2007–08 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

During the 2007–08 German football season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the Bundesliga.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2007–08 season
Manager Michael Skibbe
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Theofanis Gekas (11)
All: Stefan Kießling (16)

Season summary

Despite recording an identical league record to the previous season, Leverkusen dropped to 7th, the first time they had failed to qualify for Europe in five seasons. Michael Skibbe was sacked as a result, and was replaced by Greuther Fürth manager Bruno Labbadia.

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 GK René Adler
2 DF Karim Haggui
5 DF Manuel Friedrich
6 MF Simon Rolfes
7 MF Tranquillo Barnetta
8 MF Paul Freier
10 FW Theofanis Gekas
11 FW Stefan Kießling
13 FW Dmitri Bulykin
14 MF Sascha Dum
15 DF Hans Sarpei
16 MF Pirmin Schwegler
17 DF Vratislav Greško
19 MF Marcel Risse
No. Position Player
20 DF Lukas Sinkiewicz
22 GK Benedikt Fernandez
23 MF Arturo Vidal
25 MF Bernd Schneider
27 MF Gonzalo Castro
28 DF Carsten Ramelow
29 DF Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
33 MF Stefan Reinartz
34 GK Erik Domaschke
35 DF Kim Falkenberg
36 FW Sergej Barbarez
45 MF Jens Hegeler
53 GK Fabian Giefer

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
4 MF Ricardo Faty (on loan from Roma)
24 DF Assimiou Touré (on loan to VfL Osnabrück)
No. Position Player
26 FW Michal Papadopulos (on loan to Energie Cottbus)
30 FW Dennis Schmidt (to Wehen Wiesbaden)

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