2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2007–08 season was VfB Stuttgart's 43rd season in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart
2007-08 season
ManagerArmin Veh
StadiumGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Gómez (19)
All: Mario Gómez (28)
Highest home attendance58,500 vs Eintracht Frankfurt
(3 May 2008)
vs Arminia Bielefeld
(17 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance7,500 vs SC Paderborn
(31 October 2007)

Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Puma and the shirt sponsor is EnBW.

Home
Away
Third
Fourth

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Raphael Schäfer[notes 1]
2 DF  GER Andreas Beck[notes 2]
3 DF  MEX Ricardo Osorio
5 DF  GER Serdar Tasci
6 DF  POR Fernando Meira (captain)
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner
8 MF  SWE Alexander Farnerud
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3]
11 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
13 MF  MEX Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW  BRA Cacau[notes 4]
19 MF  GER Roberto Hilbert
20 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 FW  GER Sven Schipplock
23 FW  GER Manuel Fischer
24 GK  GER Sven Ulreich
25 MF  BRA Antônio da Silva
26 DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel
27 FW  GER Johannes Rahn
28 MF  GER Sami Khedira
31 GK  GER Alexander Stolz
33 FW  GER Mario Gómez
35 MF  GER Christian Träsch
36 MF  GER Peter Perchtold
39 FW  ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
40 MF  GER Julian Schuster
42 DF  GER Marco Pischorn

VfB Stuttgart II

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion. They finished 3rd in the Regionalliga Süd, securing qualification for the inaugural 3. Liga season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  GER Timo Hammel
GK  GER Frank Lehmann
GK  GER Alexander Stolz
GK  GER Sven Ulreich
DF  GER Steffen Dangelmayr
DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel
DF  GER Dubravko Kolinger
DF  KAZ Anton Pelipetz
DF  GER Marco Pischorn
DF  GER David Pisot (to January)
DF  GER Joachim Schwabe
DF  GER Robin Schuster
MF  GER Martin Dausch
MF  GER Patrick Funk
MF  GER Andreas Hindelang
MF  GER Sebastian Hofmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 5]
MF  GER Jeremy Karikari (from January)
MF  GER Michael Klauß
MF  GER Marijan Kovačević
MF  GER Peter Perchtold
MF  GER Sebastian Rudy
MF  GER Christian Sauter
MF  GER Julian Schuster
MF  GER Christian Träsch
FW  GER Manuel Fischer
FW  GER Nico Klotz
FW  GER Patrick Mayer (to January)
FW  POL Matthias Morys
FW  GER Sven Schipplock (from January)
FW  GER Johannes Rahn

Transfers

In

Summer transfer window

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Raphael Schäfer (from 1. FC Nürnberg, undisclosed[2])
4 DF  BRA Gledson (from Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[3])
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
9 FW  BRA Ewerthon (on loan from Real Zaragoza[4])
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk (from Hertha BSC, undisclosed[5])
20 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica (from Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed[6])
27 MF  GER Johannes Rahn (from TuS Koblenz, free[7])
29 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck (from Kadji Sports Academy, undisclosed[8])
31 GK  GER Alexander Stolz (loan return from 1899 Hoffenheim)
Winter transfer window

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
39 FW  ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[9])
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  GER Sven Schipplock (from SSV Reutlingen, free[10])

Out

Summer transfer window

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia, undisclosed[11])
5 DF  GER Markus Babbel (retired from football)
8 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka (to 1860 Munich, free[12])
9 FW   SUI Marco Streller (to Basel, free[13])
12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt, free)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  GER Benjamin Lauth (loan return to Hamburger SV[14])
23 GK  GER Dirk Heinen (retired from football)
27 FW  GER Tobias Weis (to 1899 Hoffenheim, free)
-- FW  CRO Mario Carević (to SC Lokeren, free[15])
-- FW  DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson (to Villarreal, undisclosed[16])
Winter transfer window

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK  AUT Michael Langer (to SC Freiburg, undisclosed[17])
4 DF  BRA Gledson (to Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[18])
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  BRA Ewerthon (loan terminated, returned to Real Zaragoza[19])

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  GER Christian Gentner (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg)
MF  BRA Élson (on loan to Goiás)
FW  SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 6] (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[20])
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
38 DF  GER David Pisot (on loan to SC Paderborn until June 2008[21])

Statistics

Last updated on 12 May 2008.

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaChampions LeagueDFB CupPremiere Ligapokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  GER Raphael Schäfer 33-6323-416-153-51-2
2 DF  GER Andreas Beck 231171203010
3 DF  MEX Ricardo Osorio 300220502010
5 DF  GER Serdar Tasci 300220602000
6 DF  POR Fernando Meira 373273603010
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner 11070201010
8 MF  SWE Alexander Farnerud 180120401010
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk 324254403000
11 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 327255204210
13 MF  MEX Pável Pardo 383292413020
15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka 230180301010
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre 280220303000
18 FW  BRA Cacau 3410279511010
19 MF  GER Roberto Hilbert 406314503210
20 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica 353282413000
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin 310270301000
23 FW  GER Manuel Fischer 3121100000
24 GK  GER Sven Ulreich 12-1811-16001-200
25 MF  BRA Antônio da Silva 274203313010
28 MF  GER Sami Khedira 341241504010
29 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck 1000000010
31 GK  GER Alexander Stolz 0000000000
33 FW  GER Mario Gómez 32282519433600
35 DF  GER Christian Träsch 1010000000
36 MF  GER Peter Perchtold 1010000000
39 FW  ROU Sergiu Radu 3020001000
40 MF  GER Julian Schuster 3020001000
42 DF  GER Marco Pischorn 3020001000
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 DF  BRA Gledson 2000001010
9 FW  BRA Ewerthon 171111401010
12 GK  AUT Michael Langer 0000000000

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for 2007–08 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
1Raphael Schäfer10
2Andreas Beck20
3Ricardo Osorio11
5Serdar Tasci50
6Fernando Meira32
7Silvio Meißner10
8Alexander Farnerud20
10Yıldıray Baştürk20
11Thomas Hitzlsperger30
13Pável Pardo42
15Arthur Boka30
17Matthieu Delpierre41
18 Cacau60
19Roberto Hilbert70
20Ciprian Marica40
21Ludovic Magnin40
25Antônio da Silva20
28Sami Khedira40
33Mario Gómez10
36Peter Perchtold10
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
9 Ewerthon10

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Armin Veh
Assistant manager Markus Babbel
Assistant manager Alfons Higl
Club doctor Raymond Best
Club doctor Heiko Striegel

Last updated: 27 November 2007
Source: VfB.de

Other information

Chairman Erwin Staudt
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / )

Source: VfB.de

Premiere Ligapokal

Semi-finals

VfB Stuttgart0–2Bayern Munich
(Report) Ribéry 8'
Wagner 66'

Bundesliga

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Hamburger SV 34 14 12 8 47 26 +21 54 Qualification to 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 Qualification to 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
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 16 4 14 55 55  0 52 12 2 3 37 17  +20 4 2 11 18 38  −20

Last updated: 17 May 2008.
Source: VfB.de

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAHHAAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultDLWLWLWLLLWWWWLWLLLWWWWDWDWLWLWLLD
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2008. Source: VfB.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

VfB Stuttgart2–2Schalke 04
Khedira 63'
Pardo 67'
(Report) Kobiashvili 25'
Rakitić 76'

Hertha BSC3–1VfB Stuttgart
Chahed 51'
Fathi 65'
Okoronkwo 80'
(Report) Hitzlsperger 15'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

VfB Stuttgart1–0MSV Duisburg
Gómez 34' (Report)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Karlsruher SC1–0VfB Stuttgart
Hajnal 54' (Report)
Attendance: 27,800
Referee: Markus Merk

VfB Stuttgart3–0Energie Cottbus
Cacau 53'
Ewerthon 78'
Gómez 82'
(Report)

Werder Bremen4–1VfB Stuttgart
Almeida 3' 4'
Sanogo 15'
Diego 89'
(Report) Gómez 13'
Attendance: 40,000

VfB Stuttgart1–0VfL Bochum
Hilbert 50' (Report)

Hansa Rostock2–1VfB Stuttgart
Rathgeb 16'
Orestes 18'
(Report) Gómez 73'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Michael Kempter

VfB Stuttgart0–2Hannover 96
Meira  7' (Report) Huszti 8', 52'

Hamburger SV4–1VfB Stuttgart
Olić 7', 32', 55'
Mathijsen 60'
(Report) Pardo  45'
Tasci 73'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer

VfB Stuttgart1–0Bayer Leverkusen
Beck 72' (Report)
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Günter Perl

1. FC Nürnberg0–1VfB Stuttgart
(Report) Gómez 15'
Attendance: 40,000

VfB Stuttgart3–1Bayern Munich
Gómez 10', 42'
Baştürk 30'
(Report) Toni 86'
Attendance: 55,600
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Eintracht Frankfurt1–4VfB Stuttgart
Köhler 41' (Report) Hilbert 45'
Marica 48'
Hitzlsperger 57'
Cacau 90+2'
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Peter Gagelmann

VfB Stuttgart1–2Borussia Dortmund
Meira 35' (Report) Valdez 10'
Petrić 79'

VfB Stuttgart3–1VfL Wolfsburg
Marica 26'
Cacau 47'
Hitzlsperger 86'
(Report) Džeko 49'

Arminia Bielefeld2–0VfB Stuttgart
Kamper 79'
Wichniarek 90'
(Report) Pardo  47'  73'
Osorio  86'
Attendance: 20,600
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 044–1VfB Stuttgart
Kurányi 32', 51'
Westermann 75'
Zé Roberto 90'
(Report) Silva 61'
Attendance: 61,482
Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart1–3Hertha BSC Berlin
Delpierre  15'  81'
Gómez 40'
(Report) Pantelić 7', 45'
Raffael 48'

MSV Duisburg2–3VfB Stuttgart
Niculescu 49'
Ishiaku 57'
(Report) Gómez 16', 41'
Hitzlsperger 90+2'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Babak Rafati

VfB Stuttgart3–1Karlsruher SC
Gómez 5'
Hilbert 26'
Cacau 88'
(Report) Hajnal 81'

VfB Stuttgart6–3Werder Bremen
Gómez 19', 43', 65'
Cacau 66', 87'
Mertesacker 83' (o.g.)
(Report) Almeida 8'
Boenisch 60'
Rosenberg 76'

Energie Cottbus0–1VfB Stuttgart
(Report) Meira 30'
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Peter Gagelmann

VfL Bochum1–1VfB Stuttgart
Dabrowski 20' (Report) Hitzlsperger 47'
Attendance: 25,086
Referee: Peter Sippel

VfB Stuttgart4–1Hansa Rostock
Pardo 51' (pen.)
Cacau 54'
Gómez 87'
Baştürk 90'
(Report) Orestes 56'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Günter Perl

Hannover 960–0VfB Stuttgart
(Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Marc Seemann

VfB Stuttgart1–0Hamburg
Hilbert 20' (Report)

Bayer Leverkusen3–0VfB Stuttgart
Rolfes 41', 70'
Kießling 45'
(Report)
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Michael Kempter

VfB Stuttgart3–01. FC Nürnberg
Cacau 4'
Silva 13'
Meira 31'
(Report)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner

Bayern Munich4–1VfB Stuttgart
Toni 8'
Van Bommel 55'
Ribéry 75', 76'
(Report) Silva 19'
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Florian Meyer


Borussia Dortmund3–2VfB Stuttgart
Tinga 35'
Frei 59', 79'
(Report) Gómez 55', 83'
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Michael Kempter

VfL Wolfsburg4–0VfB Stuttgart
Marcelinho 16'
Džeko 22'
Costa 65'
Dejagah 75'
(Report) Meira  17'
Attendance: 26,000

VfB Stuttgart2–2Arminia Bielefeld
Gómez 74' (pen.)
Fischer 85'
(Report) Tesche 10'
Eigler 87'

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Barcelona 6420123+914
Lyon 63121110+110
Rangers 621379−27
VfB Stuttgart 6105715−83
Rangers 2–1 VfB Stuttgart
Adam 62'
Darcheville 75' (pen.)
(Report) Gómez 56'
Attendance: 49,795
Referee: Stefano Farina

VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Barcelona
(Report) Puyol 58'
Messi 66'

VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Lyon
(Report) Santos 55'
Benzema 79'

Lyon 4–2 VfB Stuttgart
Ben Arfa 5', 37'
Källstrom 15'
Juninho 90'
(Report) Gómez 16', 56'
Attendance: 38,215
Referee: Yuri Baskakov

VfB Stuttgart 3–2 Rangers
Cacau 45'
Pardo 62'
Marica 85'
(Report) Adam 27'
Ferguson 70'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin

Barcelona 3–1 VfB Stuttgart
Dos Santos 36'
Eto'o 57'
Ronaldinho 67'
(Report) Silva 3'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
5Serdar Tasci10
6Fernando Meira20
7Silvio Meißner10
8Alexander Farnerud20
10Yıldıray Baştürk10
13Pável Pardo10
18 Cacau10
19Roberto Hilbert10
21Ludovic Magnin10
28Sami Khedira10

DFB Cup

Round 1

Wehen Wiesbaden1–2VfB Stuttgart
Catić 47' (Report) Gledson  46'
Hilbert 65', 90'
Meira  86'
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Felix Brych

Round 2

VfB Stuttgart3 – 2
(a.e.t.)
SC Paderborn
Hitzlsperger 31', 36'
Gómez 118'
(Report) Koen 66'
Döring 69'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Michael Kempter

Round 3

Werder Bremen II2–3VfB Stuttgart
Heider 57'
Peitz 71'
(Report) Gómez 29', 32', 42'
Attendance: 10,310
Referee: Jochen Drees

Quarter-finals

VfB Stuttgart2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 pen.)
Carl Zeiss Jena
Gómez 80', 95' (Report) Werner 32'
Müller 120'
Penalties
Pardo
Hilbert
Cacau
Silva
Hitzlsperger
4–5 Müller
Werner
Saka
Šimák
Ziegner
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2Andreas Beck20
6Fernando Meira11
10Yıldıray Baştürk20
11Thomas Hitzlsperger10
13Pável Pardo10
15Arthur Boka10
17Matthieu Delpierre10
33Mario Gómez20
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 Gledson (footballer, born 1979)01

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Notes

  1. Schäfer was born in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 7 and represented Germany at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level.
  2. Beck was born in Kemerovo, Soviet Union (now Russia), but was raised in Germany from the age of 3 and represented Germany at U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in February 2009.
  3. Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his debut for Turkey in 1998.
  4. Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
  5. Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
  6. Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro and its successor state Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.
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