2007–08 La Liga

La Liga 2007–08
Season information
Winners	Real Madrid 31st title
Relegated	Zaragoza Murcia Levante
Continental cup qualifiers
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)
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1021
Top goalscorer	Daniel Güiza (27)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid (10 February 2008)
Biggest away win	Villarreal 0–5 Real Madrid (2 September 2007)
Highest scoring	Atlético Madrid 6–3 Almería (6 April 2008)
← 2006–07	2008–09 →

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

Start of season

Teams promoted from Segunda 2006-07

• Real Valladolid
• UD Almería
• Real Murcia

End of season

Teams relegated to Segunda 2008-09

• Celta de Vigo
• Real Sociedad
• Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Team information

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
FC Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
RCD Espanyol	Lluís Companys	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia CF	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla FC	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Real Murcia	Nueva Condomina	33,045
Real Valladolid	José Zorrilla	26,512
Levante UD	Ciudad de Valencia	25,354
RCD Mallorca	ONO Estadi	23,142
Villarreal CF	El Madrigal	23,000
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,400
Recreativo de Huelva	Nuevo Colombino	21,600
CA Osasuna	Estadio Reyno de Navarra	19,553
Getafe CF	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	16,300
UD Almería	Estadio del Mediterráneo	15,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Real Madrid	38	27	4	7	84	36	+48	85	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group 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
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	45	−3	52
9	Deportivo La Coruña	38	15	7	16	46	47	−1	52	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
10	Valencia	38	15	6	17	48	62	−14	51	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 1
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
14	Getafe	38	12	11	15	44	48	−4	47
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

ALM

ATH

ATM

BAR

BET

DEP

ESP

GET

LEV

MAL

MUR

OSA

RAC

RMA

REC

SEV

VAL

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

Updated to games played on 18 May 2008
Source: LFP
¹The 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
Daniel Güiza	27	0	Mallorca
Luís Fabiano	24	2	Sevilla
Sergio Agüero	19	0	Atlético Madrid
Raúl	18	3	Real Madrid
David Villa	18	2	Valencia
Nihat Kahveci	18	0	Villarreal
Ricardo Oliveira	17	1	Zaragoza
Ruud van Nistelrooy	16	3	Real Madrid
Diego Forlán	16	2	Atlético Madrid
Frédéric Kanouté	16	1	Sevilla
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
Iker Casillas	32	36	0.89	Real Madrid
Víctor Valdés	35	35	1	FC Barcelona
Toño	31	30	1.03	Racing de Santander
Ricardo López Felipe	38	36	1.06	CA Osasuna
Miguel Ángel Moyà	34	29	1.17	RCD Mallorca
Roberto Abbondanzieri	42	34	1.24	Getafe CF
Carlos Kameni	38	29	1.31	RCD Espanyol
Andrés Palop	41	30	1.37	Sevilla FC
Stefano Sorrentino	60	38	1.58	Recreativo de Huelva
César Sánchez	56	35	1.6	Zaragoza

Assists table

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Guti	Real Madrid	17
2	Ariel Ibagaza	Mallorca	15
3	Daniel Alves	Sevilla	14
4	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	12
5	Juan Arango	Mallorca	9
	Sergio García	Zaragoza	9
	Luis García	Espanyol	9
	Thierry Henry	Barcelona	9
9	Robinho	Real Madrid	8
	Marcos Senna	Villarreal	8

• Source: ESPN Soccernet

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.

Pedro Zaballa award

Spain supporters

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Sergio Agüero for Atlético Madrid against Levante (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 del Moral for Getafe against Recreativo (2 September 2007)
  • Euzebiusz Smolarek for Racing de 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:
  • Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007)
• Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
• Hat-tricks of the season:
  • Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007)
  • Christian Riganò for Levante against Almería (4 November 2007)
  • Joseba Llorente for Valladolid against Recreativo (13 January 2008)
  • Samuel Eto'o for Barcelona against Levante (24 February 2008)
  • Juan Arango for Mallorca against Recreativo (9 March 2008)
  • Xisco for Deportivo La Coruña against Murcia (30 March 2008)
  • Daniel Güiza for Mallorca against Murcia (20 April 2008)
  • David Villa for Valencia against Levante (11 May 2008)
  • 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 Amaranto 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

• Highest average home attendance: 76,234 (Real Madrid)
• Lowest average home attendance: 10,658 (Getafe)

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets - Villarreal (17)
• Fewest clean sheets - Levante UD (4)

Overall

• Most wins - Real Madrid (27)
• Fewest wins - Real Murcia and Levante UD (7)
• Most draws - Mallorca (14)
• Fewest draws - Real Madrid and Sevilla (4)
• Most losses - Levante UD (26)
• Fewest losses - Real Madrid (7)
• Most goals scored - Real Madrid (84)
• Fewest goals scored - Levante UD (33)
• Most goals conceded - Levante UD (75)
• Fewest goals conceded - Real Madrid (36)

Home

• Most wins - Real Madrid (17)
• Fewest wins - Levante UD (5)
• Most draws - Real Valladolid (9)
• Fewest draws - Real Madrid (0)
• Most losses - Levante UD (10)
• Fewest losses - Real Madrid and Villarreal(2)
• Most goals scored - Real Madrid (53)
• Fewest goals scored - Almería (18)
• Most goals conceded - Levante UD (34)
• Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona (12)

Away

• Most wins - Villarreal(12)
• Fewest wins - Real Murcia and Real Zaragoza (1)
• Most draws - Mallorca and Barcelona (8)
• Fewest draws - Villarreal (0)
• Most losses - Levante UD (16)
• Fewest losses - Real Madrid and Mallorca (5)
• Most goals scored - Mallorca (34)
• Fewest goals scored - Levante UD (11)
• Most goals conceded - Levante UD (41)
• Fewest goals conceded - Real Madrid (18)

See also

• 2007–08 Segunda División
• 2007–08 Copa del Rey
• Antonio Puerta