# 2007–08 Villarreal CF season

The 2007–08 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 85th season in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

## Season summary

Villarreal enjoyed the best season in their history, finishing as runners-up.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | URU | Sebastián Viera |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Gonzalo Rodríguez |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Josemi |
| 4 | DF | URU | Diego Godín |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Joan Capdevila |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Josico |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Robert Pires |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Santi Cazorla |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Guillermo Franco |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Cani |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Jon Dahl Tomasson |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Pascal Cygan |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Matías Fernández |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | TUR | Nihat Kahveci |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Javi Venta |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Ángel |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Marcos Senna |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Fuentes |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Bruno |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Rossi |
| 23 | MF | URU | Sebastián Eguren (on loan from Hammarby) |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Juan Carlos |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Kiko |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Rocha |
| 44 | MF | POR | Feliciano Condesso |
| 45 | FW | ESP | Rubén |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Juan Román Riquelme (to Boca Juniors) |
| 23 | FW | ESP | José Mari (to Real Betis) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Rio Mavuba (on loan to Lille) |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Xisco Nadal (to Granada) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 31 August 2007 | 30 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 063.16 |
| Copa del Rey | 29 October 2007 | 12 November 2008 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 17 September 2007 | 15 April 2008 | First round | Round of 32 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 86 | 51 | +35 | 063.46 |
Source: 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 summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Villarreal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | IF Elfsborg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | |