2007–08 La Liga

La Liga
Season2007–08
Dates25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008
ChampionsReal Madrid
31st title
RelegatedZaragoza
Murcia
Levante
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Villarreal
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
UEFA CupSevilla
Racing Santander
Valencia (as Copa del Rey winners)
Intertoto CupDeportivo La Coruña
Matches played380
Goals scored1,021 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorerDani 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]

The 2007–08 La Liga season was the 77th since its establishment. It began on 25 August 2007, and concluded on 18 May 2008.

Real Madrid secured a second consecutive La Liga title following a 2–1 victory over Osasuna on 4 May 2008. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the impending UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement, which saw 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. Both Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after a three-year absence 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.

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Location of teams in La Liga 2007–08

Stadiums

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.

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Almería Alfonso García Spain Unai Emery UDA Obrascampo Urcisol, Andalucía Andalucía, David Bisbal None
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Spain Joaquín Caparrós 100% Athletic None None None None
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Mexico Javier Aguirre Nike Kia Kyocera None Asisa Salud
Barcelona Joan Laporta Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Nike UNICEF None TV3 None
Betis Leon Gomez Spain Paco Chaparro Kappa Andalucía/Garmin Andalucía Andalucía Grupo Azabache
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Canterbury of New Zealand Fadesa/Martinsa-Fadesa None None None
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Spain Ernesto Valverde uhlsport Quat Inversiones None TV3 Hoteles Hesperia
Getafe Ángel Torres Denmark Michael Laudrup Joma Galco Opción Centro de Ocio None JHK T-Shirt, Thecam
Levante Julio Romero Spain José Ángel Moreno Luanvi Comunitat Valenciana None Canal Nou None
Mallorca Vicenç Grande Spain Gregorio Manzano Reial Viajes Iberia Construcciones Llabrés Feliu IB3 Illes Balears
Murcia Jesús Samper Spain Javier Clemente Real Murcia Caja Murcia Asesorías Financieras Centre Finance La 7 Grupo Invercon
Osasuna Patxi Izco Spain Cuco Ziganda Astore Restaura Reyno de Navarra/Yingli Solar Caja Navarra Yingli Solar/Reyno de Navarra, NGS Technology
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía Spain Marcelino Joma Norquimia SEOP Obras y Proyectos/Lolin None SEOP Obras y Proyectos
Real Madrid Ramón Calderón Germany Bernd Schuster Adidas Bwin.com None None None
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza Spain Lucas Alcaraz Cejudo Cepsa/Cajasol Andalucía Toyota Niponuba Condado de Huelva, Fresón de Palos
Sevilla José María del Nido Spain Manolo Jiménez Joma 888.com Andalucía None 888.com
Valencia Vicente Soriano Spain Voro Nike Toyota Compac Encimeras Canal Nou None
Valladolid Carlos Suárez Sureda Spain José Luis Mendilibar Puma Caja Duero Asómate a Valladolid/Proinlasa Collosa Del Cura y Miranda AXA, Castilla y León es Vida
Villarreal Fernando Roig Chile Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló None Canal Nou None
Zaragoza Eduardo Bandrés Spain Manolo Villanova Mercury/Adidas Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica None Aragón Televisión None

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[a]
5 Sevilla 38 20 4 14 75 49 +26 64[a] 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[b]
9 Deportivo La Coruña 38 15 7 16 46 47 −1 52[b] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
10 Valencia 38 15 6 17 48 62 −14 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 13 11 14 40 43 −3 50
12 Espanyol 38 13 9 16 43 53 −10 48
13 Real Betis 38 12 11 15 45 51 −6 47[d]
14 Getafe 38 12 11 15 44 48 −4 47[d]
15 Valladolid 38 11 12 15 42 57 −15 45
16 Recreativo Huelva 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. ^ a b ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
  2. ^ a b DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
  3. ^ Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
  4. ^ a b 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.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Dani Güiza Mallorca 27
2 Brazil Luís Fabiano Sevilla 24
3 Argentina Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid 19
4 Turkey Nihat Kahveci Villarreal 18
Spain Raúl Real Madrid
Spain David Villa Valencia
7 Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Zaragoza 17
8 Uruguay Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 16
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid
10 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 16
Mali Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average
1 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 32 36 0.89
2 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 35 35 1
3 Spain Toño Racing Santander 31 30 1.03
4 Spain Ricardo Osasuna 38 36 1.06
5 Spain Miguel Ángel Moyà Mallorca 34 29 1.17
6 Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri Getafe 42 34 1.24
7 Cameroon Carlos Kameni Espanyol 38 29 1.31
8 Spain Andrés Palop Sevilla 41 30 1.37
9 Italy Stefano Sorrentino Recreativo Huelva 60 38 1.58
10 Spain César Zaragoza 56 35 1.6

Top assists

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
France Thierry Henry Barcelona
Spain Luis García Espanyol
Spain Sergio García Zaragoza
9 Brazil Robinho Real Madrid 8
Spain Marcos Senna Villarreal

Fair Play award

Rank Club Points
1 Deportivo La Coruña 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
Valencia
11 Espanyol 127
12 Zaragoza 129
13 Sevilla 140
14 Almería 141
15 Osasuna 143
16 Atlético Madrid 157
17 Recreativo Huelva 158
18 Murcia 159
19 Athletic Bilbao 160
20 Real Betis 178
  • 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. ^ a b "Attendances Spain average 2007-08". European Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
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