2007–08 Villarreal CF season

Villarreal CF
2007–08 season
Manager Chile Manuel Pellegrini
Stadium El Madrigal
La Liga 2nd
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Copa del Rey Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer Nihat Kahveci (18)

During the 2007–08 Spanish football season, Villarreal competed in La Liga.

Season summary

Villarreal enjoyed the best season in their history, finishing as runners-up.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Uruguay GK Sebastián Viera
2 Argentina DF Gonzalo Rodríguez
3 Spain DF Josemi
4 Uruguay DF Diego Godín
5 Spain DF Joan Capdevila
6 Spain MF Josico
7 France MF Robert Pirès
8 Spain MF Santi Cazorla
9 Mexico FW Guillermo Franco[2]
10 Spain MF Cani
11 Denmark FW Jon Dahl Tomasson
12 France DF Pascal Cygan
13 Spain GK Diego López
14 Chile MF Matías Fernández[3]
No. Position Player
15 Turkey FW Nihat Kahveci
17 Spain DF Javi Venta
18 Spain MF Ángel
19 Spain MF Marcos Senna[4]
20 Argentina DF Fabricio Fuentes
21 Spain MF Bruno
22 Italy FW Giuseppe Rossi[5]
23 Uruguay MF Sebastián Eguren (on loan from Hammarby)
26 Spain GK Juan Carlos
27 Spain DF Alberto de la Bella
28 Spain DF Kiko
38 Spain DF Rocha
44 Portugal MF Feliciano Condesso
45 Spain FW Rubén

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. Position Player
16 Argentina MF Juan Román Riquelme (to Boca Juniors)
23 Spain FW José Mari (to Real Betis)
No. Position Player
24 France MF Rio Mavuba[6] (on loan to Lille)
30 Spain FW Xisco Nadal (to Granada)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2007-2008/laliga/villar.htm
  2. ↑ Franco was born in Corrientes, Argentina, but became a naturalised Mexican citizen in 2004 and made his international debut for Mexico in 2005.
  3. ↑ Fernández was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but was raised in Chile from the age of four and made his international debut for Chile in 2005.
  4. ↑ Senna was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but obtained Spanish citizenship in 2006 and made his international debut for Spain in March 2006.
  5. ↑ Rossi was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States, but was raised in Italy from the age of 12 and would make his international debut for Italy in October 2008.
  6. ↑ Mavuba was born in international waters; his father was Congolese and his mother was Angolan, but Mavuba was raised in France.
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