2007–08 2. Bundesliga

The 2007–08 2. Bundesliga was the 34th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany football league. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008.

2. Bundesliga

Season	2007–08
Champions	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Promoted	Borussia Mönchengladbach TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln
Relegated	Kickers Offenbach Erzgebirge Aue SC Paderborn 07 Carl Zeiss Jena
Matches played	306
Goals scored	872 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Milivoje Novakovič (20)
Biggest home win	Paderborn 6–0 St. Pauli
Biggest away win	Koblenz 0–5 M'gladbach
Highest scoring	Greuther Fürth 6–3 Osnabrück
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln were promoted to the Bundesliga. Kickers Offenbach, FC Erzgebirge Aue, SC Paderborn 07 and FC Carl Zeiss Jena were relegated to the new 3. Liga.

Aachen

Aue

Augsburg

Cologne

Freiburg

Fürth

Hoffenheim

Jena

Kaiserslautern

Koblenz

Mainz

Mönchengladbach

Munich

Offenbach

Osnabrück

Paderborn

St. Pauli

Wiesbaden

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Locations of the participating teams of the 2007–08 season

League table

In the previous season, 1. FSV Mainz 05, Alemannia Aachen and Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated to this division from the Bundesliga, and SV Wehen Wiesbaden, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, FC St. Pauli and VfL Osnabrück were promoted from the Regionalliga.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (C, P)	34	18	12	4	71	38	+33	66	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1899 Hoffenheim (P)	34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	60
3	1. FC Köln (P)	34	17	9	8	62	44	+18	60
4	Mainz 05	34	16	10	8	62	36	+26	58
5	SC Freiburg	34	15	10	9	49	44	+5	55
6	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	14	10	10	53	47	+6	52
7	Alemannia Aachen	34	14	9	11	49	44	+5	51
8	Wehen Wiesbaden	34	11	11	12	47	53	−6	44
9	FC St. Pauli	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	42
10	TuS Koblenz^[a]	34	12	11	11	46	47	−1	41
11	1860 Munich	34	9	14	11	42	45	−3	41
12	VfL Osnabrück	34	10	10	14	43	54	−11	40
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	9	12	13	37	37	0	39
14	FC Augsburg	34	10	8	16	39	51	−12	38
15	Kickers Offenbach (R)	34	9	11	14	38	60	−22	38	Relegation to 3. Liga
16	Erzgebirge Aue (R)	34	7	11	16	49	57	−8	32
17	SC Paderborn (R)	34	6	13	15	33	54	−21	31
18	Carl Zeiss Jena (R)	34	6	11	17	45	68	−23	29

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Due to licensing irregularities TuS Koblenz were given a six points deduction.

Results

Home \ Away	AAC	AUE	FCA	SCF	SGF	TSG	JEN	FCK	KOB	KOE	M05	BMG	M60	KOF	OSN	SCP	STP	WEH
Alemannia Aachen	—	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–5	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–3
Erzgebirge Aue	2–1	—	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	5–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	3–3	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	6–0	0–0	3–0
FC Augsburg	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–6	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	5–1
SC Freiburg	1–0	2–0	1–0	—	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2
Greuther Fürth	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	—	4–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	6–3	1–1	2–1	1–1
1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	—	5–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	4–2	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–3
Carl Zeiss Jena	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–3	—	2–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–2
TuS Koblenz	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	—	1–2	1–1	0–5	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
1. FC Köln	0–1	3–2	3–0	1–3	0–0	3–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Mainz 05	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	—	4–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	6–1	5–1	3–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	2–0	4–2	2–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
1860 Munich	0–0	5–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Kickers Offenbach	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–7	2–0	—	3–3	2–1	4–3	0–0
VfL Osnabrück	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	0–2
SC Paderborn	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	3–1	0–2	1–3	—	4–1	1–1
FC St. Pauli	0–2	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–4	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	—	1–1
Wehen Wiesbaden	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	4–3	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	—

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

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
20	Milivoje Novakovič	1. FC Köln
18	Rob Friend	Borussia Mönchengladbach
17	Patrick Helmes	1. FC Köln
16	Félix Borja	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Thomas Reichenberger	VfL Osnabrück
15	Oliver Neuville	Borussia Mönchengladbach
12	Chinedu Obasi	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
	Stefan Reisinger	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
	Suat Türker	Kickers Offenbach
	Demba Ba	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

Stadia

Stadium	Team	Stadium	Team
Stadion am Bruchweg	1. FSV Mainz 05	Erzgebirgsstadion	FC Erzgebirge Aue
Tivoli	Alemannia Aachen	Hermann Löns Stadium	SC Paderborn 07
Borussia-Park	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stadion Oberwerth	TuS Koblenz
Badenova-Stadion	SC Freiburg	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Playmobil-Stadion	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bieberer Berg Stadion	Kickers Offenbach
Fritz-Walter-Stadion	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berliner Strasse Stadion	SV Wehen
Rosenaustadion	FC Augsburg	Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Allianz Arena	TSV 1860 Munich	Millerntor-Stadion	FC St. Pauli
RheinEnergieStadion	1. FC Köln	Osnatel-Arena	VfL Osnabrück

External links

• Official Site of the DFB (in German)
• (in German)
• Official Bundesliga site 23 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
• Official Bundesliga site 8 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine