2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

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VfB Stuttgart
2007-08 season
ManagerArmin Veh
StadiumGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Gómez (19)
All: Mario Gómez (28)
Highest home attendance58,500 vs Eintracht Frankfurt
(3 May 2008)
vs Arminia Bielefeld
(17 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance7,500 vs SC Paderborn
(31 October 2007)

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

Team kit[edit]

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

Home
Away
Third
Fourth

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Raphael Schäfer[notes 1]
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck[notes 2]
3 DF Mexico MEX Ricardo Osorio
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira (captain)
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner
8 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Farnerud
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3]
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
13 MF Mexico MEX Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau[notes 4]
19 MF Germany GER Roberto Hilbert
20 FW Romania ROU Ciprian Marica
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 FW Germany GER Sven Schipplock
23 FW Germany GER Manuel Fischer
24 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich
25 MF Brazil BRA Antônio da Silva
26 DF Germany GER Tobias Feisthammel
27 FW Germany GER Johannes Rahn
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez
35 MF Germany GER Christian Träsch
36 MF Germany GER Peter Perchtold
39 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
40 MF Germany GER Julian Schuster
42 DF Germany GER Marco Pischorn

VfB Stuttgart II[edit]

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. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Germany GER Timo Hammel
— GK Germany GER Frank Lehmann
— GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz
— GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich
— DF Germany GER Steffen Dangelmayr
— DF Germany GER Tobias Feisthammel
— DF Germany GER Dubravko Kolinger
— DF Kazakhstan KAZ Anton Pelipetz
— DF Germany GER Marco Pischorn
— DF Germany GER David Pisot (to January)
— DF Germany GER Joachim Schwabe
— DF Germany GER Robin Schuster
— MF Germany GER Martin Dausch
— MF Germany GER Patrick Funk
— MF Germany GER Andreas Hindelang
— MF Germany GER Sebastian Hofmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 5]
— MF Germany GER Jeremy Karikari (from January)
— MF Germany GER Michael Klauß
— MF Germany GER Marijan Kovačević
— MF Germany GER Peter Perchtold
— MF Germany GER Sebastian Rudy
— MF Germany GER Christian Sauter
— MF Germany GER Julian Schuster
— MF Germany GER Christian Träsch
— FW Germany GER Manuel Fischer
— FW Germany GER Nico Klotz
— FW Germany GER Patrick Mayer (to January)
— FW Poland POL Matthias Morys
— FW Germany GER Sven Schipplock (from January)
— FW Germany GER Johannes Rahn

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Summer transfer window

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

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

Out[edit]

Summer transfer window

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

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Austria AUT Michael Langer (to SC Freiburg, undisclosed[17])
4 DF Brazil BRA Gledson (to Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[18])
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Brazil BRA Ewerthon (loan terminated, returned to Real Zaragoza[19])

Players out on loan[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Christian Gentner (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg)
— MF Brazil BRA Élson (on loan to Goiás)
— FW Serbia SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 6] (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[20])
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Cameroon CMR Georges Mandjeck (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
38 DF Germany GER David Pisot (on loan to SC Paderborn until June 2008[21])

Statistics[edit]

Last updated on 12 May 2008.

Appearances and goals[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga Champions League DFB Cup Premiere Ligapokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany GER Raphael Schäfer 33 -63 23 -41 6 -15 3 -5 1 -2
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck 23 1 17 1 2 0 3 0 1 0
3 DF Mexico MEX Ricardo Osorio 30 0 22 0 5 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci 30 0 22 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira 37 3 27 3 6 0 3 0 1 0
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner 11 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Farnerud 18 0 12 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk 32 4 25 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 32 7 25 5 2 0 4 2 1 0
13 MF Mexico MEX Pável Pardo 38 3 29 2 4 1 3 0 2 0
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka 23 0 18 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre 28 0 22 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau 34 10 27 9 5 1 1 0 1 0
19 MF Germany GER Roberto Hilbert 40 6 31 4 5 0 3 2 1 0
20 FW Romania ROU Ciprian Marica 35 3 28 2 4 1 3 0 0 0
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin 31 0 27 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
23 FW Germany GER Manuel Fischer 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich 12 -18 11 -16 0 0 1 -2 0 0
25 MF Brazil BRA Antônio da Silva 27 4 20 3 3 1 3 0 1 0
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira 34 1 24 1 5 0 4 0 1 0
29 MF Cameroon CMR Georges Mandjeck 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez 32 28 25 19 4 3 3 6 0 0
35 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Germany GER Peter Perchtold 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Radu 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
40 MF Germany GER Julian Schuster 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
42 DF Germany GER Marco Pischorn 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 DF Brazil BRA Gledson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Ewerthon 17 1 11 1 4 0 1 0 1 0
12 GK Austria AUT Michael Langer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Disciplinary records for 2007–08 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
1 Germany Raphael Schäfer 1 0
2 Germany Andreas Beck 2 0
3 Mexico Ricardo Osorio 1 1
5 Germany Serdar Tasci 5 0
6 Portugal Fernando Meira 3 2
7 Germany Silvio Meißner 1 0
8 Sweden Alexander Farnerud 2 0
10 Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk 2 0
11 Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger 3 0
13 Mexico Pável Pardo 4 2
15 Ivory Coast Arthur Boka 3 0
17 France Matthieu Delpierre 4 1
18 Brazil Cacau 6 0
19 Germany Roberto Hilbert 7 0
20 Romania Ciprian Marica 4 0
21 Switzerland Ludovic Magnin 4 0
25 Brazil Antônio da Silva 2 0
28 Germany Sami Khedira 4 0
33 Germany Mario Gómez 1 0
36 Germany Peter Perchtold 1 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
9 Brazil Ewerthon 1 0

Club[edit]

Management[edit]

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: 27 November 2007
Source: VfB.de

Other information[edit]

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

Source: VfB.de

Competitions[edit]

DFL-Ligapokal[edit]

Main article: 2007 DFL-Ligapokal
5 July 2007 Semi-finals VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Bayern Munich Stuttgart
20:30 (Report) Ribéry 8'
Wagner 66'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Babak Rafati

Bundesliga[edit]

Main article: 2007–08 Bundesliga

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Hamburger SV 34 14 12 8 47 26 +21 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 VfL Wolfsburg 34 15 9 10 58 46 +12 54
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 16 4 14 57 57 0 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 57 40 +17 51
8 Hannover 96 34 13 10 11 54 56 −2 49
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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[edit]

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAHHAAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultDLWLWLWLLLWWWWLWLLLWWWWDWDWLWLWLLD
Position71591591391012141211978889101087666656565576
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2008. Source: VfB.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

10 August 2007 1 VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Schalke 04 Stuttgart
20:30 Khedira 63'
Pardo 67'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Kobiashvili 25'
Rakitić 76'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 57,500
Referee: Herbert Fandel
18 August 2007 2 Hertha BSC 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Berlin
15:30 Chahed 51'
Fathi 65'
Okoronkwo 80'		 (Report) Hitzlsperger 15' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
25 August 2007 3 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 MSV Duisburg Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez 34' (Report) Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
2 September 2007 4 Karlsruher SC 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Karlsruhe
17:00 Hajnal 54' (Report) Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 27,800
Referee: Markus Merk
15 September 2007 5 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Energie Cottbus Stuttgart
15:30 Cacau 53'
Ewerthon 78'
Gómez 82'		 (Report) Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
22 September 2007 6 Werder Bremen 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 Almeida 3' 4'
Sanogo 15'
Diego 89'		 (Report) Gómez 13' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
26 September 2007 7 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
20:00 Hilbert 50' (Report) Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
29 September 2007 8 Hansa Rostock 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Rostock
15:30 Rathgeb 16'
Orestes 18'		 (Report) Gómez 73' Stadium: DKB-Arena
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Michael Kempter
6 October 2007 9 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Hannover 96 Stuttgart
15:30 Meira Red card 7' (Report) Huszti 8', 52' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Markus Merk
20 October 2007 10 Hamburger SV 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Hamburg
15:30 Olić 7', 32', 55'
Mathijsen 60'		 (Report) Pardo Red card 45'
Tasci 73'		 Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
27 October 2007 11 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart
15:30 Beck 72' (Report) Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Günter Perl
3 November 2007 12 1. FC Nürnberg 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Nuremberg
15:30 (Report) Gómez 15' Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
10 November 2007 13 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Bayern Munich Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez 10', 42'
Baştürk 30'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Toni 86' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 55,600
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
24 November 2007 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–4 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt
15:30 Köhler 41' (Report) Hilbert 45'
Marica 48'
Hitzlsperger 57'
Cacau 90+2'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
1 December 2007 15 VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Stuttgart
15:30 Meira 35' (Report) Valdez 10'
Petrić 79'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Felix Brych
8 December 2007 16 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 Marica 26'
Cacau 47'
Hitzlsperger 86'		 (Report) Džeko 49' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Markus Merk
15 December 2007 17 Arminia Bielefeld 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Bielefeld
15:30 Kamper 79'
Wichniarek 90'		 (Report) Pardo Yellow card 47' Yellow-red card 73'
Osorio Red card 86'		 Stadium: SchücoArena
Attendance: 20,600
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
3 February 2008 18 Schalke 04 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Gelsenkirchen
17:00 Kurányi 32', 51'
Westermann 75'
Zé Roberto 90'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Silva 61' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,482
Referee: Felix Brych
9 February 2008 19 VfB Stuttgart 1–3 Hertha BSC Berlin Stuttgart
15:30 Delpierre Yellow card 15' Yellow-red card 81'
Gómez 40'		 (Report) Pantelić 7', 45'
Raffael 48'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
16 February 2008 20 MSV Duisburg 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Duisburg
17:00 Niculescu 49'
Ishiaku 57'		 (Report) Gómez 16', 41'
Hitzlsperger 90+2'		 Stadium: MSV-Arena
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
23 February 2008 21 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Karlsruher SC Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez 5'
Hilbert 26'
Cacau 88'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Hajnal 81' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Markus Merk
8 March 2008 22 VfB Stuttgart 6–3 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez 19', 43', 65'
Cacau 66', 87'
Mertesacker 83' (o.g.)		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Almeida 8'
Boenisch 60'
Rosenberg 76'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
11 March 2008 23 Energie Cottbus 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Cottbus
18:00 (Report)[permanent dead link] Meira 30' Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
15 March 2008 24 VfL Bochum 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
15:30 Dabrowski 20' (Report)[permanent dead link] Hitzlsperger 47' Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 25,086
Referee: Peter Sippel
22 March 2008 25 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Hansa Rostock Stuttgart
15:30 Pardo 51' (pen.)
Cacau 54'
Gómez 87'
Baştürk 90'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Orestes 56' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Günter Perl
30 March 2008 26 Hannover 96 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Hanover
18:00 (Report) Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Marc Seemann
5 April 2008 27 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Hamburg Stuttgart
15:30 Hilbert 20' (Report)[permanent dead link] Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
13 April 2008 28 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
17:00 Rolfes 41', 70'
Kießling 45'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Michael Kempter
16 April 2008 29 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 1. FC Nürnberg Stuttgart
20:00 Cacau 4'
Silva 13'
Meira 31'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
27 April 2008 30 Bayern Munich 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Munich
17:00 Toni 8'
Van Bommel 55'
Ribéry 75', 76'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Silva 19' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
3 May 2008 31 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart
15:30 Baştürk 3', 18'
Gómez 6'
Cacau 47'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Amanatidis 62' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Markus Merk
6 May 2008 32 Borussia Dortmund 3–2 VfB Stuttgart Dortmund
20:00 Tinga 35'
Frei 59', 79'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Gómez 55', 83' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Michael Kempter
10 May 2008 33 VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 Marcelinho 16'
Džeko 22'
Costa 65'
Dejagah 75'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Meira Red card 17' Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
17 May 2008 34 VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Arminia Bielefeld Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez 74' (pen.)
Fischer 85'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Tesche 10'
Eigler 87'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal[edit]

Main article: 2007–08 DFB-Pokal
4 August 2007 First round Wehen Wiesbaden 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Mainz[22]
18:30 Catić 47' (Report) Gledson Red card 46'
Hilbert 65', 90'
Meira Red card 86'		 Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Felix Brych
31 October 2007 Second roud VfB Stuttgart 3–2 (a.e.t.) SC Paderborn Stuttgart
19:00 Hitzlsperger 31', 36'
Gómez 118'		 (Report)[permanent dead link] Koen 66'
Döring 69'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Michael Kempter
30 January 2008 Third round Werder Bremen II 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
19:00 Heider 57'
Peitz 71'		 (Report) Gómez 29', 32', 42' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 10,310
Referee: Jochen Drees
26 February 2008 Quarter-finals VfB Stuttgart 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Carl Zeiss Jena Stuttgart
19:00 Gómez 80', 95' (Report)[permanent dead link] Werner 32'
Müller 120'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Penalties
Pardo soccer ball with check mark
Hilbert soccer ball with check mark
Cacau soccer ball with check mark
Silva soccer ball with red X
Hitzlsperger soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Müller
soccer ball with check mark Werner
soccer ball with check mark Saka
soccer ball with check mark Šimák
soccer ball with check mark Ziegner

Disciplinary record[edit]

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
2 Germany Andreas Beck 2 0
6 Portugal Fernando Meira 1 1
10 Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk 2 0
11 Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger 1 0
13 Mexico Pável Pardo 1 0
15 Ivory Coast Arthur Boka 1 0
17 France Matthieu Delpierre 1 0
33 Germany Mario Gómez 2 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
4 Brazil Gledson (footballer, born 1979) 0 1

Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR OL RAN STU
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 2–0 3–1
2 France Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10 2–2 — 0–3 4–2
3 Scotland Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–0 0–3 — 2–1
4 Germany Stuttgart 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 0–2 0–2 3–2 —
Source: RSSSF
19 September 2007 1 Rangers Scotland 2–1 Germany VfB Stuttgart Glasgow
20:45 Adam 62'
Darcheville 75' (pen.)		 (Report) Gómez 56' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,795
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
2 October 2007 2 VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–2 Spain Barcelona Stuttgart
20:45 (Report) Puyol 58'
Messi 66'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 51,825
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
23 October 2007 3 VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–2 France Lyon Stuttgart
20:45 (Report) Santos 55'
Benzema 79'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
7 November 2007 4 Lyon France 4–2 Germany VfB Stuttgart Lyon
20:45 Ben Arfa 5', 37'
Källstrom 15'
Juninho 90'		 (Report) Gómez 16', 56' Stadium: Stade Gerland
Attendance: 38,215
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
27 November 2007 5 VfB Stuttgart Germany 3–2 Scotland Rangers Stuttgart
20:45 Cacau 45'
Pardo 62'
Marica 85'		 (Report) Adam 27'
Ferguson 70'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
12 December 2007 6 Barcelona Spain 3–1 Germany VfB Stuttgart Barcelona
20:45 Dos Santos 36'
Eto'o 57'
Ronaldinho 67'		 (Report) Silva 3' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Federation)

Disciplinary record[edit]

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
5 Germany Serdar Tasci 1 0
6 Portugal Fernando Meira 2 0
7 Germany Silvio Meißner 1 0
8 Sweden Alexander Farnerud 2 0
10 Turkey Yıldıray Baştürk 1 0
13 Mexico Pável Pardo 1 0
18 Brazil Cacau 1 0
19 Germany Roberto Hilbert 1 0
21 Switzerland Ludovic Magnin 1 0
28 Germany Sami Khedira 1 0

References[edit]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Schäfer was born in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 7 and represented Germany at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level.
  2. ^ Beck was born in Kemerovo, Soviet Union (now Russia), but was raised in Germany from the age of 3 and represented Germany at U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in February 2009.
  3. ^ Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his debut for Turkey in 1998.
  4. ^ Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
  5. ^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
  6. ^ Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro and its successor state Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.
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