# 2007–08 Segunda División

The 2007–08 season was the 77th in the history of the Segunda División (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons), the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The first matches of the season were played on 25 August 2007, and the season ended on 15 June 2008. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad, and Gimnàstic de Tarragona were the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Racing de Ferrol, Eibar, Sevilla Atlético, and Córdoba were the teams which were promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.
The first goal of the season was scored by Joseba del Olmo, who scored an 18th-minute goal for Eibar against Racing de Ferrol in the early kick-off. The first red card of the competition was given to Miguel Cobas of Las Palmas after a challenge on Numancia's Gorka Brit. The first hat-trick was scored by Yordi in the match between Xerez and Hércules.

## Teams

It was made up of the following teams:
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alavés | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | 19,840 |
| Albacete | Albacete | Carlos Belmonte | 17,500 |
| Cádiz | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza | 15,000 |
| Castellón | Castellón | Nou Estadi Castàlia | 14,485 |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos | 31,800 |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | Nuevo Arcángel | 18,280 |
| Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua | 6,267 |
| Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero | 36,017 |
| Gimnàstic | Tarragona | Nou Estadi | 14,500 |
| Granada 74 | Granada | Escribano Castilla | 5,400 |
| Hércules | Alicante | José Rico Pérez | 29,500 |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Gran Canaria | 31,250 |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda | 28,963 |
| Numancia | Soria | Nuevo Los Pajaritos | 9,800 |
| Polideportivo Ejido | El Ejido | Santo Domingo | 7,870 |
| Racing de Ferrol | Ferrol | A Malata | 12,024 |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Anoeta | 39,500 |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | El Helmántico | 17,341 |
| Sevilla Atlético | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 42,714 |
| Sporting de Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón | 25,885 |
| Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López | 22,824 |
| Xerez | Jerez de la Frontera | Chapín | 20,523 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Numancia (C, P) | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 77 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 2 | Málaga (P) | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 72 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 3 | Sporting Gijón (P) | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 72 | Promotion to La Liga |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 68 | |
| 5 | Castellón | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 61 | |
| 6 | Hércules | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 58 | |
| 7 | Salamanca | 42 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 57 | |
| 8 | Las Palmas | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 57 | |
| 9 | Sevilla Atlético | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 56 | |
| 10 | Elche | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 54 | |
| 11 | Tenerife | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 53 | |
| 12 | Albacete | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 52 | |
| 13 | Eibar | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 52 | |
| 14 | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 52 | |
| 15 | Xerez | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 52 | |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 52 | |
| 17 | Alavés | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 51 | |
| 18 | Córdoba | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 50 | |
| 19 | Racing Ferrol (R) | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 50 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 20 | Cádiz (R) | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 49 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 21 | Granada 74 (R) | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 45 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
| 22 | Poli Ejido (R) | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 44 | Relegation to Segunda División B |
* 1 2 SPG 0–1 MÁL; MÁL 3–2 SPG
* 1 2 LPA 1–2 SAL; SAL 2–2 LPA
* 1 2 3 4 5 ALB: 15 pts; EIB: 14 pts; GIM: 10 pts; XER: 8 pts; CEL: 5 pts
* 1 2 RFE 0–1 CÓR; CÓR 1–0 RFE

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ALB | CÁD | CAS | CDV | CÓR | EIB | ELC | GIM | G74 | HÉR | LPA | MÁL | NUM | PEJ | RAC | RSO | SAL | SAT | SGI | TEN | XER |
| Alavés | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Albacete | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Cádiz | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Castellón | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Celta Vigo | 2–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Córdoba | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Eibar | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Elche | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 |
| Gimnàstic | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Granada 74 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Hércules | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Las Palmas | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Málaga | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–6 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Numancia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Polideportivo Ejido | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Racing de Ferrol | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Real Sociedad | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Salamanca | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sevilla Atlético | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Sporting Gijón | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Tenerife | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
| Xerez | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Goalscorers | Goals | Penalties | Team |
| Yordi | 20 | 8 | Xerez |
| Nino | 19 | 1 | Tenerife |
| José Juan Luque | 17 | 10 | Granada 74 |
| Iñigo Díaz de Cerio | 16 | 0 | Real Sociedad |
| Jesús Perera | 15 | 0 | Celta Vigo |
| Marcos Márquez | 15 | 4 | Las Palmas |
| Antonio Hidalgo | 14 | 3 | Málaga |
| Asier Goiria | 14 | 5 | Eibar |
| David Rodríguez | 14 | 2 | Salamanca |
| Quique Martín | 14 | 4 | Salamanca |

## Zamora Trophy

| Goalkeeper | Goals | Matches | Average | Team |
| Carlos Sánchez | 27 | 33 | 0.82 | Castellón |
| Jacobo | 29 | 32 | 0.91 | Numancia |
| Asier Riesgo | 39 | 42 | 0.93 | Real Sociedad |
| Roberto | 39 | 41 | 0.95 | Sporting Gijón |
| Iñaki Goitia | 41 | 40 | 1.03 | Málaga |
| Pedro Contreras | 37 | 36 | 1.03 | Cádiz |
| Willy Caballero | 41 | 38 | 1.08 | Elche |
| Bernardo | 42 | 38 | 1.11 | Alavés |
| Javi Varas | 46 | 41 | 1.12 | Sevilla Atlético |
| Juan Pablo | 33 | 29 | 1.14 | Tenerife |

## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Joseba del Olmo for Eibar against Racing de Ferrol (25 August 2007)
* Fastest goal in a match: 10 seconds – Nabil Baha for Málaga against Cádiz (5 January 2008)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+6 minutes – Quique Martín for Salamanca against Granada 74 (16 September 2007)
* Widest winning margin: 4
** Sporting Gijón 4–0 Polideportivo Ejido (26 August 2007)
** Real Sociedad 4–0 Las Palmas (17 February 2008)
** Eibar 4–0 Tenerife (22 March 2008)
** Hércules 5–1 Eibar (26 April 2008)
* Most goals in a match: 10 – Málaga 4-6 Hércules (18 May 2008)
* First hat-trick of the season: Yordi for Xerez against Hércules (27 January 2008)
* First own goal of the season: Jordi Ferrón for Hércules against Albacete (9 September 2007)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
** Yordi for Xerez against Hércules (27 January 2008)
** Asier Goiria for Eibar against Tenerife (22 March 2008)
** Antonio Hidalgo for Málaga against Hércules (18 May 2008)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 6 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 5 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 4 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008)

### Cards

* First yellow card: Diego Jaume for Hércules against Xerez (25 August 2007)
* First red card: Miguel Cobas for Las Palmas against Numancia (25 August 2007)