The 2007–08 La Liga season was the 77th since its establishment. It began on 25 August 2007, and concluded on 18 May 2008.
Real Madrid secured a second consecutive La Liga title following a 2–1 victory over Osasuna on 4 May 2008. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the impending UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement, which saw 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 Segunda División. The promoted teams were Valladolid, Almería, and Murcia. Both Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after a three-year absence while UD Almería were promoted for the first time. However, since AD Almería played in the 1980–81 La Liga, the city of Almería returned to the top fight after an absence of twenty six years. They replaced Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic, ending their top flight spells of two, forty and one year respectively.
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 TeamChairmanHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorAlmeríaAlfonso García Unai EmeryUDAObrascampoUrcisol, AndalucíaAndalucía, David BisbalNoneAthletic BilbaoFernando García Joaquín Caparrós100% AthleticNoneNoneNoneNoneEnrique Cerezo Javier AguirreNikeKiaKyoceraNoneAsisa SaludBarcelonaJoan Laporta Frank RijkaardNikeUNICEFNoneTV3NoneBetisLeon Gomez Paco ChaparroKappaAndalucía/GarminAndalucíaAndalucíaGrupo AzabacheDeportivoAugusto LendoiroCanterbury of New ZealandFadesa/Martinsa-FadesaNoneNoneNoneEspanyol Ernesto ValverdeuhlsportQuat InversionesNoneTV3Hoteles HesperiaGetafeÁngel Torres Michael LaudrupJomaGalcoOpción Centro de OcioNoneJHK T-shirt, ThecamLevanteJulio Romero José Ángel MorenoLuanviComunitat ValencianaNoneCanal NouNoneMallorcaVicenç Grande Gregorio ManzanoReialViajes IberiaConstrucciones Llabrés FeliuIB3Illes BalearsMurciaJesús Samper Javier ClementeReal MurciaCaja MurciaAsesorías Financieras Centre FinanceLa 7Grupo InverconOsasunaPatxi Izco Cuco ZigandaAstoreRestauraReyno de Navarra/Yingli SolarCaja NavarraYingli Solar/Reyno de Navarra, NGS TechnologyFrancisco Pernía MarcelinoJomaNorquimiaSEOP Obras y Proyectos/LolinNoneSEOP Obras y ProyectosReal MadridRamón Calderón Bernd SchusterAdidasBwin.comNoneNoneNoneRecreativoFrancisco Mendoza Lucas AlcarazCejudoCepsa/CajasolAndalucíaToyota NiponubaCondado de Huelva, Fresón de PalosSevillaJosé María del Nido Manolo JiménezJoma888.comAndalucíaNone888.comValenciaVicente Soriano VoroNikeToyotaCompac EncimerasCanal NouNoneValladolid José Luis MendilibarPumaCaja DueroAsómate a Valladolid/ProinlasaCollosaDel Cura y Miranda AXA, Castilla y León es VidaVillarrealFernando Roig Manuel PellegriniPumaAeroport CastellóNoneCanal NouNoneZaragozaEduardo Bandrés Manolo VillanovaMercury/AdidasExpo Zaragoza 2008 TelefónicaNoneAragón TelevisiónNone
League table
Results
Awards AwardRecipientAlfredo Di Stéfano Trophy Raúl (Real Madrid)Pichichi Trophy Dani Güiza (Mallorca)Miguel Muñoz Trophy Manuel Pellegrini (Villarreal)Zamora Trophy Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)Zarra Trophy Dani Güiza (Mallorca) Team of the Year
Team of the Year Goalkeeper Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Defenders Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruña) Cata Díaz (Getafe) Joan Capdevila (Villarreal) Midfielders Guti (Real Madrid) Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Jorge López (Racing Santander) Forwards Dani Güiza (Mallorca) Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)
Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Dani GüizaMallorca 27 2 Luís FabianoSevilla 24 3 Sergio AgüeroAtlético Madrid 19 4 Nihat KahveciVillarreal 18 RaúlReal Madrid David VillaValencia 7 Ricardo OliveiraZaragoza 17 8 Diego ForlánAtlético Madrid 16 Ruud van NistelrooyReal Madrid 10 Samuel Eto'oBarcelona 16 Frédéric KanoutéSevilla
Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage 1 Iker CasillasReal Madrid 32 36 2 Víctor ValdésBarcelona 35 35 3 ToñoRacing Santander 31 30 4 RicardoOsasuna 38 36 5 Miguel Ángel MoyàMallorca 34 29 6 Roberto AbbondanzieriGetafe 42 34 7 Carlos KameniEspanyol 38 29 8 Andrés PalopSevilla 41 30 9 Stefano SorrentinoRecreativo Huelva 60 38 10 CésarZaragoza 56 35
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 GutiReal Madrid172 Ariel IbagazaMallorca153 Dani AlvesSevilla144 Lionel MessiBarcelona125 Juan ArangoMallorca9 Thierry HenryBarcelona Luis GarcíaEspanyol Sergio GarcíaZaragoza9 RobinhoReal Madrid8 Marcos SennaVillarreal Source: ESPN Soccernet
Fair Play award
Rank Club Points1Deportivo La Coruña 892Villarreal 923Barcelona 934Valladolid 995Racing Santander 1076Real Madrid 1097Getafe 1178Levante 123MallorcaValencia11Espanyol 12712Zaragoza 12913Sevilla 14014Almería 14115Osasuna 14316Atlético Madrid 15717Recreativo Huelva 15818Murcia 15919Athletic Bilbao 16020Real 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 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 for Getafe against Recreativo (2 September 2007) Ebi Smolarek for Racing 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 against Murcia (30 March 2008) Dani 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 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 Source:
No. Club Average Change Highest 1 FC Barcelona 76,234 2.9% 80,354 2 Real Madrid CF 67,560 -5.5% 98,000 3 Atlético de Madrid 45,253 6.9% 55,000 4 Valencia CF 40,711 0.8% 50,000 5 Sevilla FC 39,553 -9.3% 45,500 6 Real Betis 37,421 -3.4% 48,000 7 Athletic Club 36,263 -2.4% 40,000 8 Real Zaragoza 30,711 10.2% 35,000 9 Real Murcia CF 23,548 92.5% 32,000 10 RCD Espanyol 21,870 8.3% 40,000 11 Villarreal CF 19,395 4.1% 24,000 12 RCD Mallorca 17,842 7.4% 22,000 13 Deportivo de La Coruña 17,800 7.1% 34,600 14 Real Valladolid 17,635 91.0% 26,000 15 Racing de Santander 17,521 8.0% 24,000 16 Recreativo de Huelva 17,376 -4.7% 20,096 17 CA Osasuna 17,225 3.1% 19,800 18 UD Almería 15,567 74.0% 21,500 19 Levante UD 12,330 -26.6% 20,229 20 Getafe CF 10,658 -3.6% 16,000
Clean sheets Most clean sheets – Villarreal (17) Fewest clean sheets – Levante (4)
Overall Most wins – Real Madrid (27) Fewest wins – Murcia and Levante (7) Most draws – Mallorca (14) Fewest draws – Real Madrid and Sevilla (4) Most losses – Levante (26) Fewest losses – Real Madrid (7) Most goals scored – Real Madrid (84) Fewest goals scored – Levante (33) Most goals conceded – Levante (75) Fewest goals conceded – Real Madrid (36)
Home Most wins – Real Madrid (17) Fewest wins – Levante (5) Most draws – Valladolid (9) Fewest draws – Real Madrid (0) Most losses – Levante (10) Fewest losses – Real Madrid and Villarreal (2) Most goals scored – Real Madrid (53) Fewest goals scored – Almería (18) Most goals conceded – Levante (34) Fewest goals conceded – Barcelona (12)
Away Most wins – Villarreal (12) Fewest wins – Murcia and Zaragoza (1) Most draws – Mallorca and Barcelona (8) Fewest draws – Villarreal (0) Most losses – Levante (16) Fewest losses – Real Madrid and Mallorca (5) Most goals scored – Mallorca (34) Fewest goals scored – Levante (11) Most goals conceded – Levante (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
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