2007–08 La Liga

La Liga
Season	2007–08
Dates	25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008
Champions	Real Madrid; 31st title
Relegated	Zaragoza; Murcia; Levante
Champions League	Real Madrid (group stage); Villarreal (group stage); Barcelona (playoff round); Atlético Madrid (playoff round)
UEFA Cup	Sevilla (playoff round); Racing Santander (playoff round); Valencia (playoff round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup	Deportivo (third round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,021 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Güiza; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid; (10 February 2008)[1]
Biggest away win	Villarreal 0–5 Real Madrid; (2 September 2007)[2]
Highest scoring	Atlético Madrid 6–3 Almería; (6 April 2008)[3]
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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.

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.

Team information

Stadia and locations

Athletic

Racing

Location of teams in La Liga 2007–08

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Lluís Companys	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Murcia*	Nueva Condomina	33,045
Valladolid*	José Zorrilla	26,512
Levante	Ciutat de València	25,354
Mallorca	ONO Estadi	23,142
Villarreal	El Madrigal	23,000
Racing Santander	El Sardinero	22,400
Recreativo	Nuevo Colombino	21,600
Osasuna	Estadio Reyno de Navarra	19,553
Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	16,300
Almería*	Estadio del Mediterráneo	15,000

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

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	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
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
Daniel Güiza	27	0	Mallorca
Luís Fabiano	24	2	Sevilla
Sergio Agüero	19	0	Atlético Madrid
Raúl	18	3	Real Madrid
David Villa	18	2	Valencia
Nihat Kahveci	18	0	Villarreal
Ricardo Oliveira	17	1	Zaragoza
Ruud van Nistelrooy	16	3	Real Madrid
Diego Forlán	16	2	Atlético Madrid
Frédéric Kanouté	16	1	Sevilla
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
Iker Casillas	32	36	0.89	Real Madrid
Víctor Valdés	35	35	1	Barcelona
Toño	31	30	1.03	Racing Santander
Ricardo	38	36	1.06	Osasuna
Miguel Ángel Moyà	34	29	1.17	Mallorca
Roberto Abbondanzieri	42	34	1.24	Getafe
Carlos Kameni	38	29	1.31	Espanyol
Andrés Palop	41	30	1.37	Sevilla
Stefano Sorrentino	60	38	1.58	Recreativo
César	56	35	1.6	Zaragoza

Fair Play award

Rank	Club	Points
1	Deportivo	89
2	Villarreal	92
3	Barcelona	93
4	Valladolid	99
5	Racing Santander	107
6	Real Madrid	109
7	Getafe	117
8	Levante	123
	Mallorca	123
	Valencia	123
11	Espanyol	127
12	Zaragoza	129
13	Sevilla	140
14	Almería	141
15	Osasuna	143
16	Atlético Madrid	157
17	Recreativo	158
18	Murcia	159
19	Athletic Bilbao	160
20	Betis	178

Source: 2007–08 Fair Play Rankings Season.[4]

Pedro Zaballa award

Spain supporters[5]

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Sergio Agüero for Atlético Madrid against Real Madrid (25 August 2007)
Fastest goal in a match: 7 seconds – Joseba Llorente for Valladolid against Espanyol (20 January 2008)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes
- Manu for Getafe against Recreativo (2 September 2007)
- Euzebiusz Smolarek for Racing Santander against Recreativo (23 March 2008)
- Roberto Ayala for Zaragoza against Deportivo (3 May 2008)
Widest winning margin: 7 – Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid (10 February 2008)
Most goals in a match: 9 – Atlético Madrid 6–3 Almería (6 April 2008)
First own goal of the season: Daniel Jarque for Sevilla against Espanyol (25 September 2007)
First hat-trick of the season:
- Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007)
Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
Hat-tricks of the season:
- Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007)
- Christian Riganò for Levante against Almería (4 November 2007)
- Joseba Llorente for Valladolid against Recreativo (13 January 2008)
- Samuel Eto'o for Barcelona against Levante (24 February 2008)
- Juan Arango for Mallorca against Recreativo (9 March 2008)
- Xisco for Deportivo against Murcia (30 March 2008)
- Daniel Güiza for Mallorca against Murcia (20 April 2008)
- David Villa for Valencia against Levante (11 May 2008)
- Giovani dos Santos for Barcelona against Murcia (17 May 2008)
Most goals by one team in a match: 7 Goals
- Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid (10 February 2008)
- Mallorca 7–1 Recreativo (9 March 2008)
Most goals in one half by one team: 5
- Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid (10 February 2008)
- Mallorca 7–1 Recreativo (9 March 2008)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
- Atlético Madrid 4–3 Sevilla (31 October 2007)
- Atlético Madrid 3–4 Villarreal (4 November 2007)
- Real Madrid 4–3 Mallorca (11 November 2007)
- Atlético Madrid 4–3 Valladolid (25 November 2007)
- Levante 4–3 Betis (25 November 2007)
- Villarreal 4–3 Deportivo (13 January 2008)
- Atlético Madrid 6–3 Almería (6 April 2008)
- Murcia 3–5 Barcelona (17 May 2008)

Cards

First yellow card: Luis Perea for Atlético Madrid against Real Madrid (25 August 2007)
First red card: David Cortés for Getafe against Sevilla (25 August 2007)

Average home attendance

Highest average home attendance: 76,234 (Real Madrid)[6]
Lowest average home attendance: 10,658 (Getafe)[6]

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets – Villarreal (17)
Fewest clean sheets – Levante (4)

Overall

Most wins – Real Madrid (27)
Fewest wins – Murcia and Levante (7)
Most draws – Mallorca (14)
Fewest draws – Real Madrid and Sevilla (4)
Most losses – Levante (26)
Fewest losses – Real Madrid (7)
Most goals scored – Real Madrid (84)
Fewest goals scored – Levante (33)
Most goals conceded – Levante (75)
Fewest goals conceded – Real Madrid (36)

Home

Most wins – Real Madrid (17)
Fewest wins – Levante (5)
Most draws – Valladolid (9)
Fewest draws – Real Madrid (0)
Most losses – Levante (10)
Fewest losses – Real Madrid and Villarreal(2)
Most goals scored – Real Madrid (53)
Fewest goals scored – Almería (18)
Most goals conceded – Levante (34)
Fewest goals conceded – Barcelona (12)

Away

Most wins – Villarreal(12)
Fewest wins – Murcia and Zaragoza (1)
Most draws – Mallorca and Barcelona (8)
Fewest draws – Villarreal (0)
Most losses – Levante (16)
Fewest losses – Real Madrid and Mallorca (5)
Most goals scored – Mallorca (34)
Fewest goals scored – Levante (11)
Most goals conceded – Levante (41)
Fewest goals conceded – Real Madrid (18)

References

"Real Madrid 7-0 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Villarreal 0-5 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Atlético Madrid 6-3 Almería" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"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.
"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.
"Attendances Spain average 2007-08". European Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.

External links

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[table_hth_ATM0.1706370726091-4] ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM

[table_hth_RCD0.1706370726091-5] DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP

[table_note_res_UC1b0.1706370726091-6] Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.

[table_hth_BET0.1706370726091-7] BET 3–2 GET; GET 1–1 BET

[Real_Madrid_7-0_Valladolid-1] "Real Madrid 7-0 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Villarreal_0-5_Real_Madrid-2] "Villarreal 0-5 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Atlético_Madrid_6-3_Almería-3] "Atlético Madrid 6-3 Almería" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[FairPlay-8] "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.

[PedroZaballa-9] "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.

[ave_att-10] "Attendances Spain average 2007-08". European Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.

2007–08 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '07 '08 Finland '07 '08 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '07 '08 Latvia '07 '08 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '07 '08 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '07 '08 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '07 '08 France Germany Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, First round, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup