2007–08 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2007–08 season was VfB Stuttgart's 43rd season in the Bundesliga.

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)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Raphael Schäfer	33	-63	23	-41	6	-15	3	-5	1	-2
2	DF	GER	Andreas Beck	23	1	17	1	2	0	3	0	1	0
3	DF	MEX	Ricardo Osorio	30	0	22	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	GER	Serdar Tasci	30	0	22	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	POR	Fernando Meira	37	3	27	3	6	0	3	0	1	0
7	MF	GER	Silvio Meißner	11	0	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
8	MF	SWE	Alexander Farnerud	18	0	12	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF	TUR	Yıldıray Baştürk	32	4	25	4	4	0	3	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Thomas Hitzlsperger	32	7	25	5	2	0	4	2	1	0
13	MF	MEX	Pável Pardo	38	3	29	2	4	1	3	0	2	0
15	DF	CIV	Arthur Boka	23	0	18	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
17	DF	FRA	Matthieu Delpierre	28	0	22	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
18	FW	BRA	Cacau	34	10	27	9	5	1	1	0	1	0
19	MF	GER	Roberto Hilbert	40	6	31	4	5	0	3	2	1	0
20	FW	ROU	Ciprian Marica	35	3	28	2	4	1	3	0	0	0
21	DF	SUI	Ludovic Magnin	31	0	27	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW	GER	Manuel Fischer	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	GER	Sven Ulreich	12	-18	11	-16	0	0	1	-2	0	0
25	MF	BRA	Antônio da Silva	27	4	20	3	3	1	3	0	1	0
28	MF	GER	Sami Khedira	34	1	24	1	5	0	4	0	1	0
29	MF	CMR	Georges Mandjeck	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	GK	GER	Alexander Stolz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	GER	Mario Gómez	32	28	25	19	4	3	3	6	0	0
35	DF	GER	Christian Träsch	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Peter Perchtold	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ROU	Sergiu Radu	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
40	MF	GER	Julian Schuster	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
42	DF	GER	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	BRA	Gledson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	BRA	Ewerthon	17	1	11	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
12	GK	AUT	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.	Nat.	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

Competitions

DFL-Ligapokal

Main article: 2007 DFL-Ligapokal

VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich

5 July 2007 Semi-finals	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
20:30		(Report)	Ribéry 8' Wagner 66'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Babak Rafati

Bundesliga

Main article: 2007–08 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
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
Position	7	15	9	15	9	13	9	10	12	14	12	11	9	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	7	6

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

Matches

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

10 August 2007 1	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
20:30	Khedira 63' Pardo 67'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Kobiashvili 25' Rakitić 76'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 57,500 Referee: Herbert Fandel

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

18 August 2007 2	Hertha BSC	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
15:30	Chahed 51' Fathi 65' Okoronkwo 80'	(Report)	Hitzlsperger 15'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

VfB Stuttgart v MSV Duisburg

25 August 2007 3	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Stuttgart
15:30	Gómez 34'	(Report)		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Karlsruher SC v VfB Stuttgart

2 September 2007 4	Karlsruher SC	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Karlsruhe
17:00	Hajnal 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 27,800 Referee: Markus Merk

VfB Stuttgart v Energie Cottbus

15 September 2007 5	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Energie Cottbus	Stuttgart
15:30	Cacau 53' Ewerthon 78' Gómez 82'	(Report)		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Babak Rafati

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

22 September 2007 6	Werder Bremen	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30	Almeida 3' 4' Sanogo 15' Diego 89'	(Report)	Gómez 13'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

26 September 2007 7	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
20:00	Hilbert 50'	(Report)		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

Hansa Rostock v VfB Stuttgart

29 September 2007 8	Hansa Rostock	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Rostock
15:30	Rathgeb 16' Orestes 18'	(Report)	Gómez 73'	Stadium: DKB-Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Michael Kempter

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

6 October 2007 9	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30	Meira  7'	(Report)	Huszti 8', 52'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Markus Merk

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

20 October 2007 10	Hamburger SV	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
15:30	Olić 7', 32', 55' Mathijsen 60'	(Report)	Pardo  45' Tasci 73'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen

27 October 2007 11	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30	Beck 72'	(Report)		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Günter Perl

1. FC Nürnberg v VfB Stuttgart

3 November 2007 12	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
15:30		(Report)	Gómez 15'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich

10 November 2007 13	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
15:30	Gómez 10', 42' Baştürk 30'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Toni 86'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 55,600 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart

24 November 2007 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
15:30	Köhler 41'	(Report)	Hilbert 45' Marica 48' Hitzlsperger 57' Cacau 90+2'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund

1 December 2007 15	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
15:30	Meira 35'	(Report)	Valdez 10' Petrić 79'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 55,800 Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

8 December 2007 16	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30	Marica 26' Cacau 47' Hitzlsperger 86'	(Report)	Džeko 49'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Markus Merk

Arminia Bielefeld v VfB Stuttgart

15 December 2007 17	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bielefeld
15:30	Kamper 79' Wichniarek 90'	(Report)	Pardo  47'  73' Osorio  86'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 20,600 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

3 February 2008 18	Schalke 04	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
17:00	Kurányi 32', 51' Westermann 75' Zé Roberto 90'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Silva 61'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,482 Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC Berlin

9 February 2008 19	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Hertha BSC Berlin	Stuttgart
15:30	Delpierre  15'  81' Gómez 40'	(Report)	Pantelić 7', 45' Raffael 48'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

MSV Duisburg v VfB Stuttgart

16 February 2008 20	MSV Duisburg	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Duisburg
17:00	Niculescu 49' Ishiaku 57'	(Report)	Gómez 16', 41' Hitzlsperger 90+2'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Babak Rafati

VfB Stuttgart v Karlsruher SC

23 February 2008 21	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Karlsruher SC	Stuttgart
15:30	Gómez 5' Hilbert 26' Cacau 88'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Hajnal 81'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 55,800 Referee: Markus Merk

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

8 March 2008 22	VfB Stuttgart	6–3	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30	Gómez 19', 43', 65' Cacau 66', 87' Mertesacker 83' (o.g.)	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Almeida 8' Boenisch 60' Rosenberg 76'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

Energie Cottbus v VfB Stuttgart

11 March 2008 23	Energie Cottbus	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Cottbus
18:00		(Report)[permanent dead link]	Meira 30'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

15 March 2008 24	VfL Bochum	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Dabrowski 20'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Hitzlsperger 47'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 25,086 Referee: Peter Sippel

VfB Stuttgart v Hansa Rostock

22 March 2008 25	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Hansa Rostock	Stuttgart
15:30	Pardo 51' (pen.) Cacau 54' Gómez 87' Baştürk 90'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Orestes 56'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Günter Perl

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

30 March 2008 26	Hannover 96	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
18:00		(Report)		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Marc Seemann

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburg

5 April 2008 27	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hamburg	Stuttgart
15:30	Hilbert 20'	(Report)[permanent dead link]		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Babak Rafati

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart

13 April 2008 28	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
17:00	Rolfes 41', 70' Kießling 45'	(Report)[permanent dead link]		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Michael Kempter

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 April 2008 29	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
20:00	Cacau 4' Silva 13' Meira 31'	(Report)[permanent dead link]		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner

Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart

27 April 2008 30	Bayern Munich	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
17:00	Toni 8' Van Bommel 55' Ribéry 75', 76'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Silva 19'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 May 2008 31	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30	Baştürk 3', 18' Gómez 6' Cacau 47'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Amanatidis 62'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 65,500 Referee: Markus Merk

Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart

6 May 2008 32	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
20:00	Tinga 35' Frei 59', 79'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Gómez 55', 83'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Michael Kempter

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

10 May 2008 33	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30	Marcelinho 16' Džeko 22' Costa 65' Dejagah 75'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Meira  17'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

VfB Stuttgart v Arminia Bielefeld

17 May 2008 34	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Stuttgart
15:30	Gómez 74' (pen.) Fischer 85'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Tesche 10' Eigler 87'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 65,500 Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2007–08 DFB-Pokal

Wehen Wiesbaden v VfB Stuttgart

4 August 2007 First round	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz[22]
18:30	Catić 47'	(Report)	Gledson  46' Hilbert 65', 90' Meira  86'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart v SC Paderborn

31 October 2007 Second roud	VfB Stuttgart	3–2 (a.e.t.)	SC Paderborn	Stuttgart
19:00	Hitzlsperger 31', 36' Gómez 118'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Koen 66' Döring 69'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Michael Kempter

Werder Bremen II v VfB Stuttgart

30 January 2008 Third round	Werder Bremen II	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
19:00	Heider 57' Peitz 71'	(Report)	Gómez 29', 32', 42'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 10,310 Referee: Jochen Drees

VfB Stuttgart v Carl Zeiss Jena

26 February 2008 Quarter-finals	VfB Stuttgart	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Carl Zeiss Jena	Stuttgart
19:00	Gómez 80', 95'	(Report)[permanent dead link]	Werner 32' Müller 120'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
	Penalties
	Pardo Hilbert Cacau Silva Hitzlsperger		Müller Werner Saka Šimák Ziegner

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Nat.	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 (footballer, born 1979)	0	1

Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	LYO	RAN	STU
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–0	3–1
2	Lyon	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10			2–2	—	0–3	4–2
3	Rangers	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–0	0–3	—	2–1
4	VfB Stuttgart	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3			0–2	0–2	3–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Rangers v VfB Stuttgart

19 September 2007 1	Rangers	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Glasgow
20:45	Adam 62' Darcheville 75' (pen.)	(Report)	Gómez 56'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,795 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

VfB Stuttgart v Barcelona

2 October 2007 2	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Barcelona	Stuttgart
20:45		(Report)	Puyol 58' Messi 66'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 51,825 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

VfB Stuttgart v Lyon

23 October 2007 3	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Lyon	Stuttgart
20:45		(Report)	Santos 55' Benzema 79'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Lyon v VfB Stuttgart

7 November 2007 4	Lyon	4–2	VfB Stuttgart	Lyon
20:45	Ben Arfa 5', 37' Källstrom 15' Juninho 90'	(Report)	Gómez 16', 56'	Stadium: Stade Gerland Attendance: 38,215 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

VfB Stuttgart v Rangers

27 November 2007 5	VfB Stuttgart	3–2	Rangers	Stuttgart
20:45	Cacau 45' Pardo 62' Marica 85'	(Report)	Adam 27' Ferguson 70'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Barcelona v VfB Stuttgart

12 December 2007 6	Barcelona	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Barcelona
20:45	Dos Santos 36' Eto'o 57' Ronaldinho 67'	(Report)	Silva 3'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Federation)

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Nat.	Player	Yellow cards	Red cards
5		Serdar Tasci	1	0
6		Fernando Meira	2	0
7		Silvio Meißner	1	0
8		Alexander Farnerud	2	0
10		Yıldıray Baştürk	1	0
13		Pável Pardo	1	0
18		Cacau	1	0
19		Roberto Hilbert	1	0
21		Ludovic Magnin	1	0
28		Sami Khedira	1	0