2007–08 Racing de Santander season

Racing de Santander

2007–08 season
Manager	Marcelino
Stadium	El Sardinero
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

During the 2007–08 Spanish football season, Racing de Santander competed in La Liga.

Season summary

Santander enjoyed the best season since 1934, finishing in sixth place and qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Fabio Coltorti 2 DF Sergio Órteman 3 DF Oriol 4 DF Ezequiel Garay 5 MF Pablo Álvarez 6 MF Aldo Duscher 7 MF Jorge López 8 MF Gonzalo Colsa 9 FW Mohammed Tchité 10 FW Pedro Munitis 11 MF Óscar Serrano 12 FW Euzebiusz Smolarek 13 GK Toño 14 DF Pablo Pinillos 15 FW Brian Sarmiento 16 DF Sergio Sánchez

No. Position Player 17 DF Luis Fernández 18 MF Jordi López (on loan from Mallorca) 19 MF Damián Ísmodes 21 DF Ayoze 22 DF José Moratón 23 MF Jonatan Valle 24 DF César Navas 25 GK Juan Catalayud 26 MF Luisma Villa 27 DF Aitor 28 MF Edu Bedia 29 DF Iván Marcano 30 GK Ángel Díaz 31 GK Mario Fernández 32 FW Iván Bolado

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Samuel (on loan to Las Palmas) 5 DF Christian (on loan to Las Palmas) 9 FW David Aganzo (to Deportivo Alavés) 19 MF Cristian Portilla (on loan to Racing Ferrol)

No. Position Player 20 MF Danny Szetela (on loan to Brescia) 28 MF Mario Ortíz (demoted to Racing de Santander B) 30 DF Fernando Abreu (to Atlético Madrid B)

Transfers

In

• Euzebiusz Smolarek - Borussia Dortmund, 24 August, €4,800,000
• Fabio Coltorti - Grasshoppers, 31 August, €1,000,000
• Aldo Duscher - Deportivo, July, free
• Brian Sarmiento - Estudiantes, July
• Jorge López - Valencia, free

References