2007–08 Atlético Madrid season

102nd season in existence of Atlético Madrid December 2024 Atlético Madrid 2007–08 Javier Aguirre Enrique Cerezo President Head coach Vicente Calderón La Liga 4th Sergio Agüero (19) Sergio Agüero (27) UEFA Cup Round of 32 Copa del Rey Quarter-finals UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners _am0708h _am0708h _am0708h _am0708h _am0708h 0000ff 0000ff _am0708a _am0708a _am0708a _am0708a _am0708a 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 000000 000000 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 season was the 102nd season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 71st season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. In the wake of captain Fernando Torres departing for Liverpool, Atlético responded with the signings of Diego Forlán, Thiago Motta, Simão and José Antonio Reyes, aimed at propelling the club to the top. Atlético managed to take the final spot for the Champions League, finishing only three points behind Barcelona in third. Squad No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 23 Leo Franco Argentina no 2007 7 1 1977 5 20 ESP Mallorca 13 Christian Abbiati Italy no 2007 7 1 1977 7 8 ITA Milan 1 Ismael Falcón Spain no 2007 7 1 1984 4 24 ESP Atlético Madrid BDefenders 22 Pablo Ibáñez Spain no 2007 7 1 1981 8 3 ARG Albacete 21 Luis Perea Colombia no 2007 7 1 1979 1 30 ARG Boca Juniors 12 Fabiano Eller Brazil no 2007 7 1 1977 11 16 TUR Trabzonspor 14 Zé Castro Portugal no 2007 7 1 1983 1 13 POR Académica Coimbra 3 Antonio López Spain no 2007 7 1 1981 9 13 ESP Osasuna 4 Mariano Pernía Spain no 2007 7 1 1977 5 4 ESP Getafe 2 Georgios Seitaridis Greece no 2007 7 1 1981 6 4 RUS Dynamo Moscow 4 Juan Valera Spain no 2007 7 1 1984 12 21 ESP Real MurciaMidfielders 5 Thiago Motta Italy no 2007 7 1 1982 8 28 ESP Barcelona 18 Maniche Portugal no 2007 7 1 1977 11 11 RUS Dynamo Moscow 6 Cléber Santana Brazil no 2007 7 1 1981 6 27 BRA Santos 35 Joshua Zapata Spain no 2007 7 1 1989 1 28 ESP Atlético Madrid B 8 Raúl García Spain no 2007 7 1 1986 7 11 ESP Osasuna 15 José Manuel Jurado Spain no 2007 7 1 1986 6 29 ESP Real MadridForwards 11 Maxi Rodríguez Argentina no 2007 7 1 1981 1 2 ESP Espanyol 24 Simão Portugal no 2007 7 1 1979 10 31 POR Benfica 9 Luis García Spain no 2007 7 1 1978 6 24 ENG Liverpool 17 José Antonio Reyes Spain no 2007 7 1 1983 9 1 ENG Arsenal 19 Miguel de las Cuevas Spain no 2007 7 1 1986 6 19 ESP Hércules CF 10 Sergio Agüero Argentina no 2007 7 1 1988 6 2 ARG Independiente 7 Diego Forlán Uruguay no 2007 7 1 1979 5 19 ESP Villarreal CF 20 Mista Spain no 2007 7 1 1978 11 12 ESP Valencia CF Transfers In DatePos.No.PlayerTransferred fromFeeRef. 30 June 2007 FW 7 URU Diego Forlán ESP Villarreal €21,000,000https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2493538/atletico-strike-forlan-deal Atletico strike Forlan deal Sky Sports 30 June 2007 28 December 2024 26 July 2007 24 POR Simão POR Benfica €20,000,000https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2632228/simao-seals-atletico-move Simao seals Atletico move Sky Sports 26 July 2007 28 December 2024 19 June 2007 MF 8 ESP Raúl García ESP Osasuna €13,000,000https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0254-0d7baa1725b7-4e3cd5b777b6-1000--aguirre-gets-thumbs-up-from-atletico/ Aguierre gets thumbs up from Atletico UEFA 19 June 2007 28 December 2024 30 July 2007 FW 17 ESP José Antonio Reyes ENG Arsenal €12,000,000https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/jul/30/newsstory.arsenal1 Reyes signs for Atletico Madrid The Guardian 30 July 2007 28 December 2024 July 2007 MF 6 BRA Cléber Santana BRA Santos €8,000,000https://as.com/futbol/2007/07/04/mas_futbol/1183530448_850215.html El Atlético cerró el fichaje del medio Cléber Santana Diario AS July 2007 28 December 2024 3 July 2007 FW 9 ESP Luis García ENG Liverpool €4,000,000https://www.uefa.com/news/0254-0d7baa171d04-48ce044f401f-1000--luis-garcia-returns-to-atletico/ Luis Garcia returns to Atletico UEFA 3 July 2007 28 December 2024 31 August 2007 MF 5 ITA Thiago Motta ESP Barcelona €2,000,000https://web.archive.org/web/20090208140238/http://www.clubatleticodemadrid.com/es/atleticoaldia/noticias.asp?id=20099 2009-02-08 Thiago Motta es nuevo jugador del Club Atlético de Madrid http://www.clubatleticodemadrid.com/es/atleticoaldia/noticias.asp?id=20099 clubatleticodemadrid.com 31 August 2007 28 December 2024 26 June 2007 GK 13 ITA Christian Abbiati ITA Milan Loan(€500k)https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/abbiati-loaned-out-to-atletico-madrid/story-4H7ykkulMz7ESHpzx16D0J.html Abbiati loaned out to Atletico Madrid Hindustan Times 26 June 2007 28 December 2024 Squad Goalkeepers ITA Christian Abbiati ARGITA Leo Franco ESP Ismael Falcón Defenders GRE Giourkas Seitaridis ESP Antonio López ESPARG Mariano Pernía BRA Fabiano Eller POR Zé Castro COLESP Luis Perea ESP Pablo Ibáñez ESP Juan Valera ESP Álvaro Domínguez ESP César Ortiz Midfielders BRAITA Thiago Motta BRA Cléber ESP Raúl García ESP Luis García ARGITA Maxi Rodríguez (C) ESP José Manuel Jurado ESP José Antonio Reyes POR Maniche ESP Miguel de las Cuevas POR Simão ESP Roberto Batres ESP Álex Quillo ESP Didi ESP Joshua ESP Ignacio Camacho Attackers URUESP Diego Forlán ARG Sergio Agüero ESP Mista Competitions La Liga 2007–08 La Liga League table ATM Matches Real Madrid–Atlético Madrid 2-1 0-1 Sergio Agüero 1 1-1 Raúl 14 2-1 Wesley Sneijder 78 Atlético Madrid–Mallorca 1-1 0-1 Daniel Güiza 18 1-1 Mariano Pernía 77 Real Murcia–Atlético Madrid 1-1 0-1 Sergio Agüero 15 1-1 Francisco Gallardo 81 Atlético Madrid–Racing Santander 4-0 1-0 Raúl García 12 2-0 Sergio Agüero 69 3-0 Diego Forlán 77 4-0 Simão 87 Athletic Bilbao–Atlético Madrid 0-2 0-1 Sergio Agüero 12 0-2 Diego Forlán 78 Atlético Madrid–Osasuna 2-0 1-0 Raúl García 38 2-0 Sergio Agüero 81 BarcelonaAtlético Madrid 3-0 1-0 Deco 15 2-0 Lionel Messi 20 3-0 Xavi 90 Atlético Madrid–Real Zaragoza 4-0 1-0 Luis García 11 2-0 Diego Forlán 34 3-0 Maxi Rodríguez 64 pen. 4-0 Maxi Rodríguez 90 + 1 Levante–Atlético Madrid 0-1 0-1 Diego Forlán 27 Atlético Madrid–Sevilla 4-3 1-0 Maniche 2 1-1 Luís Fabiano 14 2-1 Sergio Agüero 17 2-2 Zé Castro 45 o.g. 3-2 Maxi Rodríguez 70 4-2 José Manuel Jurado 90 + 1 4-3 Luís Fabiano 90 + 2 Atlético Madrid–Villarreal 3-4 1-0 Pablo 9 2-0 Simão 25 2-1 Giuseppe Rossi 31 2-2 Fabricio Fuentes 42 3-2 Sergio Agüero 62 3-3 Nihat Kahveci 69 3-4 Nihat Kahveci 90 Almería–Atlético Madrid 0-0 Atlético Madrid–Valladolid 4-3 1-0 Maniche 3 1-1 Víctor 40 1-2 Sisi 47 2-2 Maxi Rodríguez 49 2-3 Joseba Llorente 54 3-3 Maxi Rodríguez 55 4-3 Pedro López 90 + 2 o.g. Betis–Atlético Madrid 0-2 0-1 Diego Forlán 34 0-2 Raúl García 90 + 3 Atlético Madrid–Getafe 1-0 1-0 Diego Forlán 19 Recreativo de Huelva–Atlético Madrid 0-0 Atlético Madrid–Espanyol 1-2 1-0 Simão 37 1-1 Raúl Tamudo 53 1-2 Luis García 84 Deportivo–Atlético Madrid 0-3 0-1 Diego Forlán 39 0-2 Sergio Agüero 52 0-3 José Manuel Jurado 65 Atlético Madrid–Valencia 1-0 1-0 Sergio Agüero 28 Atlético Madrid–Real Madrid 0-2 0-1 Raúl 1 0-2 Ruud van Nistelrooy 41 Mallorca–Atlético Madrid 1-0 1-0 Juan Arango 21 Atlético Madrid–Real Murcia 1-1 0-1 Jofre 52 pen. 1-1 Luis García 62 Racing de Santander–Atlético Madrid 0-2 0-1 Diego Forlán 56 0-2 Diego Forlán 74 Atlético Madrid–Athletic Bilbao 1-2 1-0 Antonio López 5 1-1 Markel Susaeta 39 1-2 Fernando Llorente 45 Osasuna–Atlético Madrid 3-1 1-0 Kike Sola 1 2-0 Carlos Vela 5 2-1 Diego Forlán 26 3-1 Héctor Font 75 Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 4-2 0-1 Ronaldinho 30 1-1 Sergio Agüero 36 2-1 Maxi Rodríguez 42 3-1 Diego Forlán 62 pen. 4-1 Sergio Agüero 71 4-2 Samuel Eto'o 73 Real Zaragoza–Atlético Madrid 2-1 0-1 Simão 26 1-1 Pablo 34 o.g. 2-1 Diego Milito 72 pen. Atlético Madrid–Levante 3-0 1-0 Simão 24 2-0 Diego Forlán 39 3-0 Diego Forlán 53 Sevilla–Atlético Madrid 1-2 0-1 Maxi Rodríguez 19 1-1 Diego Capel 48 1-2 Sergio Agüero 58 Villarreal–Atlético Madrid 3-0 1-0 Santi Cazorla 39 2-0 Nihat Kahveci 43 3-0 Nihat Kahveci 66 Atlético Madrid–Almería 6-3 1-0 Antonio López 2 2-0 Diego Forlán 6 pen. 2-1 Felipe Melo 11 2-2 Juanma Ortiz 18 3-2 Simão 34 3-3 Álvaro Negredo 37 4-3 Simão 45 5-3 Sergio Agüero 52 6-3 Sergio Agüero 69 Valladolid–Atlético Madrid 1-1 0-1 Maxi Rodríguez 69 1-1 Bartholomew Ogbeche 90 Atlético Madrid–Betis 1-3 0-1 Juande 15 1-1 Sergio Agüero 25 1-2 Xisco 49 1-3 Capi 66 Getafe–Atlético Madrid 1-1 1-0 Juan Ángel Albín 13 1-1 Sergio Agüero 39 Atlético Madrid–Recreativo de Huelva 3-0 1-0 Ignacio Camacho 23 2-0 Sergio Agüero 54 3-0 Ignacio Camacho 74 Espanyol–Atlético Madrid 0-2 0-1 Sergio Agüero 27 0-2 Diego Forlán 30 Atlético Madrid–Deportivo 1-0 1-0 Diego Forlán 45 Valencia–Atlético Madrid 3-1 1-0 Giourkas Seitaridis 11 o.g. 2-0 David Villa 40 3-0 David Villa 54 3-1 Sergio Agüero 74 UEFA Cup Group stage Lokomotiv Moscow–Atlético Madrid 3-3 0-1 Sergio Agüero 16 1-1 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 27 1-2 Diego Forlán 47 2-2 Peter Odemwingie 61 3-2 Peter Odemwingie 64 3-3 Sergio Agüero 85 Atlético Madrid–Aberdeen 2-0 1-0 Diego Forlán 45 pen. 2-0 Jamie Langfield 61 o.g. Copenhagen–Atlético Madrid 0-2 0-1 Simão 21 0-2 Sergio Agüero 62 Atlético Madrid–Panathinaikos 2-1 0-1 Dimitris Salpingidis 34 1-1 Luis García 74 2-1 Simão 90 Last 32 Bolton Wanderers–Atlético Madrid 1-0 1-0 El Hadji Diouf 74 Atlético Madrid–Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Statistics Top scorers RankPositionNumberPlayerLa LigaCopa del ReyUEFA Intertoto CupUEFA CupTotal1 FW 10ARG Sergio Agüero 19 2 0 6 272 FW 7URU Diego Forlán 16 1 1 5 233 MF 11ARG Maxi Rodríguez 8 0 0 2 10 MF 24POR Simão 7 0 0 3 105 MF 9ESP Luis García 2 0 0 4 66 MF 8ESP Raúl García 3 0 0 1 47 MF 15ESP Jurado 2 0 0 1 3 FW 20ESP Mista 0 2 0 1 39 MF 18POR Maniche1 2 0 0 0 2 MF 29ESP Ignacio Camacho 2 0 0 0 211 DF 2GRE Giourkas Seitaridis 0 0 1 0 1 DF 3ESP Antonio López 1 0 0 0 1 DF 4ESP Mariano Pernía 1 0 0 0 1 DF 22ESP Pablo Ibáñez 1 0 0 0 1 DF 23ESP Juan Valera 0 1 0 0 1Own goals21003Totals66722398 1Player left the club during the season. 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