# 2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season

During the 2007–08 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

Several weak performances, culminating in a 5–1 defeat to Werder Bremen, saw coach Mirko Slomka sacked in April, with former players Mike Büskens and Youri Mulder taking over for the remainder of the season. The duo recorded five wins and a draw in their six-game stint in charge - although Schalke recorded four points less than the previous season and dropped down to third as a result, the club still comfortably qualified for the Champions League, with a ten-point lead over fourth-placed Hamburg. Büskens and Mulder stood down in July, and FC Twente manager Fred Rutten took charge.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Manuel Neuer |
| 2 | DF | GER | Heiko Westermann |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Levan Kobiashvili |
| 4 | DF | GER | Mathias Abel |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Bordon |
| 6 | MF | GER | Albert Streit |
| 7 | MF | URU | Gustavo Varela |
| 8 | MF | GER | Fabian Ernst |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Søren Larsen |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Ivan Rakitić |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Peter Løvenkrands |
| 13 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones |
| 14 | MF | GER | Gerald Asamoah |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Rafinha |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Halil Altıntop |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Mladen Krstajić |
| 21 | MF | URU | Carlos Grossmüller |
| 22 | FW | GER | Kevin Kurányi |
| 23 | DF | GER | Benedikt Höwedes |
| 24 | DF | GER | Christian Pander |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Zlatan Bajramović |
| 27 | MF | URU | Vicente Sánchez |
| 28 | MF | GER | Markus Heppke |
| 30 | FW | CMR | Dominique Wassi |
| 31 | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano |
| 32 | GK | GER | Ralf Fährmann |
| 33 | GK | GER | Mathias Schober |
| 34 | GK | GER | Toni Tapalović |

### 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | URU | Darío Rodríguez (to Peñarol) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Mesut Özil (to Werder Bremen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | GER | Mimoun Azaouagh (on loan to VfL Bochum) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Sebastian Boenisch (to Werder Bremen) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 21 | +47 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | SCH | ROS | VAL |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Valencia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |