# 2007–08 Real Madrid CF season

The 2007–08 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 77th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2007–08 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players. Bwin.com became the new kit sponsor.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas (VC) | 26 | EU | 1999 | 425 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 13 | GK | Jordi Codina | 26 | EU | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 25 | GK | Jerzy Dudek | 35 | EU | 2007 | 10 | 0 | 2009 | Free | |
| 5 | DF | Fabio Cannavaro | 34 | EU | 2006 | 78 | 2 | 2009 | €10M | |
| 16 | DF | Gabriel Heinze | 29 | EU | 2007 | 28 | 1 | 2011 | €12M | Second nationality: Italy |
| 12 | DF | Marcelo | 20 | Non-EU | 2007 (Winter) | 39 | 0 | 2012 | €6.5M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 21 | DF | Christoph Metzelder | 27 | EU | 2007 | 16 | 0 | 2010 | Free | |
| 3 | DF | Pepe | 25 | EU | 2007 | 34 | 0 | 2012 | €30M | Second nationality: Brazil |
| 4 | DF | Sergio Ramos | 22 | EU | 2005 | 151 | 18 | 2013 | €27M | |
| 2 | DF | Míchel Salgado (VC) | 32 | EU | 1999 | 251 | 4 | 2009 | €11M | |
| 22 | DF | Miguel Torres | 22 | EU | 2007 | 51 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 6 | MF | Mahamadou Diarra | 27 | EU | 2006 | 78 | 4 | 2011 | €26M | |
| 8 | MF | Fernando Gago | 22 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 59 | 0 | 2012 | €20M | Second nationality: Italy |
| 24 | MF | Javier Balboa | 23 | EU | 2005 | 22 | 4 | 2011 | Youth system | Second nationality: Spain |
| 19 | MF | Júlio Baptista | 26 | EU | 2005 | 69 | 13 | 2010 | €20M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 15 | MF | Royston Drenthe | 21 | EU | 2007 | 26 | 4 | 2012 | €13M | Second nationality: Suriname |
| 14 | MF | Guti (VC) | 31 | EU | 1996 | 468 | 73 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 23 | MF | Wesley Sneijder | 23 | EU | 2007 | 39 | 9 | 2012 | €27M | |
| 11 | FW | Arjen Robben | 24 | EU | 2007 | 28 | 5 | 2009 | €36M | |
| 20 | FW | Gonzalo Higuaín | 20 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 53 | 12 | 2012 | €13M | Second nationality: France |
| 7 | FW | Raúl (captain) | 30 | EU | 1994 | 655 | 292 | 2011 | Youth system | |
| 10 | FW | Robinho | 24 | Non-EU | 2004 | 135 | 30 | 2010 | €24M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 18 | FW | Javier Saviola | 26 | EU | 2007 | 25 | 5 | 2011 | Free | Second nationality: Spain |
| 9 | FW | Roberto Soldado | 22 | EU | 2005 | 27 | 4 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 17 | FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 31 | EU | 2006 | 79 | 53 | 2010 | €15M | |
* Last updated: 18 May 2008
* Source: Realmadrid, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,
Official shirt numbers, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and soccer-spain.com (for EU passport)
* Ordered by position on pitch.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 13 | GK | Codina | 25 | EU | Youth system | PromotedY | Summer | 2010 | Youth system | Realmadrid |
| 22 | DF | Torres | 21 | EU | Youth system | PromotedY | Summer | 2012 | Youth system | Realmadrid |
| | DF | Agus | 22 | EU | Youth system | PromotedY | Summer | 2010 | Youth system | Realmadrid |
| | MF | Granero | 20 | EU | Youth system | PromotedY | Summer | 2011 | Youth system | Realmadrid |
| | MF | De la Red | 22 | EU | Youth system | PromotedY | Summer | 2011 | Youth system | Realmadrid |
| | MF | Adrián | 19 | EU | Youth system | PromotedY | Summer | 2011 | Youth system | Realmadrid |
| 9 | FW | Soldado | 22 | EU | Osasuna | Loan returnY | Summer | 2012 | N/A | Realmadrid |
| 19 | MF | Baptista | 25 | EU | Arsenal | Loan returnY | Summer | 2010 | N/A | Realmadrid |
| 24 | MF | Balboa | 22 | EU | Racing Santander | Loan returnY | Summer | 2012 | N/A | Realmadrid |
| 11 | MF | Robben | 23 | EU | Chelsea | SignedY | Summer | 2012 | €36M | Realmadrid |
| 3 | DF | Pepe | 24 | EU | Porto | SignedY | Summer | 2012 | €30M | Realmadrid |
| 23 | MF | Sneijder | 23 | EU | Ajax | SignedY | Summer | 2012 | €27M | Realmadrid |
| 15 | DF | Drenthe | 20 | EU | Feyenoord | SignedY | Summer | 2012 | €14M | Realmadrid |
| 16 | DF | Heinze | 29 | EU | Manchester United | SignedY | Summer | 2011 | €12M | Realmadrid |
| 18 | FW | Saviola | 25 | EU | Barcelona | SignedY | Summer | 2011 | Free | Realmadrid |
| 21 | DF | Metzelder | 26 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | SignedY | Summer | 2010 | Free | Realmadrid |
| 25 | GK | Dudek | 34 | EU | Liverpool | SignedY | Summer | 2009 | Free | Realmadrid |
| 29 | MF | Adrián | 19 | EU | Celta de Vigo | Loan returnY | Winter | 2011 | N/A | Realmadrid |
Total spending: €119 million

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 3 | DF | Roberto Carlos | 34 | EU | Fenerbahçe | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free | fifa.com |
| 21 | DF | Helguera | 32 | EU | Valencia | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free | Realmadrid |
| 22 | DF | Pavón | 27 | EU | Zaragoza | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free | Real Zaragoza |
| 23 | MF | Beckham | 32 | EU | LA Galaxy | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free | Realmadrid |
| 24 | DF | Mejía | 25 | EU | Murcia | Contract ended Y | Summer | Free | Realmadrid |
| 25 | DF | Miñambres | 26 | EU | | Retired | Summer | Free | |
| 11 | DF | Cicinho | 27 | EU | Roma | Transferred Y | Summer | €9M | Realmadrid |
| | DF | Woodgate | 27 | EU | Middlesbrough | Transferred Y | Summer | £7M | Realmadrid |
| 13 | GK | López | 25 | EU | Villarreal | Transferred Y | Summer | €7M | Realmadrid |
| 8 | MF | Emerson | 31 | EU | Milan | Transferred Y | Summer | €5M | Realmadrid |
| | MF | Diogo | 24 | EU | Zaragoza | Transferred Y | Summer | €4.5M | Real Zaragoza |
| 26 | MF | De la Red | 22 | EU | Getafe | Transferred Y | Summer | loan | Realmadrid |
| 15 | DF | Bravo | 26 | EU | Olympiacos | Transferred Y | Summer | €2.3M | Realmadrid |
| | DM | Javi García | 20 | EU | Osasuna | Transferred Y | Summer | Undisclosed | Realmadrid |
| | FW | Rayco | 20 | EU | Villarreal | Transferred Y | Summer | Undisclosed | Realmadrid |
| | RB | Miguel Palencia | 23 | EU | | Transferred Y | Summer | Undisclosed | Realmadrid |
| 19 | MF | Reyes | 23 | EU | Arsenal | Loan ended Y | Summer | — | fifa.com |
| 18 | FW | Cassano | 25 | EU | Sampdoria | Loaned out Y | Summer | — | Realmadrid |
| | MF | García | 30 | EU | Murcia | Loaned outY | Summer | — | Realmadrid |
| 29 | MF | Adrián | 19 | EU | Celta de Vigo | Loaned outY | Summer | — | Realmadrid |
| | DF | Agus | 22 | EU | Celta de Vigo | Loaned outY | Summer | — | Realmadrid |
| 18 | MF | Granero | 20 | EU | Getafe | Loaned outY | Summer | — | Realmadrid |
| 29 | MF | Adrián | 19 | EU | Gimnàstic | Loaned outY | Winter | — | Gimnàstic de Tarragona |
Total income: €37.8 million
Last updated: 2008-01-31 EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

## Club
### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Bernd Schuster |
| Second coach | Manuel Ruiz |
| Physical trainer | Valter di Salvo |
| Fitness coach | Jordi García |
| Goalkeepers coach | Pedro Luis Jaro |
Last updated: 9 November 2007 Source: Realmadrid.com, El club más laureado del mundo and realmadridfans

### Kits

Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): bwin.com
| Home | Home alt. † | Away | Third Kit |
Source: "Real Madrid's current kit". Realmadridfans.org. Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
† Only used against Alicante CF during Copa del Rey round of 32 first leg.

### Other information

| President | Ramón Calderón |
| Honorary Life President | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| Vice-president | José Ignacio Rivero |
| Vice-president | Vicente Boluda |
| Vice-president | Amador Suárez |
| Secretary of the Board | Manuel Serrano |
| Director of football | Predrag Mijatović |
| Technical Secretary | Miguel Ángel Portugal |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Santiago Bernabéu (80.400 / 107x72m) |
| Budget | €353M |
Updated to match played 24 Sep 2007 Source: Board of Directors (Realmadrid), El club más laureado del mundo, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and Real Madrid closes the best year in its history

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
* 1 2 ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM

#### Results by round

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Champions League
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Lazio | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | |

#### Round of 16
### Friendlies
#### Russian Railways Cup
#### Majed Abdullah retiring festival
## Statistics
### Squad stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Spanish Super Cup | Spanish Super Cup |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| 1 | GK | | Casillas | 46 | 46 | | 36 | | 8 | | | | 2 | |
| 4 | RB | | Sergio Ramos | 45 | 45 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 7 | | 3 | | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Cannavaro | 40 | 42 | 1 | 33 | | 6 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Pepe | 23 | 25 | | 19 | | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| 12 | LB | | Marcelo | 32 | 32 | | 24 | | 6 | | 2 | | | |
| 23 | MF | | Sneijder | 34 | 38 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 5 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 6 | DM | | M. Diarra | 33 | 38 | | 30 | | 6 | | | | 2 | |
| 14 | MF | | Guti | 39 | 45 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 7 | | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | LW | | Robinho | 35 | 42 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | | 2 | |
| 7 | SS | | Raúl | 47 | 48 | 23 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 2 | |
| 17 | FW | | v. Nistelrooy | 30 | 33 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | | 1 | |
| 13 | GK | | Codina | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 25 | GK | | Dudek | 5 | 5 | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 2 | DF | | M. Salgado | 12 | 14 | | 8 | | 2 | | 4 | | | |
| 21 | DF | | Metzelder | 11 | 13 | | 9 | | 3 | | 1 | | | |
| 16 | LB | | Heinze | 23 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | | | |
| 22 | LB | | Torres | 18 | 28 | | 20 | | 3 | | 3 | | 2 | |
| 15 | MF | | Drenthe | 10 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 4 | | 3 | | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Gago | 32 | 36 | | 25 | | 6 | | 4 | | 1 | |
| 19 | MF | | Baptista | 16 | 33 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | |
| 11 | LW | | Robben | 16 | 28 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 5 | | 2 | 1 | | |
| 24 | MF | | Balboa | 2 | 11 | 2 | 5 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | FW | | Saviola | 7 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | | 4 | | 2 | |
| 20 | FW | | Higuaín | 12 | 34 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 5 | | 4 | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | | Soldado | 2 | 8 | | 5 | | 1 | | 2 | | | |

### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | | |
| 14 | CM | Guti | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | RB | Miguel Torres | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | RB | Sergio Ramos | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | AM | Wesley Sneijder | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | CM | Fernando Gago | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | LB | Gabriel Heinze | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Fabio Cannavaro | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | RB | Míchel Salgado | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | LW | Robinho | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | CF | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | LW | Arjen Robben | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Júlio Baptista | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | CF | Raúl | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Gonzalo Higuaín | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | LW | Royston Drenthe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | CB | Christoph Metzelder | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 18 May 2008 Source: Competitive matches and LFB.com Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.