2007–08 La Liga
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| Season | 2007–08 |
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| 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] |
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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 |
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| 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 |
Personnel and sponsoring
1 Real Madrid
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
Head-to-head |
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| 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 | ATM 4–3 SEV SEV 1–2 ATM |
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| 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 | DEP 0–3 ALM ALM 1–0 DEP |
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| 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 | BET 3–2 GET GET 1–1 BET |
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| 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 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
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 | ATM | BAR | BET | DEP | ESP | GET | LEV | MLL | 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
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 |
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 Daniel Güiza |
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Mallorca |
 Luís Fabiano |
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Sevilla |
 Sergio Agüero |
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Atlético Madrid |
| Raúl |
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Real Madrid |
| David Villa |
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Valencia |
 Nihat Kahveci |
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Villarreal |
| Ricardo Oliveira |
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Zaragoza |
 Ruud van Nistelrooy |
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Real Madrid |
 Diego Forlán |
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Atlético Madrid |
 Frédéric Kanouté |
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Sevilla |
 Samuel Eto'o |
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Barcelona |
Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.
| Goalkeeper | Goals | Matches | Average | Team |
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| Iker Casillas |
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Real Madrid |
| Víctor Valdés |
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FC Barcelona |
| Toño |
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Racing de Santander |
| Ricardo López Felipe |
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CA Osasuna |
| Miguel Ángel Moyà |
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RCD Mallorca |
| Roberto Abbondanzieri |
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Getafe CF |
| Carlos Kameni |
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RCD Espanyol |
| Andrés Palop |
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Sevilla FC |
 Stefano Sorrentino |
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Recreativo de Huelva |
| César Sánchez |
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Zaragoza |
Assists table
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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 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)[6]
- Lowest average home attendance: 10,658 (Getafe)[6]
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
- List of transfers of La Liga – 2007–08 season
- 2007–08 Segunda División
- 2007–08 Copa del Rey
- Antonio Puerta
References
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