2007–08 Villarreal CF season

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Villarreal CF
2007–08 season
ManagerManuel Pellegrini
StadiumEl Madrigal
La Liga2nd
UEFA CupRound of 32
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerNihat Kahveci (18)
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2008–09 →

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Uruguay URU Sebastián Viera
2 DF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Rodríguez
3 DF Spain ESP Josemi
4 DF Uruguay URU Diego Godín
5 DF Spain ESP Joan Capdevila
6 MF Spain ESP Josico
7 MF France FRA Robert Pires
8 MF Spain ESP Santi Cazorla
9 FW Mexico MEX Guillermo Franco[2]
10 MF Spain ESP Cani
11 FW Denmark DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson
12 DF France FRA Pascal Cygan
13 GK Spain ESP Diego López
14 MF Chile CHI Matías Fernández[3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Turkey TUR Nihat Kahveci
17 DF Spain ESP Javi Venta
18 MF Spain ESP Ángel
19 MF Spain ESP Marcos Senna[4]
20 DF Argentina ARG Fabricio Fuentes
21 MF Spain ESP Bruno
22 FW Italy ITA Giuseppe Rossi[5]
23 MF Uruguay URU Sebastián Eguren (on loan from Hammarby)
26 GK Spain ESP Juan Carlos
27 DF Spain ESP Alberto de la Bella
28 DF Spain ESP Kiko
38 DF Spain ESP Rocha
44 MF Portugal POR Feliciano Condesso
45 FW Spain ESP 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. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Argentina ARG Juan Román Riquelme (to Boca Juniors)
23 FW Spain ESP José Mari (to Real Betis)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF France FRA Rio Mavuba[6] (on loan to Lille)
30 FW Spain ESP Xisco Nadal (to Granada)

Competitions[]

La Liga[]

Main article: 2007–08 La Liga

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
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM

References[]

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Villarreal - 2007/08".
  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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