2007–08 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2007–08 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund
2007–08 season
Manager Thomas Doll
StadiumWestfalenstadion
Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Top goalscorerMladen Petrić (13)

Season summary

Dortmund experienced their worst season in 20 years, finishing in 13th place, although they managed to reach the DFB-Pokal final. Manager Thomas Doll resigned at the end of the season. He was replaced by Mainz coach Jürgen Klopp.

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 Roman Weidenfeller
2 DF  GER Martin Amedick
3 DF  GER Markus Brzenska
4 DF  GER Christian Wörns (captain)
5 MF  GER Sebastian Kehl
6 MF  GER Florian Kringe
7 MF  BRA Tinga
8 MF  GER Giovanni Federico
9 FW  PAR Nelson Valdez
10 FW  CRO Mladen Petrić[notes 1]
13 FW   SUI Alexander Frei
14 DF  SRB Antonio Rukavina
15 DF  GER Mats Hummels (on loan from Bayern Munich)
16 MF  POL Jakub Błaszczykowski
17 DF  BRA Dedê
18 MF  GER Lars Ricken
19 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK  GER Marc Ziegler
21 DF  CRO Robert Kovač[notes 2]
22 MF  GER Marc-André Kruska
23 DF   SUI Philipp Degen
24 DF  GER Daniel Gordon[notes 3]
26 MF  RSA Delron Buckley
27 DF  GER Uwe Hünemeier
28 MF  GER Sebastian Tyrała[notes 4]
30 GK  GER Marcel Höttecke
31 FW  GER Christopher Nöthe
32 MF  CMR Franck Patrick Njambe
33 DF  GER David Vržogić
34 MF  GER Christian Eggert
38 DF  GER Nico Hillenbrand
39 FW  GER Sahr Senesie[notes 5]
41 GK  GER Alexander Bade

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
14 FW  POL Ebi Smolarek (to Racing Santander)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF  TUR Mehmet Akgün[notes 6] (to Willem II)

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

Notes
  1. Petrić was born in Brčko, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
  2. Kovač was born in Berlin, Germany, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999.
  3. Gordon was born in Dortmund, Germany, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in June 2013.
  4. Tyrała was born in Racibórz, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19 level before making his international debut for Poland in December 2008.
  5. Senesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level.
  6. Akgün was born in Bielefeld, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
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