Season | 2007–08 |
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Dates | 25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008 |
Champions | Real Madrid 31st title |
Relegated | Zaragoza Murcia Levante |
Champions League | Real Madrid (group stage) Villarreal (group stage) Barcelona (playoff round) Atlético Madrid (playoff round) |
UEFA Cup | Sevilla (playoff round) Racing Santander (playoff round) Valencia (playoff round) (via Copa del Rey) |
Intertoto Cup | Deportivo (third round) |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,021 (2.69 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Daniel Güiza (27 goals) |
Biggest home win | Real Madrid 7–0 Valladolid (10 February 2008) |
Biggest away win | Villarreal 0–5 Real Madrid (2 September 2007) |
Highest scoring | Atlético Madrid 6–3 Almería (6 April 2008) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 La Liga season, the 77th since its establishment, started on 25 August 2007 and finished on 18 May 2008. Real Madrid defended their La Liga title successfully after a 2–1 victory over Osasuna. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement that had 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. Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after an absence of three years 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 |
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Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
Espanyol | Lluís Companys | 55,926 |
Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
Sevilla | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
Deportivo La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
Murcia* | Nueva Condomina | 33,045 |
Valladolid* | José Zorrilla | 26,512 |
Levante | Ciutat de València | 25,354 |
Mallorca | ONO Estadi | 23,142 |
Villarreal | El Madrigal | 23,000 |
Racing Santander | El Sardinero | 22,400 |
Recreativo | Nuevo Colombino | 21,600 |
Osasuna | Estadio Reyno de Navarra | 19,553 |
Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 16,300 |
Almería* | Estadio del Mediterráneo | 15,000 |
(*) Promoted from Segunda División.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 84 | 36 | +48 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Villarreal | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 77 | |
3 | Barcelona | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 64 | |
5 | Sevilla | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 75 | 49 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup 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 | |
9 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 52 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
10 | Valencia | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 51 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
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 | |
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 the Segunda División |
19 | Murcia (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 30 | |
20 | Levante (R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 75 | −42 | 26 |
La Liga 2007–08 winners |
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Real Madrid 31st title |
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Goalscorers | Goals | Penalties | Team |
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Daniel Güiza | 27 | 0 | Mallorca |
Luís Fabiano | 24 | 2 | Sevilla |
Sergio Agüero | 19 | 0 | Atlético Madrid |
Raúl | 18 | 3 | Real Madrid |
David Villa | 18 | 2 | Valencia |
Nihat Kahveci | 18 | 0 | Villarreal |
Ricardo Oliveira | 17 | 1 | Zaragoza |
Ruud van Nistelrooy | 16 | 3 | Real Madrid |
Diego Forlán | 16 | 2 | Atlético Madrid |
Frédéric Kanouté | 16 | 1 | Sevilla |
Samuel Eto'o | 16 | 0 | Barcelona |
The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.
Goalkeeper | Goals | Matches | Average | Team |
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Iker Casillas | 32 | 36 | 0.89 | Real Madrid |
Víctor Valdés | 35 | 35 | 1 | Barcelona |
Toño | 31 | 30 | 1.03 | Racing Santander |
Ricardo | 38 | 36 | 1.06 | Osasuna |
Miguel Ángel Moyà | 34 | 29 | 1.17 | Mallorca |
Roberto Abbondanzieri | 42 | 34 | 1.24 | Getafe |
Carlos Kameni | 38 | 29 | 1.31 | Espanyol |
Andrés Palop | 41 | 30 | 1.37 | Sevilla |
Stefano Sorrentino | 60 | 38 | 1.58 | Recreativo |
César | 56 | 35 | 1.6 | Zaragoza |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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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 |
Sergio García | Zaragoza | 9 | |
Luis García | Espanyol | 9 | |
Thierry Henry | Barcelona | 9 | |
9 | Robinho | Real Madrid | 8 |
Marcos Senna | Villarreal | 8 |
Rank | Club | Points |
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1 | Deportivo | 89 |
2 | Villarreal | 92 |
3 | Barcelona | 93 |
4 | Valladolid | 99 |
5 | Racing Santander | 107 |
6 | Real Madrid | 109 |
7 | Getafe | 117 |
8 | Levante | 123 |
Mallorca | 123 | |
Valencia | 123 | |
11 | Espanyol | 127 |
12 | Zaragoza | 129 |
13 | Sevilla | 140 |
14 | Almería | 141 |
15 | Osasuna | 143 |
16 | Atlético Madrid | 157 |
17 | Recreativo | 158 |
18 | Murcia | 159 |
19 | Athletic Bilbao | 160 |
20 | Betis | 178 |