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The 2007–08
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season, the 77th since its establishment, started on 25 August 2007 and finished on 18 May 2008. Real Madrid defended their La Liga title successfully after a 2–1 victory over
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. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the
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championship. It also was the first year of the new
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television agreement that had
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mark its first year of television broadcasting.


Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were
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,
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and
Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...
. Valladolid and Murcia returned to the top flight after an absence of three years while UD Almería were promoted for the first time. However, since AD Almería played in the
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, the city of Almería returned to the top fight after an absence of twenty six years. They replaced
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, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic, ending their top flight spells of two, forty and one year respectively.


Team information


Stadia and locations

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.


League table


Results


Awards


Pichichi Trophy

The
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is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.


Zamora Trophy

The
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is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.


Fair Play award

* Source: 2007–08 Fair Play Rankings Season.


Pedro Zaballa award

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supporters


Season statistics


Scoring

* First goal of the season:
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for Atlético Madrid against Real Madrid (25 August 2007) * Fastest goal in a match: 7 seconds –
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for
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against
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(20 January 2008) * Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes **
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against Recreativo (2 September 2007) **
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for
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against Recreativo (23 March 2008) **
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for
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against Deportivo (3 May 2008) * Widest winning margin: 7 – Real Madrid 7–0
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(10 February 2008) * Most goals in a match: 9 – Atlético Madrid 6–3
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(6 April 2008) * First own goal of the season:
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against
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(25 September 2007) * First hat-trick of the season: **
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against Levante (29 September 2007) * Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals * Hat-tricks of the season: **
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against Levante (29 September 2007) **
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for Levante against
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(4 November 2007) **
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for
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against Recreativo (13 January 2008) **
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for
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against Levante (24 February 2008) **
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for Mallorca against Recreativo (9 March 2008) ** Xisco for Deportivo against
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(30 March 2008) **
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for Mallorca against
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(20 April 2008) **
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for
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against Levante (11 May 2008) **
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against
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(17 May 2008) * Most goals by one team in a match: 7 Goals ** Real Madrid 7–0
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(10 February 2008) ** Mallorca 7–1 Recreativo (9 March 2008) * Most goals in one half by one team: 5 ** Real Madrid 7–0
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(10 February 2008) ** Mallorca 7–1 Recreativo (9 March 2008) * Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals ** Atlético Madrid 4–3
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(31 October 2007) ** Atlético Madrid 3–4
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(4 November 2007) ** Real Madrid 4–3 Mallorca (11 November 2007) ** Atlético Madrid 4–3
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(25 November 2007) ** Levante 4–3 Betis (25 November 2007) **
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4–3 Deportivo (13 January 2008) ** Atlético Madrid 6–3
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(6 April 2008) **
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3–5
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(17 May 2008)


Cards

* First yellow card: '' Luis Perea for Atlético Madrid against Real Madrid (25 August 2007)'' * First red card: '' David Cortés for
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against
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(25 August 2007)''


Average home attendance

* Highest average home attendance: 76,234 ( Real Madrid) * Lowest average home attendance: 10,658 (
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)


Clean sheets

* Most clean sheets –
Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...
(17) * Fewest clean sheets – Levante (4)


Overall

* Most wins – Real Madrid (27) * Fewest wins –
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and Levante (7) * Most draws – Mallorca (14) * Fewest draws – Real Madrid and
Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
(4) * Most losses – Levante (26) * Fewest losses – Real Madrid (7) * Most goals scored – Real Madrid (84) * Fewest goals scored – Levante (33) * Most goals conceded – Levante (75) * Fewest goals conceded – Real Madrid (36)


Home

* Most wins – Real Madrid (17) * Fewest wins – Levante (5) * Most draws –
Valladolid Valladolid () is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 peop ...
(9) * Fewest draws – Real Madrid (0) * Most losses – Levante (10) * Fewest losses – Real Madrid and
Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...
(2) * Most goals scored – Real Madrid (53) * Fewest goals scored –
Almería Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city g ...
(18) * Most goals conceded – Levante (34) * Fewest goals conceded –
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
(12)


Away

* Most wins –
Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...
(12) * Fewest wins –
Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...
and
Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
(1) * Most draws – Mallorca and
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
(8) * Fewest draws –
Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...
(0) * Most losses – Levante (16) * Fewest losses – Real Madrid and Mallorca (5) * Most goals scored – Mallorca (34) * Fewest goals scored – Levante (11) * Most goals conceded – Levante (41) * Fewest goals conceded – Real Madrid (18)


See also

* List of transfers of La Liga – 2007–08 season *
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, a ...
*
2007–08 Copa del Rey The 2007–08 Copa del Rey was the 106th staging of the Copa del Rey. The competition started on 29 August 2007 and concluded on 16 April 2008 with the final, held at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, in which Valencia lifted the trophy f ...
*
Antonio Puerta Antonio José Puerta Pérez (; 26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007) was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla. Mainly a left midfielder who could also operate as an attacking left-back, he died on 28 August 2007 affec ...


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