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2007–08 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2007–08 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund
2007–08 season
ManagerGermany Thomas Doll
StadiumWestfalenstadion
Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Top goalscorerMladen Petrić (13)

Season summary edit

Dortmund experienced their worst season in 20 years, finishing in 13th place, although they managed to reach the DFB-Pokal final. Manager Thomas Doll resigned at the end of the season. He was replaced by Mainz coach Jürgen Klopp.

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Roman Weidenfeller
2 DF   GER Martin Amedick
3 DF   GER Markus Brzenska
4 DF   GER Christian Wörns (captain)
5 MF   GER Sebastian Kehl
6 MF   GER Florian Kringe
7 MF   BRA Tinga
8 MF   GER Giovanni Federico
9 FW   PAR Nelson Valdez
10 FW   CRO Mladen Petrić[notes 1]
13 FW   SUI Alexander Frei
14 DF   SRB Antonio Rukavina
15 DF   GER Mats Hummels (on loan from Bayern Munich)
16 MF   POL Jakub Błaszczykowski
17 DF   BRA Dedê
18 MF   GER Lars Ricken
19 FW   ARG Diego Klimowicz
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK   GER Marc Ziegler
21 DF   CRO Robert Kovač[notes 2]
22 MF   GER Marc-André Kruska
23 DF   SUI Philipp Degen
24 DF   GER Daniel Gordon[notes 3]
26 MF   RSA Delron Buckley
27 DF   GER Uwe Hünemeier
28 MF   GER Sebastian Tyrała[notes 4]
30 GK   GER Marcel Höttecke
31 FW   GER Christopher Nöthe
32 MF   CMR Franck Patrick Njambe
33 DF   GER David Vržogić
34 MF   GER Christian Eggert
38 DF   GER Nico Hillenbrand
39 FW   GER Sahr Senesie[notes 5]
41 GK   GER Alexander Bade

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   POL Ebi Smolarek (to Racing Santander)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   TUR Mehmet Akgün[notes 6] (to Willem II)

Competitions edit

Bundesliga edit

Main article: 2007–08 Bundesliga

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Karlsruher SC 34 11 10 13 38 53 −15 43
12 VfL Bochum 34 10 11 13 48 54 −6 41
13 Borussia Dortmund 34 10 10 14 50 62 −12 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
14 Energie Cottbus 34 9 9 16 35 56 −21 36
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 8 10 16 35 60 −25 34
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Because German Cup 2007–08 winners Bayern Munich had already qualified for the Champions League via their league placement, losing finalists Borussia Dortmund took the UEFA Cup spot reserved for the cup winners.

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2007/08".

Notes edit

  1. ^ Petrić was born in Brčko, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
  2. ^ Kovač was born in Berlin, Germany, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999.
  3. ^ Gordon was born in Dortmund, Germany, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in June 2013.
  4. ^ Tyrała was born in Racibórz, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19 level before making his international debut for Poland in December 2008.
  5. ^ Senesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level.
  6. ^ Akgün was born in Bielefeld, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
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