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
← 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. 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

Hertha BSC Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum SV Werder Bremen FC 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 04 Leverkusen FC Bayern Munich 1. FC Nuremberg F.C. Hansa Rostock (2006–07 2. Bundesliga runner-up) FC Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg

Stadia and locations

Hertha BSC

Bielefeld

Bochum

Bremen

Cottbus

Dortmund

Duisburg

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Hannover

Karlsruhe

Leverkusen

Bayern

Nuremberg

Rostock

Schalke

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Location of teams in the 2007–08 Fußball-Bundesliga

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	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	Ioannis 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 Nuremberg	Thomas von Heesen	Tomáš Galásek	Adidas	mister*lady
F.C. 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

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of departure	Replaced by	Date of Appointment
Hertha BSC	Karsten Heine	19 May 2007[1]	Lucien Favre	1 July 2007[2]
VfL Wolfsburg	Klaus Augenthaler	19 May 2007[3]	Felix Magath	1 July 2007[4]
Energie Cottbus	Petrik Sander	23 September 2007[5]	Bojan Prašnikar	28 September 2007[6]
Arminia Bielefeld	Ernst Middendorp	10 December 2007[7]	Michael Frontzeck	1 January 2008[8]
FC Schalke 04	Mirko Slomka	13 April 2008[9]	Mike Büskens 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	57	0	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	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	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round ^1
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	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round ^2
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. Fußball-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
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

BOC

BRE

COT

DOR

DUI

FRA

HAM

H96

KAR

LEV

FCB

NUR

ROS

S04

STU

WOL

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

1–1

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

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

1–0

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: 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	Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	24
2	Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart	19
3	Kevin Kurányi	Schalke 04	15
4	Ivica Olić	Hamburger SV	14
	Markus Rosenberg	Werder Bremen
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:^[12] Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)

Manager of the Year:^[12] 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

Champion squad

FC Bayern Munich

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (26); Michael Rensing (10). Defenders: Christian Lell (29 / 1); Martín Demichelis (28 / 1); Lúcio (24 / 1); Philipp Lahm (22); Daniel Van Buyten (19 / 1); Marcell Jansen (17), Willy Sagnol (9); Breno (1). Midfielders: Zé Roberto (30 / 5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (30 / 1); Franck Ribéry (28 / 11); Mark van Bommel (27 / 2); Hamit Altıntop (23 / 3); Andreas Ottl (19 / 3); José Ernesto Sosa (15); Toni Kroos (12). Forwards: Luca Toni (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 ; Julio dos Santos ; Stephan Fürstner. Transferred out during the season: Mats Hummels (to Borussia Dortmund); Valérien Ismaël (to Hannover 96); Julio dos Santos (on loans to UD Almería and then Grêmio).

References

1. Karsten Heine at fussballdaten.de (German)
2. Lucien Favre at fussballdaten.de (German)
3. Klaus Augenthaler at fussballdaten.de (German)
4. Felix Magath at fussballdaten.de (German)
5. Petrik Sander at fussballdaten.de (German)
6. Bojan Prašnikar at fussballdaten.de (German)
7. Ernst Middendorp at fussballdaten.de (German)
8. Michael Frontzeck at fussballdaten.de (German)
9. Mirko Slomka at fussballdaten.de (German)
10. Mike Büskens at fussballdaten.de (German)
11. Youri Mulder at fussballdaten.de (German)
12. "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 (German)
• Kicker.de (German)
• Official site of the Bundesliga (German)
• Official site of the Bundesliga