2007–08 La Liga

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La Liga
Season2007–08
Dates25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008
Champions
Daniel 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]
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The 2007–08

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

Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic
, ending their top flight spells of two, forty and one year respectively.

Osasuna
Racing    
Racing    
Real Madrid
Recreativo
Sevilla
Valencia
Valladolid
Villarreal
Zaragoza
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Location of teams in La Liga 2007–08

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

Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Almería Alfonso García Spain Unai Emery UDA Obrascampo
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Spain Joaquín Caparrós 100% Athletic
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Mexico Javier Aguirre Nike
Kia
Barcelona Joan Laporta Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Nike
UNICEF
Betis Leon Gomez Spain Paco Chaparro
Kappa
Andalucía/Garmin
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Canterbury of New Zealand Fadesa
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Spain Ernesto Valverde uhlsport Quat Inversiones
Getafe Ángel Torres Denmark Michael Laudrup Joma Galco
Levante Julio Romero Spain José Ángel Moreno Luanvi
Comunitat Valenciana
Mallorca Vicenç Grande Spain Gregorio Manzano Reial Viajes Iberia
Murcia Jesús Samper Spain Javier Clemente Real Murcia Caja Murcia
Osasuna Patxi Izco
Cuco Ziganda
 Astore Restaura
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía Spain Marcelino Joma Norquimia
Real Madrid
 Ramón Calderón Germany Bernd Schuster Adidas Bwin.com
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza Spain Lucas Alcaraz Cejudo Cepsa/Cajasol
Sevilla José María del Nido
Manolo Jiménez
 Joma
888.com
Valencia Vicente Soriano Spain Voro Nike Toyota
Valladolid Carlos Suárez Sureda Spain José Luis Mendilibar
Puma
 Caja Duero
Villarreal Fernando Roig Chile Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló
Zaragoza Eduardo Bandrés Spain Manolo Villanova Mercury/Adidas
Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica

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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
  2. ^ a b DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
  3. ^ Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
  4. ^ a b BET 3–2 GET; GET 1–1 BET


 La Liga 2007–08 winners 
Real Madrid
31st title

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
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
Toño
 31 30 1.03 Racing Santander
Spain Ricardo 38 36 1.06 Osasuna
Miguel Ángel Moyà
 34 29 1.17 Mallorca
Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri 42 34 1.24 Getafe
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
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

Cards

Average home attendance

Clean sheets

Overall

Home

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

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