| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 August 2007 – 18 May 2008 |
| Champions | Real Madrid 31st title |
| Relegated | Zaragoza Murcia Levante |
| Champions League | Real Madrid Villarreal Barcelona Atlético Madrid |
| UEFA Cup | Sevilla Racing Santander Valencia (asCopa del Rey winners) |
| Intertoto Cup | Deportivo La Coruña |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,021 (2.69 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dani Güiza (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Real Madrid 7–0Valladolid (10 February 2008)[1] |
| Biggest away win | Villarreal 0–5Real Madrid (2 September 2007)[2] |
| Highest scoring | Atlético Madrid 6–3Almería (6 April 2008)[3] |
2008–09 → | |
The2007–08La Liga season was the 77th since its establishment. It began on 25 August 2007, and concluded on 18 May 2008.
Real Madrid secured a second consecutive La Liga title following a 2–1 victory overOsasuna on 4 May 2008. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the impendingUEFA Euro 2008 tournament. It also was the first year of the new La Liga television agreement, which sawLa Sexta mark its first year of television broadcasting.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from theSegunda División. The promoted teams wereValladolid,Almería, andMurcia. Both Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after a three-year absence while UD Almería were promoted for the first time. However, since AD Almería played in the1980–81 La Liga, the city of Almería returned to the top fight after an absence of twenty six years. They replacedCelta de Vigo,Real Sociedad andGimnàstic, ending their top flight spells of two, forty and one year respectively.
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
| Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
| Espanyol | Lluís Companys | 55,926 |
| Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
| Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
| Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
| Sevilla | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
| Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
| Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
| Murcia* | Nueva Condomina | 33,045 |
| Valladolid* | José Zorrilla | 26,512 |
| Levante | Ciutat de València | 25,354 |
| Mallorca | ONO Estadi | 23,142 |
| Villarreal | El Madrigal | 23,000 |
| Racing Santander | El Sardinero | 22,400 |
| Recreativo | Nuevo Colombino | 21,600 |
| Osasuna | Estadio Reyno de Navarra | 19,553 |
| Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 16,300 |
| Almería* | Estadio del Mediterráneo | 15,000 |
(*) Promoted fromSegunda División.
| Pos | Team | 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 theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Villarreal | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 77 | |
| 3 | Barcelona | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 67 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 64[a] | |
| 5 | Sevilla | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 75 | 49 | +26 | 64[a] | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Racing Santander | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 60 | |
| 7 | Mallorca | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 59 | |
| 8 | Almería | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 52[b] | |
| 9 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 52[b] | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup third round |
| 10 | Valencia | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 51 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round[c] |
| 11 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 50 | |
| 12 | Espanyol | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 48 | |
| 13 | Real Betis | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47[d] | |
| 14 | Getafe | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47[d] | |
| 15 | Valladolid | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 45 | |
| 16 | Recreativo Huelva | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 44 | |
| 17 | Osasuna | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 43 | |
| 18 | Zaragoza(R) | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 42 | Relegation to theSegunda División |
| 19 | Murcia(R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 30 | |
| 20 | Levante(R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 75 | −42 | 26 |
| La Liga 2007–08 winners |
|---|
| Real Madrid 31st title |
| Home \ Away | ALM | ATH | ATM | FCB | BET | RCD | ESP | GET | LEV | MLL | MUR | OSA | RAC | RMA | REC | SFC | VCF | VLD | VIL | ZAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almería | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Athletic Bilbao | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Atlético Madrid | 6–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–0 | |
| Barcelona | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |
| Betis | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Espanyol | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Getafe | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Levante | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Mallorca | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
| Murcia | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Osasuna | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Racing Santander | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Real Madrid | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Recreativo | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Sevilla | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| Valencia | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |
| Valladolid | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Villarreal | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Zaragoza | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 |
ThePichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
TheRicardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 32 | 36 | 0.89 | |
| 2 | Barcelona | 35 | 35 | 1 | |
| 3 | Racing Santander | 31 | 30 | 1.03 | |
| 4 | Osasuna | 38 | 36 | 1.06 | |
| 5 | Mallorca | 34 | 29 | 1.17 | |
| 6 | Getafe | 42 | 34 | 1.24 | |
| 7 | Espanyol | 38 | 29 | 1.31 | |
| 8 | Sevilla | 41 | 30 | 1.37 | |
| 9 | Recreativo Huelva | 60 | 38 | 1.58 | |
| 10 | Zaragoza | 56 | 35 | 1.6 |
| Rank | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 89 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 92 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 93 |
| 4 | Valladolid | 99 |
| 5 | Racing Santander | 107 |
| 6 | Real Madrid | 109 |
| 7 | Getafe | 117 |
| 8 | Levante | 123 |
| Mallorca | ||
| Valencia | ||
| 11 | Espanyol | 127 |
| 12 | Zaragoza | 129 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 140 |
| 14 | Almería | 141 |
| 15 | Osasuna | 143 |
| 16 | Atlético Madrid | 157 |
| 17 | Recreativo Huelva | 158 |
| 18 | Murcia | 159 |
| 19 | Athletic Bilbao | 160 |
| 20 | Real Betis | 178 |