# 2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

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

## Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Puma and the shirt sponsor is EnBW.
| Home | Away | Third | Fourth |

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

### VfB Stuttgart II

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

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

### Out
#### 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 | GER | Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia, undisclosed) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Markus Babbel (retired from football) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Daniel Bierofka (to 1860 Munich, free) |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Marco Streller (to Basel, free) |
| 12 | DF | GER | Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt, free) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | GER | Benjamin Lauth (loan return to Hamburger SV) |
| 23 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen (retired from football) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Tobias Weis (to 1899 Hoffenheim, free) |
| -- | FW | CRO | Mario Carević (to SC Lokeren, free) |
| -- | FW | DEN | Jon Dahl Tomasson (to Villarreal, undisclosed) |

#### 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 | AUT | Michael Langer (to SC Freiburg, undisclosed) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gledson (to Hansa Rostock, undisclosed) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ewerthon (loan terminated, returned to Real Zaragoza) |

### Players out on loan

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 | GER | Christian Gentner (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg) |
| — | MF | BRA | Élson (on loan to Goiás) |
| — | FW | SRB | Danijel Ljuboja (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | CMR | Georges Mandjeck (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 38 | DF | GER | David Pisot (on loan to SC Paderborn until June 2008) |

## Statistics

    Last updated on 12 May 2008.

### Appearances and goals

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

### Disciplinary record

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

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Armin Veh |
| Assistant manager | Markus Babbel |
| Assistant manager | Alfons Higl |
| Club doctor | Raymond Best |
| Club doctor | Heiko Striegel |
Last updated: 27 November 2007 Source: VfB.de

### Other information

| Chairman | Erwin Staudt |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / ) |
Source: VfB.de

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 May 2008. Source: VfB.de

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
#### Disciplinary record

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

### Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | LYO | RAN | STU |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — |

#### Disciplinary record

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