2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2007-08 season
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.

Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Players

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	GER	Raphael Schäfer[notes 1]
2	DF	GER	Andreas Beck[notes 2]
3	DF	MEX	Ricardo Osorio
5	DF	GER	Serdar Tasci
6	DF	POR	Fernando Meira (captain)
7	MF	GER	Silvio Meißner
8	MF	SWE	Alexander Farnerud
10	MF	TUR	Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3]
11	MF	GER	Thomas Hitzlsperger
13	MF	MEX	Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
15	DF	CIV	Arthur Boka
17	DF	FRA	Matthieu Delpierre
18	FW	BRA	Cacau[notes 4]
19	MF	GER	Roberto Hilbert
20	FW	ROU	Ciprian Marica


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	SUI	Ludovic Magnin
22	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock
23	FW	GER	Manuel Fischer
24	GK	GER	Sven Ulreich
25	MF	BRA	Antônio da Silva
26	DF	GER	Tobias Feisthammel
27	FW	GER	Johannes Rahn
28	MF	GER	Sami Khedira
31	GK	GER	Alexander Stolz
33	FW	GER	Mario Gómez
35	MF	GER	Christian Träsch
36	MF	GER	Peter Perchtold
39	FW	ROU	Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
40	MF	GER	Julian Schuster
42	DF	GER	Marco Pischorn

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.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GER	Timo Hammel
—	GK	GER	Frank Lehmann
—	GK	GER	Alexander Stolz
—	GK	GER	Sven Ulreich
—	DF	GER	Steffen Dangelmayr
—	DF	GER	Tobias Feisthammel
—	DF	GER	Dubravko Kolinger
—	DF	KAZ	Anton Pelipetz
—	DF	GER	Marco Pischorn
—	DF	GER	David Pisot (to January)
—	DF	GER	Joachim Schwabe
—	DF	GER	Robin Schuster
—	MF	GER	Martin Dausch
—	MF	GER	Patrick Funk
—	MF	GER	Andreas Hindelang
—	MF	GER	Sebastian Hofmann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	José-Alex Ikeng[notes 5]
—	MF	GER	Jeremy Karikari (from January)
—	MF	GER	Michael Klauß
—	MF	GER	Marijan Kovačević
—	MF	GER	Peter Perchtold
—	MF	GER	Sebastian Rudy
—	MF	GER	Christian Sauter
—	MF	GER	Julian Schuster
—	MF	GER	Christian Träsch
—	FW	GER	Manuel Fischer
—	FW	GER	Nico Klotz
—	FW	GER	Patrick Mayer (to January)
—	FW	POL	Matthias Morys
—	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock (from January)
—	FW	GER	Johannes Rahn

Transfers

In

Summer transfer window

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	Raphael Schäfer (from 1. FC Nürnberg, undisclosed[2])
4	DF	BRA	Gledson (from Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[3])
7	MF	GER	Silvio Meißner (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
9	FW	BRA	Ewerthon (on loan from Real Zaragoza[4])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	TUR	Yıldıray Baştürk (from Hertha BSC, undisclosed[5])
20	FW	ROU	Ciprian Marica (from Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed[6])
27	MF	GER	Johannes Rahn (from TuS Koblenz, free[7])
29	MF	CMR	Georges Mandjeck (from Kadji Sports Academy, undisclosed[8])
31	GK	GER	Alexander Stolz (loan return from 1899 Hoffenheim)

Winter transfer window

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
39	FW	ROU	Sergiu Radu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[9])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock (from SSV Reutlingen, free[10])

Out

Summer transfer window

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	Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia, undisclosed[11])
5	DF	GER	Markus Babbel (retired from football)
8	MF	GER	Daniel Bierofka (to 1860 Munich, free[12])
9	FW	SUI	Marco Streller (to Basel, free[13])
12	DF	GER	Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt, free)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	GER	Benjamin Lauth (loan return to Hamburger SV[14])
23	GK	GER	Dirk Heinen (retired from football)
27	FW	GER	Tobias Weis (to 1899 Hoffenheim, free)
--	FW	CRO	Mario Carević (to SC Lokeren, free[15])
--	FW	DEN	Jon Dahl Tomasson (to Villarreal, undisclosed[16])

Winter transfer window

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	AUT	Michael Langer (to SC Freiburg, undisclosed[17])
4	DF	BRA	Gledson (to Hansa Rostock, undisclosed[18])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	BRA	Ewerthon (loan terminated, returned to Real Zaragoza[19])

Players out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Christian Gentner (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg)
—	MF	BRA	Élson (on loan to Goiás)
—	FW	SRB	Danijel Ljuboja[notes 6] (on loan to VfL Wolfsburg until June 2008[20])


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	CMR	Georges Mandjeck (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
38	DF	GER	David Pisot (on loan to SC Paderborn until June 2008[21])

Statistics

Last updated on 12 May 2008.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		Champions League		DFB Cup		Premiere Ligapokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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
Players sold or loaned out during the 2008 winter transfer window:
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.	Player	Yellow cards	Red cards
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
Manager	Armin Veh
Assistant manager	Markus Babbel
Assistant manager	Alfons Higl
Club doctor	Raymond Best
Club doctor	Heiko Striegel

Last updated: 27 November 2007
Source: VfB.de

Other information

Chairman	Erwin Staudt
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / )

Source: VfB.de

Premiere Ligapokal

Semi-finals

5 July 2007
20:30

VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayern Munich
	(Report)	Ribéry 8' Wagner 66'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Babak Rafati

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2008. Source: VfB.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 August 2007
20:30

VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Schalke 04
Khedira 63' Pardo 67'	(Report)	Kobiashvili 25' Rakitić 76'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 57,500

Referee: Herbert Fandel

18 August 2007
15:30

Hertha BSC	3–1	VfB Stuttgart
Chahed 51' Fathi 65' Okoronkwo 80'	(Report)	Hitzlsperger 15'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

25 August 2007
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	1–0	MSV Duisburg
Gómez 34'	(Report)

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Manuel Gräfe

2 September 2007
17:00

Karlsruher SC	1–0	VfB Stuttgart
Hajnal 54'	(Report)

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 27,800

Referee: Markus Merk

15 September 2007
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Energie Cottbus
Cacau 53' Ewerthon 78' Gómez 82'	(Report)

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Babak Rafati

22 September 2007
15:30

Werder Bremen	4–1	VfB Stuttgart
Almeida 3' 4' Sanogo 15' Diego 89'	(Report)	Gómez 13'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Wolfgang Stark

26 September 2007
20:00

VfB Stuttgart	1–0	VfL Bochum
Hilbert 50'	(Report)

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Florian Meyer

29 September 2007
15:30

Hansa Rostock	2–1	VfB Stuttgart
Rathgeb 16' Orestes 18'	(Report)	Gómez 73'

DKB-Arena, Rostock

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Michael Kempter

6 October 2007
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Hannover 96
Meira 7'	(Report)	Huszti 8', 52'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Markus Merk

20 October 2007
15:30

Hamburger SV	4–1	VfB Stuttgart
Olić 7', 32', 55' Mathijsen 60'	(Report)	Pardo 45' Tasci 73'

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Helmut Fleischer

27 October 2007
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Beck 72'	(Report)

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Günter Perl

3 November 2007
15:30

1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart
	(Report)	Gómez 15'

easyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Herbert Fandel

10 November 2007
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Bayern Munich
Gómez 10', 42' Baştürk 30'	(Report)	Toni 86'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 55,600

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

24 November 2007
15:30

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	VfB Stuttgart
Köhler 41'	(Report)	Hilbert 45' Marica 48' Hitzlsperger 57' Cacau 90+2'

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt

Attendance: 51,500

Referee: Peter Gagelmann

1 December 2007
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Borussia Dortmund
Meira 35'	(Report)	Valdez 10' Petrić 79'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 55,800

Referee: Felix Brych

8 December 2007
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
Marica 26' Cacau 47' Hitzlsperger 86'	(Report)	Džeko 49'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Markus Merk

15 December 2007
15:30

Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Kamper 79' Wichniarek 90'	(Report)	Pardo 47' 73' Osorio 86'

SchücoArena, Bielefeld

Attendance: 20,600

Referee: Manuel Gräfe

3 February 2008
17:00

Schalke 04	4–1	VfB Stuttgart
Kurányi 32', 51' Westermann 75' Zé Roberto 90'	(Report)	Silva 61'

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 61,482

Referee: Felix Brych

9 February 2008
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Hertha BSC Berlin
Delpierre 15' 81' Gómez 40'	(Report)	Pantelić 7', 45' Raffael 48'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Herbert Fandel

16 February 2008
17:00

MSV Duisburg	2–3	VfB Stuttgart
Niculescu 49' Ishiaku 57'	(Report)	Gómez 16', 41' Hitzlsperger 90+2'

MSV-Arena, Duisburg

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Babak Rafati

23 February 2008
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Karlsruher SC
Gómez 5' Hilbert 26' Cacau 88'	(Report)	Hajnal 81'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 55,800

Referee: Markus Merk

8 March 2008
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	6–3	Werder Bremen
Gómez 19', 43', 65' Cacau 66', 87' Mertesacker 83' (o.g.)	(Report)	Almeida 8' Boenisch 60' Rosenberg 76'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Herbert Fandel

11 March 2008
18:00

Energie Cottbus	0–1	VfB Stuttgart
	(Report)	Meira 30'

Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus

Attendance: 30,150

Referee: Peter Gagelmann

15 March 2008
15:30

VfL Bochum	1–1	VfB Stuttgart
Dabrowski 20'	(Report)	Hitzlsperger 47'

rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum

Attendance: 25,086

Referee: Peter Sippel

22 March 2008
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Hansa Rostock
Pardo 51' (pen.) Cacau 54' Gómez 87' Baştürk 90'	(Report)	Orestes 56'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Günter Perl

30 March 2008
18:00

Hannover 96	0–0	VfB Stuttgart
	(Report)

AWD-Arena, Hanover

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Marc Seemann

5 April 2008
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hamburg
Hilbert 20'	(Report)

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Babak Rafati

13 April 2008
17:00

Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	VfB Stuttgart
Rolfes 41', 70' Kießling 45'	(Report)

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Michael Kempter

16 April 2008
20:00

VfB Stuttgart	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg
Cacau 4' Silva 13' Meira 31'	(Report)

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Lutz Wagner

27 April 2008
17:00

Bayern Munich	4–1	VfB Stuttgart
Toni 8' Van Bommel 55' Ribéry 75', 76'	(Report)	Silva 19'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 69,000

Referee: Florian Meyer

3 May 2008
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
Baştürk 3', 18' Gómez 6' Cacau 47'	(Report)	Amanatidis 62'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 65,500

Referee: Markus Merk

6 May 2008
20:00

Borussia Dortmund	3–2	VfB Stuttgart
Tinga 35' Frei 59', 79'	(Report)	Gómez 55', 83'

Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Michael Kempter

10 May 2008
15:30

VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	VfB Stuttgart
Marcelinho 16' Džeko 22' Costa 65' Dejagah 75'	(Report)	Meira 17'

Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Wolfgang Stark

17 May 2008
15:30

VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld
Gómez 74' (pen.) Fischer 85'	(Report)	Tesche 10' Eigler 87'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 65,500

Referee: Florian Meyer

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14
Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
VfB Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3

19 September 2007
20:45

Rangers	2–1	VfB Stuttgart
Adam 62' Darcheville 75' (pen.)	(Report)	Gómez 56'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 49,795

Referee: Stefano Farina

2 October 2007
20:45

VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Barcelona
	(Report)	Puyol 58' Messi 66'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 51,825

Referee: Martin Hansson

23 October 2007
20:45

VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Lyon
	(Report)	Santos 55' Benzema 79'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Lucílio Batista

7 November 2007
20:45

Lyon	4–2	VfB Stuttgart
Ben Arfa 5', 37' Källstrom 15' Juninho 90'	(Report)	Gómez 16', 56'

Stade Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 38,215

Referee: Yuri Baskakov

27 November 2007
20:45

VfB Stuttgart	3–2	Rangers
Cacau 45' Pardo 62' Marica 85'	(Report)	Adam 27' Ferguson 70'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Darko Čeferin

12 December 2007
20:45

Barcelona	3–1	VfB Stuttgart
Dos Santos 36' Eto'o 57' Ronaldinho 67'	(Report)	Silva 3'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Player	Yellow cards
5	Serdar Tasci	1
6	Fernando Meira	2
7	Silvio Meißner	1
8	Alexander Farnerud	2
10	Yıldıray Baştürk	1
13	Pável Pardo	1
18	Cacau	1
19	Roberto Hilbert	1
21	Ludovic Magnin	1
28	Sami Khedira	1

DFB Cup

Round 1

4 August 2007
18:30

Wehen Wiesbaden	1–2	VfB Stuttgart
Catić 47'	(Report)	Gledson 46' Hilbert 65', 90' Meira 86'

Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz[22]

Attendance: 15,200

Referee: Felix Brych

Round 2

31 October 2007
19:00

VfB Stuttgart	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	SC Paderborn
Hitzlsperger 31', 36' Gómez 118'	(Report)	Koen 66' Döring 69'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Michael Kempter

Round 3

30 January 2008
19:00

Werder Bremen II	2–3	VfB Stuttgart
Heider 57' Peitz 71'	(Report)	Gómez 29', 32', 42'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 10,310

Referee: Jochen Drees

Quarter-finals

26 February 2008
19:00

VfB Stuttgart	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 pen.)	Carl Zeiss Jena
Gómez 80', 95'	(Report)	Werner 32' Müller 120'
Penalties
Pardo Hilbert Cacau Silva Hitzlsperger	4–5	Müller Werner Saka Šimák Ziegner

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Player	Yellow cards	Red cards
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	0	1

External links

VfB Stuttgart official website

References

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2007-2008/bundes/stuttg.htm
"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. 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. 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. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
"Stuttgart release Streller and Bierofka". FIFA. 24 June 2007. 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.

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.

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[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2007-2008/bundes/stuttg.htm

[7] "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.

[8] "Three year contract for Gledson". VfB.de. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[9] "Brazilian Ewerthon signs for Stuttgart". FIFA. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[10] "VfB sign Bastürk". VfB.de. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[11] "Marica signs with Stuttgart". FIFA. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[12] "Rahn signs for VfB". VfB.de. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[13] "Mandjeck nets Stuttgart deal". BBC. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[14] "Radu on the way". VfB.de. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[15] "Schipplock snagged". VfB.de. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[16] "Valencia snap up Hildebrand". FIFA. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[17] "Stuttgart release Streller and Bierofka". FIFA. 24 June 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[18] "Streller heads for Basel". VfB.de. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[19] "Lauth's leaving VfB". VfB.de. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[20] "VfB verkauft Mittelfeldspieler Carević an Lokeren". Fussball-Nachrichten.de. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.

[21] "Stuttgart sells Tomasson to Villarreal". International Herald Tribune. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007.

[22] "Michael Langer moves to SC Freiburg". VfB.de. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[23] "Gledson returns to Rostock". VfB.de. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[24] "Ewerton bids farewell to VfB". VfB.de. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[26] "Ljuboja to Wolfsburg". VfB.de. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[27] "Pisot out on loan". VfB.de. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.

[28] "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.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his debut for Turkey in 1998.

[5] 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.

[6] Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.

[25] 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.