2007–08 La Liga

The 2007–08 La Liga season, the 77th since its establishment, started on 25 August 2007 and finished on 18 May 2008. Real Madrid defended their La Liga title successfully after a 2–1 victory over Osasuna. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement that had La Sexta mark its first year of television broadcasting.

La Liga
Season2007–08
Dates25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008
ChampionsReal Madrid
31st title
RelegatedZaragoza
Murcia
Levante
Champions LeagueReal Madrid (group stage)
Villarreal (group stage)
Barcelona (playoff round)
Atlético Madrid (playoff round)
UEFA CupSevilla (playoff round)
Racing Santander (playoff round)
Valencia (playoff round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto CupDeportivo (third round)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,021 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniel Güiza
(27 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 7–0 Valladolid
(10 February 2008)[1]
Biggest away winVillarreal 0–5 Real Madrid
(2 September 2007)[2]
Highest scoringAtlético Madrid 6–3 Almería
(6 April 2008)[3]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Valladolid, Almería and Murcia. Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after an absence of three years while UD Almería were promoted for the first time. However, since AD Almería played in the 1980–81 La Liga, the city of Almería returned to the top fight after an absence of twenty six years. They replaced Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic, ending their top flight spells of two, forty and one year respectively.

Stadiums

Team Stadium Capacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolLluís Companys55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
SevillaRamón Sánchez Pizjuán45,500
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo La CoruñaRiazor34,600
ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Murcia*Nueva Condomina33,045
Valladolid*José Zorrilla26,512
LevanteCiutat de València25,354
MallorcaONO Estadi23,142
VillarrealEl Madrigal23,000
Racing SantanderEl Sardinero22,400
RecreativoNuevo Colombino21,600
OsasunaEstadio Reyno de Navarra19,553
GetafeColiseum Alfonso Pérez16,300
Almería*Estadio del Mediterráneo15,000

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Almería Alfonso García Spain Unai Emery UDA Obrascampo
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Spain Joaquín Caparrós 100% Athletic
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Mexico Javier Aguirre Nike Kia
Barcelona Joan Laporta Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Nike UNICEF
Betis Leon Gomez Spain Paco Chaparro Kappa Andalucía/Garmin
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Canterbury of New Zealand Fadesa
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Spain Ernesto Valverde uhlsport Quat Inversiones
Getafe Ángel Torres Denmark Michael Laudrup Joma Galco
Levante Julio Romero Spain José Ángel Moreno Luanvi Comunitat Valenciana
Mallorca Vicenç Grande Spain Gregorio Manzano Reial Viajes Iberia
Murcia Jesús Samper Spain Javier Clemente Real Murcia Caja Murcia
Osasuna Patxi Izco Spain Cuco Ziganda Astore Restaura
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía Spain Marcelino Joma Norquimia
Real Madrid Ramón Calderón Germany Bernd Schuster Adidas Bwin.com
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza Spain Lucas Alcaraz Cejudo Cepsa/Cajasol
Sevilla José María del Nido Spain Manolo Jiménez Joma 888.com
Valencia Vicente Soriano Spain Voro Nike Toyota
Valladolid Carlos Suárez Sureda Spain José Luis Mendilibar Puma Caja Duero
Villarreal Fernando Roig Chile Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló
Zaragoza Eduardo Bandrés Spain Manolo Villanova Mercury/Adidas Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 27 4 7 84 36 +48 85 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Villarreal 38 24 5 9 63 40 +23 77
3 Barcelona 38 19 10 9 76 43 +33 67 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Atlético Madrid 38 19 7 12 66 47 +19 64[lower-alpha 1]
5 Sevilla 38 20 4 14 75 49 +26 64[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Racing Santander 38 17 9 12 42 41 +1 60
7 Mallorca 38 15 14 9 69 54 +15 59
8 Almería 38 14 10 14 42 45 3 52[lower-alpha 2]
9 Deportivo La Coruña 38 15 7 16 46 47 1 52[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
10 Valencia 38 15 6 17 48 62 14 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 3]
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 13 11 14 40 43 3 50
12 Espanyol 38 13 9 16 43 53 10 48
13 Betis 38 12 11 15 45 51 6 47[lower-alpha 4]
14 Getafe 38 12 11 15 44 48 4 47[lower-alpha 4]
15 Valladolid 38 11 12 15 42 57 15 45
16 Recreativo 38 11 11 16 40 60 20 44
17 Osasuna 38 12 7 19 37 44 7 43
18 Zaragoza (R) 38 10 12 16 50 61 11 42 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Murcia (R) 38 7 9 22 36 65 29 30
20 Levante (R) 38 7 5 26 33 75 42 26
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
  2. DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
  3. Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
  4. BET 3–2 GET; GET 1–1 BET
 La Liga 2007–08 winners 
Real Madrid
31st title

Results

Home \ Away ALM ATH ATM FCB BET RCD ESP GET LEV MLL MUR OSA RAC RMA REC SFC VCF VLD VIL ZAR
Almería 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 1–2 1–1
Atlético Madrid 6–3 1–2 4–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–2 3–0 4–3 1–0 4–3 3–4 4–0
Barcelona 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 5–1 2–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 6–0 4–1 1–2 4–1
Betis 3–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 3–0 4–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1
Deportivo La Coruña 0–3 3–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–4 3–1 0–2 1–1
Espanyol 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–4 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1
Getafe 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–3 1–3 0–0
Levante 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 4–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 0–3 1–2 2–1
Mallorca 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 7–1 2–3 0–2 4–2 0–1 3–2
Murcia 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–5 0–0 0–2 4–0 0–3 2–3 1–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1
Osasuna 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 4–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–0
Racing Santander 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–2
Real Madrid 3–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 5–2 4–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 7–0 3–2 2–0
Recreativo 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
Sevilla 1–4 4–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–0
Valencia 0–1 0–3 3–1 0–3 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–0
Valladolid 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1
Villarreal 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–5 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–0
Zaragoza 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 4–1
Source: LFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Goalscorers Goals Penalties Team
Spain Daniel Güiza 27 0 Mallorca
Brazil Luís Fabiano 24 2 Sevilla
Argentina Sergio Agüero 19 0 Atlético Madrid
Spain Raúl 18 3 Real Madrid
Spain David Villa 18 2 Valencia
Turkey Nihat Kahveci 18 0 Villarreal
Brazil Ricardo Oliveira 17 1 Zaragoza
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 16 3 Real Madrid
Uruguay Diego Forlán 16 2 Atlético Madrid
Mali Frédéric Kanouté 16 1 Sevilla
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 16 0 Barcelona

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
Spain Iker Casillas 32 36 0.89 Real Madrid
Spain Víctor Valdés 35 35 1 Barcelona
Spain Toño 31 30 1.03 Racing Santander
Spain Ricardo 38 36 1.06 Osasuna
Spain Miguel Ángel Moyà 34 29 1.17 Mallorca
Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri 42 34 1.24 Getafe
Cameroon Carlos Kameni 38 29 1.31 Espanyol
Spain Andrés Palop 41 30 1.37 Sevilla
Italy Stefano Sorrentino 60 38 1.58 Recreativo
Spain César 56 35 1.6 Zaragoza

Assists table

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Guti Real Madrid 17
2 Argentina Ariel Ibagaza Mallorca 15
3 Brazil Dani Alves Sevilla 14
4 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 12
5 Venezuela Juan Arango Mallorca 9
Spain Sergio García Zaragoza 9
Spain Luis García Espanyol 9
France Thierry Henry Barcelona 9
9 Brazil Robinho Real Madrid 8
Spain Marcos Senna Villarreal 8

Fair Play award

Rank Club Points
1Deportivo89
2Villarreal92
3Barcelona93
4Valladolid99
5Racing Santander107
6Real Madrid109
7Getafe117
8Levante123
Mallorca123
Valencia123
11Espanyol127
12Zaragoza129
13Sevilla140
14Almería141
15Osasuna143
16Atlético Madrid157
17Recreativo158
18Murcia159
19Athletic Bilbao160
20Betis178
  • Source: 2007–08 Fair Play Rankings Season.[4]

Pedro Zaballa award

Spain supporters[5]

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Average home attendance

Clean sheets

Overall

Home

Away

See also

References

  1. "Real Madrid 7-0 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  2. "Villarreal 0-5 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  3. "Atlético Madrid 6-3 Almería" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  4. "Clasificaciones del Premio Juego Limpio" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  5. "El premio Zaballa, a la afición de España" [Zaballa award, to the Spain supporters] (in Spanish). ideal.es. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  6. "Attendances Spain average 2007-08". European Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
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