# 2007–08 La Liga

The 2007–08 La Liga season was the 77th since its establishment. It began on 25 August 2007, and concluded on 18 May 2008.
Real Madrid secured a second consecutive La Liga title following a 2–1 victory over Osasuna on 4 May 2008. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the impending UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement, which saw La Sexta mark its first year of television broadcasting.

## Teams

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. Both Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after a three-year absence 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.

### Stadiums

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor |
| Almería | Alfonso García | Unai Emery | UDA | Obrascampo | Urcisol, Andalucía | Andalucía, David Bisbal | None |
| Athletic Bilbao | Fernando García | Joaquín Caparrós | 100% Athletic | None | None | None | None |
| Atlético Madrid | Enrique Cerezo | Javier Aguirre | Nike | Kia | Kyocera | None | Asisa Salud |
| Barcelona | Joan Laporta | Frank Rijkaard | Nike | UNICEF | None | TV3 | None |
| Betis | Leon Gomez | Paco Chaparro | Kappa | Andalucía/Garmin | Andalucía | Andalucía | Grupo Azabache |
| Deportivo | Augusto Lendoiro | Miguel Ángel Lotina | Canterbury of New Zealand | Fadesa/Martinsa-Fadesa | None | None | None |
| Espanyol | Daniel Sánchez Llibre | Ernesto Valverde | uhlsport | Quat Inversiones | None | TV3 | Hoteles Hesperia |
| Getafe | Ángel Torres | Michael Laudrup | Joma | Galco | Opción Centro de Ocio | None | JHK T-Shirt, Thecam |
| Levante | Julio Romero | José Ángel Moreno | Luanvi | Comunitat Valenciana | None | Canal Nou | None |
| Mallorca | Vicenç Grande | Gregorio Manzano | Reial | Viajes Iberia | Construcciones Llabrés Feliu | IB3 | Illes Balears |
| Murcia | Jesús Samper | Javier Clemente | Real Murcia | Caja Murcia | Asesorías Financieras Centre Finance | La 7 | Grupo Invercon |
| Osasuna | Patxi Izco | Cuco Ziganda | Astore | Restaura | Reyno de Navarra/Yingli Solar | Caja Navarra | Yingli Solar/Reyno de Navarra, NGS Technology |
| Racing Santander | Francisco Pernía | Marcelino | Joma | Norquimia | SEOP Obras y Proyectos/Lolin | None | SEOP Obras y Proyectos |
| Real Madrid | Ramón Calderón | Bernd Schuster | Adidas | Bwin.com | None | None | None |
| Recreativo | Francisco Mendoza | Lucas Alcaraz | Cejudo | Cepsa/Cajasol | Andalucía | Toyota Niponuba | Condado de Huelva, Fresón de Palos |
| Sevilla | José María del Nido | Manolo Jiménez | Joma | 888.com | Andalucía | None | 888.com |
| Valencia | Vicente Soriano | Voro | Nike | Toyota | Compac Encimeras | Canal Nou | None |
| Valladolid | Carlos Suárez Sureda | José Luis Mendilibar | Puma | Caja Duero | Asómate a Valladolid/Proinlasa | Collosa | Del Cura y Miranda AXA, Castilla y León es Vida |
| Villarreal | Fernando Roig | Manuel Pellegrini | Puma | Aeroport Castelló | None | Canal Nou | None |
| Zaragoza | Eduardo Bandrés | Manolo Villanova | Mercury/Adidas | Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica | None | Aragón Televisión | None |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 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 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | Real 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 Huelva | 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 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Levante (R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 75 | −42 | 26 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* 1 2 ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
* 1 2 DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP
* ↑ Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey.
* 1 2 BET 3–2 GET; GET 1–1 BET
* La Liga 2007–08 winners
* Real Madrid 31st title

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALM | ATH | ATM | FCB | BET | RCD | ESP | GET | LEV | MLL | MUR | OSA | RAC | RMA | REC | SFC | VCF | VLD | VIL | 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 La Coruña | 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 | |

## Awards
### Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dani Güiza | Mallorca | 27 |
| 2 | Luís Fabiano | Sevilla | 24 |
| 3 | Sergio Agüero | Atlético Madrid | 19 |
| 4 | Nihat Kahveci | Villarreal | 18 |
| 4 | Raúl | Real Madrid | 18 |
| 4 | David Villa | Valencia | 18 |
| 7 | Ricardo Oliveira | Zaragoza | 17 |
| 8 | Diego Forlán | Atlético Madrid | 16 |
| 8 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Real Madrid | 16 |
| 10 | Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | 16 |
| 10 | Frédéric Kanouté | Sevilla | 16 |

### Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | 32 | 36 | 0.89 |
| 2 | Víctor Valdés | Barcelona | 35 | 35 | 1 |
| 3 | Toño | Racing Santander | 31 | 30 | 1.03 |
| 4 | Ricardo | Osasuna | 38 | 36 | 1.06 |
| 5 | Miguel Ángel Moyà | Mallorca | 34 | 29 | 1.17 |
| 6 | Roberto Abbondanzieri | Getafe | 42 | 34 | 1.24 |
| 7 | Carlos Kameni | Espanyol | 38 | 29 | 1.31 |
| 8 | Andrés Palop | Sevilla | 41 | 30 | 1.37 |
| 9 | Stefano Sorrentino | Recreativo Huelva | 60 | 38 | 1.58 |
| 10 | César | Zaragoza | 56 | 35 | 1.6 |

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 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 |
| 5 | Thierry Henry | Barcelona | 9 |
| 5 | Luis García | Espanyol | 9 |
| 5 | Sergio García | Zaragoza | 9 |
| 9 | Robinho | Real Madrid | 8 |
| 9 | Marcos Senna | Villarreal | 8 |
* Source: ESPN Soccernet Archived 11 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

### Fair Play award

| Rank | Club | Points |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 89 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 92 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 93 |
| 4 | Valladolid | 99 |
| 5 | Racing Santander | 107 |
| 6 | Real Madrid | 109 |
| 7 | Getafe | 117 |
| 8 | Levante | 123 |
| 8 | Mallorca | 123 |
| 8 | Valencia | 123 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 127 |
| 12 | Zaragoza | 129 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 140 |
| 14 | Almería | 141 |
| 15 | Osasuna | 143 |
| 16 | Atlético Madrid | 157 |
| 17 | Recreativo Huelva | 158 |
| 18 | Murcia | 159 |
| 19 | Athletic Bilbao | 160 |
| 20 | Real Betis | 178 |
* Source: 2007–08 Fair Play Rankings Season.

### Pedro Zaballa award

Spain supporters

## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Sergio Agüero for Atlético 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 for Getafe against Recreativo (2 September 2007)
** Ebi Smolarek for Racing 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 Madrid 6–3 Almería (6 April 2008)
* First own goal of the season: Daniel Jarque for Sevilla against Espanyol (25 September 2007)
* First hat-trick of the season:
** Thierry Henry for Barcelona against Levante (29 September 2007)
* Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
* Hat-tricks of the season:
** 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)
** Dani 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 Goals
** 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 Goals
** Atlético Madrid 4–3 Sevilla (31 October 2007)
** Atlético Madrid 3–4 Villarreal (4 November 2007)
** Real Madrid 4–3 Mallorca (11 November 2007)
** Atlético Madrid 4–3 Valladolid (25 November 2007)
** Levante 4–3 Betis (25 November 2007)
** Villarreal 4–3 Deportivo (13 January 2008)
** Atlético Madrid 6–3 Almería (6 April 2008)
** Murcia 3–5 Barcelona (17 May 2008)

### Cards

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

### Average home attendance

* Highest average home attendance: 76,234 (Real Madrid)
* Lowest average home attendance: 10,658 (Getafe)

### Clean sheets

* Most clean sheets – Villarreal (17)
* Fewest clean sheets – Levante (4)

### Overall

* Most wins – Real Madrid (27)
* Fewest wins – Murcia and Levante (7)
* Most draws – Mallorca (14)
* Fewest draws – Real Madrid and Sevilla (4)
* Most losses – Levante (26)
* Fewest losses – Real Madrid (7)
* Most goals scored – Real Madrid (84)
* Fewest goals scored – Levante (33)
* Most goals conceded – Levante (75)
* Fewest goals conceded – Real Madrid (36)

### Home

* Most wins – Real Madrid (17)
* Fewest wins – Levante (5)
* Most draws – Valladolid (9)
* Fewest draws – Real Madrid (0)
* Most losses – Levante (10)
* Fewest losses – Real Madrid and Villarreal(2)
* Most goals scored – Real Madrid (53)
* Fewest goals scored – Almería (18)
* Most goals conceded – Levante (34)
* Fewest goals conceded – Barcelona (12)

### Away

* Most wins – Villarreal(12)
* Fewest wins – Murcia and Zaragoza (1)
* Most draws – Mallorca and Barcelona (8)
* Fewest draws – Villarreal (0)
* Most losses – Levante (16)
* Fewest losses – Real Madrid and Mallorca (5)
* Most goals scored – Mallorca (34)
* Fewest goals scored – Levante (11)
* Most goals conceded – Levante (41)
* Fewest goals conceded – Real Madrid (18)