2007–08 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	2007–08
Dates	10 August 2007 – 17 May 2008
Champions	Bayern Munich; 20th Bundesliga title; 21st German title
Relegated	1. FC Nürnberg; 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
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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.^[1] 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 fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Background

Bayern Munich secured their 21st title with a 0–0 draw at VfL Wolfsburg on 4 May 2008. Bayern were good value for their title, having conceded only 21 goals, losing only two 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 Wolfsburg, who finished in fifth 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 Nürnberg, MSV Duisburg and Hansa Rostock were all automatically relegated, having suffered a combined 58 defeats in the campaign.

Teams

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

Hertha BSC
Arminia Bielefeld
VfL Bochum
SV Werder Bremen
Energie Cottbus
Borussia Dortmund
MSV Duisburg (2006–07 2. Bundesliga third place)
Eintracht Frankfurt
Hamburger SV

Hannover 96
Karlsruher SC (2006–07 2. Bundesliga winner)
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayern Munich
1. FC Nürnberg
Hansa Rostock (2006–07 2. Bundesliga runner-up)
Schalke 04
VfB Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2007–08 Bundesliga

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

Personnel and kits

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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of departure	Replaced by	Date of Appointment
Hertha BSC	Karsten Heine	19 May 2007^[2]	Lucien Favre	1 July 2007^[3]
VfL Wolfsburg	Klaus Augenthaler	19 May 2007^[4]	Felix Magath	1 July 2007^[5]
Energie Cottbus	Petrik Sander	23 September 2007^[6]	Bojan Prašnikar	28 September 2007^[7]
Arminia Bielefeld	Ernst Middendorp	10 December 2007^[8]	Michael Frontzeck	1 January 2008^[9]
FC Schalke 04	Mirko Slomka	13 April 2008^[10]	Mike Büskens Youri Mulder	14 April 2008^[11]^[12]

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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Werder Bremen	34	20	6	8	75	45	+30	66	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Schalke 04	34	18	10	6	55	32	+23	64	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Hamburger SV	34	14	12	8	47	26	+21	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	VfL Wolfsburg	34	15	9	10	58	46	+12	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	VfB Stuttgart	34	16	4	14	57	57	0	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	6	13	57	40	+17	51
8	Hannover 96	34	13	10	11	54	56	−2	49
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	12	10	12	43	50	−7	46
10	Hertha BSC	34	12	8	14	39	44	−5	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
11	Karlsruher SC	34	11	10	13	38	53	−15	43
12	VfL Bochum	34	10	11	13	48	54	−6	41
13	Borussia Dortmund	34	10	10	14	50	62	−12	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[b]
14	Energie Cottbus	34	9	9	16	35	56	−21	36
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	10	16	35	60	−25	34
16	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	7	10	17	35	51	−16	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	Hansa Rostock (R)	34	8	6	20	30	52	−22	30
18	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	8	5	21	36	55	−19	29

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ An 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.
^ Because 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.

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	DSC	BOC	SVW	FCE	BVB	DUI	SGE	HSV	H96	KSC	B04	FCB	FCN	ROS	S04	VFB	WOB
Hertha BSC	—	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1
Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	2–0	0–1
VfL Bochum	1–1	3–0	—	2–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–2	0–3	1–1	5–3
Werder Bremen	3–2	8–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	6–1	4–0	5–2	0–4	2–0	1–0	5–1	4–1	0–1
Energie Cottbus	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	—	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
Borussia Dortmund	1–1	6–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	—	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–2	2–4
MSV Duisburg	1–2	3–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	3–3	—	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–3
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	—	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–3
Hamburger SV	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	—	1–1	7–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–2
Hannover 96	2–2	2–2	3–2	4–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	—	2–2	0–3	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–0	2–2
Karlsruher SC	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	—	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	—	0–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–2
Bayern Munich	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	5–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	—	3–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–1
1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0^[a]
Hansa Rostock	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	—	1–1	2–1	0–1
Schalke 04	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	—	4–1	1–2
VfB Stuttgart	1–3	2–2	1–0	6–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	—	3–1
VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The 1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg match from 11 April 2008 was suspended after 45 minutes (half-time) and a score of 1–0 due to poor playing conditions caused by heavy rain. The replay took place on 20 April 2008 and finished with a score of 1–0.^[13]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: www.kicker.de (in German)

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

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year:^[14] Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)

Manager of the Year:^[14] Ottmar Hitzfeld (Bayern Munich)

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

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

References

^ "Bundesliga 2007/2008 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
^ Karsten Heine at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Lucien Favre at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Klaus Augenthaler at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Felix Magath at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Petrik Sander at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Bojan Prašnikar at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Ernst Middendorp at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Michael Frontzeck at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Mirko Slomka at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Mike Büskens at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ Youri Mulder at fussballdaten.de (in German)
^ "Nürnberg unter Wasser" [Nuremberg under water]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Die Ergebnisse" (in German). Kicker Online. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.

External links

Official site of the DFB (in German)
Kicker.de (in German)
Official site of the Bundesliga (in German)
Official site of the Bundesliga Archived 3 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[table_note_res_UC1b0.14380934701479-13] An 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.

[table_note_res_UC1c0.14380934701479-14] Because 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.

[table_note_1_FCN_WOB0.17940518268356-16] The 1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg match from 11 April 2008 was suspended after 45 minutes (half-time) and a score of 1–0 due to poor playing conditions caused by heavy rain. The replay took place on 20 April 2008 and finished with a score of 1–0.^[13]

[1] "Bundesliga 2007/2008 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

[2] Karsten Heine at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[3] Lucien Favre at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[4] Klaus Augenthaler at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[5] Felix Magath at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[6] Petrik Sander at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[7] Bojan Prašnikar at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[8] Ernst Middendorp at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[9] Michael Frontzeck at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[10] Mirko Slomka at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[11] Mike Büskens at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[12] Youri Mulder at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[15] "Nürnberg unter Wasser" [Nuremberg under water]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[results-17] "Die Ergebnisse" (in German). Kicker Online. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.

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