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Fußball-Bundesliga
Season	2007–08
Champions	Bayern Munich; 20th Bundesliga title; 21st German title
Relegated	1. FC Nuremberg; Hansa Rostock; MSV Duisburg
Champions League	Bayern Munich; Werder Bremen; FC Schalke 04
UEFA Cup	Hamburger SV; VfL Wolfsburg; Borussia Dortmund (via domestic cup); Hertha BSC (via Fair Play)
Intertoto Cup	VfB Stuttgart
Goals scored	860
Average goals/game	2.81
Top goalscorer	Luca Toni (24)
Biggest home win	Bremen 8-1 Bielefeld (29 September 2007); Hamburg 7–0 Karlsruhe (17 May 2008)
Biggest away win	Bremen 0–4 FC Bayern (18 August 2007)
Highest scoring	Bremen 8–1 Bielefeld (29 September 2007); Stuttgart 6–3 Bremen (8 March 2008)
Average attendance	37,644
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 45th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 10 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. VfB Stuttgart were the defending champions.

[edit] Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.

[edit] Team changes from 2006–07

1. FSV Mainz 05, Alemannia Aachen and Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Karlsruher SC, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg.

[edit] Season overview

Bayern Munich secured their 21st title with a 0-0 at Wolfsburg on 4 May 2008.

[edit] Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08

Team	Venue	Capacity
Hertha BSC	Olympic Stadium	74,228
Arminia Bielefeld	Schüco Arena	28,008
VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	31,328
SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	42,358
FC Energie Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	22,450
Borussia Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	80,708
MSV Duisburg	MSV-Arena	31,500
Eintracht Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	52,300
Hamburger SV	HSH Nordbank Arena	57,274
Hannover 96	AWD-Arena	49,000
Karlsruher SC	Wildparkstadion	32,306
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
FC Bayern Munich	Allianz Arena	69,901
1. FC Nuremberg	Easy Credit Stadion	47,559
F.C. Hansa Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000
FC Schalke 04	Veltins-Arena	61,673
VfB Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	58,000
VfL Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,122

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	22	10	2	68	21	+47	76	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Werder Bremen	34	20	6	8	75	45	+30	66	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Schalke 04	34	18	10	6	55	32	+23	64	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Hamburg	34	14	12	8	47	26	+21	54	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
5	Wolfsburg	34	15	9	10	58	46	+12	54	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
6	Stuttgart	34	16	4	14	57	57	0	52	2008 UEFA 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
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	12	10	12	43	50	−7	46
10	Hertha BSC	34	12	8	14	39	44	−5	44	UEFA Cup 2008–09 First qualifying round ¹
11	Karlsruhe	34	11	10	13	38	53	−15	43
12	Bochum	34	10	11	13	48	54	−6	41
13	Borussia Dortmund	34	10	10	14	50	62	−12	40	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round ²
14	Energie Cottbus	34	9	9	16	35	56	−21	36
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	10	16	35	60	−25	34
16	Nuremberg (R)	34	7	10	17	35	51	−16	31	Relegation to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Hansa Rostock (R)	34	8	6	20	30	52	−22	30
18	Duisburg (R)	34	8	5	21	36	55	−19	29

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹An additional UEFA Cup spot was awarded to the Bundesliga after it had been drawn from the best teams of the UEFA Fair Play ranking 2007–08. The spot was awarded to national Fair Play competition winners Hertha BSC.
²Because German Cup 2007–08 winners Bayern Munich had already qualified for the Champions League via their league placement, losing finalists Borussia Dortmund took the UEFA Cup spot reserved for the cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Home \ Away¹	BSC	BIE	BOC	BRE	COT	DOR	DUI	FRA	HAM	H96	KAR	LEV	BMU	NUR	ROS	S04	STU	WOB
Hertha BSC		1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1
Arminia Bielefeld	2–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	2–0	0–1
Bochum	1–1	3–0		2–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–2	0–3	1–1	5–3
Werder Bremen	3–2	8–1	1–2		2–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	6–1	4–0	5–2	0–4	2–0	1–0	5–1	4–1	0–1
Energie Cottbus	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–2		0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
Borussia Dortmund	1–1	6–1	2–1	3–0	3–0		1–3	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–2	2–4
Duisburg	1–2	3–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	3–3		0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–3
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2		2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–3
Hamburg	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1		1–1	7–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–2
Hannover 96	2–2	2–2	3–2	4–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1		2–2	0–3	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–0	2–2
Karlsruhe	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2		2–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0		0–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–2
Bayern Munich	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	5–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		3–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–1
Nuremberg	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1		1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0
Hansa Rostock	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2		1–1	2–1	0–1
Schalke 04	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0		4–1	1–2
Stuttgart	1–3	2–2	1–0	6–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–2		3–1
Wolfsburg	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–0

Source: www.dfb.de
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Top goalscorers

Source: www.kicker.de (German)

24 goals

Luca Toni (Bayern Munich)

19 goals

Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart)

15 goals

Kevin Kurányi (FC Schalke 04)

14 goals

13 goals

12 goals

Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburger SV)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Annual awards

Player of the Year:^[1] Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)

Manager of the Year:^[1] Ottmar Hitzfeld (Bayern Munich)

[edit] Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
August	Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich
September	Diego	Werder Bremen
October	Ivica Olić	Hamburger SV
November	Thomas Hitzlsperger	VfB Stuttgart
December	Diego	Werder Bremen
February	Joshua Kennedy	Karlsruher SC
March	Mario Gómez	VfB Stuttgart
April	Kevin Kurányi	FC Schalke 04
May	Torsten Frings	Werder Bremen

[edit] Champion Squad

FC Bayern Munich
Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (26); Michael Rensing (10). Defenders: Christian Lell (29 / 1); Martín Demichelis (28 / 1); Lúcio (24 / 1); Philipp Lahm (22); Daniel Van Buyten (19 / 1); Marcell Jansen (17), Willy Sagnol (9); Breno (1). Midfielders: Zé Roberto (30 / 5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (30 / 1); Franck Ribéry (28 / 11); Mark van Bommel (27 / 2); Hamit Altıntop (23 / 3); Andreas Ottl (19 / 3); José Ernesto Sosa (15); Toni Kroos (12). Forwards: Luca Toni (31 / 24); Miroslav Klose (27 / 10); Lukas Podolski (25 / 5); Jan Schlaudraff (8); Sandro Wagner (4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher; Mats Hummels; Valérien Ismaël ; Julio dos Santos ; Stephan Fürstner. Transferred out during the season: Mats Hummels (to Borussia Dortmund); Valérien Ismaël (to Hannover 96); Julio dos Santos (on loans to UD Almería and then Grêmio).