2007–08 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

During the 2007–08 German football season, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

Season summary

Hoffenheim's first ever season in the 2. Bundesliga saw them promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, as runners-up.

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	Daniel Haas
3	DF	GER	Matthias Jaissle
4	MF	GER	Steffen Haas
5	DF	GER	Marvin Compper
6	DF	GER	Michael Rundio
7	DF	GER	Dragan Paljić
9	FW	CRO	Tomislav Marić^{[notes 1]}
10	MF	GER	Selim Teber
11	MF	GER	Jochen Seitz
12	DF	GER	Denis Bindnagel
13	DF	HUN	Zsolt Lőw
14	DF	GER	Christoph Janker
15	DF	CZE	Radek Špiláček
16	MF	GER	Matthias Keller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Tobias Weis
18	FW	GER	Kai Hesse
19	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević
20	FW	NGA	Chinedu Obasi
21	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano)
22	FW	GER	Francisco Copado
23	MF	BIH	Sejad Salihović
24	DF	SWE	Per Nilsson
25	DF	GHA	Isaac Vorsah (on loan from Asante Kotoko)
26	DF	AUT	Andreas Ibertsberger
27	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan
29	FW	SEN	Demba Ba^{[notes 2]}
30	GK	GER	Thorsten Kirschbaum
33	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	GER	Marcel Throm (to Sportfreunde Siegen)
8	MF	GER	Andreas Mayer (to VfR Aalen)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	BIH	Mirnes Mešić (to Kickers Offenbach)

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	12 August 2007	18 May 2008	Matchday 1	2nd	34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	050.00
DFB-Pokal	3 August 2007	26 February 2008	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	075.00
Total					38	20	9	9	69	47	+22	052.63

Last updated: 1 March 2022
Source: DFB

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (C, P)	34	18	12	4	71	38	+33	66	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1899 Hoffenheim (P)	34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	60
3	1. FC Köln (P)	34	17	9	8	62	44	+18	60
4	Mainz 05	34	16	10	8	62	36	+26	58
5	SC Freiburg	34	15	10	9	49	44	+5	55

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	60	11	2	4	34	17	+17	6	7	4	26	23	+3

Last updated: 1 March 2022.
Source: DFB

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W
Position	13	14	17	17	15	13	13	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

^ Marić was born in Heilbronn, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in May 2002.
^ Ba was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in June 2007.

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