2007–08 Hamburger SV season

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

Season summary

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

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	Frank Rost
2	DF	ARG	Juan Pablo Sorín
3	DF	CMR	Timothée Atouba
4	DF	GER	Bastian Reinhardt
5	DF	NED	Joris Mathijsen
6	MF	BEL	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
7	FW	EGY	Mohamed Zidan
8	MF	NED	Nigel de Jong
9	FW	PER	Paolo Guerrero
10	DF	BEL	Vincent Kompany
11	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić
12	GK	GER	Wolfgang Hesl
13	MF	GER	Mario Fillinger
14	MF	CZE	David Jarolím
15	MF	GER	Piotr Trochowski^{[notes 1]}


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	BLR	Anton Putsila (on loan from Dinamo Minsk)
17	FW	NGA	Macauley Chrisantus
18	MF	NED	Romeo Castelen^{[notes 2]}
19	DF	GER	Jérôme Boateng
20	DF	CIV	Guy Demel^{[notes 3]}
22	FW	GER	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting^{[notes 4]}
23	MF	NED	Rafael van der Vaart
24	DF	SVN	Mišo Brečko
26	DF	GER	Volker Schmidt
28	MF	GHA	Otto Addo^{[notes 5]}
29	GK	GER	Raphael Wolf
30	DF	NAM	Collin Benjamin
31	MF	GER	Timo Kunert
32	MF	GER	Änis Ben-Hatira^{[notes 6]}
34	FW	GER	Sidney Sam

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	SUI	Raphaël Wicky (to Sion)
16	FW	GER	Mustafa Kučuković^{[notes 7]} (to 1860 Munich)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	GER	Sebastian Langkamp (to Karlsruhe)
25	MF	COD	Kosi Saka (on loan to Carl Zeiss Jena)

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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.

21 July 2007	Dacia Chișinău	1–1	Hamburg	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
	Boicenco 7'		van der Vaart 70' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

29 July 2007	Hamburg	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Dacia Chișinău	AOL Arena, Hamburg
	Kompany 50' van der Vaart 71' Benjamin 76' Jarolím 89'			Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

16 August 2007	Honvéd	0–0	Hamburg	Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest
19:00 CET				Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

30 August 2007	Hamburg	4–0 (4–0 agg.)	Honvéd	HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:30 CET	Guerrero 9', 38' Smiljanić 50' (o.g.) Choupo-Moting 90'			Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

18 September 2007	Litex Lovech	0–1	Hamburg	Lovech Stadium, Lovech
			Castelen 75'	Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

4 October 2007	Hamburg	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Litex Lovech	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
	Guerrero 40', 52' Van der Vaart 71'		R. Popov 38'	Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hamburg	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Basel	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	8
3	Brann	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
4	Dinamo Zagreb	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2
5	Rennes	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 October 2007	Brann	0–1	Hamburg	Brann Stadion, Bergen
19:00		Report	Kompany 62'	Attendance: 13,029 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

29 November 2007	Hamburg	3–0	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	0–2	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	1–1	Basel	HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
20:45	Olić 73'	Report	Ergić 58'	Attendance: 48,917 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

14 February 2008	Zürich	1–3	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	0–0 (3–1 agg.)	Zürich	Arena Hamburg, Hamburg
17:00		(Report)		Attendance: 33,586 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

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

12 March 2008	Hamburg	3–2 (3–3a agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Arena Hamburg, Hamburg
17:45	Trochowski 53' Guerrero 65' Van der Vaart 81'	(Report)	Barbarez 19' Gekas 55'	Attendance: 37,083 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also holds an Ivory Coast passport and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.
^ 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.
^ Addo was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
^ 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.
^ 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.