2007–08 La Liga

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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 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, 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 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[]

2007–08 La Liga is located in Spain
Almería
Athletic  
Athletic  
Atlético
Barcelona
Barcelona
Betis
Betis
Deportivo
Espanyol
Espanyol
Getafe
Getafe
Levante
Mallorca
Mallorca
Murcia
Murcia
Osasuna
Osasuna
Racing    
Racing    
Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Recreativo
Recreativo
Sevilla
Sevilla
Valencia
Valencia
Valladolid
Villarreal
Zaragoza
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[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 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 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. ^ Jump up to: a b ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
  3. ^ Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b 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[a]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:[citation needed]

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
Spain Daniel Güiza 27 0 Mallorca
Brazil Luís Fabiano 24 2 Sevilla
Argentina Sergio Agüero 19 0 Atlético Madrid
Spain Raúl 18 3 Real Madrid
Spain David Villa 18 2 Valencia
Turkey Nihat Kahveci 18 0 Villarreal
Brazil Ricardo Oliveira 17 1 Zaragoza
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 16 3 Real Madrid
Uruguay Diego Forlán 16 2 Atlético Madrid
Mali Frédéric Kanouté 16 1 Sevilla
Cameroon 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
Spain Iker Casillas 32 36 0.89 Real Madrid
Spain Víctor Valdés 35 35 1 Barcelona
Spain Toño 31 30 1.03 Racing Santander
Spain Ricardo 38 36 1.06 Osasuna
Spain Miguel Ángel Moyà 34 29 1.17 Mallorca
Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri 42 34 1.24 Getafe
Cameroon Carlos Kameni 38 29 1.31 Espanyol
Spain Andrés Palop 41 30 1.37 Sevilla
Italy Stefano Sorrentino 60 38 1.58 Recreativo
Spain César 56 35 1.6 Zaragoza

Assists table[]

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

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:
    • France Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007)
  • Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
  • Hat-tricks of the season:
  • 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

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[]

  • 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[]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Attendances Spain average 2007-08". European Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.

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