Football Bundesliga 2007/08

Bundesliga 2007/08
master	FC Bayern Munich
Champions League	FC Bayern Munich Werder Bremen
Champions League qualification	FC Schalke 04
Uefa cup	Hamburger SV VfL Wolfsburg Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Cup qualification	Hertha BSC
UI cup	VfB Stuttgart
Cup winners	FC Bayern Munich
Relegated	1. FC Nuremberg Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	860  (ø 2.81 per game)
spectator	11,815,215  (ø 38,612 per game)
Top scorer	Luca Toni ( FC Bayern Munich )
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Bundesliga clubs 2007/08

League leader

Bottom of the table

The 2007/08 Bundesliga was the 45th season of the top German division in football . It started on August 10, 2007 with the game of champions VfB Stuttgart against runner-up FC Schalke 04 and ended on May 17, 2008.

The German champions became the record title holder FC Bayern Munich , who already won the 21st championship mathematically with a goalless draw in Wolfsburg on matchday 31 . Bayern had previously won the DFB Cup with a 2-1 after extra time in the final against Borussia Dortmund .

1. FC Nürnberg as the reigning cup winner and the two promoted Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg had to relegate .

Season course

FC Hansa Rostock versus SV Werder Bremen on April 15, 2008

Championship decision

The German record champions Bayern Munich ultimately confidently secured their twentieth title in the Bundesliga and thus the 21st championship; At the end of the season, they were ten points ahead of runner-up Werder Bremen and the fewest goals conceded to date (21) in the history of the Bundesliga. Bayern, who were leaders from the first day of the season and only experienced a slight phase of weakness towards the end of the first half of the season, benefited from mistakes by their pursuers at the beginning of the second half. Bremen in particular, which was still level on points with Bayern at the winter break, lost contact to the eventual champions in this phase, but was able to maintain its position in second place after a strong season finale. Schalke 04 finished third, two points behind.

The reigning champions from Stuttgart were only able to save themselves in the UI Cup after a disappointing start to the season. Towards the end, Hamburger SV and - somewhat surprisingly - VfL Wolfsburg under the new coach Felix Magath had an easy battle for places in the UEFA Cup Nose ahead. Wolfsburg had finished the first half of the season in eleventh place after numerous newcomers, but reached third place in the second half of the table.

midfield

In the first half of the season, the Karlsruher SC caused a sensation, wintering as a climber in sixth place. After a decent start to the second half of the season, the Baden team fell noticeably in the spring and ended the season as the second-worst team in the second half of the season in eleventh place. Bayer Leverkusen, which was able to keep up with the UEFA Cup places until the middle of the second half of the season, lost a good position in the last games of the season and did not achieve an international starting position for the first time since 2002/03. This led to the dismissal of coach Michael Skibbe .

Borussia Dortmund ended the season on a disappointing 13th place, but was qualified for an international competition for the first time since the 2004/05 season due to reaching the DFB Cup final. Nevertheless, the club split from coach Thomas Doll after the season . The table tenth Hertha BSC received another UEFA Cup starting place through the fair play classification.

Relegation battle

Already at the winter break there were signs that there would be a pentathlon for relegation behind a broad midfield. In addition to the two climbers from Duisburg and Rostock, Energie Cottbus, Arminia Bielefeld and the previous year's cup winners from 1. FC Nürnberg were in a relegation battle for a long time. While Cottbus (after a coach change from Petrik Sander to Bojan Prašnikar ) managed to stay in the league on matchday 33, Arminia Bielefeld ( Michael Frontzeck had replaced Ernst Middendorp in winter) and 1. FC Nuremberg on the last matchday a long-distance duel to stay in the elite class. In the end , after a 2-0 draw against Schalke 04, the Franconians, who had replaced coach Hans Meyer with Thomas von Heesen in February, only left the ungrateful 16th place in the table and the associated seventh relegation to the second division, while Bielefeld was second with a 2 : 2 against last year's champions VfB Stuttgart secured relegation.

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich	34	22nd	10	2	068:210	+47	76
2.	Werder Bremen	34	20th	6th	8th	075:450	+30	66
3.	FC Schalke 04	34	18th	10	6th	055:320	+23	64
4th	Hamburger SV	34	14th	12	8th	047:260	+21	54
5.	VfL Wolfsburg	34	15th	9	10	058:460	+12	54
6th	VfB Stuttgart (M)	34	16	4th	14th	057:570	± 0	52
7th	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	34	15th	6th	13	057:400	+17	51
8th.	Hannover 96	34	13	10	11	054:560	−2	49
9.	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	12	10	12	043:500	−7	46
10.	Hertha BSC	34	12	8th	14th	039:440	−5	44
11.	Karlsruher SC (N)	34	11	10	13	038:530	−15	43
12.	VfL Bochum	34	10	11	13	048:540	−6	41
13.	Borussia Dortmund	34	10	10	14th	050:620	−12	40
14th	Energy Cottbus	34	9	9	16	035:560	−21	36
15th	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8th	10	16	035:600	−25	34
16.	1. FC Nuremberg (P)	34	7th	10	17th	035:510	−16	31
17th	Hansa Rostock (N)	34	8th	6th	20th	030:520	−22	30th
18th	MSV Duisburg (N)	34	8th	5	21st	036:550	−19	29

German champion, DFB-Pokal winner and participation in the UEFA Champions League 2008/09 : FC Bayern Munich

Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2008/09: Werder Bremen

Participation in the Champions League qualification 2008/09: FC Schalke 04

Participation in the UEFA Cup 2008/09 : Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund (as defeated cup finalists)

Participation in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup qualification: Hertha BSC (via the fair play rating )

Participation in the UI-Cup 2008 : VfB Stuttgart

Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2008/09 : 1. FC Nuremberg, Hansa Rostock, MSV Duisburg

(M)	German champion 2006/07
(P)	DFB Cup winner 2006/07
(N)	Promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga 2006/07

Table history

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2007/08

01.

FC Bayern Munich

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

4: 1

2: 1

3-0

0-0

4: 1

2-0

3: 1

5-0

5-0

2-0

3-0

3-0

0-0

02.

Werder Bremen

0: 4

5: 1

2: 1

0: 1

4: 1

5: 2

6: 1

2: 1

3: 2

4-0

1: 2

2-0

2-0

8: 1

2-0

1-0

1: 2

03.

FC Schalke 04

0: 1

1: 1

1: 1

1: 2

4: 1

1: 1

1: 1

1-0

1-0

0: 2

1-0

4: 1

5-0

3-0

2: 1

1-0

2: 1

04th

Hamburger SV

1: 1

0: 1

0: 1

2: 2

4: 1

1-0

1: 1

4: 1

2: 1

7-0

3-0

1-0

0-0

1: 1

1-0

2-0

0: 1

05.

VfL Wolfsburg

0-0

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

4-0

1: 2

3: 2

2: 2

0-0

1: 2

0: 1

4-0

3-0

1: 3

3: 1

1-0

2: 1

06th

VfB Stuttgart

3: 1

6: 3

2: 2

1-0

3: 1

1-0

0: 2

4: 1

1: 3

3: 1

1-0

1: 2

3-0

2: 2

3-0

4: 1

1-0

07th

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

0: 1

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

2: 2

3-0

2-0

0: 2

1: 2

3-0

2-0

2: 2

0-0

4-0

4: 1

3-0

4: 1

08th.

Hannover 96

0: 3

4: 3

2: 3

0: 1

2: 2

0-0

0: 3

2: 1

2: 2

2: 2

3: 2

2: 1

4-0

2: 2

2: 1

3-0

2: 1

09.

Eintracht Frankfurt

1: 3

1-0

2: 2

2: 1

2: 3

1: 4

2: 1

0-0

1-0

0: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

2: 1

1: 3

1-0

4: 2

10.

Hertha BSC

0-0

1: 2

1: 2

0-0

2: 1

3: 1

0: 3

1-0

0: 3

3: 1

2-0

3: 2

0-0

1-0

1-0

1: 3

2-0

11.

Karlsruher SC

1: 4

3: 3

0-0

1: 1

3: 1

1-0

2: 2

1: 2

0: 1

2: 1

1: 3

3: 1

1: 1

0-0

2-0

1: 2

1-0

12.

VfL Bochum

1: 2

2: 2

0: 3

2: 1

5: 3

1: 1

2-0

2: 1

0-0

1: 1

2: 2

3: 3

3: 3

3-0

3: 3

1: 2

1: 1

13.

Borussia Dortmund

0-0

3-0

2: 3

0: 3

2: 4

3: 2

2: 1

1: 3

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

3-0

6: 1

0-0

1-0

1: 3

14th

Energy Cottbus

2-0

0: 2

1-0

2-0

1: 2

0: 1

2: 3

5: 1

2: 2

2: 1

2-0

1: 2

0: 2

1-0

1: 1

2: 1

1: 2

15th

Arminia Bielefeld

0: 1

1: 1

0: 2

0: 1

0: 1

2-0

1-0

0: 2

2: 2

2-0

1-0

2-0

2: 2

1: 1

3: 1

4: 2

0: 2

16.

1. FC Nuremberg

1: 1

0: 1

0: 2

0-0

1: 0 1

0: 1

1: 2

2: 2

5: 1

2: 1

0: 2

1: 1

2-0

1: 1

2: 2

1: 1

2-0

17th

Hansa Rostock

1: 2

1: 2

1: 1

1: 3

0: 1

2: 1

1: 2

0: 3

1-0

0-0

0-0

2-0

0: 1

3: 2

1: 1

1: 2

2-0

18th

MSV Duisburg

2: 3

1: 3

0: 2

0: 1

1: 3

2: 3

3: 2

1: 1

0: 1

1: 2

0: 1

0: 2

3: 3

0: 1

3-0

1-0

1: 1

¹ The game was canceled after the first half because the pitch was unplayable due to heavy rain when the score was 1-0 for Nuremberg and was rescheduled on April 20.

List of goalscorers

Luca Toni

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
01		Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	24
02		Mario Gomez	VfB Stuttgart	19th
03		Kevin Kuranyi	Schalke 04	15th
04th		Ivica Olić	Hamburger SV	14th
		Markus Rosenberg	Werder Bremen
06th		Diego	Werder Bremen	13
		Marko Pantelić	Hertha BSC
		Mladen Petrić	Borussia Dortmund
		Stanislav Šesták	VfL Bochum
10		Rafael van der Vaart	Hamburger SV	12

Scorer list

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	total	Gates	templates
1		Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	31	24	7th
2		Diego	Werder Bremen	24	13	11
3		Markus Rosenberg	Werder Bremen	23	14th	9
4th		Mario Gomez	VfB Stuttgart	22nd	19th	3
		Stanislav Šesták	VfL Bochum		13	9
		Rafael van der Vaart	Hamburger SV		12	10
7th		Ivica Olić	Hamburger SV	19th	14th	5
		Franck Ribery	Bayern Munich		11	8th
9		Ioannis Amanatidis	Eintracht Frankfurt	18th	11	7th
		Miroslav Klose	Bayern Munich		10	8th

Venues

society	Stadium (sponsor name)	capacity		society	Stadium (sponsor name)	capacity
Hertha BSC	Olympiastadion Berlin	74,400		Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion (HSH Nordbank Arena)	57,000
Arminia Bielefeld	SchücoArena	26,601		Karlsruher SC	Wildlife Park Stadium	29,699
VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion (Rewirpowerstadion)	31,328		Bayer Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
SV Werder Bremen	Weser Stadium	42,358		FC Bayern Munich	Allianz Arena	69.901
Energy Cottbus	Friendship Stadium	22,746		1. FC Nuremberg	Easycredit Stadium	47,500
Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)	80,708		Hansa Rostock	Ostseestadion (DKB-Arena)	30,000
MSV Duisburg	MSV arena	31,500		FC Schalke 04	Veltins Arena	61,482
Eintracht Frankfurt	Commerzbank Arena	52,300		VfB Stuttgart	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium	57,000
Hannover 96	AWD arena	49,000		VfL Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000

Used referees

Surname	Born	Regional association	Number d. Games				annotation
Felix Brych	08/03/1975	Bavaria	19th	64	1	1	FIFA referee
Jochen Drees	03/15/1970	southwest	15th	48	1	1
Herbert Fandel	03/09/1964	Rhineland	24	98	3	1	FIFA referee
Helmut Fleischer	March 22, 1964	Bavaria	15th	49	0	3
Peter Gagelmann	06/09/1968	Bremen	18th	68	0	1
Manuel Graefe	09/21/1973	Berlin	18th	79	4th	1	FIFA referee
Michael Kempter	01/28/1983	South Baden	14th	55	0	0
Thorsten Kinhöfer	06/27/1968	Westphalia	15th	85	6th	6th	FIFA referee
Knut Kircher	02/02/1969	Württemberg	15th	56	2	0	FIFA referee
Markus Merk	03/15/1962	southwest	24	55	1	1	FIFA referee until the end of 2007 for the last Bundesliga season
Florian Meyer	11/21/1968	Lower Saxony	19th	79	1	0	FIFA referee
Günter Perl	December 23, 1969	Bavaria	17th	54	1	1
Babak Rafati	05/28/1970	Lower Saxony	16	49	1	1	FIFA referee from 2008
Markus Schmidt	08/31/1973	Württemberg	10	32	1	0
Marc Seemann	04/20/1973	Lower Rhine	09	26th	1	0
Peter Sippel	06.10.1969	Bavaria	13	45	0	1	FIFA referee
Wolfgang Stark	11/20/1969	Bavaria	15th	49	0	2	FIFA referee
Lutz Wagner	May 27, 1963	Hesse	9	35	2	2
Michael Weiner	03/21/1969	Lower Saxony	18th	79	1	2	FIFA referee

The championship team of FC Bayern Munich

1.

FC Bayern Munich

Goal : Oliver Kahn (26 / -); Michael Rensing (10 / -) Defense : Christian Lell (29/1); Martín Demichelis (28/1); Lucio (24/1); Philipp Lahm (22 / -); Daniel Van Buyten (19/1); Marcell Jansen (17 / -); Willy Sagnol (9 / -); Breno (1 / -) Midfield : Zé Roberto (30/5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (30/1); Franck Ribéry (28/11); Mark van Bommel (27/2); Hamit Altintop (23/3); Andreas Ottl (19/3); José Ernesto Sosa (15 / -); Toni Kroos (12 / -) Attack : Luca Toni (31/24); Miroslav Klose (27/10); Lukas Podolski (25/5); Jan Schlaudraff (8 / -); Sandro Wagner (4 / -) Trainer : Ottmar Hitzfeld

Web links

• Official homepage of the Bundesliga

Individual evidence

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