2007–08 La Liga

77th season of La Liga August 2022 La Liga 2007–08 25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008 Real Madrid31st title ZaragozaMurciaLevante Champions League Real MadridVillarrealBarcelonaAtlético Madrid UEFA Cup SevillaRacing SantanderValencia (as Copa del Rey winners) Intertoto Cup Deportivo La Coruña Dani Güiza(27 goals) Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid(10 February 2008)Real Madrid 7-0 Valladolid http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=5266 RFEF 10 February 2007 7 September 2010 esAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Villarreal 0–5 Real Madrid(2 September 2007)Villarreal 0-5 Real Madrid http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=4040 RFEF 2 September 2007 7 September 2010 esAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Atlético Madrid 6–3 Almería(6 April 2008)Atlético Madrid 6-3 Almería http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=5718 RFEF 6 April 2008 7 September 2010 es 11 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191211104209/http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=5718 dead 380 1021 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 La Liga season was the 77th since its establishment. It began on 25 August 2007, and concluded on 18 May 2008. Real Madrid secured a second consecutive La Liga title following a 2–1 victory over Osasuna on 4 May 2008. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the impending UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement, which saw 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. Both Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after a three-year absence while UD Almería were promoted for the first time. However, since AD Almería played in the 1980–81 La Liga, the city of 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. Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 2007–08 Spain 36.84 -2.435278 Almería top Spain 43.263506 -2.948392 Athletic   bottom Spain 40.401719 -3.720606 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.122831 Barcelona left Spain 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis bottom Spain 43.36875 -8.417286 Deportivo Spain 41.364794 2.1557139 Espanyol right Spain 40.325556 -3.714722 Getafe bottom Spain 39.494703 -0.363842 Levante Spain 39.589936 2.6300778 Mallorca bottom Spain 38.042247 -1.144739 Murcia left Spain 42.796667 -1.636944 Osasuna bottom Spain 43.476389 -3.793333 Racing     top Spain 40.452778 -3.688056 Real Madrid Spain 37.246517 -6.954050 Recreativo left Spain 37.384064 -5.9705 Sevilla top Spain 39.474656 -0.358361 Valencia bottom Spain 41.644444 -4.761111 Valladolid top Spain 39.944167 -0.103611 Villarreal Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza top Stadiums 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 (*) Promoted from Segunda División. Personnel and kits TeamChairmanHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorAlmeríaAlfonso GarcíaESP Unai EmeryUDAObrascampoUrcisol, AndalucíaAndalucía, David BisbalNoneAthletic BilbaoFernando GarcíaESP Joaquín Caparrós100% AthleticNoneNoneNoneNoneAtlético MadridEnrique CerezoMEX Javier AguirreNikeKiaKyoceraNoneAsisa SaludBarcelonaJoan LaportaNED Frank RijkaardNikeUNICEFNoneTV3NoneBetisLeon GomezESP Paco ChaparroKappaAndalucía/GarminAndalucíaAndalucíaGrupo AzabacheDeportivoAugusto LendoiroESP Miguel Ángel LotinaCanterbury of New ZealandFadesa/Martinsa-FadesaNoneNoneNoneEspanyolDaniel Sánchez LlibreESP Ernesto ValverdeuhlsportQuat InversionesNoneTV3Hoteles HesperiaGetafeÁngel TorresDEN Michael LaudrupJomaGalcoOpción Centro de OcioNoneJHK T-shirt, ThecamLevanteJulio RomeroESP José Ángel MorenoLuanviComunitat ValencianaNoneCanal NouNoneMallorcaVicenç GrandeESP Gregorio ManzanoReialViajes IberiaConstrucciones Llabrés FeliuIB3Illes BalearsMurciaJesús SamperESP Javier ClementeReal MurciaCaja MurciaAsesorías Financieras Centre FinanceLa 7Grupo InverconOsasunaPatxi IzcoESP Cuco ZigandaAstoreRestauraReyno de Navarra/Yingli SolarCaja NavarraYingli Solar/Reyno de Navarra, NGS TechnologyRacing SantanderFrancisco PerníaESP MarcelinoJomaNorquimiaSEOP Obras y Proyectos/LolinNoneSEOP Obras y ProyectosReal MadridRamón CalderónGER Bernd SchusterAdidasBwin.comNoneNoneNoneRecreativoFrancisco MendozaESP Lucas AlcarazCejudoCepsa/CajasolAndalucíaToyota NiponubaCondado de Huelva, Fresón de PalosSevillaJosé María del NidoESP Manolo JiménezJoma888.comAndalucíaNone888.comValenciaVicente SorianoESP VoroNikeToyotaCompac EncimerasCanal NouNoneValladolidCarlos Suárez SuredaESP José Luis MendilibarPumaCaja DueroAsómate a Valladolid/ProinlasaCollosaDel Cura y Miranda AXA, Castilla y León es VidaVillarrealFernando RoigCHL Manuel PellegriniPumaAeroport CastellóNoneCanal NouNoneZaragozaEduardo BandrésESP Manolo VillanovaMercury/AdidasExpo Zaragoza 2008 TelefónicaNoneAragón TelevisiónNone League table main WDL 5 QR RMA Real Madrid VIL Villarreal FCB Barcelona ATM Atlético Madrid SFC Sevilla RAC Racing Santander MLL Mallorca ALM Almería RCD Deportivo La Coruña VCF Valencia ATH Athletic Bilbao ESP Espanyol BET Real Betis GET Getafe VLD Valladolid REC Recreativo Huelva OSA Osasuna ZAR Zaragoza MUR Murcia LEV Levante 27 4 7 84 36 C 24 5 9 63 40 19 10 9 76 43 19 7 12 66 47 20 4 14 75 49 17 9 12 42 41 15 14 9 69 54 14 10 14 42 45 15 7 16 46 47 15 6 17 48 62 13 11 14 40 43 13 9 16 43 53 12 11 15 45 51 12 11 15 44 48 11 12 15 42 57 11 11 16 40 60 12 7 19 37 44 10 12 16 50 61 R 7 9 22 36 65 R 7 5 26 33 75 R ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM ATM DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP RCD BET 3–2 GET; GET 1–1 BET BET green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3 CL3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey. UC1b red1 Relegation to the Segunda División R R R complete 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 LFP La Liga 2007–08 winners Real Madrid 31st Results main FBR grey 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 complete LFP Awards AwardRecipientAlfredo Di Stéfano TrophyESP Raúl (Real Madrid)Pichichi TrophyESP Dani Güiza (Mallorca)Miguel Muñoz TrophyCHI Manuel Pellegrini (Villarreal)Zamora TrophyESP Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)Zarra TrophyESP Dani Güiza (Mallorca) Soccer Field Transparant.svg 175 87% 0.40 1.35 175 Casillas 0.74 1.00 175 Ramos 0.60 1.11 175 Coloccini 0.23 1.11 175 Díaz 0.11 1.00 175 Capdevila 0.69 0.57 175 Guti 0.51 0.71 175 Iniesta 0.23 0.71 175 Jorge López 0.11 0.57 175 Güiza 0.23 0.31 175 Luis Fabiano 0.63 0.31 175 Agüero Team of the Year Team of the YearEquipo de la Liga 2007/08 https://es.uefa.com/news-media/news/01cd-0f84dc788a89-df272e84ae43-1000--equipo-de-la-liga-2007-08/ UEFA.com 24 May 2008 22 August 2026 Goalkeeper Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Defenders Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Argentina Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruña) Argentina Cata Díaz (Getafe) Spain Joan Capdevila (Villarreal) Midfielders Spain Guti (Real Madrid) Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Spain Jorge López (Racing Santander) Forwards Spain Dani Güiza (Mallorca) Brazil Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) Argentina Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid) Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals 1ESP Dani GüizaMallorca 27 2BRA Luís FabianoSevilla 24 3ARG Sergio AgüeroAtlético Madrid 19 4TUR Nihat KahveciVillarreal 18ESP RaúlReal MadridESP David VillaValencia 7BRA Ricardo OliveiraZaragoza 17 8URU Diego ForlánAtlético Madrid 16NED Ruud van NistelrooyReal Madrid 10CMR Samuel Eto'oBarcelona 16MLI Frédéric KanoutéSevilla Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage 1ESP Iker CasillasReal Madrid 32 36 2ESP Víctor ValdésBarcelona 35 35 3ESP ToñoRacing Santander 31 30 4ESP RicardoOsasuna 38 36 5ESP Miguel Ángel MoyàMallorca 34 29 6ARG Roberto AbbondanzieriGetafe 42 34 7CMR Carlos KameniEspanyol 38 29 8ESP Andrés PalopSevilla 41 30 9ITA Stefano SorrentinoRecreativo Huelva 60 38 10ESP CésarZaragoza 56 35 Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1ESP GutiReal Madrid172ARG Ariel IbagazaMallorca153BRA Dani AlvesSevilla144ARG Lionel MessiBarcelona125VEN Juan ArangoMallorca9FRA Thierry HenryBarcelonaESP Luis GarcíaEspanyolESP Sergio GarcíaZaragoza9BRA RobinhoReal Madrid8ESP Marcos SennaVillarreal Source: ESPN Soccernet https://web.archive.org/web/20101211223931/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/assists/_/league/esp.1/year/2007/spanish-primera-division?cc=5901 11 December 2010 Fair Play award Rank Club Points1Deportivo La Coruña 892Villarreal 923Barcelona 934Valladolid 995Racing Santander 1076Real Madrid 1097Getafe 1178Levante 123MallorcaValencia11Espanyol 12712Zaragoza 12913Sevilla 14014Almería 14115Osasuna 14316Atlético Madrid 15717Recreativo Huelva 15818Murcia 15919Athletic Bilbao 16020Real Betis 178 Source: 2007–08 Fair Play Rankings Season.Clasificaciones del Premio Juego Limpio http://www.rfef.es/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/Juego%20Limpio/Clasificaciones%20del%20Premio%20Juego%20Limpio%20final%20de%20temporada.pdf RFEF 2 June 2008 4 September 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055822/http://www.rfef.es/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/Juego%20Limpio/Clasificaciones%20del%20Premio%20Juego%20Limpio%20final%20de%20temporada.pdf 16 July 2011 dead Pedro Zaballa award Spain supportersEl premio Zaballa, a la afición de España Zaballa award, to the Spain supporters http://www.ideal.es/jaen/20080715/deportes/bosque-nombrado-seleccionador-nacional-200807152151.html ideal.es 15 July 2008 4 September 2010 es 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) Ebi 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: FRA 1974 Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007) Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals Hat-tricks of the season: FRA 1974 Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007) ITA Christian Riganò for Levante against Almería (4 November 2007) ESP Joseba Llorente for Valladolid against Recreativo (13 January 2008) CMR Samuel Eto'o for Barcelona against Levante (24 February 2008) VEN Juan Arango for Mallorca against Recreativo (9 March 2008) ESP Xisco for Deportivo against Murcia (30 March 2008) ESP Dani Güiza for Mallorca against Murcia (20 April 2008) ESP David Villa for Valencia against Levante (11 May 2008) MEX 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 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp08.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 2 July 2026 No. Club Average Change Highest 1 FC Barcelona 76,234 2.9% 98,000 2 Real Madrid CF 67,560 -5.5% 80,354 3 Atlético de Madrid 45,253 6.9% 55,000 4 Valencia CF 40,711 0.8% 50,000 5 Sevilla FC 39,553 -9.3% 45,500 6 Real Betis 37,421 -3.4% 48,000 7 Athletic Club 36,263 -2.4% 40,000 8 Real Zaragoza 30,711 10.2% 35,000 9 Real Murcia CF 23,548 92.5% 32,000 10 RCD Espanyol 21,870 8.3% 40,000 11 Villarreal CF 19,395 4.1% 24,000 12 RCD Mallorca 17,842 7.4% 22,000 13 Deportivo de La Coruña 17,800 7.1% 34,600 14 Real Valladolid 17,635 91.0% 26,000 15 Racing de Santander 17,521 8.0% 24,000 16 Recreativo de Huelva 17,376 -4.7% 20,096 17 CA Osasuna 17,225 3.1% 19,800 18 UD Almería 15,567 74.0% 21,500 19 Levante UD 12,330 -26.6% 20,229 20 Getafe CF 10,658 -3.6% 16,000 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 2007-08 1 Spain