2007–08 Bundesliga

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

Competition format

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 fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.

Background

Bayern Munich secured their 21st title with a 0–0 draw at VfL Wolfsburg on 4 May 2008. Bayern were good value for their title, having conceded only 21 goals, losing only two games in the process. Their completely overhauled squad hinged on the performances of Italy striker Luca Toni, who found the back of the net 24 times, and France winger Franck Ribéry, who won the Player of the Year award. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld was named Manager of the Year as well, to round off a thoroughly successful season for Bayern. Werder Bremen finished their first season without Miroslav Klose on 66 points, a distant ten points behind Bayern, in second place. Schalke 04 finished in the last Champions League place, two points behind Bremen. Joining Hamburger SV in the UEFA Cup spot were season surprise packages Wolfsburg, who finished in fifth place. Borussia Dortmund, though suffering a terrible domestic campaign, finishing 13th, managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as well, having finished runners-up in the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Bayern Munich. 1. FC Nürnberg, MSV Duisburg and Hansa Rostock were all automatically relegated, having suffered a combined 58 defeats in the campaign.

Teams

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.
;2007–08 teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
	Berlin	Olympic Stadium	74,228
	Bielefeld	Schüco Arena	28,008
	Bochum	Ruhrstadion	31,328
	Bremen	Weserstadion	42,358
	Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	22,450
	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	80,708
	Duisburg	MSV-Arena	31,500
	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	52,300
	Hamburg	HSH Nordbank Arena	57,274
	Hanover	AWD-Arena	49,000
	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	32,306
	Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
	Munich	Allianz Arena	69,901
	Nuremberg	Easy Credit Stadion	47,559
	Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000
	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	61,673
	Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	58,000
	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,122

League table

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source:

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year: Franck Ribéry
Manager of the Year: Ottmar Hitzfeld

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Month

Player

Team

August

Attendances

Source:

No.	Team	Average	Change	Highest
1	Borussia Dortmund	72,510	-0,2%	80,708
2	Bayern München	69,000	0,9%	69,000
3	Schalke 04	61,274	-0,1%	61,482
4	Hamburger SV	55,120	-1,6%	57,000
5	VfB Stuttgart	50,706	10,5%	57,500
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	48,300	1,4%	51,500
7	Hertha BSC	45,482	-6,6%	74,220
8	1. FC Nürnberg	43,470	4,6%	46,780
9	Werder Bremen	40,267	-1,5%	42,100
10	Hannover 96	40,233	3,9%	49,000
11	Karlsruher SC	28,840	16,5%	30,702
12	MSV Duisburg	25,041	38,9%	31,500
13	VfL Wolfsburg	24,407	9,3%	30,000
14	VfL Bochum	24,399	-2,3%	31,328
15	Bayer Leverkusen	22,471	0,3%	22,500
16	Arminia Bielefeld	21,518	-7,0%	27,400
17	Hansa Rostock	20,353	4,8%	29,000
18	Energie Cottbus	16,598	3,3%	22,746