2007–08 La Liga

La Liga
Season 2007–08
Champions Real Madrid
31st title
Relegated Zaragoza
Murcia
Levante
Champions League Real Madrid (group stage)
Villarreal (group stage)
Barcelona (playoff round)
Atlético Madrid (playoff round)
UEFA Cup Sevilla (playoff round)
Racing Santander (playoff round)
Valencia (playoff round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup Deportivo (third round)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1021 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer Daniel Güiza (27)
Biggest home win Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid
(10 February 2008)[1]
Biggest away win Villarreal 0–5 Real Madrid
(2 September 2007)[2]
Highest scoring Atlético 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.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2007–08 Segunda División

Team information

Stadia and locations

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
Head-to-head
1 Real Madrid 38 27 4 7 84 36+48 85 2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
2 Villarreal 38 24 5 9 63 40+23 77
3 Barcelona 38 19 10 9 76 43+33 67 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Atlético Madrid 38 19 7 12 66 47+19 64 ATM 4–3 SEV
SEV 1–2 ATM
5 Sevilla 38 20 4 14 75 49+26 64 2008–09 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 42 453 52 DEP 0–3 ALM
ALM 1–0 DEP
9 Deportivo La Coruña 38 15 7 16 46 471 52 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
10 Valencia 38 15 6 17 48 6214 51 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 1
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 13 11 14 40 433 50
12 Espanyol 38 13 9 16 43 5310 48
13 Betis 38 12 11 15 45 516 47 BET 3–2 GET
GET 1–1 BET
14 Getafe 38 12 11 15 44 484 47
15 Valladolid 38 11 12 15 42 5715 45
16 Recreativo 38 11 11 16 40 6020 44
17 Osasuna 38 12 7 19 37 447 43
18 Zaragoza (R) 38 10 12 16 50 6111 42 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Murcia (R) 38 7 9 22 36 6529 30
20 Levante (R) 38 7 5 26 33 7542 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
1Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALM ATH ATMFCBBETRCDESPGETLEVMLLMUROSARACRMARECSFCVCFVLDVILZAR
Almería 11 00 22 11 10 10 02 21 11 10 20 01 20 02 10 12 10 10 01
Athletic Bilbao 11 02 11 00 22 10 10 10 12 11 00 00 01 20 20 51 20 12 11
Atlético Madrid 63 12 42 13 10 12 10 30 11 11 20 40 02 30 43 10 43 34 40
Barcelona 20 31 30 30 21 00 00 51 23 40 10 10 01 30 21 60 41 12 41
Betis 31 12 02 32 01 22 32 01 30 40 03 11 21 11 02 12 11 01 21
Deportivo La Coruña 03 30 03 20 10 20 11 10 11 31 12 01 10 02 21 24 31 02 11
Espanyol 13 21 02 11 12 10 10 10 21 00 01 03 21 12 24 20 01 30 11
Getafe 42 20 11 20 11 00 01 21 33 20 02 21 01 11 32 00 03 13 00
Levante 30 12 01 14 43 01 11 31 22 00 21 11 02 02 02 15 03 12 21
Mallorca 00 00 10 02 11 10 22 42 30 11 21 31 11 71 23 02 42 01 32
Murcia 01 12 11 35 00 02 40 03 23 14 20 21 11 10 00 10 01 01 21
Osasuna 21 20 31 00 01 01 12 02 41 31 21 02 12 01 11 00 22 32 10
Racing Santander 10 10 02 00 30 13 11 20 10 31 32 10 02 20 03 10 20 02 22
Real Madrid 31 30 21 41 20 31 21 01 52 43 10 20 31 20 31 23 70 32 20
Recreativo 11 11 00 22 11 32 21 13 20 02 42 10 00 23 12 01 11 02 21
Sevilla 14 41 12 11 30 01 23 41 21 12 31 21 41 20 41 30 20 20 50
Valencia 01 03 31 03 31 22 12 21 00 03 30 30 12 15 11 12 21 03 10
Valladolid 10 12 11 11 00 22 21 00 10 11 14 00 01 11 31 00 02 20 21
Villarreal 11 10 30 31 01 43 20 20 30 11 20 00 00 05 11 32 30 20 20
Zaragoza 11 10 21 12 03 10 33 11 30 22 31 21 11 22 30 20 22 23 41

Updated to games played on 18 May 2008.
Source: LFP
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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
1Deportivo 89
2Villarreal 92
3Barcelona 93
4Valladolid 99
5Racing Santander 107
6Real Madrid 109
7Getafe 117
8Levante 123
Mallorca 123
Valencia 123
11Espanyol 127
12Zaragoza 129
13Sevilla 140
14Almería 141
15Osasuna 143
16Atlético Madrid 157
17Recreativo 158
18Murcia 159
19Athletic Bilbao 160
20Betis 178

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. 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. 1 2 "Attendances Spain average 2007-08". European Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.

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