2007–08 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
# 2007–08 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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

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 | René Adler |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Karim Haggui |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Friedrich |
| 6 | MF | GER | Simon Rolfes |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Tranquillo Barnetta |
| 8 | MF | GER | Paul Freier |
| 10 | FW | GRE | Theofanis Gekas |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bulykin |
| 14 | MF | GER | Sascha Dum |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Hans Sarpei |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Pirmin Schwegler |
| 17 | DF | SVK | Vratislav Greško |
| 19 | MF | GER | Marcel Risse |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Lukas Sinkiewicz |
| 22 | GK | GER | Benedikt Fernandez |
| 23 | MF | CHI | Arturo Vidal |
| 25 | MF | GER | Bernd Schneider |
| 27 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro |
| 28 | DF | GER | Carsten Ramelow |
| 29 | DF | GER | Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker |
| 33 | MF | GER | Stefan Reinartz |
| 34 | GK | GER | Erik Domaschke |
| 35 | DF | GER | Kim Falkenberg |
| 36 | FW | BIH | Sergej Barbarez |
| 45 | MF | GER | Jens Hegeler |
| 53 | GK | 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 | FRA | Ricardo Faty (on loan from Roma) |
| 24 | DF | TOG | Assimiou Touré (on loan to VfL Osnabrück) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | CZE | Michal Papadopulos (on loan to Energie Cottbus) |
| 30 | FW | GER | Dennis Schmidt (to Wehen Wiesbaden) |
