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

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

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

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2007–08 Bundesliga

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
  1. "FootballSquads - Borussia Dortmund - 2007/08".

Notes
  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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