| Season | 2007–08 |
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| Champions | Bayern Munich 20th Bundesliga title 21st German title |
| Relegated | 1. FC Nuremberg Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich Werder Bremen FC Schalke 04 |
| UEFA Cup | Hamburger SV VfL Wolfsburg Borussia Dortmund (via domestic cup) Hertha BSC (via Fair Play) |
| Intertoto Cup | VfB Stuttgart |
| Goals scored | 860 |
| Average goals/game | 2.81 |
| Top goalscorer |  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 FC Bayern (18 August 2007) |
| Highest scoring | Bremen 8–1 Bielefeld (29 September 2007) Stuttgart 6–3 Bremen (8 March 2008) |
| Average attendance | 37,644 |
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The 2007–08 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 45th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. VfB Stuttgart were the defending champions.
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Competition modus
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 least points were relegated to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.
Team changes from 2006–07
1. FSV 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.
Season overview
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This section requires expansion with: General summation of season events, e.g. champions and relegated teams, in an encyclopaedic style. |
Bayern Munich secured their 21st title with a 0-0 at Wolfsburg on 4 May 2008.
Stadia and locations
| Team | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | Olympic Stadium | 74,228 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Schüco Arena | 28,008 |
| VfL Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 31,328 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,358 |
| FC Energie Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,450 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Signal Iduna Park | 80,708 |
| MSV Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,500 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Commerzbank-Arena | 52,300 |
| Hamburger SV | HSH Nordbank Arena | 57,274 |
| Hannover 96 | AWD-Arena | 49,000 |
| Karlsruher SC | Wildparkstadion | 32,306 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Allianz Arena | 69,901 |
| 1. FC Nuremberg | Easy Credit Stadion | 47,559 |
| F.C. Hansa Rostock | DKB-Arena | 29,000 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Veltins-Arena | 61,673 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 58,000 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,122 |
League table
| P |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 21 | +47 | 76 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 66 | |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 64 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 4 | Hamburg | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 54 | 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 54 | |
| 6 | Stuttgart | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 52 | 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 51 | |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 49 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 46 | |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 44 | UEFA Cup 2008–09 First qualifying round 1 |
| 11 | Karlsruhe | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 43 | |
| 12 | Bochum | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 41 | |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 40 | 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 2 |
| 14 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 36 | |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 34 | |
| 16 | Nuremberg (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 30 | |
| 18 | Duisburg (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 29 |
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
1An additional UEFA Cup spot was awarded to the Bundesliga after it had been drawn from the best teams of the UEFA Fair Play ranking 2007–08. The spot was awarded to national Fair Play competition winners Hertha BSC.
2Because German Cup 2007–08 winners Bayern Munich had already qualified for the Champions League via their league placement, losing finalists Borussia Dortmund took the UEFA Cup spot reserved for the cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Results
| Home \ Away1 | BSC | BIE | BOC | BRE | COT | DOR | DUI | FRA | HAM | H96 | KAR | LEV | BMU | NUR | ROS | S04 | STU | WOB |
| Hertha BSC | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Bochum | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–3 | |
| Werder Bremen | 3–2 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | |
| Energie Cottbus | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | |
| Duisburg | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | |
| Hamburg | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | |
| Hannover 96 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Karlsruhe | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| Bayern Munich | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Nuremberg | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Hansa Rostock | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |
| Stuttgart | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Wolfsburg | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
Source: www.dfb.de
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source: www.kicker.de (German)
- 24 goals
- 19 goals
- 15 goals
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
Diego (Werder Bremen)
Marko Pantelić (Hertha BSC)
Mladen Petrić (Borussia Dortmund)
Stanislav Šesták (Bochum)
- 12 goals
Awards
Annual awards
Player of the Year:[1] 
Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Manager of the Year:[1] 
Ottmar Hitzfeld (Bayern Munich)
Monthly awards
Player of the Month
| Month | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Champion Squad
| FC Bayern Munich |
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Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (26); Michael Rensing (10). Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher; Mats Hummels; Valérien Ismaël Transferred out during the season: Mats Hummels (to Borussia Dortmund); Valérien Ismaël |
References
- ^ a b "Die Ergebnisse" (in German). Kicker Online. 6 August 2008. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/381557/. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
See also
- 2. Bundesliga 2007–08
- Regionalliga 2007–08
- DFB-Pokal 2007–08
- List of German football transfers summer 2007
- List of German football transfers winter 2007–08
External links
- Official site of the DFB (German)
- Kicker.de (German)
- Official site of the Bundesliga (German)
- Official site of the Bundesliga (English)
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