2008–09 La Liga

La Liga
Season	2008–09
Champions	Barcelona 19th title
Relegated	Betis Numancia Recreativo
Champions League	Barcelona (group stage) Real Madrid (group stage) Sevilla (group stage) Atlético Madrid (playoff round)
Europa League	Villarreal (playoff round) Valencia (playoff round) Athletic Bilbao (third qualifying round) (via Copa del Rey)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1101 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diego Forlán (32)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting (24 September 2008)^[1] Barcelona 6–0 Valladolid (8 November 2008)^[2] Barcelona 6–0 Málaga (22 March 2009)^[3]
Biggest away win	Sporting 1–6 Barcelona (21 September 2008)^[4]
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting (24 September 2008)^[1] Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona (2 May 2009)^[5] Deportivo 5–3 Racing (8 March 2009)^[6] Villarreal 4–4 Atlético Madrid (26 October 2008)^[7]
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment. Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won their 31st La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2007–08 season, and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball - the Nike T90 Omni - served as the official ball for all matches.

On 16 May 2009, after Villarreal's 3–2 victory over Real Madrid, Barcelona were declared champions, their 19th La Liga title, with three matches to play.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2008–09 Segunda División

Team information

Stadia and locations

Racing

Location of teams in La Liga 2008–09

Team	Venue	Capacity
Almería	Estadio del Mediterráneo	22,000
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,851
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Deportivo	Riazor	34,600
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	55,926
Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	16,300
Málaga	La Rosaleda	35,530
Mallorca	ONO Estadi	23,142
Numancia	Los Pajaritos	9,700
Osasuna	Estadio Reyno de Navarra	19,553
Racing Santander	El Sardinero	22,400
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Recreativo	Nuevo Colombino	21,600
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Sporting	El Molinón	25,885
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Valladolid	Estadio José Zorrilla	26,512
Villarreal	El Madrigal	23,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Almería	Alfonso García	Hugo Sánchez	UDA	Corredor de Vida IsladelFraile.com
Athletic Bilbao	Fernando García	Joaquín Caparrós	100% Athletic	Petronor
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo	Abel Resino	Nike	Kia
Barcelona	Joan Laporta	Pep Guardiola	Nike	UNICEF ^(*)
Betis	Pepe León	José María Nogués	Kappa	Andalucía
Deportivo	Augusto Lendoiro	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Canterbury of New Zealand	Estrella Galicia
Espanyol	Daniel Sánchez Llibre	Mauricio Pochettino	uhlsport	Interapuestas.com
Getafe	Ángel Torres Sánchez	Míchel	Joma	Galco
Málaga	Fernando Sanz	Antonio Tapia	Umbro	Málaga
Mallorca	Mateu Alemany	Gregorio Manzano	Reial	Illes Balears Viajes Iberia
Numancia	Francisco Rubio Garcés	Juan José Rojo Martín	Errea	Caja Duero
Osasuna	Patxi Izco	José Antonio Camacho	Diadora	Yingli Solar
Racing Santander	Francisco Pernía	López Muñiz	Joma
Real Madrid	Vicente Boluda	Juande Ramos	Adidas	bwin.com
Recreativo	Francisco Mendoza	Lucas Alcaraz	Cejudo	Cajasol
Sevilla	José María del Nido	Manolo Jiménez	Joma	888.com
Sporting	Manuel Vega-Arango	Manolo Preciado	Astore	Gijón Asturias
Valencia	Vicente Soriano	Unai Emery	Nike	Valencia Experience Unibet
Valladolid	Carlos Suárez Sureda	José Luis Mendilibar	Puma	Caja Duero
Villarreal	Fernando Roig Alfonso	Manuel Pellegrini	Puma	Aeroport Castelló

^(*) FC Barcelona have no shirt sponsors, instead choosing to sport the logo of humanitarian organisation, UNICEF. Barcelona donates five million euros every year to the organisation and wears the organisation's logo on its jersey.^[8]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Recreativo	Manolo Zambrano	Sacked	7 October 2008^[9]	Lucas Alcaraz	7 October 2008^[10]	18th
Osasuna	José Ángel Ziganda	Sacked	13 October 2008^[11]	José Antonio Camacho	13 October 2008^[12]	16th
Espanyol	Tintín Márquez	Sacked	30 November 2008^[13]	José Manuel Esnal	1 December 2008^[14]	17th
Real Madrid	Bernd Schuster	Sacked	9 December 2008^[15]	Juande Ramos	9 December 2008^[16]	5th
Almería	Gonzalo Arconada	Sacked	21 December 2008^[17]	Hugo Sánchez	22 December 2008^[18]	16th
Espanyol	José Manuel Esnal	Sacked	20 January 2009^[19]	Mauricio Pochettino	20 January 2009^[20]	18th
Atlético Madrid	Javier Aguirre	Sacked	2 February 2009^[21]	Abel Resino	2 February 2009^[22]	7th
Numancia	Sergije Krešić	Sacked	17 February 2009^[23]	Juan José Rojo Martín	17 February 2009^[24]	19th
Betis	Paco Chaparro	Sacked	6 April 2009^[25]	José María Nogués	6 April 2009^[26]	16th
Getafe	Víctor Muñoz	Sacked	27 April 2009^[27]	Míchel	27 April 2009^[28]	17th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Barcelona (C)	38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	25	3	10	83	52	+31	78
3	Sevilla	38	21	7	10	54	39	+15	70
4	Atlético Madrid	38	20	7	11	80	57	+23	67	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Villarreal	38	18	11	9	61	54	+7	65	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Valencia	38	18	8	12	68	54	+14	62	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
7	Deportivo La Coruña	38	16	10	12	48	47	+1	58
8	Málaga	38	15	10	13	55	59	−4	55
9	Mallorca	38	14	9	15	53	60	−7	51
10	Espanyol	38	12	11	15	46	49	−3	47
11	Almería	38	13	7	18	45	61	−16	46		ALM 1–1 RAC RAC 0–2 ALM
12	Racing Santander	38	12	10	16	49	48	+1	46		ALM 1–1 RAC RAC 0–2 ALM
13	Athletic Bilbao	38	12	8	18	47	62	−15	44	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ¹
14	Sporting de Gijón	38	14	1	23	47	79	−32	43		SPG: 12 pts OSA: 2 pts → OSA 3-3 VLD VLD: 2 pts → VLD 0-0 OSA
15	Osasuna	38	10	13	15	41	47	−6	43
16	Valladolid	38	12	7	19	46	58	−12	43
17	Getafe	38	10	12	16	50	56	−6	42		GET 0–0 BET BET 2–2 GET
18	Betis (R)	38	10	12	16	51	58	−7	42	Relegation to the Segunda División	GET 0–0 BET BET 2–2 GET
19	Numancia (R)	38	10	5	23	38	69	−31	35
20	Recreativo (R)	38	8	9	21	34	57	−23	33

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
¹Since Barcelona, winners of the 2008–09 Copa del Rey, already qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Athletic Bilbao earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

La Liga 2008–09 Winners
FC Barcelona 19th Title

Positions by round

Team \ Round
Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Barcelona	15	15	9	6	5	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Real Madrid	13	8	6	3	3	5	5	3	3	4	4	2	4	5	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sevilla	10	4	7	5	4	3	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Atlético Madrid	1	7	5	4	7	7	8	10	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	3	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	7	5	7	5	5	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4
Villarreal	9	6	3	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	6	7	6	5	5
Valencia	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	8	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6
Deportivo La Coruña	4	10	11	12	13	10	11	12	9	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	7
Málaga	20	19	19	19	17	12	7	6	8	9	11	11	9	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	5	6	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Mallorca	19	18	18	13	9	11	12	8	13	11	15	15	15	17	18	17	19	19	19	18	20	20	18	18	16	17	16	12	15	12	12	10	9	9	10	9	9	9
Espanyol	6	1	4	8	10	9	10	11	10	12	16	16	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	14	14	14	12	10
Almería	3	3	2	7	6	6	6	9	11	13	8	12	14	14	15	16	14	14	15	13	14	15	13	13	10	10	12	13	11	16	11	14	11	10	9	10	10	11
Racing Santander	11	14	17	18	19	14	14	17	15	10	14	10	13	13	13	14	11	12	10	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	13	11	13	13	13	12	11	12
Athletic Bilbao	18	17	10	10	12	15	17	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	14	12	13	11	9	10	9	10	9	9	11	11	13	15	12	15	16	13	11	11	11	11	13	13
Sporting de Gijón	14	20	20	20	20	19	15	13	12	14	9	13	10	12	12	11	12	9	11	14	12	12	14	14	17	13	11	11	13	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	14
Osasuna	12	13	15	15	14	16	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	14	11	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	15
Valladolid	17	11	13	9	11	13	13	15	14	16	13	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	12	12	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	13	14	16
Getafe	5	5	8	11	8	8	9	7	7	8	12	14	12	10	9	10	10	13	14	11	13	13	12	12	14	15	17	14	17	14	15	16	17	17	15	16	15	17
Betis	16	16	16	17	18	20	16	14	16	15	10	8	11	9	11	13	15	16	13	16	16	14	15	16	15	16	15	17	16	13	10	12	14	15	16	15	16	18
Numancia	8	9	12	16	15	17	20	16	17	18	17	17	18	15	16	15	16	15	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19
Recreativo	7	12	14	14	16	18	18	18	18	17	19	20	20	19	19	19	17	17	16	15	15	16	16	15	13	14	14	16	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20

Source: kicker.de (German)

	Leader
	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2009–10 Segunda División

Results

Home \ Away¹	ALM	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	DEP	ESP	GET	MLG	MAL	NUMA	OSA	RAC	RMA	REC	SEV	SPG	VAL	VLD	VILL
Almería		0–2	1–5	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	3–0
Athletic Bilbao	1–3		1–4	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–5	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–4
Atlético Madrid	3–0	2–3		4–3	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–4	4–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–2
Barcelona	5–0	2–0	6–1		3–2	5–0	1–2	1–1	6–0	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	6–0	3–3
Betis	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–2		0–3	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–3	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2
Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	5–3	2–1	4–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–0
Espanyol	2–2	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	3–1		1–1	3–0	3–3	3–4	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0
Getafe	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1		1–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	5–1	0–3	1–0	1–2
Málaga	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–1		1–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2
Mallorca	2–0	3–3	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–2		2–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–3	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–3
Numancia	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–4	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1		0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	4–3	1–2
Osasuna	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	5–2	2–3	1–0	2–0		0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–3	1–1
Racing Santander	0–2	1–1	5–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	1–1		0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1
Real Madrid	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–6	6–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	4–3	1–3	4–3	3–1	1–0		1–0	3–4	7–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Recreativo	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–4	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–1		0–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–2
Sevilla	2–1	4–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–0		4–3	0–0	4–1	1–0
Sporting de Gijón	1–0	1–1	2–5	1–6	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–0		2–3	2–1	0–1
Valencia	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–2	4–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–4	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–3		1–2	3–3
Valladolid	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–1		0–0
Villarreal	2–1	2–0	4–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–3

Source: LFP (Spanish)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

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

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diego Forlán	Atlético Madrid	32
2	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	30
3	David Villa	Valencia	28
4	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	23
5	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	22
6	Álvaro Negredo	Almería	19
6	Thierry Henry	Barcelona	19
8	Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla	18
8	Raúl González	Real Madrid	18
10	Sergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid	17
11	Joseba Llorente	Villarreal	15
12	3 players		13
15	3 players		12
18	4 players		11
22	3 players		10
25	5 players		9
30	9 players		8
39	8 players		7
47	11 players		6
58	23 players		5
81	17 players		4
98	29 players		3
127	42 players		2
169	96 players		1
Own goals			22
Total goals			1101
Total games			380
Average per game			2.9

Source: Yahoo! Sport

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Víctor Valdés	31	35	0.89	Barcelona
Andrés Palop	35	35	1	Sevilla
Daniel Aranzubia	45	37	1.22	Deportivo
Toño Martínez	41	33	1.24	Racing Santander
Carlos Kameni	47	37	1.27	Espanyol
Iker Casillas	52	38	1.37	Real Madrid
Diego López	54	38	1.42	Villarreal
Asier Riesgo	57	38	1.5	Recreativo
Leo Franco	48	32	1.5	Atlético Madrid
Gorka Iraizoz	60	36	1.67	Athletic Bilbao

Source: LFP

Assists table

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Xavi	Barcelona	20
2	Juan Mata	Valencia	13
3	Duda	Málaga	11
3	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	11
5	Diego Forlán	Atlético Madrid	10
5	Pedro Munitis	Racing Santander	10
7	Sergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid	9
	Daniel Alves	Barcelona	9
	Juan Arango	Mallorca	9
	Fernando Gago	Real Madrid	9
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	9
	José Jurado	Mallorca	9
	Jesús Navas	Sevilla	9
	Robert Pirès	Villarreal	9

Source: ESPN Soccernet

Fair Play award

Rank	Club	Points
1	Barcelona	98
2	Deportivo	102
3	Villarreal	110
4	Recreativo	113
5	Valladolid	114
6	Numancia	131
6	Valencia	131
8	Almería	132
9	Getafe	133
10	Espanyol	134
11	Mallorca	135
12	Atlético Madrid	136
12	Sevilla	136
14	Málaga	139
15	Osasuna	148
15	Real Madrid	148
17	Athletic Bilbao	149
18	Racing Santander	164
19	Betis	165
20	Sporting de Gijón	183

Source: 2008–09 Fair Play Rankings Season.^[29]

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Luis García for Espanyol against Valladolid, 48th minute (30 August 2008)^[30]
Fastest goal in a match: 20 seconds
- Mate Bilić for Sporting de Gijón against Villarreal (21 February 2009) ^[31]
- Jonathan Pereira for Racing Santander against Deportivo (8 March 2009) ^[6]
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+6 minutes
- Gonzalo Higuaín for Real Madrid against Atlético Madrid (18 October 2008)^[32]
- Nenê for Espanyol against Valencia (3 May 2009)^[33]
Widest winning margin: 6 Goals
- Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting de Gijón (24 September 2008)^[1]
- Barcelona 6–0 Valladolid (8 November 2008)^[2]
- Barcelona 6–0 Málaga (22 March 2009)^[3]
Most goals in a match: 8 Goals
- Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting de Gijón (24 September 2008)^[1]
- Villarreal 4–4 Atlético Madrid (26 October 2008)^[7]
- Deportivo 5–3 Racing Santander (8 March 2009) ^[6]
- Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona (2 May 2009)^[5]
Most goals in a draw: 8 Goals – Villarreal 4–4 Atlético Madrid (26 October 2008)^[7]
Most goals in one half: 7 Goals – Real Madrid 6–1 Betis (21 February 2009)^[34]
Most goals in a match by one team: 7 Goals – Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting de Gijón (24 September 2008)^[1]
Most goals in one half by one team: 6 Goals – Real Madrid 6–1 Betis (21 February 2009)^[34]
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
- Sevilla 4–3 Sporting de Gijón (13 September 2008)^[35]
- Real Madrid 4–3 Numancia (14 September 2008)^[36]
- Real Madrid 4–3 Málaga (8 November 2008)^[37]
- Espanyol 3–4 Numancia (16 November 2008)^[38]
- Real Madrid 3–4 Sevilla (7 December 2008)^[39]
- Numancia 4–3 Valladolid (21 December 2008)^[40]
- Atlético Madrid 4–3 Barcelona (1 March 2009)^[41]
- Deportivo 5–3 Racing Santander (8 March 2009) ^[6]
First own goal of the season: Domingo Cisma González (Numancia) for Real Madrid (14 September 2008)^[36]
First hat-trick of the season:
- Mate Bilić for Sporting de Gijón against Sevilla (13 September 2008)^[35]
Most goals in a match by one player: 4 goals
- Samuel Eto'o for Barcelona against Valladolid (8 November 2008)^[2]
- Gonzalo Higuaín for Real Madrid against Málaga (8 November 2008)^[37]

Hat-tricks of the season:
- Mate Bilić for Sporting de Gijón against Sevilla (13 September 2008)
- Rafael van der Vaart for Real Madrid against Sporting de Gijón (24 September 2008)
- Samuel Eto'o for Barcelona against Almería (25 October 2008)
- Mohammed Tchité for Racing Santander against Valencia (1 November 2008)
- Gonzalo Higuaín⁴ for Real Madrid against Málaga (8 November 2008)^[37]
- Samuel Eto'o⁴ for Barcelona against Valladolid (8 November 2008)^[2]
- Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Valencia (6 December 2008)
- Roberto Soldado for Getafe against Sporting de Gijón (25 January 2009)
- Frédéric Kanouté for Sevilla against Valladolid (21 March 2009)
- Raúl González for Real Madrid against Sevilla (26 April 2009)
- Diego Forlán for Atlético Madrid against Athletic Bilbao (23 May 2009)
- Raúl Tamudo for Espanyol against Málaga (31 May 2009)
Fastest hat-trick of the season:
- Diego Forlán for Atlético Madrid against Athletic Bilbao, 14 minutes (23 May 2009)^[42]

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: Grégory Béranger for Espanyol against Valladolid, 39th minute (30 August 2008)^[30]
First red card of the season: Diego Godín for Villarreal against Osasuna, 68th minute (31 August 2008)^[43]

Overall

Most wins - Barcelona (27)
Fewest wins - Recreativo (8)
Most losses - Sporting de Gijón and Numancia (23)
Fewest losses - Barcelona (5)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (105)
Fewest goals scored - Recreativo (34)
Most goals conceded - Sporting de Gijón (79)
Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona (35)

Home

Most wins - Barcelona and Real Madrid (14)
Fewest wins - Betis and Recreativo (4)
Most losses - Recreativo (11)
Fewest losses - Barcelona (2)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (58)
Fewest goals scored - Recreativo (17)
Most goals conceded - Sporting de Gijón (37)
Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona (14)

Away

Most wins - Barcelona (13)
Fewest wins - Numancia (1)
Most losses - Numancia (16)
Fewest losses - Barcelona (3)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (44)
Fewest goals scored - Numancia (15)
Most goals conceded - Numancia (47)
Fewest goals conceded - Sevilla (19)

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets - Sevilla (19)
Fewest clean sheets - Sporting de Gijón and Recreativo (5)

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