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
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)
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]

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
Location of teams in La Liga 2007–08
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
MurciaNueva Condomina33,045
ValladolidJosé 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
AlmeríaEstadio del Mediterráneo15,000

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 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Villarreal 38 24 5 9 63 40 +23 77
3 Barcelona 38 19 10 9 76 43 +33 67 2008–09 UEFA 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] 2008–09 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] 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
10 Valencia 38 15 6 17 48 62 −14 51 2008–09 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 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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Real Madrid61111111111111111111111111111111111111
Villarreal38422232333223444553343333333233222222
Barcelona104544424222332222222222222222322333333
Atlético Madrid14141465566545654335434454444444444444444
Sevilla122581215111010991012998889777657656666666555
Racing Santander1313714171198898777666666666876575555555666
Mallorca23876777781010888810111313131111111212111212910111197777
Almería471215913129121316161514111116161010888788891089778910108
Deportivo La Coruña181811131618141617161417171819191919191919171818181616141515139978889
Valencia[lower-alpha 1]1993333434644667777781199999101111121416161515141210
Athletic Bilbao12171710151617141414131312111513141711151515141214151210810810811119911
Espanyol1616101610655656545553345535565767778101010111112
Betis810161818151617151719191919181818181616141416141611151613131113121212121413
Getafe1719191919191918191815111110121411131512101312131010989111212131313131314
Valladolid759912171819181917151615161717129791213161113171717161515151414151515
Recreativo91118127101315161518181817131213141717181917141718181818181717181718181716
Osasuna1112131711141012131111121413141612151814161615171314131314141614141617171617
Zaragoza151515814981097789910109101211121010101517141516171818171816161818
Murcia56611138111311121214131617151591418171819191919191919191919191919191919
Levante2020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
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
Colours: 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

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

Clean sheets

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

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 2008-09-17.
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