2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

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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)

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

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 Germany GER Raphael Schäfer[notes 1]
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck[notes 2]
3 DF Mexico MEX Ricardo Osorio
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira (captain)
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner
8 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Farnerud
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3]
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
13 MF Mexico MEX Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau[notes 4]
19 MF Germany GER Roberto Hilbert
20 FW Romania ROU Ciprian Marica
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 FW Germany GER Sven Schipplock
23 FW Germany GER Manuel Fischer
24 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich
25 MF Brazil BRA Antônio da Silva
26 DF Germany GER Tobias Feisthammel
27 FW Germany GER Johannes Rahn
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez
35 MF Germany GER Christian Träsch
36 MF Germany GER Peter Perchtold
39 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
40 MF Germany GER Julian Schuster
42 DF Germany 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 Germany GER Timo Hammel
GK Germany GER Frank Lehmann
GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz
GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich
DF Germany GER Steffen Dangelmayr
DF Germany GER Tobias Feisthammel
DF Germany GER Dubravko Kolinger
DF Kazakhstan KAZ Anton Pelipetz
DF Germany GER Marco Pischorn
DF Germany GER David Pisot (to January)
DF Germany GER Joachim Schwabe
DF Germany GER Robin Schuster
MF Germany GER Martin Dausch
MF Germany GER Patrick Funk
MF Germany GER Andreas Hindelang
MF Germany GER Sebastian Hofmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 5]
MF Germany GER Jeremy Karikari (from January)
MF Germany GER Michael Klauß
MF Germany GER Marijan Kovačević
MF Germany GER Peter Perchtold
MF Germany GER Sebastian Rudy
MF Germany GER Christian Sauter
MF Germany GER Julian Schuster
MF Germany GER Christian Träsch
FW Germany GER Manuel Fischer
FW Germany GER Nico Klotz
FW Germany GER Patrick Mayer (to January)
FW Poland POL Matthias Morys
FW Germany GER Sven Schipplock (from January)
FW Germany 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 Germany GER Raphael Schäfer (from 1. FC Nürnberg, undisclosed[2])
4 DF Brazil BRA Gledson (from Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[3])
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
9 FW Brazil BRA Ewerthon (on loan from Real Zaragoza[4])
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk (from Hertha BSC, undisclosed[5])
20 FW Romania ROU Ciprian Marica (from Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed[6])
27 MF Germany GER Johannes Rahn (from TuS Koblenz, free[7])
29 MF Cameroon CMR Georges Mandjeck (from Kadji Sports Academy, undisclosed[8])
31 GK Germany 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 Romania ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[9])
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Germany 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 Germany GER Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia, undisclosed[11])
5 DF Germany GER Markus Babbel (retired from football)
8 MF Germany GER Daniel Bierofka (to 1860 Munich, free[12])
9 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Streller (to Basel, free[13])
12 DF Germany GER Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt, free)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Germany GER Benjamin Lauth (loan return to Hamburger SV[14])
23 GK Germany GER Dirk Heinen (retired from football)
27 FW Germany GER Tobias Weis (to 1899 Hoffenheim, free)
-- FW Croatia CRO Mario Carević (to SC Lokeren, free[15])
-- FW Denmark 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 Austria AUT Michael Langer (to SC Freiburg, undisclosed[17])
4 DF Brazil BRA Gledson (to Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[18])
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Brazil 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 Germany GER Christian Gentner (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg)
MF Brazil BRA Élson (on loan to Goiás)
FW Serbia SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 6] (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[20])
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Cameroon CMR Georges Mandjeck (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
38 DF Germany 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 Total Bundesliga Champions League DFB Cup Premiere Ligapokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany GER Raphael Schäfer 33 -63 23 -41 6 -15 3 -5 1 -2
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck 23 1 17 1 2 0 3 0 1 0
3 DF Mexico MEX Ricardo Osorio 30 0 22 0 5 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci 30 0 22 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira 37 3 27 3 6 0 3 0 1 0
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner 11 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Farnerud 18 0 12 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk 32 4 25 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 32 7 25 5 2 0 4 2 1 0
13 MF Mexico MEX Pável Pardo 38 3 29 2 4 1 3 0 2 0
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka 23 0 18 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre 28 0 22 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau 34 10 27 9 5 1 1 0 1 0
19 MF Germany GER Roberto Hilbert 40 6 31 4 5 0 3 2 1 0
20 FW Romania ROU Ciprian Marica 35 3 28 2 4 1 3 0 0 0
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin 31 0 27 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
23 FW Germany GER Manuel Fischer 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich 12 -18 11 -16 0 0 1 -2 0 0
25 MF Brazil BRA Antônio da Silva 27 4 20 3 3 1 3 0 1 0
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira 34 1 24 1 5 0 4 0 1 0
29 MF Cameroon CMR Georges Mandjeck 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez 32 28 25 19 4 3 3 6 0 0
35 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Germany GER Peter Perchtold 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Radu 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
40 MF Germany GER Julian Schuster 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
42 DF Germany GER Marco Pischorn 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 DF Brazil BRA Gledson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Ewerthon 17 1 11 1 4 0 1 0 1 0
12 GK Austria AUT Michael Langer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary records for 2007–08 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
1 Germany Raphael Schäfer 1 0
2 Germany Andreas Beck 2 0
3 Mexico Ricardo Osorio 1 1
5 Germany Serdar Tasci 5 0
6 Portugal Fernando Meira 3 2
7 Germany Silvio Meißner 1 0
8 Sweden Alexander Farnerud 2 0
10 Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk 2 0
11 Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger 3 0
13 Mexico Pável Pardo 4 2
15 Ivory Coast Arthur Boka 3 0
17 France Matthieu Delpierre 4 1
18 Brazil Cacau 6 0
19 Germany Roberto Hilbert 7 0
20 Romania Ciprian Marica 4 0
21 Switzerland Ludovic Magnin 4 0
25 Brazil Antônio da Silva 2 0
28 Germany Sami Khedira 4 0
33 Germany Mario Gómez 1 0
36 Germany Peter Perchtold 1 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
9 Brazil Ewerthon 1 0

Club

Management

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

Last updated: 27 November 2007
Source: VfB.de

Other information

Chairman Germany 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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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

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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


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 Red card 7' (Report) Huszti 8', 52'

Hamburger SV4–1VfB Stuttgart
Olić 7', 32', 55'
Mathijsen 60'
(Report) Pardo Red card 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)[permanent dead link] 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 Yellow card 47' Yellow-red card 73'
Osorio Red card 86'
Attendance: 20,600
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

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

VfB Stuttgart1–3Hertha BSC Berlin
Delpierre Yellow card 15' Yellow-red card 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 Stuttgart6–3Werder Bremen
Gómez 19', 43', 65'
Cacau 66', 87'
Mertesacker 83' (o.g.)
(Report)[permanent dead link] Almeida 8'
Boenisch 60'
Rosenberg 76'

Energie Cottbus0–1VfB Stuttgart
(Report)[permanent dead link] Meira 30'
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Peter Gagelmann

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

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

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


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

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

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


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


UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14
France Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10
Scotland Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
Germany VfB Stuttgart 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3
Rangers Scotland2–1Germany VfB Stuttgart
Adam 62'
Darcheville 75' (pen.)
(Report) Gómez 56'
Attendance: 49,795
Referee: Stefano Farina Italy

VfB Stuttgart Germany0–2Spain Barcelona
(Report) Puyol 58'
Messi 66'

VfB Stuttgart Germany0–2France Lyon
(Report) Santos 55'
Benzema 79'

Lyon France4–2Germany VfB Stuttgart
Ben Arfa 5', 37'
Källstrom 15'
Juninho 90'
(Report) Gómez 16', 56'
Attendance: 38,215
Referee: Yuri Baskakov Russia

VfB Stuttgart Germany3–2Scotland Rangers
Cacau 45'
Pardo 62'
Marica 85'
(Report) Adam 27'
Ferguson 70'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin Slovakia

Barcelona Spain3–1Germany VfB Stuttgart
Dos Santos 36'
Eto'o 57'
Ronaldinho 67'
(Report) Silva 3'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy France

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
5 Germany Serdar Tasci 1 0
6 Portugal Fernando Meira 2 0
7 Germany Silvio Meißner 1 0
8 Sweden Alexander Farnerud 2 0
10 Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk 1 0
13 Mexico Pável Pardo 1 0
18 Brazil Cacau 1 0
19 Germany Roberto Hilbert 1 0
21 Switzerland Ludovic Magnin 1 0
28 Germany Sami Khedira 1 0

DFB Cup

Round 1

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

Round 2

VfB Stuttgart3 – 2
(a.e.t.)
SC Paderborn
Hitzlsperger 31', 36'
Gómez 118'
(Report)[permanent dead link] 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)[permanent dead link] Werner 32'
Müller 120'
Penalties
Pardo soccer ball with check mark
Hilbert soccer ball with check mark
Cacau soccer ball with check mark
Silva soccer ball with red X
Hitzlsperger soccer ball with check mark
4–5 soccer ball with check mark Müller
soccer ball with check mark Werner
soccer ball with check mark Saka
soccer ball with check mark Šimák
soccer ball with check mark Ziegner
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2 Germany Andreas Beck 2 0
6 Portugal Fernando Meira 1 1
10 Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk 2 0
11 Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger 1 0
13 Mexico Pável Pardo 1 0
15 Ivory Coast Arthur Boka 1 0
17 France Matthieu Delpierre 1 0
33 Germany Mario Gómez 2 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 Brazil Gledson 0 1

External links

References

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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.