# 2007–08 Racing de Santander season

During the 2007–08 Spanish football season, Racing de Santander competed in La Liga.

## Season summary

Santander enjoyed the club's best season since 1934, finishing in sixth place and qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.

## 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 | SUI | Fabio Coltorti |
| 2 | DF | URU | Sergio Órteman |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Oriol |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Pablo Álvarez |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Aldo Duscher |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Jorge López |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Gonzalo Colsa |
| 9 | FW | BDI | Mohammed Tchité |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Pedro Munitis |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Óscar Serrano |
| 12 | FW | POL | Ebi Smolarek |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Toño |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Pablo Pinillos |
| 15 | FW | ARG | Brian Sarmiento |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Luis Fernández |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Jordi López (on loan from Mallorca) |
| 19 | MF | PER | Damián Ísmodes |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Ayoze |
| 22 | DF | ESP | José Moratón |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jonatan Valle |
| 24 | DF | ESP | César Navas |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Juan Catalayud |
| 26 | MF | ESP | Luisma Villa |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Aitor |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Edu Bedia |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Iván Marcano |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Ángel Díaz |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Mario Fernández |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Iván Bolado |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Samuel (on loan to Las Palmas) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Christian (on loan to Las Palmas) |
| 9 | FW | ESP | David Aganzo (to Deportivo Alavés) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Cristian Portilla (on loan to Racing Ferrol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | USA | Danny Szetela (on loan to Brescia) |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Mario Ortíz (demoted to Racing de Santander B) |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Fernando Abreu (to Atlético Madrid B) |

## Transfers
### In

* Ebi Smolarek - Borussia Dortmund, 24 August, €4,800,000
* Fabio Coltorti - Grasshoppers, 31 August, €1,000,000
* Aldo Duscher - Deportivo, July, free
* Brian Sarmiento - Estudiantes, July
* Jorge López - Valencia, free

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
* 1 2 ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
* ↑ DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 13 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |