2007–08 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

During the 2007–08 German football season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the Bundesliga.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2007–08 season
Manager Michael Skibbe
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Theofanis Gekas (11)
All: Stefan Kießling (16)

Season summary

Despite recording an identical league record to the previous season, Leverkusen dropped to 7th, the first time they had failed to qualify for Europe in five seasons. Michael Skibbe was sacked as a result, and was replaced by Greuther Fürth manager Bruno Labbadia.

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 René Adler
2 DF  TUN Karim Haggui
5 DF  GER Manuel Friedrich
6 MF  GER Simon Rolfes
7 MF   SUI Tranquillo Barnetta
8 MF  GER Paul Freier[notes 1]
10 FW  GRE Theofanis Gekas
11 FW  GER Stefan Kießling
13 FW  RUS Dmitri Bulykin
14 MF  GER Sascha Dum
15 DF  GHA Hans Sarpei
16 MF   SUI Pirmin Schwegler
17 DF  SVK Vratislav Greško
19 MF  GER Marcel Risse
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  GER Lukas Sinkiewicz[notes 2]
22 GK  GER Benedikt Fernandez
23 MF  CHI Arturo Vidal
25 MF  GER Bernd Schneider
27 MF  GER Gonzalo Castro[notes 3]
28 DF  GER Carsten Ramelow
29 DF  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
33 MF  GER Stefan Reinartz
34 GK  GER Erik Domaschke
35 DF  GER Kim Falkenberg
36 FW  BIH Sergej Barbarez
45 MF  GER Jens Hegeler
53 GK  GER Fabian Giefer

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
4 MF  FRA Ricardo Faty[notes 4] (on loan from Roma)
24 DF  TOG Assimiou Touré[notes 5] (on loan to VfL Osnabrück)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW  CZE Michal Papadopulos (on loan to Energie Cottbus)
30 FW  GER Dennis Schmidt (to Wehen Wiesbaden)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2007-2008/bundes/bayerlev.htm

Notes
  1. Freier was born in Bytom, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 11 and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in May 2002.
  2. Sinkiewicz was born in Tychy, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in September 2005.
  3. Castro was born in Wuppertal, West Germany) (now Germany, and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Spain internationally through his parents and represented Spain at U-19 level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2007.
  4. Faty was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Cape Verde and Senegal internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his international debut for Senegal in 2012.
  5. Touré was born in Sokodé, Togo, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level before making his international debut for Togo in 2006.
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