Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2007–08 season
ManagerGermany Michael Skibbe
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Theofanis Gekas (11)
All: Stefan Kießling (16)

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.

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 René Adler
2 DF Tunisia TUN Karim Haggui
5 DF Germany GER Manuel Friedrich
6 MF Germany GER Simon Rolfes
7 MF Switzerland SUI Tranquillo Barnetta
8 MF Germany GER Paul Freier[notes 1]
10 FW Greece GRE Theofanis Gekas
11 FW Germany GER Stefan Kießling
13 FW Russia RUS Dmitri Bulykin
14 MF Germany GER Sascha Dum
15 DF Ghana GHA Hans Sarpei
16 MF Switzerland SUI Pirmin Schwegler
17 DF Slovakia SVK Vratislav Greško
19 MF Germany GER Marcel Risse
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Germany GER Lukas Sinkiewicz[notes 2]
22 GK Germany GER Benedikt Fernandez
23 MF Chile CHI Arturo Vidal
25 MF Germany GER Bernd Schneider
27 MF Germany GER Gonzalo Castro[notes 3]
28 DF Germany GER Carsten Ramelow
29 DF Germany GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
33 MF Germany GER Stefan Reinartz
34 GK Germany GER Erik Domaschke
35 DF Germany GER Kim Falkenberg
36 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sergej Barbarez
45 MF Germany GER Jens Hegeler
53 GK Germany GER Fabian Giefer

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
4 MF France FRA Ricardo Faty[notes 4] (on loan from Roma)
24 DF Togo TOG Assimiou Touré[notes 5] (on loan to VfL Osnabrück)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW Czech Republic CZE Michal Papadopulos (on loan to Energie Cottbus)
30 FW Germany GER Dennis Schmidt (to Wehen Wiesbaden)

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Bayer Leverkusen - 2007/08".

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
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