The 2007–08 season was the 77th in the history of the Segunda División (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons), the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The first matches of the season were played on 25 August 2007, and the season ended on 15 June 2008. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad, and Gimnàstic de Tarragona were the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Racing de Ferrol, Eibar, Sevilla Atlético, and Córdoba were the teams which were promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.

The first goal of the season was scored by Joseba del Olmo, who scored an 18th-minute goal for Eibar against Racing de Ferrol in the early kick-off. The first red card of the competition was given to Miguel Cobas of Las Palmas after a challenge on Numancia's Gorka Brit. The first hat-trick was scored by Yordi in the match between Xerez and Hércules.

Teams

It was made up of the following teams:

Team Home city Stadium Capacity Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 19,840 Albacete Albacete Carlos Belmonte 17,500 Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza 15,000CastellónCastellónNou Estadi Castàlia14,485 Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 31,800 Córdoba Córdoba Nuevo Arcángel 18,280 Eibar Eibar Ipurua 6,267 Elche Elche Martínez Valero 36,017 Gimnàstic Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,500 Granada 74 Motril Escribano Castilla 5,400 Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez 29,500 Las Palmas Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Gran Canaria 31,250 Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 28,963Numancia Soria Nuevo Los Pajaritos 9,800 Polideportivo Ejido El Ejido Santo Domingo 7,870 Racing de Ferrol Ferrol A Malata 12,024 Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 39,500 Salamanca Villares de la Reina El Helmántico 17,341 Sevilla Atlético Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 42,714 Sporting de Gijón Gijón El Molinón 25,885Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 22,824 Xerez Jerez de la Frontera Chapín 20,523

League table

Results

Pichichi Trophy GoalscorersGoalsPenaltiesTeam Yordi208Xerez Nino191Tenerife José Juan Luque1710Granada 74 Iñigo Díaz de Cerio160Real Sociedad Jesús Perera150Celta Vigo Marcos Márquez154Las Palmas Antonio Hidalgo143Málaga Asier Goiria145Eibar David Rodríguez142Salamanca Quique Martín144Salamanca

Zamora Trophy GoalkeeperGoalsMatchesAverageTeam Carlos Sánchez2733Castellón Jacobo2932Numancia Asier Riesgo3942Real Sociedad Roberto3941Sporting Gijón Iñaki Goitia4140Málaga Pedro Contreras3736Cádiz Willy Caballero4138Elche Bernardo4238Alavés Javi Varas4641Sevilla Atlético Juan Pablo3329Tenerife

Season statistics

Scoring First goal of the season: Joseba del Olmo for Eibar against Racing de Ferrol (25 August 2007) Fastest goal in a match: 10 seconds – Nabil Baha for Málaga against Cádiz (5 January 2008) Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+6 minutes – Quique Martín for Salamanca against Granada 74 (16 September 2007) Widest winning margin: 4 Sporting Gijón 4–0 Polideportivo Ejido (26 August 2007) Real Sociedad 4–0 Las Palmas (17 February 2008) Eibar 4–0 Tenerife (22 March 2008) Hércules 5–1 Eibar (26 April 2008) Most goals in a match: 10 – Málaga 4-6 Hércules (18 May 2008) First hat-trick of the season: Yordi for Xerez against Hércules (27 January 2008) First own goal of the season: Jordi Ferrón for Hércules against Albacete (9 September 2007) Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Yordi for Xerez against Hércules (27 January 2008) Asier Goiria for Eibar against Tenerife (22 March 2008) Antonio Hidalgo for Málaga against Hércules (18 May 2008) Most goals by one team in a match: 6 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008) Most goals in one half by one team: 5 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008) Most goals scored by losing team: 4 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008)

Cards First yellow card: Diego Jaume for Hércules against Xerez (25 August 2007) First red card: Miguel Cobas for Las Palmas against Numancia (25 August 2007)

Attendances

No. Club Average Highest 1 Real Sociedad 20,129 32,564 2 Málaga 20,000 35,000 3 Real Sporting 16,771 25,000 4 Cádiz 14,814 17,500 5 Las Palmas 11,641 29,132 6 Tenerife 10,710 17,693 7 Córdoba 9,986 13,000 8 Castellón 9,976 13,000 9 Elche 8,781 13,000 10 Xerez 7,960 18,136 11 Gimnàstic de Tarragona 7,713 11,500 12 Hércules 7,621 17,000 13 Alavés 7,301 15,542 14 Celta de Vigo 6,706 11,000 15 Albacete 6,337 17,000 16 Salamanca 5,743 10,767 17 Numancia 5,048 10,000 18 Ejido 3,890 5,500 19 Ferrol 3,462 8,000 20 Sevilla Atlético 3,357 10,000 21 Granada 74 2,693 4,000 22 Eibar 2,353 3,540

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