2007–08 in German football

Football in Germany

Season	2007–08
Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
2. Bundesliga	Borussia Mönchengladbach
DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich
DFL-Ligapokal	Bayern Munich
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season is the 98th season of competitive football in Germany.

Promotion and relegation

Pre Season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	Karlsruher SC Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg	Alemannia Aachen Borussia Mönchengladbach Mainz 05
2. Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli VfL Osnabrück SV Wehen Wiesbaden TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Eintracht Braunschweig Rot-Weiss Essen SpVgg Unterhaching SV Wacker Burghausen
Bundesliga (women)	1. FC Saarbrücken SG Wattenscheid 09	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim FFC Heike Rheine
2. Bundesliga (women)	FFC Oldesloe 2000 1. FC Union Berlin ASV Hagsfeld FCR 2001 Duisburg II SV Dirmingen	Bad Neuenahr II FC Erzgebirge Aue Karlsruher SC TSV Jahn Calden SuS Timmel

Post Season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	Borussia Mönchengladbach TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln	1. FC Nürnberg Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg
2. Bundesliga	Rot Weiss Ahlen FSV Frankfurt FC Ingolstadt 04 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Erzgebirge Aue Kickers Offenbach SC Paderborn 07
Bundesliga (women)	Herforder SV USV Jena	1. FC Saarbrücken SG Wattenscheid 09
2. Bundesliga (women)	Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf FV Löchgau SG Lütgendortmund Mellendorfer TV FSV Viktoria Jägersburg	FFV Neubrandenburg FFC Heike Rheine TuS Niederkirchen SC Regensburg FFC Brauweiler Pulheim

National teams

Germany national football team

UEFA Euro 2008 qualification

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Germany	Opponent
8 September 2007	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff, Wales	Wales	2–0	25,000	Klose  6', 60'	Gabbidon  38' Collins  41'	[1]
13 October 2007	Croke Park	Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	0–0	67,495	Lehmann  52' Frings  55' Friedrich  90'	Carsley  36' Dunne  44'	[2]
17 October 2007	Allianz Arena	Munich, Germany	Czech Republic	0–3	66,600	Podolski  46'	Sionko  2' Matějovský  23' Plašil  63'	[3]
17 November 2007	AWD-Arena	Hanover, Germany	Cyprus	4–0	45,016	Fritz  2' Klose  20' Podolski  20' Hitzlsperger  82'	—	[4]
21 November 2007	Commerzbank-Arena	Frankfurt, Germany	Wales	0–0	49,252	—	Collins  82' Gabbidon  83' Hennessey  89'	[5]

UEFA Euro 2008

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round	Date Kick–off time	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
							Germany	Opponent
Group B	8 June 2008 20:45 (CEST)	Wörthersee Stadion	Klagenfurt, Austria	Poland	2–0	30,461	Podolski  20', 72' Schweinsteiger  64'	Smolarek  40' Lewandowski  60'	[6]
Group B	12 June 2008 18:00 (CEST)	Wörthersee Stadion	Klagenfurt, Austria	Croatia	2–1	30,461	Ballack  75' Podolski  79' Lehmann  90+2' Schweinsteiger  90+2'	Srna  24' 27' Šimunić  45+1' Olić  62' Leko  90+2' Modrić  90+3'	[7]
Group B	16 June 2008 20:45 (CEST)	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–0	51,428	Ballack  49'	Stranzl  13' Hoffer  31' Ivanschitz  48'	[8]
Quarter-finals	19 June 2008 20:45 (CEST)	St. Jakob-Park	Basel, Switzerland	Portugal	3–2	39,374	Schweinsteiger  22' Klose  26' Friedrich  48' Lahm  49' Ballack  61'	Petit  26' Gomes  40' Pepe  60' Postiga  87' 90'	[9]
Semi-finals	25 June 2008 20:45 (CEST)	St. Jakob-Park	Basel, Switzerland	Turkey	3–2	39,374	Schweinsteiger  26' Klose  79' Lahm  90'	Boral  22' Şentürk  53' 86' Sarıoğlu  90+4'	[10]
Final	29 June 2008 20:45 (CEST)	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	Vienna, Austria	Spain	0–1	51,428	Ballack  43' Kurányi  88'	Torres  33' 74' Casillas  43'	[11]

Friendly matches

Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Germany	Opponent
22 August 2007	Wembley Stadium	London, England	England	2–1	86,133	Kuranyi  26' Pander  40'	Lampard  9' Cole  34'	[12]
12 September 2007	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne, Germany	Romania	3–1	44,500	Schneider  42' Trochowski  61' Odonkor  65' Podolski  82' 82'	Goian  3' Nicolita  54'	[13]
6 February 2008	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	Vienna, Austria	Austria	3–0	48,500	Hitzlsperger  53' Klose  63' Friedrich  71' Mertesacker  77' Ballack  78' Gómez  80'	Aufhauser  48' Linz  78'	[14]
26 March 2008	St. Jakob-Park	Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	4–0	38,500	Klose  23' 48' Schweinsteiger  45' Gómez  61', 67'	Inler  65'	[15]
27 May 2008	Fritz Walter Stadion	Kaiserslautern, Germany	Belarus	2–2	47,258	Klose  10' Karytska  20' (o.g.)	Lentsevich  9' Putsila  15' Bulyga  61', 88'	[16]
31 May 2008	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Serbia	2–1	53,951	Neuville  74' Ballack  82'	Janković  18' Ivanović  80'	[17]

Germany women's national football team

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round	Date Kick–off time	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
							Germany	Opponent
Group A	10 September 2007 20:00 (CST)	Hongkou Football Stadium	Shanghai, China	Argentina	11–0	28,098	Behringer  12', 24' Garefrekes  17' Prinz  29', 45+1', 59' Lingor  51', 90+1' Smisek  57', 70', 79' Laudehr  60' Bartusiak  86'	Gómez  16' Chávez  20' González  56' Quiñones  90+2'	[18]
Group A	14 September 2007 20:00 (CST)	Hongkou Football Stadium	Shanghai, China	England	0–0	27,730	Krahn  36' Laudehr  84' Bajramaj  85'	Chapman  16' Williams  55'	[19]
Group A	17 September 2007 20:00 (CST)	Yellow Dragon Stadium	Hangzhou, China	Japan	2–0	39,817	Prinz  21' Garefrekes  82' Lingor  87' (pen.) Müller  88'	Sakai  16'	[20]
Quarter-finals	22 September 2007 17:00 (CST)	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium	Wuhan, China	North Korea	3–0	37,200	Garefrekes  44' Lingor  67' Krahn  72'	Song  51'	[21]
Semi-finals	26 September 2007 20:00 (CST)	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium	Tianjin, China	Norway	3–0	53,819	Rønning  42' (o.g.) Stegemann  72' Müller  75'	Kaurin  14'	[22]
Final	30 September 2007 20:00 (CST)	Hongkou Football Stadium	Shanghai, China	Brazil	2–0	31,000	Garefrekes  7' Prinz  52' Bresonik  63' Laudehr  86'	Daniela  59'	[23]

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	22	10	2	68	21	+47	76	2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup 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	Hamburger SV	34	14	12	8	47	26	+21	54	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
5	VfL Wolfsburg	34	15	9	10	58	46	+12	54
6	VfB 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	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round ^1
11	Karlsruher SC	34	11	10	13	38	53	−15	43
12	VfL 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	1. FC Nürnberg (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	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	8	5	21	36	55	−19	29

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of 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; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2. Bundesliga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) (P)	34	18	12	4	71	38	+33	66	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1899 Hoffenheim (P)	34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	60
3	1. FC Köln (P)	34	17	9	8	62	44	+18	60
4	Mainz 05	34	16	10	8	62	36	+26	58
5	SC Freiburg	34	15	10	9	49	44	+5	55
6	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	14	10	10	53	47	+6	52
7	Alemannia Aachen	34	14	9	11	49	44	+5	51
8	Wehen Wiesbaden	34	11	11	12	47	53	−6	44
9	FC St. Pauli	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	42
10	TuS Koblenz	34	12	11	11	46	47	−1	041^*
11	1860 Munich	34	9	14	11	42	45	−3	41
12	VfL Osnabrück	34	10	10	14	43	54	−11	40
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	9	12	13	37	37	0	39
14	FC Augsburg	34	10	8	16	39	51	−12	38
15	Kickers Offenbach (R)	34	9	11	14	38	60	−22	38	Relegation to 3rd Liga
16	Erzgebirge Aue (R)	34	7	11	16	49	57	−8	32
17	SC Paderborn (R)	34	6	13	15	33	54	−21	31
18	Carl Zeiss Jena (R)	34	6	11	17	45	68	−23	29

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Due to licensing irregularities TuS Koblenz were given a six points deduction.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Women

Bundesliga

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	1. FFC Frankfurt (C)	22	17	03	02	87	22	+65	54
2	FCR 2001 Duisburg	22	17	02	03	65	20	+45	53
3	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	22	11	05	06	48	32	+16	38
4	FC Bayern Munich	22	12	02	08	53	38	+3	38
5	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	22	12	01	09	43	33	+10	37
6	VFL Wolfsburg	22	10	04	08	42	48	−6	34
7	SG Essen-Schönebeck	22	9	06	07	43	40	+3	33
8	SC Freiburg	22	6	03	013	30	63	−33	21
9	TSV Crailsheim	22	5	04	013	28	43	−15	19
10	Hamburger SV	22	4	06	012	23	43	−21	18
11	1. FC Saarbrücken (N)	22	4	06	012	26	51	−25	18
12	SG Wattenscheid 09 (N)	22	3	02	017	17	69	−52	11

	2007–08 Bundesliga (women) champions
	Will be relegated to the 2. Bundesliga (women)
(N)	Promoted from the 2. Bundesliga (women) last season
(C)	2006–07 Bundesliga (women) champion

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

2. Bundesliga

North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	HSV Borussia Friedenstal	22	13	05	04	53	33	+20	44
2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	22	12	07	03	36	18	+18	43
3	FC Gütersloh 2000	22	12	06	04	38	18	+20	42
4	1.FFC Turbine Potsdam II	22	12	04	06	46	23	+23	40
5	Hamburger SV II	22	9	05	08	32	33	-1	32
6	Holstein Kiel	22	9	05	08	28	31	-3	32
7	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	22	9	04	09	38	42	-4	31
8	FFC Oldesloe 2000 (N)	22	8	04	010	30	36	-6	28
9	SV Victoria Gersten	22	7	06	09	38	39	-1	27
10	1. FC Union Berlin (N)	22	6	03	013	28	48	-20	21
11	FFV Neubrandenburg	22	4	03	015	34	56	-22	15
12	FFC Heike Rheine (A)	22	3	04	015	26	50	-24	13

	Will be promoted to the Fußball-Bundesliga (women)
	Will be relegated to the new Fußball-Regionalliga (women)
(N)	Promoted from the Regionalliga last season
(A)	Relegated from the Bundesliga last season

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	FF USV Jena	22	18	02	02	82	13	+69	56
2	VfL Sindelfingen	22	18	02	02	70	14	+56	56
3	FCR 2001 Duisburg II (N)	22	12	04	06	47	31	+16	40
4	TuS Köln rrh.^1	22	10	06	06	46	28	+18	36
5	ASV Hagsfeld (N)	22	9	04	09	38	49	-11	31
6	SC Sand	22	8	04	010	33	34	-1	28
7	1. FFC Frankfurt II	22	6	07	09	30	28	+2	25
8	SV Dirmingen	22	7	04	011	30	58	-28	25
9	TuS Niederkirchen^2	22	5	05	012	29	58	-29	20
10	FFC Wacker München	22	5	05	012	22	52	-30	20
11	SC Regensburg	22	5	04	013	36	59	-23	19
12	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim (A)	22	3	05	014	25	64	-39	14

¹ TuS Köln rrh. passed their license for the 2. Bundesliga to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. ² TuS Niederkirchen did not apply for a license for the 2008–09 season and was therefore the fifth team to be relegated.

	Will be promoted to the Fußball-Bundesliga (women)
	Will be relegated to the new Fußball-Regionalliga (women)
(N)	Promoted from the Regionalliga last season
(A)	Relegated from the Bundesliga last season

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Transfers

• List of German football transfers summer 2007
• List of German football transfers winter 2007–08

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