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2007–08 La Liga

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La Liga
Season2007–08
Dates25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008
ChampionsReal Madrid
31st title
RelegatedZaragoza
Murcia
Levante
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Villarreal
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
UEFA CupSevilla
Racing Santander
Valencia (as Copa del Rey winners)
Intertoto CupDeportivo La Coruña
Matches380
Goals1,021 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorerDani Güiza
(27 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 7–0 Valladolid
(10 February 2008)[1]
Biggest away winVillarreal 0–5 Real Madrid
(2 September 2007)[2]
Highest scoringAtlético Madrid 6–3 Almería
(6 April 2008)[3]

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.

This season was marred by the death of Antonio Puerta, the player of Sevilla, due to heart problems.

Death of Antonio Puerta

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On 25 August 2007, during started of season, Sevilla player Antonio Puerta collapsed and lost consciousness in the penalty area due to a cardiac arrest while on Sevilla's match against Getafe. After recovering and being substituted, Puerta was able to walk to the dressing room, where he collapsed once again. He was resuscitated by the doctors and taken, by ambulance, to the intensive care unit of Virgen del Rocío hospital, where he received cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Later, Puerta dead on 28 August 2007 after suffering multiple organ failure and irreversible brain damage as a result of multiple prolonged cardiac arrests due to an incurable, hereditary heart disease known as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.[4]

Teams

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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

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Team Stadium Capacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolLluís Companys55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
SevillaRamón Sánchez Pizjuán45,500
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo La CoruñaRiazor34,600
ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Murcia*Nueva Condomina33,045
Valladolid*José Zorrilla26,512
LevanteCiutat de València25,354
MallorcaONO Estadi23,142
VillarrealEl Madrigal23,000
Racing SantanderEl Sardinero22,400
RecreativoNuevo Colombino21,600
OsasunaEstadio Reyno de Navarra19,553
GetafeColiseum Alfonso Pérez16,300
Almería*Estadio del Mediterráneo15,000

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and kits

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Almería Alfonso García Spain Unai Emery UDA Obrascampo Urcisol, Andalucía Andalucía, David Bisbal None
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Spain Joaquín Caparrós 100% Athletic None None None None
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Mexico Javier Aguirre Nike Kia Kyocera None Asisa Salud
Barcelona Joan Laporta Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Nike UNICEF None TV3 None
Betis Leon Gomez Spain Paco Chaparro Kappa Andalucía/Garmin Andalucía Andalucía Grupo Azabache
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Canterbury of New Zealand Fadesa/Martinsa-Fadesa None None None
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Spain Ernesto Valverde uhlsport Quat Inversiones None TV3 Hoteles Hesperia
Getafe Ángel Torres Denmark Michael Laudrup Joma Galco Opción Centro de Ocio None JHK T-shirt, Thecam
Levante Julio Romero Spain José Ángel Moreno Luanvi Comunitat Valenciana None Canal Nou None
Mallorca Vicenç Grande Spain Gregorio Manzano Reial Viajes Iberia Construcciones Llabrés Feliu IB3 Illes Balears
Murcia Jesús Samper Spain Javier Clemente Real Murcia Caja Murcia Asesorías Financieras Centre Finance La 7 Grupo Invercon
Osasuna Patxi Izco Spain Cuco Ziganda Astore Restaura Reyno de Navarra/Yingli Solar Caja Navarra Yingli Solar/Reyno de Navarra, NGS Technology
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía Spain Marcelino Joma Norquimia SEOP Obras y Proyectos/Lolin None SEOP Obras y Proyectos
Real Madrid Ramón Calderón Germany Bernd Schuster Adidas Bwin.com None None None
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza Spain Lucas Alcaraz Cejudo Cepsa/Cajasol Andalucía Toyota Niponuba Condado de Huelva, Fresón de Palos
Sevilla José María del Nido Spain Manolo Jiménez Joma 888.com Andalucía None 888.com
Valencia Vicente Soriano Spain Voro Nike Toyota Compac Encimeras Canal Nou None
Valladolid Carlos Suárez Sureda Spain José Luis Mendilibar Puma Caja Duero Asómate a Valladolid/Proinlasa Collosa Del Cura y Miranda AXA, Castilla y León es Vida
Villarreal Fernando Roig Chile Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló None Canal Nou None
Zaragoza Eduardo Bandrés Spain Manolo Villanova Mercury/Adidas Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica None Aragón Televisión None

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 27 4 7 84 36 +48 85 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Villarreal 38 24 5 9 63 40 +23 77
3 Barcelona 38 19 10 9 76 43 +33 67 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Atlético Madrid 38 19 7 12 66 47 +19 64[a]
5 Sevilla 38 20 4 14 75 49 +26 64[a] Qualification for the 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[b]
9 Deportivo La Coruña 38 15 7 16 46 47 −1 52[b] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
10 Valencia 38 15 6 17 48 62 −14 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 13 11 14 40 43 −3 50
12 Espanyol 38 13 9 16 43 53 −10 48
13 Real Betis 38 12 11 15 45 51 −6 47[d]
14 Getafe 38 12 11 15 44 48 −4 47[d]
15 Valladolid 38 11 12 15 42 57 −15 45
16 Recreativo Huelva 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
  2. 1 2 DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
  3. ↑ Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
  4. 1 2 BET 3–2 GET; GET 1–1 BET
 La Liga 2007–08 winners 
 
31st title

Results

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Home \ Away ALM ATH ATM FCB BET RCD ESP GET LEV MLL MUR OSA RAC RMA REC SFC VCF 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
Source: LFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

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Award Recipient
Alfredo Di Stéfano Trophy Spain Raúl (Real Madrid)
Pichichi Trophy Spain Dani Güiza (Mallorca)
Miguel Muñoz Trophy Chile Manuel Pellegrini (Villarreal)
Zamora Trophy Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Zarra Trophy Spain Dani Güiza (Mallorca)
Team of the Year[5]
Goalkeeper Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Defenders Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Argentina Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruña) Argentina Cata Díaz (Getafe) Spain Joan Capdevila (Villarreal)
Midfielders Spain Guti (Real Madrid) Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Spain Jorge López (Racing Santander)
Forwards Spain Dani Güiza (Mallorca) Brazil Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) Argentina Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)

Pichichi Trophy

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The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Dani Güiza Mallorca 27
2 Brazil Luís Fabiano Sevilla 24
3 Argentina Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid 19
4 Turkey Nihat Kahveci Villarreal 18
Spain Raúl Real Madrid
Spain David Villa Valencia
7 Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Zaragoza 17
8 Uruguay Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 16
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid
10 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 16
Mali Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla

Zamora Trophy

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The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average
1 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 32 36 0.89
2 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 35 35 1
3 Spain Toño Racing Santander 31 30 1.03
4 Spain Ricardo Osasuna 38 36 1.06
5 Spain Miguel Ángel Moyà Mallorca 34 29 1.17
6 Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri Getafe 42 34 1.24
7 Cameroon Carlos Kameni Espanyol 38 29 1.31
8 Spain Andrés Palop Sevilla 41 30 1.37
9 Italy Stefano Sorrentino Recreativo Huelva 60 38 1.58
10 Spain César Zaragoza 56 35 1.6

Top assists

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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
France Thierry Henry Barcelona
Spain Luis García Espanyol
Spain Sergio García Zaragoza
9 Brazil Robinho Real Madrid 8
Spain Marcos Senna Villarreal

Fair Play award

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Rank Club Points
1Deportivo La Coruña89
2Villarreal92
3Barcelona93
4Valladolid99
5Racing Santander107
6Real Madrid109
7Getafe117
8Levante123
Mallorca
Valencia
11Espanyol127
12Zaragoza129
13Sevilla140
14Almería141
15Osasuna143
16Atlético Madrid157
17Recreativo Huelva158
18Murcia159
19Athletic Bilbao160
20Real Betis178
  • Source: 2007–08 Fair Play Rankings Season.[6]

Pedro Zaballa award

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Spain supporters[7]

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Cards

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Average home attendance

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Source:[8]

No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1FC Barcelona76,2342.9%98,000
2Real Madrid CF67,560-5.5%80,354
3Atlético de Madrid45,2536.9%55,000
4Valencia CF40,7110.8%50,000
5Sevilla FC39,553-9.3%45,500
6Real Betis37,421-3.4%48,000
7Athletic Club36,263-2.4%40,000
8Real Zaragoza30,71110.2%35,000
9Real Murcia CF23,54892.5%32,000
10RCD Espanyol21,8708.3%40,000
11Villarreal CF19,3954.1%24,000
12RCD Mallorca17,8427.4%22,000
13Deportivo de La Coruña17,8007.1%34,600
14Real Valladolid17,63591.0%26,000
15Racing de Santander17,5218.0%24,000
16Recreativo de Huelva17,376-4.7%20,096
17CA Osasuna17,2253.1%19,800
18UD Almería15,56774.0%21,500
19Levante UD12,330-26.6%20,229
20Getafe CF10,658-3.6%16,000

Clean sheets

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Overall

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Home

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Away

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Real Madrid 7-0 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.[dead link]
  2. ↑ "Villarreal 0-5 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.[dead link]
  3. ↑ "Atlético Madrid 6-3 Almería" (in Spanish). RFEF. 6 April 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Muere Antonio Puerta" [Antonio Puerta dies]. El País (in Spanish). 28 August 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Equipo de la Liga 2007/08". UEFA.com. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Clasificaciones del Premio Juego Limpio" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Historical attendances". European-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
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