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.
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.
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.
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.
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
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Berlin | Olympic Stadium | 74,228 | ||
Bielefeld | Schüco Arena | 28,008 | ||
Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 31,328 | ||
Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,358 | ||
Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,450 | ||
Dortmund | Signal Iduna Park | 80,708 | ||
Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,500 | ||
Frankfurt | Commerzbank-Arena | 52,300 | ||
Hamburg | HSH Nordbank Arena | 57,274 | ||
Hanover | AWD-Arena | 49,000 | ||
Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 32,306 | ||
Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 | ||
Munich | Allianz Arena | 69,901 | ||
Nuremberg | Easy Credit Stadion | 47,559 | ||
Rostock | DKB-Arena | 29,000 | ||
Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 61,673 | ||
Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 58,000 | ||
Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,122 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of departure | Replaced by | Date of Appointment | |
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Hertha BSC | Karsten Heine | 19 May 2007 | Lucien Favre | 1 July 2007 | |
VfL Wolfsburg | Klaus Augenthaler | 19 May 2007 | Felix Magath | 1 July 2007 | |
Energie Cottbus | Petrik Sander | 23 September 2007 | Bojan Prašnikar | 28 September 2007 | |
Arminia Bielefeld | Ernst Middendorp | 10 December 2007 | Michael Frontzeck | 1 January 2008 | |
FC Schalke 04 | Mirko Slomka | 13 April 2008 | Mike Büskens Youri Mulder | 14 April 2008 |
Source: www.kicker.de
Player of the Year:[2] Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Manager of the Year:[2] Ottmar Hitzfeld (Bayern Munich)
Player of the Month
Month | Player | Team | |
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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 |