| 2007-08 season | |
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| Manager | Armin Veh | 
| Stadium | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg | 
| Bundesliga | 6th | 
| DFB-Pokal | Quarter-finals | 
| Champions League | Group stage | 
| Top goalscorer | League: Mario Gómez (19) All: Mario Gómez (28)  | 
| Highest home attendance | 58,500 vs Eintracht Frankfurt (3 May 2008) vs Arminia Bielefeld (17 May 2008)  | 
| Lowest home attendance | 7,500 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.
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Players
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
 
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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.
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Transfers
In
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Out
- Summer transfer window
 
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Players out on loan
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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 | Raphael Schäfer | 33 | -63 | 23 | -41 | 6 | -15 | 3 | -5 | 1 | -2 | |
| 2 | DF | Andreas Beck | 23 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Ricardo Osorio | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Serdar Tasci | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Fernando Meira | 37 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Silvio Meißner | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Alexander Farnerud | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Yıldıray Baştürk | 32 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 32 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | Pável Pardo | 38 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Arthur Boka | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Matthieu Delpierre | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | Cacau | 34 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Roberto Hilbert | 40 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Ciprian Marica | 35 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | DF | Ludovic Magnin | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | Manuel Fischer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | GK | Sven Ulreich | 12 | -18 | 11 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | MF | Antônio da Silva | 27 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | Sami Khedira | 34 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | MF | Georges Mandjeck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 31 | GK | Alexander Stolz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | FW | Mario Gómez | 32 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | DF | Christian Träsch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | MF | Peter Perchtold | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | FW | Sergiu Radu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | MF | Julian Schuster | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | DF | Marco Pischorn | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 4 | DF | Gledson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Ewerthon | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | GK | 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 | |||||||
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| 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 | 
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| Manager | |
| Assistant manager | |
| Assistant manager | |
| Club doctor | |
| Club doctor | 
Last updated: 27 November 2007
Source: VfB.de
Other information
| Chairman | |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / ) | 
Source: VfB.de
Premiere Ligapokal
Semi-finals
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | Bayern Munich | 
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| (Report) | Ribéry  Wagner  | 
Bundesliga
Classification
| 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 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | Schalke 04 | 
|---|---|---|
| Khedira  Pardo  | 
(Report) | Kobiashvili  Rakitić  | 
| Hertha BSC | 3–1 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Chahed  Fathi Okoronkwo  | 
(Report) | Hitzlsperger  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–0 | Energie Cottbus | 
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| Cacau  Ewerthon Gómez  | 
(Report) | 
| Werder Bremen | 4–1 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Almeida  Sanogo Diego  | 
(Report) | Gómez  | 
| Hansa Rostock | 2–1 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Rathgeb  Orestes  | 
(Report) | Gómez  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | Hannover 96 | 
|---|---|---|
| Meira  | 
(Report) | Huszti  | 
| Hamburger SV | 4–1 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Olić  Mathijsen  | 
(Report) | Pardo  Tasci  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | Bayern Munich | 
|---|---|---|
| Gómez  Baştürk  | 
(Report) | Toni  | 
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–4 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Köhler  | 
(Report) | Hilbert  Marica Hitzlsperger Cacau  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | Borussia Dortmund | 
|---|---|---|
| Meira  | 
(Report) | Valdez  Petrić  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 
|---|---|---|
| Marica  Cacau Hitzlsperger  | 
(Report) | Džeko  | 
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Kamper  Wichniarek  | 
(Report) | Pardo  Osorio  | 
| Schalke 04 | 4–1 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Kurányi  Westermann Zé Roberto  | 
(Report) | Silva  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 
|---|---|---|
| Delpierre  Gómez  | 
(Report) | Pantelić  Raffael  | 
| MSV Duisburg | 2–3 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Niculescu  Ishiaku  | 
(Report) | Gómez  Hitzlsperger  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | Karlsruher SC | 
|---|---|---|
| Gómez  Hilbert Cacau  | 
(Report) | Hajnal  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 6–3 | Werder Bremen | 
|---|---|---|
| Gómez  Cacau Mertesacker  | 
(Report) | Almeida  Boenisch Rosenberg  | 
| VfL Bochum | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Dabrowski  | 
(Report) | Hitzlsperger  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | Hansa Rostock | 
|---|---|---|
| Pardo  Cacau Gómez Baştürk  | 
(Report) | Orestes  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | Hamburg | 
|---|---|---|
| Hilbert  | 
(Report) | 
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Rolfes  Kießling  | 
(Report) | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 
|---|---|---|
| Cacau  Silva Meira  | 
(Report) | 
| Bayern Munich | 4–1 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Toni  Van Bommel Ribéry  | 
(Report) | Silva  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 
|---|---|---|
| Baştürk  Gómez Cacau  | 
(Report) | Amanatidis  | 
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–2 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Tinga  Frei  | 
(Report) | Gómez  | 
| VfL Wolfsburg | 4–0 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Marcelinho  Džeko Costa Dejagah  | 
(Report) | Meira  | 
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | Arminia Bielefeld | 
|---|---|---|
| Gómez  Fischer  | 
(Report) | Tesche  Eigler  | 
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 14 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | 
| Rangers  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam  Darcheville  | 
(Report) | Gómez  | 
| VfB Stuttgart  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Puyol  Messi  | 
| VfB Stuttgart  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Santos  Benzema  | 
| Barcelona  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dos Santos  Eto'o Ronaldinho  | 
(Report) | Silva  | 
Disciplinary record
- Players with 1 card or more included only.
 
| No. | Nat. | Player | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
DFB Cup
Round 1
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Catić  | 
(Report) | Gledson  Hilbert Meira  | 
Round 2
| VfB Stuttgart | 3 – 2  (a.e.t.)  | SC Paderborn | 
|---|---|---|
| Hitzlsperger  Gómez  | 
(Report) | Koen  Döring  | 
Round 3
| Werder Bremen II | 2–3 | VfB Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|
| Heider  Peitz  | 
(Report) | Gómez  | 
Quarter-finals
| VfB Stuttgart | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)  | Carl Zeiss Jena | 
|---|---|---|
| Gómez  | 
(Report) | Werner  Müller  | 
| Penalties | ||
| Pardo  Hilbert Cacau Silva Hitzlsperger  | 
4–5 | |
Disciplinary record
- Players with 1 card or more included only.
 
| No. | Nat. | Player | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
References
- ↑ "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2007/08".
 - ↑ "Stuttgart land Schäfer, Tomasson linked with Villarreal". The Raw Story. 24 January 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Three year contract for Gledson". VfB.de. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Brazilian Ewerthon signs for Stuttgart". FIFA. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "VfB sign Bastürk". VfB.de. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Marica signs with Stuttgart". FIFA. 25 July 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Rahn signs for VfB". VfB.de. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Mandjeck nets Stuttgart deal". BBC. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Radu on the way". VfB.de. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
 - ↑ "Schipplock snagged". VfB.de. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
 - ↑ "Valencia snap up Hildebrand". FIFA. 3 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Stuttgart release Streller and Bierofka". FIFA. 24 June 2007. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Streller heads for Basel". VfB.de. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Lauth's leaving VfB". VfB.de. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "VfB verkauft Mittelfeldspieler Carević an Lokeren". Fussball-Nachrichten.de. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Stuttgart sells Tomasson to Villarreal". International Herald Tribune. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
 - ↑ "Michael Langer moves to SC Freiburg". VfB.de. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
 - ↑ "Gledson returns to Rostock". VfB.de. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
 - ↑ "Ewerton bids farewell to VfB". VfB.de. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
 - ↑ "Ljuboja to Wolfsburg". VfB.de. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
 - ↑ "Pisot out on loan". VfB.de. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
 - ↑ "Sensation nur knapp verpasst: Pokalniederlage gegen den Meister durch zwei Elfmetergegentore". svwehen-wiesbaden.de. 4 August 2007. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
 
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Notes
- ↑ 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.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his debut for Turkey in 1998.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
 - ↑ 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.