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  GER Raphael Schäfer[notes 1]
2 DF  GER Andreas Beck[notes 2]
3 DF  MEX Ricardo Osorio
5 DF  GER Serdar Tasci
6 DF  POR Fernando Meira (captain)
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner
8 MF  SWE Alexander Farnerud
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3]
11 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
13 MF  MEX Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW  BRA Cacau[notes 4]
19 MF  GER Roberto Hilbert
20 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 FW  GER Sven Schipplock
23 FW  GER Manuel Fischer
24 GK  GER Sven Ulreich
25 MF  BRA Antônio da Silva
26 DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel
27 FW  GER Johannes Rahn
28 MF  GER Sami Khedira
31 GK  GER Alexander Stolz
33 FW  GER Mario Gómez
35 MF  GER Christian Träsch
36 MF  GER Peter Perchtold
39 FW  ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
40 MF  GER Julian Schuster
42 DF  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  GER Timo Hammel
— GK  GER Frank Lehmann
— GK  GER Alexander Stolz
— GK  GER Sven Ulreich
— DF  GER Steffen Dangelmayr
— DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel
— DF  GER Dubravko Kolinger
— DF  KAZ Anton Pelipetz
— DF  GER Marco Pischorn
— DF  GER David Pisot (to January)
— DF  GER Joachim Schwabe
— DF  GER Robin Schuster
— MF  GER Martin Dausch
— MF  GER Patrick Funk
— MF  GER Andreas Hindelang
— MF  GER Sebastian Hofmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 5]
— MF  GER Jeremy Karikari (from January)
— MF  GER Michael Klauß
— MF  GER Marijan Kovačević
— MF  GER Peter Perchtold
— MF  GER Sebastian Rudy
— MF  GER Christian Sauter
— MF  GER Julian Schuster
— MF  GER Christian Träsch
— FW  GER Manuel Fischer
— FW  GER Nico Klotz
— FW  GER Patrick Mayer (to January)
— FW  POL Matthias Morys
— FW  GER Sven Schipplock (from January)
— FW  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  GER Raphael Schäfer (from 1. FC Nürnberg, undisclosed[2])
4 DF  BRA Gledson (from Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[3])
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
9 FW  BRA Ewerthon (on loan from Real Zaragoza[4])
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk (from Hertha BSC, undisclosed[5])
20 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica (from Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed[6])
27 MF  GER Johannes Rahn (from TuS Koblenz, free[7])
29 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck (from Kadji Sports Academy, undisclosed[8])
31 GK  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  ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[9])
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  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  GER Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia, undisclosed[11])
5 DF  GER Markus Babbel (retired from football)
8 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka (to 1860 Munich, free[12])
9 FW   SUI Marco Streller (to Basel, free[13])
12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt, free)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  GER Benjamin Lauth (loan return to Hamburger SV[14])
23 GK  GER Dirk Heinen (retired from football)
27 FW  GER Tobias Weis (to 1899 Hoffenheim, free)
-- FW  CRO Mario Carević (to SC Lokeren, free[15])
-- FW  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  AUT Michael Langer (to SC Freiburg, undisclosed[17])
4 DF  BRA Gledson (to Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[18])
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  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  GER Christian Gentner (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg)
— MF  BRA Élson (on loan to Goiás)
— FW  SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 6] (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[20])
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
38 DF  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 Raphael Schäfer 33-6323-416-153-51-2
2 DF Andreas Beck 231171203010
3 DF Ricardo Osorio 300220502010
5 DF Serdar Tasci 300220602000
6 DF Fernando Meira 373273603010
7 MF Silvio Meißner 11070201010
8 MF Alexander Farnerud 180120401010
10 MF Yıldıray Baştürk 324254403000
11 MF Thomas Hitzlsperger 327255204210
13 MF Pável Pardo 383292413020
15 DF Arthur Boka 230180301010
17 DF Matthieu Delpierre 280220303000
18 FW Cacau 3410279511010
19 MF Roberto Hilbert 406314503210
20 FW Ciprian Marica 353282413000
21 DF Ludovic Magnin 310270301000
23 FW Manuel Fischer 3121100000
24 GK Sven Ulreich 12-1811-16001-200
25 MF Antônio da Silva 274203313010
28 MF Sami Khedira 341241504010
29 MF Georges Mandjeck 1000000010
31 GK Alexander Stolz 0000000000
33 FW Mario Gómez 32282519433600
35 DF Christian Träsch 1010000000
36 MF Peter Perchtold 1010000000
39 FW Sergiu Radu 3020001000
40 MF Julian Schuster 3020001000
42 DF Marco Pischorn 3020001000
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 DF Gledson 2000001010
9 FW Ewerthon 171111401010
12 GK 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
1Raphael Schäfer10
2Andreas Beck20
3Ricardo Osorio11
5Serdar Tasci50
6Fernando Meira32
7Silvio Meißner10
8Alexander Farnerud20
10Yıldıray Baştürk20
11Thomas Hitzlsperger30
13Pável Pardo42
15Arthur Boka30
17Matthieu Delpierre41
18 Cacau60
19Roberto Hilbert70
20Ciprian Marica40
21Ludovic Magnin40
25Antônio da Silva20
28Sami Khedira40
33Mario Gómez10
36Peter Perchtold10
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
9 Ewerthon10

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Armin Veh
Assistant manager Markus Babbel
Assistant manager Alfons Higl
Club doctor Raymond Best
Club doctor Heiko Striegel

Last updated: 27 November 2007
Source: VfB.de

Other information

Chairman 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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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  7' (Report) Huszti  8', 52'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Markus Merk
Hamburger SV4–1VfB Stuttgart
Olić  7', 32', 55'
Mathijsen  60'		 (Report) Pardo  45'
Tasci  73'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
VfB Stuttgart1–0Bayer Leverkusen
Beck  72' (Report)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Felix Brych
VfB Stuttgart3–1VfL Wolfsburg
Marica  26'
Cacau  47'
Hitzlsperger  86'		 (Report) Džeko  49'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Markus Merk
Arminia Bielefeld2–0VfB Stuttgart
Kamper  79'
Wichniarek  90'		 (Report) Pardo  47'  73'
Osorio  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  15'  81'
Gómez  40'		 (Report) Pantelić  7', 45'
Raffael  48'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Günter Perl
Hannover 960–0VfB Stuttgart
(Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Marc Seemann
VfB Stuttgart1–0Hamburg
Hilbert  20' (Report)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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)
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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  17'
Attendance: 26,000
VfB Stuttgart2–2Arminia Bielefeld
Gómez  74' (pen.)
Fischer  85'		 (Report) Tesche  10'
Eigler  87'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

UEFA Champions League

Group stage
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Barcelona 6420123+914
Lyon 63121110+110
Rangers 621379−27
VfB Stuttgart 6105715−83
Rangers 2–1 VfB Stuttgart
Adam  62'
Darcheville  75' (pen.)		 (Report) Gómez  56'
Attendance: 49,795
Referee: Stefano Farina
VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Barcelona
(Report) Puyol  58'
Messi  66'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 51,825
Referee: Martin Hansson
VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Lyon
(Report) Santos  55'
Benzema  79'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 51,000
Lyon 4–2 VfB Stuttgart
Ben Arfa  5', 37'
Källstrom  15'
Juninho  90'		 (Report) Gómez  16', 56'
Attendance: 38,215
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
VfB Stuttgart 3–2 Rangers
Cacau  45'
Pardo  62'
Marica  85'		 (Report) Adam  27'
Ferguson  70'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin
Barcelona 3–1 VfB Stuttgart
Dos Santos  36'
Eto'o  57'
Ronaldinho  67'		 (Report) Silva  3'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Disciplinary record
Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
5Serdar Tasci10
6Fernando Meira20
7Silvio Meißner10
8Alexander Farnerud20
10Yıldıray Baştürk10
13Pável Pardo10
18 Cacau10
19Roberto Hilbert10
21Ludovic Magnin10
28Sami Khedira10

DFB Cup

Round 1
Wehen Wiesbaden1–2VfB Stuttgart
Catić  47' (Report) Gledson  46'
Hilbert  65', 90'
Meira  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'
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
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
Hilbert
Cacau
Silva
Hitzlsperger 		4–5 Müller
Werner
Saka
Šimák
Ziegner
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Disciplinary record
Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2Andreas Beck20
6Fernando Meira11
10Yıldıray Baştürk20
11Thomas Hitzlsperger10
13Pável Pardo10
15Arthur Boka10
17Matthieu Delpierre10
33Mario Gómez20
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 Gledson01

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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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