France (9); Breno Brazil (1).
Midfielders: Zé Roberto Brazil (30 / 5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (30 / 1); Franck Ribéry France (28 / 11); Mark van Bommel Netherlands (27 / 2); Hamit Altıntop Turkey (23 / 3); Andreas Ottl (19 / 3); José Ernesto Sosa Argentina (15); Toni Kroos (12).
Forwards: Luca Toni Italy (31 / 24); Miroslav Klose (27 / 10); Lukas Podolski (25 / 5); Jan Schlaudraff (8); Sandro Wagner (4).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher; Mats Hummels; Valérien Ismaël France; Julio dos Santos Paraguay; Stephan Fürstner.

Transferred out during the season: Mats Hummels (to Borussia Dortmund); Valérien Ismaël France (to Hannover 96); Julio dos Santos Paraguay (on loans to UD Almería and then Grêmio).

References

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