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Bayern's worst season in decadeStuttgart clinched their first Bundesliga title since 1992 on the final day of the 2006/07 season. The league's youngest team, average age 25, finished the campaign with 70 points, two points ahead of Schalke. Stuttgart and Schalke both earned a place in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, while third-placed Werder Bremen clinched a qualifying berth.
Bayern Munich ended a disappointing campaign in fourth place and earned entry into the UEFA Cup, along with fourth-placed Bayer Leverkusen. Mainz, Alemannia Aachen, and Borussia Monchengladbach were relegated. Karlsruhe, the second division champions, Hansa Rostock and Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga.
The table shows the overall number of titles since 1992 for each club in German 1. Bundesliga and their league standings in the last five seasons. "Hot summer" in MunichBayern will miss Europe's top club competition for the first time in 11 years. The German giants finished last championship without a trophy, after sweeping the domestic double the previous two years, and will play in the UEFA Cup this season. So, Bayern have invested more than €70m in a new-look team that they hope will recapture domestic dominance and become an international force. In May arrived striker Luca Toni, an important part of Italy's victorious World Cup squad in Germany last year. His €11m transfer Fiorentina was Bayern's first of a series of big-money moves planned for the summer. This page is introduction to the 2007/2008 German Bundesliga season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Germany page. France star Franck Ribery joined Bayern Munich from Marseille for a Bundesliga record transfer fee of €25m. The Bavarians have also signed Germany striker Miroslav Klose, paying €15m to obtain the top scorer of last year's World Cup one year before the end of his contract at Werder Bremen. Other new members are Marcell Jansen from Moenchengladbach, Hamit Altintop from Schalke, Jan Schlaudraff from Alemannia Aachen and Jose Ernesto Sosa from Estudiantes, while Brazil midfielder Ze Roberto has returend to Bayern after one year in his homeland at Santos. Several players left the club, including Owen Hargreaves, Roy Makaay, Claudio Pizarro, Roque Santa Cruz, Hasan Salihamidzic and Ali Karimi. Mehmet Scholl has ended his career.
The table displays complete German 1. Bundesliga standings for season 2006/2007. Everyone is talking about BayernMost preseason polls pick Bayern Munich to be the new champions, including 11 of the Bundesliga's 18 coaches. Defending champions Stuttgart, Schalke and Werder Bremen are expected to be the main challengers to new-look Bayern, with some bookmakers tipping Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger and Bayer Leverkusen as possible dark horses. All three have also revamped their roster in the close season.
The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2007/08 German football league. German Cup (DFB-Pokal) finals in last five years2003 Bayern Munich - Kaiserslautern 3:1 League Cup (DFB-Liga-Pokal) finals in last five years2003 Hamburger - Borussia Dortmund 4:2 The 2007 German League Cup, with a total €5.2m prize money, involved the top four sides in the Bundesliga last season plus German Cup winners Nurnberg and second division champions Karlsruhe. Bayern won the six-team pre-season tournament and earned nearly €2m in the process, thrashing Werder Bremen 4-1 and Bundesliga champions Stuttgart 2-0 en route to the final. |
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key playersArminia BielefeldGoalkeeper Mathias Hain (€2m); Defense: Radim Kucera (€2m), Andre Mijatovic (€1.8m), Bernd Korzynietz (€1.8m), Markus Schuler (€1.6m), Petr Gabriel (€1.4m); Midfield: Rudiger Kauf (€2.4m), Jonas Kamper (€2m), Jorg Bohme (€1.8m); Forward: Artur Wichniarek (€2.2m), Christian Eigler (€1.8m). Bayer LeverkusenGoalkeeper Rene Adler (€2.5m); Defense: Arturo Vidal (€5.5m), Gonzalo Castro (€4.5m), Manuel Friedrich (€3.5m), Lukas Sinkiewicz (€2.3m); Midfield: Tranquillo Barnetta (€6.5m), Bernd Schneider (€6.5m), Simon Rolfes (€4m), Carsten Ramelow (€2.5m); Forward: Theofanis Gekas (€7m), Stefan Kiessling (€4m). Bayern MunichGoalkeeper Oliver Kahn (€4.5m); Defense: Lucio (€16m), Willy Sagnol (€15m), Philipp Lahm (€15m), Daniel van Buyten (€11m); Midfield: Franck Ribery (€25m), Mark van Bommel (€15m), Bastian Schweinsteiger (€12.5m), Ze Roberto (€8m); Forward: Luca Toni (€28.5m), Miroslav Klose (€23m). BochumGoalkeeper Jan Lastuvka (€2.4m); Defense: Anthar Yahia (€2.5m), Marcel Maltritz (€2.3m), Marc Pfertzel (€2.3m), Philipp Bonig (€1.3m); Midfield: Christoph Dabrowski (€2m), Tomasz Zdebel (€2m), Oliver Schroder (€1.7m), Dennis Grote (€1m); Forward: Joel Epalle (€2.8m), Marcin Mieciel (€2m). Borussia DortmundGoalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller (€8m); Defense: Dede (€7m), Philipp Degen (€2.5m), Robert Kovac (€2.5m), Christian Worns (€2m); Midfield: Sebastian Kehl (€8m), Tinga (€5m), Mladen Petric (€3.6m), Giovanni Federico (€2.5m); Forward: Alexander Frei (€11m), Ebi Smolarek (€4.5m). DuisburgGoalkeeper Tom Starke (€0.9m); Defense: Christian Weber (€1.5m), Bjorn Schlicke (€1.4m), Iulian Sebastian Filipescu (€1.1m), Alexander Meyer (€0.5m); Midfield: Mihai Tararache (€2m), Christian Tiffert (€1.5m), Blagoy Georgiev (€1.2m), Ivica Grlic (€1.1m); Forward: Klemen Lavric (€2.2m), Ailton (€1.3m). Eintracht FrankfurtGoalkeeper Markus Proll (€2.5m); Defense: Sotirios Kyrgiakos (€5m), Aleksandar Vasoski (€4m), Patrick Ochs (€2.8m), Christoph Spycher (€2.5m); Midfield: Albert Streit (€4m), Mehdi Mahdavikia (€3.5m), Alex Meier (€2.5m), Junichi Inamoto (€2.3m); Forward: Ioannis Amanatidis (€4m), Naohiro Takahara (€3.5m). Energie CottbusGoalkeeper Tomislav Piplica (€0.5m); Defense: Igor Mitreski (€2.2m), Zoltan Szelesi (€0.9m), Mariusz Kukielka (€0.8m), Mario Cvitanovic (€0.7m); Midfield: Christian Armel Bassila (€1.8m), Timo Rost (€1.5m), Efstathios Aloneftis (€1.5m); Forward: Francis Adissa Kioyo (€1.4m), Dimitar Rangelov (€1m), Dennis Sorensen (€1m). HamburgerGoalkeeper Frank Rost (€4.5m); Defense: Vincent Kompany (€10m), Joris Mathijsen (€8.5m), Juan Pablo Sorin (€5.5m), Thimothee Atouba (€5.5m), Guy Roland Demel (€4m); Midfield: Rafael van der Vaart (€20m), Romeo Castelen (€5.5m), David Jarolim (€4.5m), Nigel de Jong (€3m); Forward: Mohamed Zidan (€5m). HannoverGoalkeeper Robert Enke (€8m); Defense: Steven Cherundolo (€3m), Vinicius (€2.5m), Frank Fahrenhorst (€2.5m), Michael Tarnat (€0.7m); Midfield: Szabolcs Huszti (€3.8m), Hanno Balitsch (€3.5m), Arnold Jan Bruggink (€2.5m), Chavdar Yankov (€2.3m), Jan Rosenthal (€2m); Forward: Mike Hanke (€4m). Hansa RostockGoalkeeper Stefan Wachter (€1m); Defense: Heath Pearce (€1.8m), Tim Sebastian (€1.2m), Dexter Langen (€0.9m), Orestes (€0.7m); Midfield: Stefan Beinlich (€1.5m), Zafer Yelen (€1.4m), Djordje Cetkovic (€1.1m), Christian Rahn (€0.8m); Forward: Enrico Kern (€1.5m), Regis Dorn (€0.8m). Hertha BerlinGoalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny (€2.5m); Defense: Arne Friedrich (€6.5m), Josip Simunic (€6m), Malik Fathi (€3.5m), Sofian Chahed (€1.5m); Midfield: Gilberto (€6.5m), Mineiro (€3m), Lucio (€3m), Pal Dardai (€2.2m); Forward: Marko Pantelic (€6.5m), Christian Gimenez (€1.5m). KarlsruheGoalkeeper Markus Miller (€2.5m); Defense: Maik Franz (€1.8m), Mario Eggimann (€1.8m), Christian Eichner (€1.2m), Andreas Gorlitz (€1m); Midfield: Massimilian Porcello (€1.8m), Godfried Aduobe (€1.7m), Stefan Buck (€1m); Forward: Edmond Kapllani (€1.9m), Christian Timm (€1.8m), Alexander Iashvili (€1.2m). NurnbergGoalkeeper Jaromir Blazek (€1.5m); Defense: Javier Horacio Pinola (€6m), Andreas Wolf (€4.5m), Glauber (€4m), Dominik Reinhardt (€3.5m); Midfield: Marek Mintal (€6.5m), Zvjezdan Misimovic (€4.5m), Tomas Galasek (€3m); Forward: Ivan Saenko (€5.5m), Robert Vittek (€5m), Angelos Charisteas (€4m). Schalke 04Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (€3m); Defense: Marcelo Jose Bordon (€12m), Rafinha (€9.5m), Mladen Krstajic (€5m), Christian Pander (€4.5m); Midfield: Levan Kobiashvili (€6.5m), Fabian Ernst (€5m), Ivan Rakitic (€5m); Forward: Kevin Kuranyi (€8.5m), Peter Lovenkrands (€6m), Gerald Asamoah (€5m). StuttgartGoalkeeper Raphael Schafer (€5m); Defense: Fernando Meira (€13m), Matthieu Delpierre (€7.5m), Ricardo Osorio (€5m), Ludovic Magnin (€4m); Midfield: Yildiray Basturk (€9.5m), Pavel Pardo (€8m), Thomas Hitzlsperger (€5.5m), Roberto Hilbert (€5m); Forward: Mario Gomez (€8m), Ciprian Marica (€7m). Werder BremenGoalkeeper Tim Wiese (€7m); Defense: Per Mertesacker (€12.5m), Naldo (€10m), Clemens Fritz (€5m), Pierre Wome (€4.5m); Midfield: Diego (€20m), Torsten Frings (€15m), Tim Borowski (€11m), Carlos Alberto (€7.8m); Forward: Markus Rosenberg (€5m), Boubacar Sanogo (€4.5m). WolfsburgGoalkeeper Simon Jentzsch (€3.8m); Defense: Ricardo Costa (€4.3m), Alexander Madlung (€3m), Facundo Quiroga (€2.5m), Peter van der Heyden (€2m); Midfield: Marcelinho (€7m), Vlad Munteanu (€3.5m), Jacek Krzynowek (€3m), Jonathan Santana (€2.5m); Forward: Edin Dzeko (€4m), Sergiu Marian Radu (€3.5m). |
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