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.
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.
Backgroundedit
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.
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.
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]
^"Nürnberg unter Wasser" [Nuremberg under water]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ ab"Die Ergebnisse" (in German). Kicker Online. 6 August 2008. from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
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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 BundesligaSeason2007 08Dates10 August 2007 17 May 2008ChampionsBayern Munich20th Bundesliga title21st German titleRelegated1 FC NurnbergHansa RostockMSV DuisburgChampions LeagueBayern MunichWerder BremenSchalke 04UEFA CupHamburger SVVfL WolfsburgBorussia Dortmund via domestic cup Hertha BSC via Fair Play Intertoto CupVfB StuttgartMatches played306Goals scored860 2 81 per match Top goalscorerLuca Toni 24 Biggest home winBremen 8 1 Bielefeld 29 September 2007 Hamburg 7 0 Karlsruhe 17 May 2008 Biggest away winBremen 0 4 Bayern 18 August 2007 Highest scoringBremen 8 1 Bielefeld 29 September 2007 Stuttgart 6 3 Bremen 8 March 2008 Average attendance37 644 2006 072008 09 Contents 1 Competition format 2 Background 3 Teams 3 1 Stadia and locations 3 2 Personnel and kits 3 3 Managerial changes 4 League table 5 Results 6 Statistics 6 1 Top goalscorers 7 Awards 7 1 Annual awards 7 2 Monthly awards 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksCompetition format editEvery 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 editBayern 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 Ribery 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 Nurnberg MSV Duisburg and Hansa Rostock were all automatically relegated having suffered a combined 58 defeats in the campaign Teams editMainz 05 Alemannia Aachen and Borussia Monchengladbach 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 teamsHertha 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 Nurnberg Hansa Rostock 2006 07 2 Bundesliga runner up Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg Stadia and locations edit nbsp nbsp Hertha BSC nbsp Bielefeld nbsp Bochum nbsp Bremen nbsp Cottbus nbsp Dortmund nbsp Duisburg nbsp Frankfurt nbsp Hamburg nbsp Hannover nbsp Karlsruhe nbsp Leverkusen nbsp Bayern nbsp Nurnberg nbsp Rostock nbsp Schalke nbsp Stuttgart nbsp Wolfsburgclass notpageimage Location of teams in the 2007 08 Bundesliga Team Location Venue CapacityHertha BSC Berlin Olympic Stadium 74 228Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schuco Arena 28 008VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 31 328SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 42 358FC Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22 450Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 80 708MSV Duisburg Duisburg MSV Arena 31 500Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena 52 300Hamburger SV Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena 57 274Hannover 96 Hanover AWD Arena 49 000Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 32 306Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 22 500FC Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 69 9011 FC Nurnberg Nuremberg Easy Credit Stadion 47 559F C Hansa Rostock Rostock DKB Arena 29 000FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins Arena 61 673VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb Daimler Stadion 58 000VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30 122Personnel and kits edit Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorHertha BSC nbsp Lucien Favre nbsp Arne Friedrich Nike DBArminia Bielefeld nbsp Michael Frontzeck nbsp Mathias Hain Saller KrombacherVfL Bochum nbsp Marcel Koller nbsp Tomasz Zdebel Umbro KiKSV Werder Bremen nbsp Thomas Schaaf nbsp Frank Baumann Kappa CitibankFC Energie Cottbus nbsp Bojan Prasnikar nbsp Timo Rost Saller enviaMBorussia Dortmund nbsp Thomas Doll nbsp Christian Worns Nike EvonikMSV Duisburg nbsp Rudolf Bommer nbsp Ivica Grlic Uhlsport XellaEintracht Frankfurt nbsp Friedhelm Funkel nbsp Giannis Amanatidis Jako FraportHamburger SV nbsp Huub Stevens nbsp Rafael van der Vaart Adidas EmiratesHannover 96 nbsp Dieter Hecking nbsp Robert Enke Diadora TUIflyKarlsruher SC nbsp Edmund Becker nbsp Mario Eggimann Jako EnBWBayer 04 Leverkusen nbsp Michael Skibbe nbsp Carsten Ramelow Adidas TeldafaxFC Bayern Munich nbsp Ottmar Hitzfeld nbsp Oliver Kahn Adidas T Home1 FC Nurnberg nbsp Thomas von Heesen nbsp Tomas Galasek Adidas mister ladyFC Hansa Rostock nbsp Frank Pagelsdorf nbsp Stefan Beinlich Masita KiKFC Schalke 04 nbsp Mike Buskens nbsp Youri Mulder nbsp Marcelo Bordon Adidas GazpromVfB Stuttgart nbsp Armin Veh nbsp Fernando Meira Puma EnBWVfL Wolfsburg nbsp Felix Magath nbsp Marcelinho Nike VolkswagenManagerial changes edit Team Outgoing manager Date of departure Replaced by Date of AppointmentHertha BSC nbsp Karsten Heine 19 May 2007 2 nbsp Lucien Favre 1 July 2007 3 VfL Wolfsburg nbsp Klaus Augenthaler 19 May 2007 4 nbsp Felix Magath 1 July 2007 5 Energie Cottbus nbsp Petrik Sander 23 September 2007 6 nbsp Bojan Prasnikar 28 September 2007 7 Arminia Bielefeld nbsp Ernst Middendorp 10 December 2007 8 nbsp Michael Frontzeck 1 January 2008 9 FC Schalke 04 nbsp Mirko Slomka 13 April 2008 10 nbsp Mike Buskens nbsp Youri Mulder 14 April 2008 11 12 League table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 Bayern Munich C 34 22 10 2 68 21 47 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage2 Werder Bremen 34 20 6 8 75 45 30 663 Schalke 04 34 18 10 6 55 32 23 64 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round4 Hamburger SV 34 14 12 8 47 26 21 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round5 VfL Wolfsburg 34 15 9 10 58 46 12 546 VfB Stuttgart 34 16 4 14 57 57 0 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round7 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 57 40 17 518 Hannover 96 34 13 10 11 54 56 2 499 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 12 10 12 43 50 7 4610 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 4312 VfL Bochum 34 10 11 13 48 54 6 4113 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 3615 Arminia Bielefeld 34 8 10 16 35 60 25 3416 1 FC Nurnberg R 34 7 10 17 35 51 16 31 Relegation to 2 Bundesliga17 Hansa Rostock R 34 8 6 20 30 52 22 3018 MSV Duisburg R 34 8 5 21 36 55 19 29Source www dfb deRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champions R RelegatedNotes 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 editHome Away BSC DSC BOC SVW FCE BVB DUI SGE HSV H96 KSC B04 FCB FCN ROS S04 VFB WOBHertha 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 1Arminia 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 1VfL 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 3Werder 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 1Energie 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 2Borussia 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 4MSV 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 3Eintracht 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 3Hamburger 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 2Hannover 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 2Karlsruher 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 1Bayer 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 2Bayern 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 11 FC Nurnberg 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 1Schalke 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 2VfB 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 1VfL 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 DFBLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Notes The 1 FC Nurnberg 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 editTop goalscorers edit Source www kicker de in German Rank Player Club Goals1 nbsp Luca Toni Bayern Munich 242 nbsp Mario Gomez VfB Stuttgart 193 nbsp Kevin Kuranyi Schalke 04 154 nbsp Ivica Olic Hamburger SV 14 nbsp Markus Rosenberg Werder Bremen6 nbsp Diego Werder Bremen 13 nbsp Marko Pantelic Hertha BSC nbsp Mladen Petric Borussia Dortmund nbsp Stanislav Sestak VfL Bochum10 nbsp Rafael van der Vaart Hamburger SV 12Awards editAnnual awards edit Player of the Year 14 nbsp Franck Ribery Bayern Munich Manager of the Year 14 nbsp Ottmar Hitzfeld Bayern Munich Monthly awards edit Player of the Month Month Player TeamAugust nbsp Franck Ribery Bayern MunichSeptember nbsp Diego Werder BremenOctober nbsp Ivica Olic Hamburger SVNovember nbsp Thomas Hitzlsperger VfB StuttgartDecember nbsp Diego Werder BremenFebruary nbsp Joshua Kennedy Karlsruher SCMarch nbsp Mario Gomez VfB StuttgartApril nbsp Kevin Kuranyi FC Schalke 04May nbsp Torsten Frings Werder BremenSee also editList of German football transfers summer 2007 List of German football transfers winter 2007 08References edit 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 Prasnikar 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 Buskens at fussballdaten de in German Youri Mulder at fussballdaten de in German Nurnberg unter Wasser Nuremberg under water kicker de 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 edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fussball Bundesliga 2007 2008 Official site of the DFB in German Kicker de in German Official site of the Bundesliga in German Official site of the 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