2008–09 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. Lionel Messi won Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano as the "Best Footballer" of La Liga.
Promotion and relegation
Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia and Levante UD were relegated to the 2008–09 Segunda División after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2007–08 La Liga. Zaragoza were relegated to the Segunda División after 5 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Spain, Levante returned in Segunda División after two-year tenured in La Liga, while Murcia made their immediate return to the second level.
The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2007–08 Segunda División sides. Champions CD Numancia, who terminated their second-level status after three years, runners-up Málaga CF, who returned to the top flight after two season in the second level and Sporting de Gijón returned to the highest Spanish league after 10 years.
Team information
Stadia and locations
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
- (*) FC Barcelona had no shirt sponsor during the 2008–09 season. Instead, following the signing of a 5-year agreement with the humanitarian organisation UNICEF in 2006,[8] the club sported the UNICEF logo on the front of its jersey while making an annual donation to the organisation.
- (†) on the back of the shirt
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 Segunda División | |
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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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 |
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Barcelona 19th Title |
Positions by 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 |
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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)
Results
Home ╲ Away | ALM | ATH | ATM | BAR | BET | DEP | ESP | GET | MLG | MLL | NUM | OSA | RAC | RMA | REC | SEV | SPG | VAL | VLD | VIL |
Almería | 2–1 | 1–1 | 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)
1 ^ The 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.
Rank | 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 |
Thierry Henry | Barcelona | 19 | |
8 | Raúl González | Real Madrid | 18 |
Frédéric Kanouté | Sevilla | 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 | Barcelona | |||
Andrés Palop | Sevilla | |||
Daniel Aranzubia | Deportivo | |||
Toño Martínez | Racing Santander | |||
Carlos Kameni | Espanyol | |||
Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | |||
Diego López | Villarreal | |||
Asier Riesgo | Recreativo | |||
Leo Franco | Atlético Madrid | |||
Gorka Iraizoz | Athletic Bilbao | |||
Source: LFP
Assists table
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Xavi | Barcelona | 20 |
2 | Juan Mata | Valencia | 13 |
3 | Duda | Málaga | 11 |
Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 11 | |
5 | Diego Forlán | Atlético Madrid | 10 |
Pedro Munitis | Racing Santander | 10 | |
7 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Real Madrid | 9 |
Fernando Gago | Real Madrid | 9 | |
José Jurado | Mallorca | 9 | |
Juan Arango | Mallorca | 9 | |
Sergio Agüero | Atlético Madrid | 9 | |
Jesús Navas | Sevilla | 9 | |
Robert Pirès | Villarreal | 9 | |
Daniel Alves | Barcelona | 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 |
Valencia | 131 | |
8 | Almería | 132 |
9 | Getafe | 133 |
10 | Espanyol | 134 |
11 | Mallorca | 135 |
12 | Atlético Madrid | 136 |
Sevilla | 136 | |
14 | Málaga | 139 |
15 | Osasuna | 148 |
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)
See also
- List of Spanish football transfers summer 2008
- List of Spanish football transfers winter 2008–09
- 2008–09 Segunda División
- 2008–09 Copa del Rey
References
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- 1 2 3 4 "Barcelona 6–0 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- 1 2 "Barcelona 6–0 Málaga" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
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- 1 2 "Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona". RFEF. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 "Deportivo 5–3 Racing Santander" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
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- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/sep/13/barcelona Barça take the moral high road
- ↑ "Zambrano es cesado y su puesto lo ocupará Lucas Alcaraz". Recreativo de Huelva. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ↑ "Lucas Alcaraz: "Volver al Recre es especial para mí"". Recreativo de Huelva. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
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- ↑ "Acuerdo con Camacho para dirigir a Osasuna". CA Osasuna. 13 October 2008. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ↑ "Márquez, cesado". RCD Espanyol. 30 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ↑ "Mané, nuevo entrenador del Espanyol". RCD Espanyol. 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
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- ↑ "Javier Aguirre, destituido". Atlético Madrid. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
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- ↑ "El Numancia destituye a Kresic y nombra como nuevo entrenador a Pacheta". CD Numancia. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
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- ↑ "El Betis destituye a Paco Chaparro". Real Betis. 6 April 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
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- ↑ "Víctor Muñoz cesado del Getafe". Getafe CF. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ↑ "Míchel, nuevo entrenador del Getafe". Getafe CF. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ↑ "Clasificaciones del Premio Juego Limpio" (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- 1 2 "Espanyol 1–0 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ↑ "Villarreal 2–1 Sporting" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
- ↑ "Atlético 1–2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
- ↑ "Espanyol 3–0 Valencia" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- 1 2 "Real Madrid 6–1 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
- 1 2 "Sevilla 4–3 Sporting" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- 1 2 "Real Madrid 4–3 Numancia" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- 1 2 3 "Real Madrid 4–3 Málaga CF" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ↑ "Espanyol 3–4 Numancia" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ↑ "Real Madrid 3–4 Sevilla" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ↑ "Numancia 4–3 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ↑ "Atlético Madrid 4–3 Barcelona" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ↑ "Athletic 1–4 Atlético" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ↑ "Villarreal 1–1 Osasuna" (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
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