2007–08 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

During the 2007–08 German football season, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2007–08 season
Manager Ralf Rangnick
StadiumDietmar-Hopp-Stadion
2. Bundesliga2nd (promoted)
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerChinedu Obasi (12)

Season summary

Hoffenheim's first ever season in the 2. Bundesliga saw them promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, as runners-up.

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 Daniel Haas
3 DF Matthias Jaissle
4 MF Steffen Haas
5 DF Marvin Compper
6 DF Michael Rundio
7 DF Dragan Paljić
9 FW Tomislav Marić[notes 1]
10 MF Selim Teber
11 MF Jochen Seitz
12 DF Denis Bindnagel
13 DF Zsolt Lőw
14 DF Christoph Janker
15 DF Radek Špiláček
16 MF Matthias Keller
No. Position Player
17 MF Tobias Weis
18 FW Kai Hesse
19 FW Vedad Ibišević
20 FW Chinedu Obasi
21 MF Luiz Gustavo (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano)
22 FW Francisco Copado
23 MF Sejad Salihović
24 DF Per Nilsson
25 DF Isaac Vorsah (on loan from Asante Kotoko)
26 DF Andreas Ibertsberger
27 GK Ramazan Özcan
29 FW Demba Ba[notes 2]
30 GK Thorsten Kirschbaum
33 MF Carlos Eduardo

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
5 DF Marcel Throm (to Sportfreunde Siegen)
8 MF Andreas Mayer (to VfR Aalen)
No. Position Player
20 FW Mirnes Mešić (to Kickers Offenbach)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2007-2008/bundes2/hoffen.htm

Notes
  1. Marić was born in Heilbronn, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in May 2002.
  2. Ba was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in June 2007.
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