# 2008–09 Real Madrid CF season

The 2008–09 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 78th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2008–09 season and shows statistics of the club's players.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Iker Casillas (VC) | 28 | EU | 1999 | 468 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 13 | GK | Jordi Codina | 27 | EU | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 25 | GK | Jerzy Dudek | 36 | EU | 2007 | 13 | 0 | 2009 | Free | |
| 5 | DF | Fabio Cannavaro | 35 | EU | 2006 | 110 | 2 | 2009 | €10M | |
| 3 | DF | Pepe | 26 | EU | 2007 | 64 | 0 | 2017 | €30M | Second nationality: Brazil |
| 21 | DF | Christoph Metzelder | 28 | EU | 2007 | 29 | 0 | 2010 | Free | |
| 4 | DF | Sergio Ramos | 23 | EU | 2005 | 176 | 22 | 2021 | €27M | |
| 2 | DF | Míchel Salgado (VC) | 33 | EU | 1999 | 369 | 5 | 2009 | €11M | |
| 22 | DF | Miguel Torres | 23 | EU | 2007 | 67 | 0 | 2012 | Youth system | |
| 16 | DF | Gabriel Heinze | 31 | EU | 2007 | 60 | 3 | 2011 | €12M | Second nationality: Italy |
| 12 | DF | Marcelo | 21 | Non-EU | 2007 (Winter) | 71 | 4 | 2022 | €6.5M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 6 | MF | Lassana Diarra | 23 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 21 | 0 | 2013 | €20M | #39 in UCL Second nationality: Mali |
| 8 | MF | Fernando Gago | 23 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 89 | 1 | 2012 | €20M | Second nationality: Italy |
| 6 | MF | Mahamadou Diarra | 28 | EU | 2006 | 97 | 4 | 2011 | €26M | |
| 24 | MF | Javi García | 22 | EU | 2004 | 21 | 0 | 2012 | €4M | |
| 18 | MF | Rubén de la Red | 23 | EU | 2004 | 27 | 3 | 2011 | €4.7M | |
| 14 | MF | Guti (VC) | 32 | EU | 1995 | 506 | 77 | 2010 | Youth system | |
| 17 | MF | Dani Parejo | 20 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 5 | 0 | 2011 | Youth system | Unregistered in UCL |
| 10 | MF | Wesley Sneijder | 24 | EU | 2007 | 64 | 11 | 2012 | €27M | |
| 23 | MF | Rafael van der Vaart | 26 | EU | 2008 | 37 | 5 | 2013 | €13M | |
| 15 | MF | Royston Drenthe | 22 | EU | 2007 | 52 | 4 | 2012 | €13M | Second nationality: Suriname |
| 18 | MF | Julien Faubert | 25 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 2 | 0 | 2009 | Loan | Second nationality: Martinique |
| 11 | FW | Arjen Robben | 25 | EU | 2007 | 64 | 13 | 2012 | €36M | |
| 20 | FW | Gonzalo Higuaín | 21 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 72 | 35 | 2013 | €13M | Second nationality: France |
| 7 | FW | Raúl (captain) | 31 | EU | 1994 | 702 | 316 | 2011 | Youth system | |
| 9 | FW | Javier Saviola | 27 | EU | 2007 | 38 | 7 | 2011 | Free | Second nationality: Spain |
| 17 | FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 32 | EU | 2006 | 93 | 63 | 2010 | €15M | |
| 19 | FW | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 25 | EU | 2009 (Winter) | 19 | 8 | 2013 | €20M | |
| 28 | FW | Alberto Bueno | 21 | EU | 2008 | 5 | 1 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 35 | FW | Miquel Palanca | 21 | EU | 2008 | 3 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 27 | DF | Javier Velayos | 22 | EU | 2006 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 36 | CB | Gary Kagelmacher | 21 | EU | 2008 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | Second nationality: Germany |
| 35 | FW | Marcos Tébar | 23 | EU | 2008 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 2009-06-01
* Source: Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and soccer-spain.com (for EU passport)
* Ordered by position on pitch.

### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 23 | MF | van der Vaart | 25 | EU | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | €13M | Realmadrid |
| 24 | MF | Javi García | 21 | EU | Osasuna | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | €4M | Realmadrid0Osasuna |
| 18 | MF | de la Red | 23 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | 2011 | €4.7m | Realmadrid |
| — | DF | Garay | 21 | EU | Racing Santander | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | €10M | Realmadrid |
| — | MF | Adrián | 19 | EU | Gimnàstic | Loan Return | Summer | Undisclosed | n/a | |
| — | MF | García | 31 | EU | Murcia | Loan Return | Summer | Undisclosed | n/a | |
| — | DF | Agus | 23 | EU | Celta de Vigo | Loan Return | Summer | Undisclosed | n/a | |
| — | MF | Granero | 20 | EU | Getafe | Loan Return | Summer | Undisclosed | n/a | |
| 19 | FW | Huntelaar | 25 | EU | Ajax | Transfer | Winter | 2013 | €20M | Realmadrid |
| 6 | MF | Lass | 23 | EU | Portsmouth | Transfer | Winter | 2013 | €20M | Realmadrid |
| 17 | MF | Parejo | 19 | EU | Queens Park Rangers | Loan Return | Winter | 2017 | | Realmadrid |
| 18 | MF | Faubert | 25 | EU | West Ham United | Loan | Winter | 2009 | Loan | Realmadrid |
Total spending: €71.7 million

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| — | AM | Parejo | 19 | EU | Queens Park Rangers | Loaned Out | Summer | n/a | Realmadrid |
| — | DF | Garay | 21 | EU | Racing Santander | Loaned Out | Summer | n/a | Realmadrid |
| — | MF | Adrián | 20 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | €2.2M | Getafecf |
| 18 | FW | Cassano | 25 | EU | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | Free | Realmadrid |
| 24 | MF | Balboa | 23 | EU | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | €4.5M | Realmadrid0Benfica |
| — | MF | Granero | 20 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | €5M | Realmadrid0Getafecf |
| 9 | ST | Soldado | 23 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | €4M | Realmadrid |
| 19 | MF | J. Baptista | 26 | EU | Roma | Transfer | Summer | €12M | Realmadrid0ASRoma |
| 10 | LW | Robinho | 24 | Non-EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | €42M | Realmadrid0mcfc.co.uk |
| — | MF | García | 31 | EU | PAOK | End of contract | Summer | Free | Realmadrid |
Last updated: 2008-09-01
Total income: €69.7 million

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Juande Ramos |
| Assistant coach | Marcos Álvarez |
| Physical trainer | Valter di Salvo |
| Fitness coach | Jordi García |
| Goalkeepers coach | Pedro Luis Jaro |
Source: Realmadrid.com, El club más laureado del mundo and realmadridfans

### Kits

Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): bwin.com
| Home | Away | Third Kit |
Source: "Nueva equipación para los Campeones". Real Madrid C.F. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008. "Real Madrid's current kit". Adidas.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.

### Other information

| President | Vicente Boluda |
| Honorary Life President | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| Vice-president | José Ignacio Rivero |
| 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 | €351.8M |
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 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 105 | 35 | +70 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sevilla | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 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 |

#### Matches
### Champions League
#### Group H

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |

#### Round of 16
### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Champions League | 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 | 47 | 47 | | 38 | | 7 | | | | 2 | |
| 4 | RB | | Ramos | 41 | 42 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | CB | | Cannavaro | 36 | 37 | | 29 | | 7 | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | CB | | Pepe | 32 | 32 | | 26 | | 5 | | | | 1 | |
| 16 | CB | | Heinze | 34 | 34 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 7 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| 12 | LB | | Marcelo | 29 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 5 | | 2 | | | |
| 11 | RW | | Robben | 32 | 37 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | | 2 | |
| 8 | DM | | Gago | 31 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | DM | | Lass | 21 | 21 | | 19 | | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | SS/FW | | Raúl | 44 | 47 | 24 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 20 | FW/RW | | Higuaín | 39 | 44 | 24 | 34 | 22 | 7 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | CM/LM | | Sneijder | 23 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 4 | | 1 | | | |
| 23 | AM/SS | | van der Vaart | 21 | 42 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 7 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| 14 | AM | | Guti | 19 | 27 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 6 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| 19 | FW | | Huntelaar | 13 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 8 | | | | | | |
| | FW | | van Nistelrooy | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | 2 | 3 |
| | DM | | Diarra | 12 | 15 | | 9 | | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | |
| 22 | RB/LB | | Miguel Torres | 11 | 17 | | 14 | | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| 21 | CB | | Metzelder | 10 | 14 | | 12 | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | RB | | M. Salgado | 10 | 13 | | 9 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 15 | LM/LB | | Drenthe | 9 | 28 | | 20 | | 5 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| | CM | | de la Red | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Saviola | 4 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | 1 | | |
| 24 | DM | | Javi García | 4 | 21 | | 15 | | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 25 | GK | | Dudek | 3 | 3 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | |
| 17 | CM | | Parejo | | 5 | | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 28 | FW | | Bueno | | 6 | 1 | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | |
| 35 | RW | | Palanca | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 18 | MF | | Faubert | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 36 | CB | | Gary | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 37 | DM/CB | | Tébar | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | GK | | Codina | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Long-term injury list

| Date | Player | Injury | Estimated Return Date |
| October 2008 | Rubén de la Red | Acute syncope | Unknown |
| November 2008 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Torn meniscus in right knee | July 2009 |
| November 2008 | Mahamadou Diarra | Grade IV chondral injury on inner and outer femoral condyle; on lateral tibia plateau. Complex tear on outer meniscus in right knee. | June–September 2009 |
Last updated: 2009-06-01 Source: Realmadrid.com

### Suspension list

| Date | Player | Suspension Reason | Estimated Return Date |
| April 2009 | Pepe | Fighting | 10 Matches |
Last updated: 2009-06-01 Source: Realmadrid.com

### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | | |
| 4 | RB | Ramos | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DM | Gago | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | LB | Marcelo | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | AM | van der Vaart | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | CB | Pepe | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | RB | M. Salgado | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | AM | Sneijder | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DM | Lass | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | LB | Heinze | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DM | Javi García | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Higuaín | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | CM | Guti | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | RW | Robben | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Raúl | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Casillas | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Cannavaro | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Huntelaar | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 2009-06-01 Source: Competitive matches and LFP.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..

### Start formations

| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |
| 31 | 4–3–3 | 6–8,11–13,16–17,19–35,41,43–44,47–49 |
| 5 | 4–2–3–1 | All other matches |
| 14 | 4–4–2 | 1–2,10,14,18,36–40,42,45–46,50 |
* It should be pointed out that Real is neither playing 4–3–3 nor 4–4–2, but a hybrid formation between both.