During the 2007–08 German football season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the
Bundesliga.
Season summary
Despite recording an identical league record to the previous season, Leverkusen dropped to 7th, the first time they had failed to qualify for Europe in five seasons.
Michael Skibbe was sacked as a result, and was replaced by
Greuther Fürth manager
Bruno Labbadia.
^Freier was born in
Bytom,
Poland, but was raised in
Germany from the age of 11 and represented Germany at
U-21 level before making his international debut for
Germany in May 2002.
^Sinkiewicz was born in
Tychy,
Poland, but also qualified to represent
Germany internationally and represented Germany at
U-19 and
U-21 level before making his international debut for
Germany in September 2005.
^Castro was born in
Wuppertal,
West Germany)(now
Germany), and represented Germany at
U-21 level, but also qualified to represent
Spain internationally through his parents and represented Spain at
U-19 level before making his international debut for
Germany in March 2007.
^Faty was born in
Villeneuve-Saint-Georges,
France, and represented them at
U-21 level, but also qualified to represent
Cape Verde and
Senegal internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his international debut for
Senegal in 2012.
^Touré was born in
Sokodé,
Togo, but also qualified to represent
Germany internationally and represented Germany at
U-18 level before making his international debut for
Togo in 2006.
Michael Skibbe
