2007–08 Hamburger SV season

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Hamburger SV
2007–08 season
ManagerNetherlands Huub Stevens
StadiumVolksparkstadion
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Intertoto CupWinners
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerIvica Olić & Paolo Guerrero (14)

During the 2007–08 German football season, Hamburger SV competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary[edit]

Hamburg improved to finish fourth, though they were 10 points off Champions League qualification.

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 Germany GER Frank Rost
2 DF Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Sorín
3 DF Cameroon CMR Timothée Atouba
4 DF Germany GER Bastian Reinhardt
5 DF Netherlands NED Joris Mathijsen
6 MF Belgium BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
7 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Zidan
8 MF Netherlands NED Nigel de Jong
9 FW Peru PER Paolo Guerrero
10 DF Belgium BEL Vincent Kompany
11 FW Croatia CRO Ivica Olić
12 GK Germany GER Wolfgang Hesl
13 MF Germany GER Mario Fillinger
14 MF Czech Republic CZE David Jarolím
15 MF Germany GER Piotr Trochowski[notes 1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Belarus BLR Anton Putsila (on loan from Dinamo Minsk)
17 FW Nigeria NGA Macauley Chrisantus
18 MF Netherlands NED Romeo Castelen[notes 2]
19 DF Germany GER Jérôme Boateng
20 DF Ivory Coast CIV Guy Demel[notes 3]
22 FW Germany GER Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting[notes 4]
23 MF Netherlands NED Rafael van der Vaart
24 DF Slovenia SVN Mišo Brečko
26 DF Germany GER Volker Schmidt
28 MF Ghana GHA Otto Addo[notes 5]
29 GK Germany GER Raphael Wolf
30 DF Namibia NAM Collin Benjamin
31 MF Germany GER Timo Kunert
32 MF Germany GER Änis Ben-Hatira[notes 6]
34 FW Germany GER Sidney Sam

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
6 MF Switzerland SUI Raphaël Wicky (to Sion)
16 FW Germany GER Mustafa Kučuković[notes 7] (to 1860 Munich)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Germany GER Sebastian Langkamp (to Karlsruhe)
25 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Kosi Saka (on loan to Carl Zeiss Jena)

Competitions[edit]

Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Werder Bremen 34 20 6 8 75 45 +30 66 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Schalke 04 34 18 10 6 55 32 +23 64 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
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
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 16 4 14 57 57 0 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Intertoto Cup[edit]

Third round[edit]

21 July 2007 Dacia Chișinău Moldova 1–1 Germany Hamburg Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
Boicenco 7' van der Vaart 70' (pen.) Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
29 July 2007 Hamburg Germany 4–0
(5–1 agg.)
Moldova Dacia Chișinău AOL Arena, Hamburg
Kompany 50'
van der Vaart 71'
Benjamin 76'
Jarolím 89'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

UEFA Cup[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

First round[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Hamburg 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Switzerland Basel 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 8
3 Norway Brann 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
5 France Rennes 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]
25 October 2007 Brann Norway 0–1 Germany Hamburg Brann Stadion, Bergen
19:00 Report Kompany 62' Attendance: 13,029
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
29 November 2007 Hamburg Germany 3–0 France Rennes HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
19:00 Van der Vaart 30'
Choupo-Moting 84'
Zidan 90'
Report Attendance: 36,472
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
5 December 2007 Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 0–2 Germany Hamburg Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
20:45 Report De Jong 88'
Trochowski 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,870
Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)
20 December 2007 Hamburg Germany 1–1 Switzerland Basel HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45 Olić 73' Report Ergić 58' Attendance: 48,917
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Round of 32[edit]

14 February 2008 Zürich Switzerland 1–3 Germany Hamburg Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Hassli 88' (Report) Jarolím 49'
Olić 67'
Trochowski 77'
Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)
21 February 2008 Hamburg Germany 0–0
(3–1 agg.)
Switzerland Zürich Arena Hamburg, Hamburg
17:00 (Report) Attendance: 33,586
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Round of 16[edit]

6 March 2008 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–0 Germany Hamburg BayArena, Leverkusen
21:05 Gekas 77' (Report) Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Hamburger SV - 2007/08".

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Trochowski was born in Tczew, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and made his international debut for Germany in October 2002.
  2. ^ Castelen was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.
  3. ^ Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also holds an Ivory Coast passport and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.
  4. ^ Choupo-Moting was born in Hamburg, Germany, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and would make his international debut for Cameroon in 2010.
  5. ^ Addo was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
  6. ^ Ben-Hatira was born in West Berlin, Germany, and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in February 2012.
  7. ^ Kučuković was born in Novi Grad, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level.