2007–08 Bundesliga Explained

Competition:Bundesliga
Season:2007–08
Dates:10 August 2007 – 17 May 2008
Winners:Bayern Munich
20th Bundesliga title
21st German title
Runners-Up:Werder Bremen
Relegated:1. FC Nürnberg
Hansa Rostock
MSV Duisburg
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Bayern Munich
Werder Bremen
Schalke 04
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Hamburger SV
VfL Wolfsburg
Borussia Dortmund (via domestic cup)
Hertha BSC (via Fair Play)
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:VfB Stuttgart
League Topscorer: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)
Matches:306
Total Goals:860
Average Attendance:37,644
Prevseason:2006–07
Nextseason: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

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
BerlinOlympic Stadium74,228
BielefeldSchüco Arena28,008
BochumRuhrstadion31,328
BremenWeserstadion42,358
CottbusStadion der Freundschaft22,450
DortmundSignal Iduna Park80,708
DuisburgMSV-Arena31,500
FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena52,300
HamburgHSH Nordbank Arena57,274
HanoverAWD-Arena49,000
KarlsruheWildparkstadion32,306
LeverkusenBayArena22,500
MunichAllianz Arena69,901
NurembergEasy Credit Stadion47,559
RostockDKB-Arena29,000
GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,673
StuttgartGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion58,000
WolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,122

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Hertha BSC Lucien Favre Arne FriedrichNikeDB
Arminia Bielefeld Michael Frontzeck Mathias HainSallerKrombacher
VfL Bochum Marcel Koller Tomasz ZdebelUmbroKiK
SV Werder Bremen Frank BaumannKappaCitibank
FC Energie Cottbus Bojan Prašnikar Timo RostSallerenviaM
Borussia Dortmund Thomas Doll Christian WörnsNikeEvonik
MSV Duisburg Rudolf Bommer Ivica GrlićUhlsportXella
Eintracht Frankfurt Friedhelm Funkel Giannis AmanatidisJakoFraport
Hamburger SV Huub Stevens Rafael van der VaartAdidasEmirates
Hannover 96 Dieter HeckingDiadoraTUIfly
Karlsruher SC Edmund Becker Mario EggimannJakoEnBW
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Michael Skibbe Carsten RamelowAdidasTeldafax
FC Bayern Munich Ottmar Hitzfeld Oliver KahnAdidasT-Home
1. FC Nürnberg Thomas von Heesen Tomáš GalásekAdidasmister*lady
FC Hansa Rostock Frank Pagelsdorf Stefan BeinlichMasitaKiK
FC Schalke 04 Mike Büskens
Youri Mulder
Marcelo BordonAdidasGazprom
VfB Stuttgart Armin Veh Fernando MeiraPumaEnBW
VfL Wolfsburg Felix Magath MarcelinhoNikeVolkswagen/Tiguan/Ein Herz für Kinder

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerDate of departureReplaced byDate of Appointment
Hertha BSC Karsten Heine19 May 2007 Lucien Favre1 July 2007
VfL Wolfsburg Klaus Augenthaler19 May 2007 Felix Magath1 July 2007
Energie Cottbus Petrik Sander23 September 2007 Bojan Prašnikar28 September 2007
Arminia Bielefeld Ernst Middendorp10 December 2007 Michael Frontzeck1 January 2008
FC Schalke 04 Mirko Slomka13 April 2008 Mike Büskens
Youri Mulder
14 April 2008

League table

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: www.kicker.de

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Luca ToniBayern Munich24
2 Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart19
3 Kevin KurányiSchalke 0415
4 Ivica OlićHamburger SV14
Markus RosenbergWerder Bremen
6 DiegoWerder Bremen13
Marko PantelićHertha BSC
Mladen PetrićBorussia Dortmund
Stanislav ŠestákVfL Bochum
10 Rafael van der VaartHamburger SV12

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year:[2] Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)

Manager of the Year:[2] Ottmar Hitzfeld (Bayern Munich)

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

MonthPlayerTeam
August Franck RibéryBayern Munich
September DiegoWerder Bremen
October Ivica OlićHamburger SV
November Thomas HitzlspergerVfB Stuttgart
December DiegoWerder Bremen
February Joshua KennedyKarlsruher SC
March Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart
April Kevin KurányiFC Schalke 04
May Torsten FringsWerder Bremen

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bundesliga 2007/2008 » Schedule . WorldFootball.net . 13 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Die Ergebnisse . Kicker Online . 6 August 2008 . 6 August 2008 . de. https://web.archive.org/web/20080809010305/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/381557/. 9 August 2008 . live.