2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

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

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[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Raphael Schäfer[notes 1]
2 DF  GER Andreas Beck[notes 2]
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[notes 3]
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[notes 4]
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; some limited exceptions apply. 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[notes 5]
— 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Raphael Schäfer (from 1. FC Nürnberg, undisclosed[2])
4 DF  BRA Gledson (from Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[3])
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
9 FW  BRA Ewerthon (on loan from Real Zaragoza[4])
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk (from Hertha BSC, undisclosed[5])
20 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica (from Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed[6])
27 MF  GER Johannes Rahn (from TuS Koblenz, free[7])
29 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck (from Kadji Sports Academy, undisclosed[8])
31 GK  GER Alexander Stolz (loan return from 1899 Hoffenheim)
Winter transfer window

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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[9])
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  GER Sven Schipplock (from SSV Reutlingen, free[10])

Out

Summer transfer window

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia, undisclosed[11])
5 DF  GER Markus Babbel (retired from football)
8 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka (to 1860 Munich, free[12])
9 FW  SUI Marco Streller (to Basel, free[13])
12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt, free)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  GER Benjamin Lauth (loan return to Hamburger SV[14])
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[15])
-- FW  DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson (to Villarreal, undisclosed[16])
Winter transfer window

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

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

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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[notes 6] (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[20])
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[21])

Statistics

Last updated on 12 May 2008.

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga Champions League DFB Cup Premiere Ligapokal
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. Nat. 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

DFL-Ligapokal

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

Main article: 2007–08 Bundesliga

League table

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

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

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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

10 August 2007 1 VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Schalke 04 Stuttgart
20:30 Khedira 63'
Pardo 67'		 (Report) 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  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  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) 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  47'  73'
Osorio  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) 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  15'  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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) Meira  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) Tesche 10'
Eigler 87'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal

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  46'
Hilbert 65', 90'
Meira  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) 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) Werner 32'
Müller 120'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Penalties
Pardo
Hilbert
Cacau
Silva
Hitzlsperger 		Müller
Werner
Saka
Šimák
Ziegner

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. 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

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team 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 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 —
Source: RSSSF
19 September 2007 1 Rangers 2–1 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 0–2 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 0–2 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 4–2 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 3–2 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 3–1 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

Players with 1 card or more included only.
No. Nat. 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

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Notes

  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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