Competition: | La Liga |
Season: | 2007–08 |
Dates: | 25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008 |
Winners: | Real Madrid 31st title |
Relegated: | Zaragoza Murcia Levante |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Real Madrid Villarreal Barcelona Atlético Madrid |
Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Sevilla Racing Santander Valencia (as Copa del Rey winners) |
Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Deportivo La Coruña |
League Topscorer: | Dani Güiza (27 goals) |
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] |
Matches: | 380 |
Total Goals: | 1021 |
Prevseason: | 2006–07 |
Nextseason: | 2008–09 |
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.
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.
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|
98,772 | ||
80,354 | ||
55,926 | ||
55,005 | ||
55,000 | ||
52,132 | ||
45,500 | ||
39,750 | ||
34,600 | ||
34,596 | ||
Murcia | 33,045 | |
Valladolid | 26,512 | |
25,354 | ||
23,142 | ||
23,000 | ||
22,400 | ||
21,600 | ||
19,553 | ||
16,300 | ||
Almería | 15,000 | |
(*) Promoted from Segunda División.
Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Almería | Alfonso García | Unai Emery | UDA | Obrascampo | Urcisol, Andalucía | Andalucía, David Bisbal | None | |
Athletic Bilbao | Fernando García | Joaquín Caparrós | 100% Athletic | None | None | None | None | |
Enrique Cerezo | Javier Aguirre | Nike | Kia | Kyocera | None | Asisa Salud | ||
Barcelona | Joan Laporta | Frank Rijkaard | Nike | UNICEF | None | TV3 | None | |
Betis | Leon Gomez | Paco Chaparro | Kappa | Andalucía/Garmin | Andalucía | Andalucía | Grupo Azabache | |
Deportivo | Augusto Lendoiro | Canterbury of New Zealand | Fadesa/Martinsa-Fadesa | None | None | None | ||
Espanyol | Ernesto Valverde | uhlsport | Quat Inversiones | None | TV3 | Hoteles Hesperia | ||
Getafe | Ángel Torres | Michael Laudrup | Joma | Galco | Opción Centro de Ocio | None | JHK T-Shirt, Thecam | |
Levante | Julio Romero | José Ángel Moreno | Luanvi | Comunitat Valenciana | None | Canal Nou | None | |
Mallorca | Vicenç Grande | Gregorio Manzano | Reial | Viajes Iberia | Construcciones Llabrés Feliu | IB3 | Illes Balears | |
Murcia | Jesús Samper | Javier Clemente | Real Murcia | Caja Murcia | Asesorías Financieras Centre Finance | La 7 | Grupo Invercon | |
Osasuna | Patxi Izco | Cuco Ziganda | Astore | Restaura | Reyno de Navarra/Yingli Solar | Caja Navarra | Yingli Solar/Reyno de Navarra, NGS Technology | |
Francisco Pernía | Marcelino | Joma | Norquimia | SEOP Obras y Proyectos/Lolin | None | SEOP Obras y Proyectos | ||
Real Madrid | Ramón Calderón | Bernd Schuster | Adidas | Bwin.com | None | None | None | |
Recreativo | Francisco Mendoza | Lucas Alcaraz | Cejudo | Cepsa/Cajasol | Andalucía | Toyota Niponuba | Condado de Huelva, Fresón de Palos | |
Sevilla | José María del Nido | Manolo Jiménez | Joma | 888.com | Andalucía | None | 888.com | |
Valencia | Vicente Soriano | Voro | Nike | Toyota | Compac Encimeras | Canal Nou | None | |
Valladolid | José Luis Mendilibar | Puma | Caja Duero | Asómate a Valladolid/Proinlasa | Collosa | Del Cura y Miranda AXA, Castilla y León es Vida | ||
Villarreal | Fernando Roig | Manuel Pellegrini | Puma | Aeroport Castelló | None | Canal Nou | None | |
Zaragoza | Eduardo Bandrés | Manolo Villanova | Mercury/Adidas | Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica | None | Aragón Televisión | None |
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
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 | Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | 32 | 36 | ||
2 | Víctor Valdés | Barcelona | 35 | 35 | ||
3 | Toño | Racing Santander | 31 | 30 | ||
4 | Ricardo | Osasuna | 38 | 36 | ||
5 | Miguel Ángel Moyà | Mallorca | 34 | 29 | ||
6 | Roberto Abbondanzieri | Getafe | 42 | 34 | ||
7 | Carlos Kameni | Espanyol | 38 | 29 | ||
8 | Andrés Palop | Sevilla | 41 | 30 | ||
9 | Stefano Sorrentino | Recreativo Huelva | 60 | 38 | ||
10 | César | Zaragoza | 56 | 35 |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Guti | Real Madrid | 17 |
2 | Ariel Ibagaza | Mallorca | 15 |
3 | Dani Alves | Sevilla | 14 |
4 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 12 |
5 | Juan Arango | Mallorca | 9 |
Thierry Henry | Barcelona | ||
Luis García | Espanyol | ||
Sergio García | Zaragoza | ||
9 | Robinho | Real Madrid | 8 |
Marcos Senna | Villarreal |
Rank | Club | width=50px | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 89 | |
2 | 92 | ||
3 | 93 | ||
4 | 99 | ||
5 | 107 | ||
6 | 109 | ||
7 | 117 | ||
8 | 123 | ||
Mallorca | |||
Valencia | |||
11 | 127 | ||
12 | 129 | ||
13 | 140 | ||
14 | 141 | ||
15 | 143 | ||
16 | 157 | ||
17 | 158 | ||
18 | 159 | ||
19 | 160 | ||
20 | 178 |