La Liga 2007-08

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La Liga 2007-08 season, the 77th since its establishment, started on August 25, 2007 and finished on May 18, 2008. Real Madrid defended their La Liga title successfully after a 2-1 victory over Osasuna. This season, all European leagues will end earlier than the previous season, due to the Euro 2008 championship.

Contents 1 Classification 2 Results 3 Pichichi Trophy 4 Trofeo Zamora for Top Goalkeepers 5 Season statistics 5.1 Scoring 5.2 Cards 6 Stadia 7 Teams by autonomous community 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Real Madrid  (C)	38	27	4	7	84	36	48	85	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Group stage
2	Villarreal	38	24	5	9	63	40	23	77
3	Barcelona	38	19	10	9	76	43	33	67	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Third qualifying round
4	Atlético Madrid	38	19	7	12	66	47	19	64		Atlético 4-3 Sevilla Sevilla 1-2 Atlético
5	Sevilla	38	20	4	14	75	49	26	64	UEFA Cup 2008-09 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		Deportivo 0-3 Almería Almería 1-0 Deportivo
9	Deportivo	38	15	7	16	46	47	-1	52	UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 Third round
10	Valencia	38	15	6	17	48	62	-14	51	UEFA Cup 2008-09 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		Betis 3-2 Getafe Getafe 1-1 Betis
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

Last updated: May 18, 2008
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored.
¹ via Copa del Rey 2007-08
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

La Liga 2007-08 Winners
Real Madrid 31st Title

[edit] Results

Home \ Away1

ALM

ATH

ATM

BAR

BET

DEP

ESP

GET

LEV

MAL

MUR

OSA

RAC

RMA

REC

SEV

VAL

VLD

VILL

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

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

Last updated: May 18, 2008
Source: LFP
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

[edit] Pichichi Trophy

Last updated May 18, 2008 ^[1]

Goalscorers	Goals	Penalties	Team
Dani Güiza	27	0	RCD Mallorca
Luís Fabiano	24	2	Sevilla FC
Kun Agüero	19	0	Atlético Madrid
David Villa	18	2	Valencia CF
Nihat Kahveci	18	0	Villarreal CF
Raúl	18	3	Real Madrid
Ricardo Oliveira	17	1	Zaragoza
Samuel Eto'o	16	0	FC Barcelona
Diego Forlán	16	2	Atlético Madrid
Frédéric Kanouté	16	1	Sevilla FC
Ruud van Nistelrooy	16	3	Real Madrid

[edit] Trofeo Zamora for Top Goalkeepers

Last updated May 18, 2008 ^[2]

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Iker Casillas	32	36	0.89	Real Madrid
Víctor Valdés	35	35	1	FC Barcelona
Toño	31	30	1.03	Racing de Santander
Ricardo López Felipe	38	36	1.06	CA Osasuna
Miguel Àngel Moyà	34	29	1.17	RCD Mallorca
Roberto Abbondanzieri	42	34	1.24	Getafe CF
Carlos Kameni	38	29	1.31	RCD Espanyol
Andrés Palop	41	30	1.37	Sevilla FC
Stefano Sorrentino	60	38	1.58	Recreativo de Huelva
César Sánchez	56	35	1.6	Zaragoza

[edit] Season statistics

[edit] Scoring

• First goal of the season: Kun Agüero for Atlético de 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 de Madrid 6-3 Almería (6 April 2008)
• First hat-trick of the season: Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007)
• First own goal of the season: Daniel Jarque for Sevilla against Espanyol (25 September 2007)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Atlético de Madrid 4-3 Sevilla (31 October 2007)
  • Atlético de Madrid 3-4 Villarreal (4 November 2007)
  • Real Madrid 4-3 Mallorca (11 November 2007)
  • Atlético de Madrid 4-3 Valladolid (25 November 2007)
  • Levante 4-3 Betis (25 November 2007)
  • Villarreal 4-3 Deportivo (13 January 2008)
  • Atlético de Madrid 6-3 Almería (6 April 2008)
  • Murcia 3-5 Barcelona (17 May 2008)

[edit] Cards

• First yellow card: Luis Amaranto Perea for Atlético de Madrid against Real Madrid (25 August 2007)
• First red card: David Cortés for Getafe against Sevilla (25 August 2007)

[edit] Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
FC Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
RCD Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia CF	Mestalla	53,311
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	Estadio Nueva Condomina	33,045
Real Valladolid	Estadio 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

[edit] Teams by autonomous community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	4	Almería, Betis, Recreativo and Sevilla
2	Madrid	3	Atlético Madrid, Getafe and Real Madrid
	Valencia	3	Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
4	Catalonia	2	Barcelona and Espanyol
5	Aragon	1	Zaragoza
	Balearic Islands	1	Mallorca
	Basque Country	1	Athletic Bilbao
	Navarre	1	Osasuna
	Cantabria	1	Racing
	Castile and León	1	Valladolid
	Galicia	1	Deportivo
	Murcia	1	Murcia

[edit] See also

• List of transfers of La Liga - 2007/2008 season
• Segunda División 2007-08

[edit] References

La Liga • 2008-09 clubs v • d • e
Almería • Athletic Bilbao • Atlético Madrid • Barcelona • Betis • Deportivo • Espanyol Getafe • Málaga • Mallorca • Numancia • Osasuna • Racing Santander • Real Madrid Real Sociedad • Recreativo • Sevilla • Sporting de Gijón • Valencia • Valladolid • Villarreal
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