The 2007–08 Bundesliga was the 45th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 10 August 2007, with defending champion VfB Stuttgart hosting Schalke 04, 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 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 conceded only 21 goals, and lost 2 games. Their completely overhauled squad hinged on the performances of Italy striker Luca Toni, who scored 24 goals, and France winger Franck Ribéry, who won the Player of the Year award. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld was named Manager of the Year. Werder Bremen finished their first season without Miroslav Klose on 66 points, 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, despite finishing 13th, managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as well, having been 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
TeamLocationVenueCapacityBerlinOlympic Stadium74,228BielefeldSchüco Arena28,008 BochumRuhrstadion31,328 BremenWeserstadion42,358 CottbusStadion der Freundschaft22,450 DortmundSignal Iduna Park80,708 DuisburgMSV-Arena31,500 FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena52,300HamburgHSH Nordbank Arena57,274HanoverAWD-Arena49,000KarlsruheWildparkstadion32,306LeverkusenBayArena22,500MunichAllianz Arena69,901NurembergEasy Credit Stadion47,559RostockDKB-Arena29,000GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,673StuttgartGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion58,000 WolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,122
Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorHertha BSC Lucien Favre Arne FriedrichNikeDBArminia Bielefeld Michael Frontzeck Mathias HainSallerKrombacherVfL Bochum Marcel Koller Tomasz ZdebelUmbroKiKSV Werder Bremen Thomas Schaaf Frank BaumannKappaCitibankFC Energie Cottbus Bojan Prašnikar Timo RostSallerenviaMBorussia Dortmund Thomas Doll Christian WörnsNikeEvonikMSV Duisburg Rudi Bommer Ivica GrlićUhlsportXellaEintracht Frankfurt Friedhelm Funkel Giannis AmanatidisJakoFraportHamburger SV Huub Stevens Rafael van der VaartAdidasEmiratesHannover 96 Dieter Hecking Robert Enke DiadoraTUIflyKarlsruher SC Edmund Becker Mario EggimannJakoEnBWBayer 04 Leverkusen Michael Skibbe Carsten RamelowAdidasTeldafaxFC Bayern Munich Ottmar Hitzfeld Oliver KahnAdidasT-Home1. FC Nürnberg Thomas von Heesen Tomáš GalásekAdidasmister*ladyFC Hansa Rostock Frank Pagelsdorf Stefan BeinlichMasitaKiKFC Schalke 04 Mike Büskens Youri Mulder Marcelo BordonAdidasGazpromVfB Stuttgart Armin Veh Fernando MeiraPumaEnBWVfL Wolfsburg Felix Magath MarcelinhoNikeVolkswagen/Tiguan/Ein Herz für Kinder
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerDate of departureReplaced byDate of AppointmentHertha BSC Karsten Heine19 May 2007 Lucien Favre1 July 2007VfL Wolfsburg Klaus Augenthaler19 May 2007 Felix Magath1 July 2007Energie Cottbus Petrik Sander23 September 2007 Bojan Prašnikar28 September 2007Arminia Bielefeld Ernst Middendorp10 December 2007 Michael Frontzeck1 January 2008FC Schalke 04 Mirko Slomka13 April 2008 Mike Büskens Youri Mulder14 April 2008
League table
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers Source: www.kicker.de Rank Player Club Goals1 Luca Toni Bayern Munich242 Mario Gómez VfB Stuttgart193 Kevin Kurányi Schalke 04154 Ivica Olić Hamburger SV14 Markus Rosenberg Werder Bremen6 Diego Werder Bremen13 Marko Pantelić Hertha BSC Mladen Petrić Borussia Dortmund Stanislav Šesták VfL Bochum10 Rafael van der Vaart Hamburger SV12
Awards
Annual awards Player of the Year: Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Manager of the Year: Ottmar Hitzfeld (Bayern Munich)
Monthly awards Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamAugust Franck RibéryBayern MunichSeptember DiegoWerder BremenOctober Ivica OlićHamburger SVNovember Thomas HitzlspergerVfB StuttgartDecember DiegoWerder BremenFebruary Joshua KennedyKarlsruher SCMarch Mario GómezVfB StuttgartApril Kevin KurányiFC Schalke 04May Torsten FringsWerder Bremen Team of the Season
Team of the Season Goalkeeper René Adler (Bayer Leverkusen) Defence Naldo(Werder Bremen) Martín Demichelis(Bayern Munich) Marcelo Bordon(Schalke 04) Per Mertesacker(Werder Bremen) Midfield Diego(Werder Bremen) Zé Roberto(Bayern Munich) Simon Rolfes(Bayer Leverkusen) Franck Ribéry(Bayern Munich) Attack Mario Gómez(VfB Stuttgart) Luca Toni(Bayern Munich)
Attendances
Source:
No. Team Average Change Highest 1 Borussia Dortmund 72,510 -0,2% 80,708 2 Bayern München 69,000 0,9% 69,000 3 Schalke 04 61,274 -0,1% 61,482 4 Hamburger SV 55,120 -1,6% 57,000 5 VfB Stuttgart 50,706 10,5% 57,500 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 48,300 1,4% 51,500 7 Hertha BSC 45,482 -6,6% 74,220 8 1. FC Nürnberg 43,470 4,6% 46,780 9 Werder Bremen 40,267 -1,5% 42,100 10 Hannover 96 40,233 3,9% 49,000 11 Karlsruher SC 28,840 16,5% 30,702 12 MSV Duisburg 25,041 38,9% 31,500 13 VfL Wolfsburg 24,407 9,3% 30,000 14 VfL Bochum 24,399 -2,3% 31,328 15 Bayer Leverkusen 22,471 0,3% 22,500 16 Arminia Bielefeld 21,518 -7,0% 27,400 17 Hansa Rostock 20,353 4,8% 29,000 18 Energie Cottbus 16,598 3,3% 22,746
See also List of German football transfers summer 2007 List of German football transfers winter 2007–08
References
External links
Official site of the DFB Kicker.de Official site of the Bundesliga Official site of the Bundesliga