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Borussia Dortmund
2007–08 season
Manager Germany Thomas Doll
Stadium Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga 13th
DFB-Pokal Runners-up
Top goalscorer Mladen Petrić (13)
←  2006–07
2008–09 →

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

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 [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

  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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