2007–08 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

During the 2007–08 German football season, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2007–08 season
Manager Ralf Rangnick
StadiumDietmar-Hopp-Stadion
2. Bundesliga2nd (promoted)
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerChinedu Obasi (12)

Season summary

Hoffenheim's first ever season in the 2. Bundesliga saw them promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, as runners-up.

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 Daniel Haas
3 DF  GER Matthias Jaissle
4 MF  GER Steffen Haas
5 DF  GER Marvin Compper
6 DF  GER Michael Rundio
7 DF  GER Dragan Paljić
9 FW  CRO Tomislav Marić[notes 1]
10 MF  GER Selim Teber
11 MF  GER Jochen Seitz
12 DF  GER Denis Bindnagel
13 DF  HUN Zsolt Lőw
14 DF  GER Christoph Janker
15 DF  CZE Radek Špiláček
16 MF  GER Matthias Keller
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  GER Tobias Weis
18 FW  GER Kai Hesse
19 FW  BIH Vedad Ibišević
20 FW  NGA Chinedu Obasi
21 MF  BRA Luiz Gustavo (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano)
22 FW  GER Francisco Copado
23 MF  BIH Sejad Salihović
24 DF  SWE Per Nilsson
25 DF  GHA Isaac Vorsah (on loan from Asante Kotoko)
26 DF  AUT Andreas Ibertsberger
27 GK  AUT Ramazan Özcan
29 FW  SEN Demba Ba[notes 2]
30 GK  GER Thorsten Kirschbaum
33 MF  BRA Carlos Eduardo

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
5 DF  GER Marcel Throm (to Sportfreunde Siegen)
8 MF  GER Andreas Mayer (to VfR Aalen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  BIH Mirnes Mešić (to Kickers Offenbach)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2007-2008/bundes2/hoffen.htm

Notes
  1. Marić was born in Heilbronn, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in May 2002.
  2. Ba was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in June 2007.
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