2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season

During the 2007–08 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.

FC Schalke 04
2007–08 season
ManagerGermany Mirko Slomka (until April 13)
Germany Mike Büskens and Netherlands Youri Mulder[notes 1] (from April 14)
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalThird round
Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerKevin Kurányi (15)

Season summary

Several weak performances, culminating in a 5–1 defeat to Werder Bremen, saw coach Mirko Slomka sacked in April, with former players Mike Büskens and Youri Mulder taking over for the remainder of the season. The duo recorded five wins and a draw in their six-game stint in charge - although Schalke recorded four points less than the previous season and dropped down to third as a result, the club still comfortably qualified for the Champions League, with a ten-point lead over fourth-placed Hamburg. Büskens and Mulder stood down in July, and FC Twente manager Fred Rutten took charge.

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 Manuel Neuer
2 DF Germany GER Heiko Westermann
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kobiashvili
4 DF Germany GER Mathias Abel
5 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF Germany GER Albert Streit[notes 2]
7 MF Uruguay URU Gustavo Varela
8 MF Germany GER Fabian Ernst
9 FW Denmark DEN Søren Larsen
10 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Rakitić[notes 3]
11 FW Denmark DEN Peter Løvenkrands
13 MF Germany GER Jermaine Jones[notes 4]
14 MF Germany GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 5]
15 MF Brazil BRA Zé Roberto
18 DF Brazil BRA Rafinha
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Turkey TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 6]
20 DF Serbia SRB Mladen Krstajić[notes 7]
21 MF Uruguay URU Carlos Grossmüller
22 FW Germany GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 8]
23 DF Germany GER Benedikt Höwedes
24 DF Germany GER Christian Pander
25 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Zlatan Bajramović[notes 9]
27 MF Uruguay URU Vicente Sánchez
28 MF Germany GER Markus Heppke
30 FW Cameroon CMR Dominique Wassi
31 DF Peru PER Carlos Zambrano
32 GK Germany GER Ralf Fährmann
33 GK Germany GER Mathias Schober
34 GK Germany GER Toni Tapalović

Left club during 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
16 DF Uruguay URU Darío Rodríguez (to Peñarol)
17 MF Germany GER Mesut Özil (to Werder Bremen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Germany GER Mimoun Azaouagh[notes 10] (on loan to VfL Bochum)
31 DF Germany GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 11] (to Werder Bremen)

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2007–08 Bundesliga

League table
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 Qualification to 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 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
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
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Chelsea 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Germany Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8
3 Norway Rosenborg 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Spain Valencia 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5
Source: RSSSF
18 September 2007 1 Schalke 04 Germany 0–1 Spain Valencia Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 Report
  • Villa 63'
 Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
3 October 2007 2 Rosenborg Norway 0–2 Germany Schalke 04 Trondheim, Norway
20:45 Report
Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Attendance: 21,361
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
24 October 2007 3 Chelsea England 2–0 Germany Schalke 04 London, England
20:45
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,910
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
6 November 2007 4 Schalke 04 Germany 0–0 England Chelsea Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
28 November 2007 5 Valencia Spain 0–0 Germany Schalke 04 Valencia, Spain
20:45 Report Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 29,232
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
11 December 2007 6 Schalke 04 Germany 3–1 Norway Rosenborg Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45
Report
Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Knockout phase
Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16
19 February 2008 First leg Schalke 04 Germany 1–0 Portugal Porto Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45
Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
5 March 2008 Second leg Porto Portugal 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(1–4 p)		 Germany Schalke 04 Porto, Portugal
20:45
Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 45,316
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Penalties
Quarter-finals
1 April 2008 First leg Schalke 04 Germany 0–1 Spain Barcelona Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 Report
Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
9 April 2008 Second leg Barcelona Spain 1–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Germany Schalke 04 Barcelona, Spain
20:45
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 72,113
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

References
  1. "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2007/08".

Notes
  1. Mulder was born in Brussels, Belgium, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Netherlands in November 1994.
  2. Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and has represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18, and B level.
  3. Rakitić was born in Möhlin, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in September 2007.
  4. Jones was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and represented them at U-21 and B level, but also qualified to represent the United States through his father and would make his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  5. Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
  6. Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  7. Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  8. Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
  9. Bajramović was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2002.
  10. Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented them at U-21 level.
  11. Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. He would later change his allegiance to Poland and make his international debut for Poland in September 2010.
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