2007–08 Hamburger SV season

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

Hamburger SV
2007–08 season
Manager Huub Stevens
StadiumVolksparkstadion
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Intertoto CupWinners
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerIvica Olić & Paolo Guerrero (14)

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 GK Frank Rost
2 DF Juan Pablo Sorín
3 DF Timothée Atouba
4 DF Bastian Reinhardt
5 DF Joris Mathijsen
6 MF Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
7 FW Mohamed Zidan
8 MF Nigel de Jong
9 FW Paolo Guerrero
10 DF Vincent Kompany
11 FW Ivica Olić
12 GK Wolfgang Hesl
13 MF Mario Fillinger
14 MF David Jarolím
15 MF Piotr Trochowski[notes 1]
No. Position Player
16 MF Anton Putsila (on loan from Dinamo Minsk)
17 FW Macauley Chrisantus
18 MF Romeo Castelen[notes 2]
19 DF Jérôme Boateng
20 DF Guy Demel[notes 3]
22 FW Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting[notes 4]
23 MF Rafael van der Vaart
24 DF Mišo Brečko
26 DF Volker Schmidt
28 MF Otto Addo[notes 5]
29 GK Raphael Wolf
30 DF Collin Benjamin
31 MF Timo Kunert
32 MF Änis Ben-Hatira[notes 6]
34 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 MF Raphaël Wicky (to Sion)
16 FW Mustafa Kučuković[notes 7] (to 1860 Munich)
No. Position Player
21 DF Sebastian Langkamp (to Karlsruhe)
25 MF Kosi Saka (on loan to Carl Zeiss Jena)

Results

Intertoto Cup

Third round
21 July 2007 Dacia Chișinău 1–1 HamburgZimbru Stadium, Chișinău
Boicenco  7' van der Vaart  70' (pen.) Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
29 July 2007 Hamburg 4–0 Dacia ChișinăuAOL Arena, Hamburg
Kompany  50'
van der Vaart  71'
Benjamin  76'
Jarolím  89'		 Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Hamburg won 5–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round
16 August 2007 Honvéd 0–0 HamburgSzusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest
19:00 CET Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
30 August 2007 Hamburg 4–0 HonvédHSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:30 CET Guerrero  9', 38'
Smiljanić  50' (o.g.)
Choupo-Moting  90'		 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

Hamburg win 4–0 on aggregate

First round
18 September 2007 Litex Lovech 0–1 HamburgLovech Stadium, Lovech
Castelen  75' Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)
4 October 2007 Hamburg 3–1 Litex LovechVolksparkstadion, Hamburg
Guerrero  40', 52'
Van der Vaart  71'		 R. Popov  38' Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Hamburg won 4–1 on aggregate.

Group stage
25 October 2007 Brann 0–1 HamburgBrann Stadion, Bergen
19:00 Report Kompany  62' Attendance: 13,029
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
29 November 2007 Hamburg 3–0 RennesHSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
19:00 Van der Vaart  30'
Choupo-Moting  84'
Zidan  90'		 Report Attendance: 36,472
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
5 December 2007 Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 HamburgMaksimir Stadium, Zagreb
20:45 Report De Jong  88'
Trochowski  90+3' (pen.)		 Attendance: 18,870
Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)
20 December 2007 Hamburg 1–1 BaselHSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45 Olić  73' Report Ergić  58' Attendance: 48,917
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Round of 32
2008-02-14 Zürich 1–3 HamburgLetzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Hassli  88' (Report) Jarolím  49'
Olić  67'
Trochowski  77'		 Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)
2008-02-21 Hamburg 0–0 ZürichArena Hamburg, Hamburg
17:00 (Report) Attendance: 33,586
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Hamburg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16
2008-03-06 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 HamburgBayArena, Leverkusen
21:05 Gekas  77' (Report) Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
2008-03-12 Hamburg 3–2 Bayer LeverkusenArena Hamburg, Hamburg
17:45 Trochowski  53'
Guerrero  65'
Van der Vaart  81'		 (Report) Barbarez  19'
Gekas  55'		 Attendance: 37,083
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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

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

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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