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

Season	2007–08
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)
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 →

2007-08 season was the last time FC Barcelona finished below top-two to date.

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 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

Almería

Athletic  

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Deportivo

Espanyol

Getafe

Levante

Mallorca

Murcia

Osasuna

Racing    

Real Madrid

Recreativo

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Zaragoza

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

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) Champion; (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

Positions by round

Team ╲ 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	35	36	37	38
Real Madrid	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Villarreal	3	8	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Barcelona	10	4	5	4	4	4	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Atlético Madrid	14	14	14	6	5	5	6	6	5	4	5	6	5	4	3	3	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Sevilla	1	2	2	5	8	12	15	11	10	10	9	9	10	12	9	9	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	6	5	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Racing Santander	13	13	7	14	17	11	9	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Mallorca	2	3	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	10	11	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	9	10	11	11	9	7	7	7	7
Almería	4	7	12	15	9	13	12	9	12	13	16	16	15	14	11	11	16	16	10	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	10	8	9	7	7	8	9	10	10	8
Deportivo La Coruña	18	18	11	13	16	18	14	16	17	16	14	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	18	18	16	16	14	15	15	13	9	9	7	8	8	8	9
Valencia[lower-alpha 1]	19	9	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	6	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	14	16	16	15	15	14	12	10
Athletic Bilbao	12	17	17	10	15	16	17	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	15	13	14	17	11	15	15	15	14	12	14	15	12	10	8	10	8	10	8	11	11	9	9	11
Espanyol	16	16	10	16	10	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	5	5	3	5	5	6	5	7	6	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	11	11	12
Betis	8	10	16	18	18	15	16	17	15	17	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	16	16	14	14	16	14	16	11	15	16	13	13	11	13	12	12	12	12	14	13
Getafe	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	18	15	11	11	10	12	14	11	13	15	12	10	13	12	13	10	10	9	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14
Valladolid	7	5	9	9	12	17	18	19	18	19	17	15	16	15	16	17	17	12	9	7	9	12	13	16	11	13	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15
Recreativo	9	11	18	12	7	10	13	15	16	15	18	18	18	17	13	12	13	14	17	17	18	19	17	14	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	18	18	17	16
Osasuna	11	12	13	17	11	14	10	12	13	11	11	12	14	13	14	16	12	15	18	14	16	16	15	17	13	14	13	13	14	14	16	14	14	16	17	17	16	17
Zaragoza	15	15	15	8	14	9	8	10	9	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	12	11	12	10	10	10	15	17	14	15	16	17	18	18	17	18	16	16	18	18
Murcia	5	6	6	11	13	8	11	13	11	12	12	14	13	16	17	15	15	9	14	18	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Levante	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Leader and 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
	Segunda División

1. Valencia entered the UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.

Source:

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

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. 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

Assists table

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

• Source: ESPN Soccernet

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)

See also

• List of transfers of La Liga – 2007–08 season
• 2007–08 Segunda División
• 2007–08 Copa del Rey
• Antonio Puerta

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 2008-09-17.

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