2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2007-08 season
Manager Armin Veh
Stadium Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga 6th
DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals
Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Mario Gómez (19)
All: Mario Gómez (28)
Highest home attendance 58,500 vs Eintracht Frankfurt
(3 May 2008)
vs Arminia Bielefeld
(17 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance 7,500 vs SC Paderborn
(31 October 2007)

The 2007–08 season was VfB Stuttgart's 43rd season in the Bundesliga.

Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Puma and the shirt sponsor is EnBW.

Home
Away
Third
Fourth

Squad

First-team squad

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 Raphael Schäfer
2 Germany DF Andreas Beck
3 Mexico DF Ricardo Osorio
5 Germany DF Serdar Tasci
6 Portugal DF Fernando Meira (captain)
7 Germany MF Silvio Meißner
8 Sweden MF Alexander Farnerud
10 Turkey MF Yıldıray Baştürk
11 Germany MF Thomas Hitzlsperger
13 Mexico MF Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
15 Ivory Coast DF Arthur Boka
17 France DF Matthieu Delpierre
18 Brazil FW Cacau
19 Germany MF Roberto Hilbert
20 Romania FW Ciprian Marica
No. Position Player
21 Switzerland DF Ludovic Magnin
23 Germany FW Manuel Fischer
24 Germany GK Sven Ulreich
25 Brazil MF Antônio da Silva
26 Germany DF Tobias Feisthammel
27 Germany FW Johannes Rahn
28 Germany MF Sami Khedira
29 Cameroon MF Georges Mandjeck
31 Germany GK Alexander Stolz
33 Germany FW Mario Gómez
35 Germany MF Christian Träsch
36 Germany MF Peter Perchtold
39 Romania FW Sergiu Radu
40 Germany MF Julian Schuster
42 Germany DF Marco Pischorn

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. Position Player
1 Germany GK Raphael Schäfer (from 1. FC Nürnberg, undisclosed[1])
4 Brazil DF Gledson (from Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[2])
7 Germany MF Silvio Meißner (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
9 Brazil FW Ewerthon (on loan from Real Zaragoza[3])
No. Position Player
10 Turkey MF Yıldıray Baştürk (from Hertha BSC, undisclosed[4])
20 Romania FW Ciprian Marica (from Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed[5])
27 Germany MF Johannes Rahn (from TuS Koblenz, free[6])
29 Cameroon MF Georges Mandjeck (from Kadji Sports Academy, undisclosed[7])
31 Germany GK 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. Position Player
39 Romania FW Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[8])
No. Position Player
Germany FW Sven Schipplock (from SSV Reutlingen, free[9])

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. Position Player
1 Germany GK Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia, undisclosed[10])
5 Germany DF Markus Babbel (retired from football)
8 Germany MF Daniel Bierofka (to 1860 Munich, free[11])
9 Switzerland FW Marco Streller (to Basel, free[12])
12 Germany DF Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt, free)
No. Position Player
16 Germany FW Benjamin Lauth (loan return to Hamburger SV[13])
23 Germany GK Dirk Heinen (retired from football)
27 Germany FW Tobias Weis (to 1899 Hoffenheim, free)
-- Croatia FW Mario Carević (to SC Lokeren, free[14])
-- Denmark FW Jon Dahl Tomasson (to Villarreal, undisclosed[15])
Winter transfer window

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
12 Austria GK Michael Langer (to SC Freiburg, undisclosed[16])
4 Brazil DF Gledson (to Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[17])
No. Position Player
9 Brazil FW Ewerthon (loan terminated, returned to Real Zaragoza[18])

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. Position Player
-- Germany MF Christian Gentner (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg)
-- Brazil MF Élson (on loan to Goiás)
No. Position Player
-- Serbia FW Danijel Ljuboja (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[19])
38 Germany DF David Pisot (on loan to SC Paderborn until June 2008[20])

Statistics

Last updated on May 12, 2008.

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaChampions LeagueDFB CupPremiere Ligapokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Germany Raphael Schäfer 33-6323-416-153-51-2
2 DF Germany Andreas Beck 231171203010
3 DF Mexico Ricardo Osorio 300220502010
5 DF Germany Serdar Tasci 300220602000
6 DF Portugal Fernando Meira 373273603010
7 MF Germany Silvio Meißner 11070201010
8 MF Sweden Alexander Farnerud 180120401010
10 MF Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk 324254403000
11 MF Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger 327255204210
13 MF Mexico Pável Pardo 383292413020
15 DF Ivory Coast Arthur Boka 230180301010
17 DF France Matthieu Delpierre 280220303000
18 FW Brazil Cacau 3410279511010
19 MF Germany Roberto Hilbert 406314503210
20 FW Romania Ciprian Marica 353282413000
21 DF Switzerland Ludovic Magnin 310270301000
23 FW Germany Manuel Fischer 3121100000
24 GK Germany Sven Ulreich 12-1811-16001-200
25 MF Brazil Antônio da Silva 274203313010
28 MF Germany Sami Khedira 341241504010
29 MF Cameroon Georges Mandjeck 1000000010
31 GK Germany Alexander Stolz 0000000000
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 32282519433600
35 DF Germany Christian Träsch 1010000000
36 MF Germany Peter Perchtold 1010000000
39 FW Romania Sergiu Radu 3020001000
40 MF Germany Julian Schuster 3020001000
42 DF Germany Marco Pischorn 3020001000
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 DF Brazil Gledson 2000001010
9 FW Brazil Ewerthon 171111401010
12 GK Austria 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
1GermanyRaphael Schäfer10
2GermanyAndreas Beck20
3MexicoRicardo Osorio11
5GermanySerdar Tasci50
6PortugalFernando Meira32
7GermanySilvio Meißner10
8SwedenAlexander Farnerud20
10TurkeyYıldıray Baştürk20
11GermanyThomas Hitzlsperger30
13MexicoPável Pardo42
15Ivory CoastArthur Boka30
17FranceMatthieu Delpierre41
18Brazil Cacau60
19GermanyRoberto Hilbert70
20RomaniaCiprian Marica40
21SwitzerlandLudovic Magnin40
25BrazilAntônio da Silva20
28GermanySami Khedira40
33GermanyMario Gómez10
36GermanyPeter Perchtold10
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
9Brazil Ewerthon10

Club

Management

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

Last updated: November 27, 2007
Source: VfB.de

Other information

Chairman Germany Erwin Staudt
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / )

Source:VfB.de

Premiere Ligapokal

Semi-finals

VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Bayern Munich
(Report) Ribéry  8'
Wagner  66'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Babak Rafati

Bundesliga

Classification

Last updated May 17, 2008.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Bayern Munich34221026821+4776
Champions League
Group Stage
2Werder Bremen3420687545+3066
3Schalke 0434181065532+2364
Champions League
3rd Qualifying Round
4Hamburger SV34141284726+2154
UEFA Cup
1st Round
5VfL Wolfsburg34159105846+1254
6VfB Stuttgart (C)34164145757052
UEFA Intertoto Cup
7Bayer Leverkusen34156135740+1951
8Hannover 96341310115456-249

Last updated: April 27, 2008
Source: Bundesliga.de

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 Stuttgart 2–2 Schalke 04
Khedira  63'
Pardo  67'
(Report) Kobiashvili  25'
Rakitić  76'

Hertha BSC 3–1 VfB Stuttgart
Chahed  51'
Fathi  65'
Okoronkwo  80'
(Report) Hitzlsperger  15'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

VfB Stuttgart 1–0 MSV Duisburg
Gómez  34' (Report)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Karlsruher SC 1–0 VfB Stuttgart
Hajnal  54' (Report)
Attendance: 27,800
Referee: Markus Merk

VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Energie Cottbus
Cacau  53'
Ewerthon  78'
Gómez  82'
(Report)
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Babak Rafati

Werder Bremen 4–1 VfB Stuttgart
Almeida  3'  4'
Sanogo  15'
Diego  89'
(Report) Gómez  13'
Attendance: 40,000

VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Bochum
Hilbert  50' (Report)
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Florian Meyer

Hansa Rostock 2–1 VfB Stuttgart
Rathgeb  16'
Orestes  18'
(Report) Gómez  73'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Michael Kempter

VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Hannover 96
Meira Red card 7' (Report) Huszti  8', 52'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Markus Merk

Hamburger SV 4–1 VfB Stuttgart
Olić  7', 32', 55'
Mathijsen  60'
(Report) Pardo Red card 45'
Tasci  73'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer

VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen
Beck  72' (Report)
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Günter Perl

1. FC Nürnberg 0–1 VfB Stuttgart
(Report) Gómez  15'
Attendance: 40,000

VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Bayern Munich
Gómez  10', 42'
Baştürk  30'
(Report) Toni  86'
Attendance: 55,600
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Eintracht Frankfurt 1–4 VfB Stuttgart
Köhler  41' (Report) Hilbert  45'
Marica  48'
Hitzlsperger  57'
Cacau  90+2'
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Peter Gagelmann

VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Borussia Dortmund
Meira  35' (Report) Valdez  10'
Petrić  79'
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Marica  26'
Cacau  47'
Hitzlsperger  86'
(Report) Džeko  49'
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Markus Merk

Arminia Bielefeld 2–0 VfB Stuttgart
Kamper  79'
Wichniarek  90'
(Report) Pardo Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 47', 73'
Osorio Red card 86'
Attendance: 20,600
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 4–1 VfB Stuttgart
Kurányi  32', 51'
Westermann  75'
Zé Roberto  90'
(Report) Silva  61'
Attendance: 61,482
Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart 1–3 Hertha BSC Berlin
Delpierre Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 15', 81'
Gómez  40'
(Report) Pantelić  7', 45'
Raffael  48'

MSV Duisburg 2–3 VfB Stuttgart
Niculescu  49'
Ishiaku  57'
(Report) Gómez  16', 41'
Hitzlsperger  90+2'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Babak Rafati

VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Karlsruher SC
Gómez  5'
Hilbert  26'
Cacau  88'
(Report) Hajnal  81'
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Markus Merk

VfB Stuttgart 6–3 Werder Bremen
Gómez  19', 43', 65'
Cacau  66', 87'
Mertesacker  83' (o.g.)
(Report) Almeida  8'
Boenisch  60'
Rosenberg  76'

Energie Cottbus 0–1 VfB Stuttgart
(Report) Meira  30'
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Peter Gagelmann

VfL Bochum 1–1 VfB Stuttgart
Dabrowski  20' (Report) Hitzlsperger  47'
Attendance: 25,086
Referee: Peter Sippel

VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Hansa Rostock
Pardo  51' (pen.)
Cacau  54'
Gómez  87'
Baştürk  90'
(Report) Orestes  56'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Günter Perl

Hannover 96 0–0 VfB Stuttgart
(Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Marc Seemann

VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Hamburg
Hilbert  20' (Report)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Babak Rafati

Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 VfB Stuttgart
Rolfes  41', 70'
Kießling  45'
(Report)
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Michael Kempter

VfB Stuttgart 3–0 1. FC Nürnberg
Cacau  4'
Silva  13'
Meira  31'
(Report)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner

Bayern Munich 4–1 VfB Stuttgart
Toni  8'
Van Bommel  55'
Ribéry  75', 76'
(Report) Silva  19'
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Florian Meyer

VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Baştürk  3', 18'
Gómez  6'
Cacau  47'
(Report) Amanatidis  62'
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Markus Merk

Borussia Dortmund 3–2 VfB Stuttgart
Tinga  35'
Frei  59', 79'
(Report) Gómez  55', 83'
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Michael Kempter

VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 VfB Stuttgart
Marcelinho  16'
Džeko  22'
Costa  65'
Dejagah  75'
(Report) Meira Red card 17'
Attendance: 26,000

VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Arminia Bielefeld
Gómez  74' (pen.)
Fischer  85'
(Report) Tesche  10'
Eigler  87'
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Spain Barcelona 6420123+914
France Lyon 63121110+110
Scotland Rangers 621379−27
Germany VfB Stuttgart 6105715−83
Rangers Scotland 2–1 Germany VfB Stuttgart
Adam  62'
Darcheville  75' (pen.)
(Report) Gómez  56'
Attendance: 49,795
Referee: Stefano Farina Italy

VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–2 Spain Barcelona
(Report) Puyol  58'
Messi  66'

VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–2 France Lyon
(Report) Santos  55'
Benzema  79'

Lyon France 4–2 Germany VfB Stuttgart
Ben Arfa  5', 37'
Källstrom  15'
Juninho  90'
(Report) Gómez  16', 56'
Attendance: 38,215
Referee: Yuri Baskakov Russia

VfB Stuttgart Germany 3–2 Scotland Rangers
Cacau  45'
Pardo  62'
Marica  85'
(Report) Adam  27'
Ferguson  70'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin Slovakia

Barcelona Spain 3–1 Germany VfB Stuttgart
Dos Santos  36'
Eto'o  57'
Ronaldinho  67'
(Report) Silva  3'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy France

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
5GermanySerdar Tasci10
6PortugalFernando Meira20
7GermanySilvio Meißner10
8SwedenAlexander Farnerud20
10TurkeyYıldıray Baştürk10
13MexicoPável Pardo10
18Brazil Cacau10
19GermanyRoberto Hilbert10
21SwitzerlandLudovic Magnin10
28GermanySami Khedira10

DFB Cup

Round 1

Wehen Wiesbaden 1–2 VfB Stuttgart
Catić  47' (Report) Gledson Red card 46'
Hilbert  65', 90'
Meira Red card 86'
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Felix Brych

Round 2

VfB Stuttgart 3 – 2
(a.e.t.)
SC Paderborn
Hitzlsperger  31', 36'
Gómez  118'
(Report) Koen  66'
Döring  69'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Michael Kempter

Round 3

Werder Bremen II 2–3 VfB Stuttgart
Heider  57'
Peitz  71'
(Report) Gómez  29', 32', 42'
Attendance: 10,310
Referee: Jochen Drees

Quarter-finals

VfB Stuttgart 2 – 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
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2GermanyAndreas Beck20
6PortugalFernando Meira11
10TurkeyYıldıray Baştürk20
11GermanyThomas Hitzlsperger10
13MexicoPável Pardo10
15Ivory CoastArthur Boka10
17FranceMatthieu Delpierre10
33GermanyMario Gómez20
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4Brazil Gledson01

Reserve team

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. Position Player
Germany GK Timo Hammel
Germany GK Frank Lehmann
Germany GK Alexander Stolz
Germany GK Sven Ulreich
Germany DF Steffen Dangelmayr
Germany DF Tobias Feisthammel
Croatia DF Dubravko Kolinger
Croatia DF Marijan Kovačević
Germany DF Anton Pelipetz
Germany DF Marco Pischorn
Germany DF David Pisot (to January)
Germany DF Joachim Schwabe
Germany DF Robin Schuster
Germany MF Martin Dausch
Germany MF Patrick Funk
Germany MF Andreas Hindelang
No. Position Player
Germany MF Sebastian Hofmann
Germany MF José-Alex Ikeng
Germany MF Jeremy Karikari (from January)
Germany MF Michael Klauß
Germany MF Peter Perchtold
Germany MF Sebastian Rudy
Germany MF Christian Sauter
Germany MF Julian Schuster
Germany MF Christian Träsch
Germany FW Manuel Fischer
Germany FW Nico Klotz
Germany FW Patrick Mayer (to January)
Germany FW Matthias Morys
Germany FW Sven Schipplock (from January)
Germany FW Johannes Rahn

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