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 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 TotalBundesligaChampions LeagueDFB CupPremiere Ligapokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Germany GER Raphael Schäfer 33-6323-416-153-51-2
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck 231171203010
3 DF Mexico MEX Ricardo Osorio 300220502010
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci 300220602000
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira 373273603010
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner 11070201010
8 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Farnerud 180120401010
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk 324254403000
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 327255204210
13 MF Mexico MEX Pável Pardo 383292413020
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka 230180301010
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre 280220303000
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau 3410279511010
19 MF Germany GER Roberto Hilbert 406314503210
20 FW Romania ROU Ciprian Marica 353282413000
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin 310270301000
23 FW Germany GER Manuel Fischer 3121100000
24 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich 12-1811-16001-200
25 MF Brazil BRA Antônio da Silva 274203313010
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira 341241504010
29 MF Cameroon CMR Georges Mandjeck 1000000010
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz 0000000000
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez 32282519433600
35 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch 1010000000
36 MF Germany GER Peter Perchtold 1010000000
39 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Radu 3020001000
40 MF Germany GER Julian Schuster 3020001000
42 DF Germany GER Marco Pischorn 3020001000
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 DF Brazil BRA Gledson 2000001010
9 FW Brazil BRA Ewerthon 171111401010
12 GK Austria 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
1GermanyRaphael Schäfer10
2GermanyAndreas Beck20
3MexicoRicardo Osorio11
5GermanySerdar Tasci50
6PortugalFernando Meira32
7GermanySilvio Meißner10
8SwedenAlexander Farnerud20
10TurkeyYıldıray Baştürk20
11GermanyThomas Hitzlsperger30
13MexicoPável Pardo42
15Ivory CoastArthur Boka30
17FranceMatthieu Delpierre41
18Brazil Cacau60
19GermanyRoberto Hilbert70
20RomaniaCiprian Marica40
21SwitzerlandLudovic Magnin40
25BrazilAntônio da Silva20
28GermanySami Khedira40
33GermanyMario Gómez10
36GermanyPeter Perchtold10
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
9Brazil Ewerthon10

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'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Babak Rafati

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'
Attendance: 57,500
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)
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
Werder Bremen4–1VfB Stuttgart
Almeida 3' 4'
Sanogo 15'
Diego 89'		 (Report) Gómez 13'
Attendance: 40,000
VfB Stuttgart1–0VfL Bochum
Hilbert 50' (Report)
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
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'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Markus Merk
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) 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'
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Felix Brych
VfB Stuttgart3–1VfL Wolfsburg
Marica 26'
Cacau 47'
Hitzlsperger 86'		 (Report) Džeko 49'
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Markus Merk
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) 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'
Attendance: 48,000
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'
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Markus Merk
VfB Stuttgart6–3Werder Bremen
Gómez 19', 43', 65'
Cacau 66', 87'
Mertesacker 83' (o.g.)		 (Report) Almeida 8'
Boenisch 60'
Rosenberg 76'
Attendance: 55,000
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)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
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
VfB Stuttgart4–1Eintracht Frankfurt
Baştürk 3', 18'
Gómez 6'
Cacau 47'		 (Report) Amanatidis 62'
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Markus Merk
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 Red card 17'
Attendance: 26,000
VfB Stuttgart2–2Arminia Bielefeld
Gómez 74' (pen.)
Fischer 85'		 (Report) Tesche 10'
Eigler 87'
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

UEFA Champions League

Group stage
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Spain Barcelona 6420123+914
France Lyon 63121110+110
Scotland Rangers 621379−27
Germany VfB Stuttgart 6105715−83
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'
Attendance: 51,825
Referee: Martin Hansson Sweden
VfB Stuttgart Germany0–2France Lyon
(Report) Santos 55'
Benzema 79'
Attendance: 51,000
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
5GermanySerdar Tasci10
6PortugalFernando Meira20
7GermanySilvio Meißner10
8SwedenAlexander Farnerud20
10TurkeyYıldıray Baştürk10
13MexicoPável Pardo10
18Brazil Cacau10
19GermanyRoberto Hilbert10
21SwitzerlandLudovic Magnin10
28GermanySami Khedira10

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) 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 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
2GermanyAndreas Beck20
6PortugalFernando Meira11
10TurkeyYıldıray Baştürk20
11GermanyThomas Hitzlsperger10
13MexicoPável Pardo10
15Ivory CoastArthur Boka10
17FranceMatthieu Delpierre10
33GermanyMario Gómez20
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4Brazil 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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