2007–08 Hamburger SV season

Hamburger SV
2007–08 season
Manager Netherlands Huub Stevens
Stadium Volksparkstadion
Bundesliga 4th
DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals
Intertoto Cup Winners
UEFA Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer Ivica Olić (14)

During the 2007–08 German football season, Hamburger SV competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Hamburg improved to finish fourth, though they were 10 points off Champions League qualification.

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. Position Player
1 Germany GK Frank Rost
2 Argentina DF Juan Pablo Sorín
3 Cameroon DF Timothée Atouba
4 Germany DF Bastian Reinhardt
5 Netherlands DF Joris Mathijsen
6 Belgium MF Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
7 Egypt FW Mohamed Zidan
8 Netherlands MF Nigel de Jong
9 Peru FW Paolo Guerrero
10 Belgium DF Vincent Kompany
11 Croatia FW Ivica Olić
12 Germany GK Wolfgang Hesl
13 Germany MF Mario Fillinger
14 Czech Republic MF David Jarolím
15 Germany MF Piotr Trochowski[notes 1]
No. Position Player
16 Belarus MF Anton Putsila (on loan from Dinamo Minsk)
17 Nigeria FW Macauley Chrisantus
18 Netherlands MF Romeo Castelen[notes 2]
19 Germany DF Jérôme Boateng
20 Ivory Coast DF Guy Demel[notes 3]
22 Germany FW Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting[notes 4]
23 Netherlands MF Rafael van der Vaart
24 Slovenia DF Mišo Brečko
26 Germany DF Volker Schmidt
28 Ghana MF Otto Addo[notes 5]
29 Germany GK Raphael Wolf
30 Namibia DF Collin Benjamin
31 Germany MF Timo Kunert
32 Germany MF Änis Ben-Hatira[notes 6]
34 Germany FW Sidney Sam

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. Position Player
6 Switzerland MF Raphaël Wicky (to Sion)
16 Germany FW Mustafa Kučuković[notes 7] (to 1860 Munich)
No. Position Player
21 Germany DF Sebastian Langkamp (to Karlsruhe)
25 Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Kosi Saka (on loan to Carl Zeiss Jena)

Results

Intertoto Cup

Third round

Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Hamburg win 4–0 on aggregate

First round

Hamburg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

Round of 32

Hamburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Hamburg 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen on aggregate. Bayer Leverkusen won on away goals.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Trochowski was born in Tczew, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and made his international debut for Germany in October 2002.
  2. ↑ Castelen was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.
  3. ↑ Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also holds an Ivory Coast passport and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.
  4. ↑ Choupo-Moting was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and would make his international debut for Cameroon in 2010.
  5. ↑ Addo was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
  6. ↑ Ben-Hatira was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Germany), and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in February 2012.
  7. ↑ Kučuković was born in Novi Grad, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level.
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