2007–08 Bundesliga


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. 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

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

, 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
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

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Luca ToniBayern Munich24
2 Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart19
3 Kevin KurányiSchalke 0415
4 Ivica OlićHamburger SV14
4 Markus RosenbergWerder Bremen14
6 DiegoWerder Bremen13
6 Marko PantelićHertha BSC13
6 Mladen PetrićBorussia Dortmund13
6 Stanislav ŠestákVfL Bochum13
10 Rafael van der VaartHamburger SV12

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year: Franck Ribéry
Manager of the Year: Ottmar Hitzfeld

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

Champion squad