2008–09 La Liga

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La Liga
Season 2008–09
Champions Barcelona
19th title
Relegated Betis
Numancia
Recreativo
Champions League Barcelona (group stage)
Real Madrid (group stage)
Sevilla (group stage)
Atlético Madrid (playoff round)
Europa League Villarreal (playoff round)
Valencia (playoff round)
Athletic Bilbao (third qualifying round) (via Copa del Rey)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1101 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer Diego Forlán (32)
Biggest home win Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting
(24 September 2008)[1]
Barcelona 6–0 Valladolid
(8 November 2008)[2]
Barcelona 6–0 Málaga
(22 March 2009)[3]
Biggest away win Sporting 1–6 Barcelona
(21 September 2008)[4]
Highest scoring Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting
(24 September 2008)[1]
Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona
(2 May 2009)[5]
Deportivo 5–3 Racing
(8 March 2009)[6]
Villarreal 4–4 Atlético Madrid
(26 October 2008)[7]

The 2008–09 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment. Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won their 31st La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2007–08 season, and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball – the Nike T90 Omni – served as the official ball for all matches.

On 16 May 2009, after Villarreal's 3–2 victory over Real Madrid, Barcelona were declared champions, their 19th La Liga title, with three matches to play. Lionel Messi won Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano as the "Best Footballer" of La Liga.

Promotion and relegation

Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia and Levante UD were relegated to the 2008–09 Segunda División after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2007–08 La Liga. Zaragoza were relegated to the Segunda División after 5 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Spain, Levante returned in Segunda División after two-year tenured in La Liga, while Murcia made their immediate return to the second level.

The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2007–08 Segunda División sides. Champions CD Numancia, who terminated their second-level status after three years, runners-up Málaga CF, who returned to the top flight after two season in the second level and Sporting de Gijón returned to the highest Spanish league after 10 years.

Team information

Stadia and locations

Team Venue Capacity
Almería Estadio del Mediterráneo 22,000
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,851
Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132
Deportivo Riazor 34,600
Espanyol Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926
Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 16,300
Málaga La Rosaleda 35,530
Mallorca ONO Estadi 23,142
Numancia Los Pajaritos 9,700
Osasuna Estadio Reyno de Navarra 19,553
Racing Santander El Sardinero 22,400
Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Recreativo Nuevo Colombino 21,600
Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500
Sporting El Molinón 25,885
Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Valladolid Estadio José Zorrilla 26,512
Villarreal El Madrigal 23,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Almería Alfonso García Hugo Sánchez UDA Corredor de Vida / IsladelFraile.com
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Joaquín Caparrós 100% Athletic Petronor
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Abel Resino Nike Kia
Barcelona Joan Laporta Josep Guardiola Nike UNICEF (*)
Betis Pepe León José María Nogués Kappa Andalucía
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro Miguel Ángel Lotina Canterbury of New Zealand Estrella Galicia
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Mauricio Pochettino uhlsport Interapuestas.com
Getafe Ángel Torres Sánchez Míchel Joma Galco
Málaga Fernando Sanz Antonio Tapia Umbro Málaga
Mallorca Mateu Alemany Gregorio Manzano Reial Illes Balears / Viajes Iberia
Numancia Francisco Rubio Garcés Juan José Rojo Martín Errea Caja Duero
Osasuna Patxi Izco José Antonio Camacho Diadora Yingli Solar
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía López Muñiz Joma
Real Madrid Vicente Boluda Juande Ramos Adidas Bwin.com
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza Lucas Alcaraz Cejudo Cajasol
Sevilla José María del Nido Manolo Jiménez Joma 888.com
Sporting Manuel Vega-Arango Manolo Preciado Astore Gijón / Asturias
Valencia Vicente Soriano Unai Emery Nike Valencia Experience / Unibet / Compac Encimeras(†)
Valladolid Carlos Suárez Sureda José Luis Mendilibar Puma Caja Duero
Villarreal Fernando Roig Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló
  • (*) FC Barcelona had no shirt sponsor during the 2008–09 season. Instead, following the signing of a 5-year agreement with the humanitarian organisation UNICEF in 2006,[8] the club sported the UNICEF logo on the front of its jersey while making an annual donation to the organisation.
  • (†) on the back of the shirt

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Recreativo Manolo Zambrano Sacked 7 October 2008[9] Lucas Alcaraz 7 October 2008[10] 18th
Osasuna José Ángel Ziganda Sacked 13 October 2008[11] José Antonio Camacho 13 October 2008[12] 16th
Espanyol Tintín Márquez Sacked 30 November 2008[13] José Manuel Esnal 1 December 2008[14] 17th
Real Madrid Bernd Schuster Sacked 9 December 2008[15] Juande Ramos 9 December 2008[16] 5th
Almería Gonzalo Arconada Sacked 21 December 2008[17] Hugo Sánchez 22 December 2008[18] 16th
Espanyol José Manuel Esnal Sacked 20 January 2009[19] Mauricio Pochettino 20 January 2009[20] 18th
Atlético Madrid Javier Aguirre Sacked 2 February 2009[21] Abel Resino 2 February 2009[22] 7th
Numancia Sergije Krešić Sacked 17 February 2009[23] Juan José Rojo Martín 17 February 2009[24] 19th
Betis Paco Chaparro Sacked 6 April 2009[25] José María Nogués 6 April 2009[26] 16th
Getafe Víctor Muñoz Sacked 27 April 2009[27] Míchel 27 April 2009[28] 17th

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Barcelona (C) 38 27 6 5 105 35 +70 87 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 25 3 10 83 52 +31 78
3 Sevilla 38 21 7 10 54 39 +15 70
4 Atlético Madrid 38 20 7 11 80 57 +23 67 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Villarreal 38 18 11 9 61 54 +7 65 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Valencia 38 18 8 12 68 54 +14 62
7 Deportivo La Coruña 38 16 10 12 48 47 +1 58
8 Málaga 38 15 10 13 55 59 −4 55
9 Mallorca 38 14 9 15 53 60 −7 51
10 Espanyol 38 12 11 15 46 49 −3 47
11 Almería 38 13 7 18 45 61 −16 46 ALM 1–1 RAC
RAC 0–2 ALM
12 Racing Santander 38 12 10 16 49 48 +1 46
13 Athletic Bilbao 38 12 8 18 47 62 −15 44 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
14 Sporting de Gijón 38 14 1 23 47 79 −32 43
SPG: 12 pts
OSA: 2 pts → OSA 3–3 VLD
VLD: 2 pts → VLD 0–0 OSA
15 Osasuna 38 10 13 15 41 47 −6 43
16 Valladolid 38 12 7 19 46 58 −12 43
17 Getafe 38 10 12 16 50 56 −6 42 GET 0–0 BET
BET 2–2 GET
18 Betis (R) 38 10 12 16 51 58 −7 42 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Numancia (R) 38 10 5 23 38 69 −31 35
20 Recreativo (R) 38 8 9 21 34 57 −23 33

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1Since Barcelona, winners of the 2008–09 Copa del Rey, already qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Athletic Bilbao earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

La Liga 2008–09 Winners
Barcelona
19th Title

Positions by round

Team \ 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
Barcelona 15 15 9 6 5 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Real Madrid 13 8 6 3 3 5 5 3 3 4 4 2 4 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sevilla 10 4 7 5 4 3 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Atlético Madrid 1 7 5 4 7 7 8 10 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 3 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 7 5 7 5 5 6 6 5 7 6 5 5 4 4 4
Villarreal 9 6 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 7 6 5 5
Valencia 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6
Deportivo La Coruña 4 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 9 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 7
Málaga 20 19 19 19 17 12 7 6 8 9 11 11 9 11 10 9 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 7 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
Mallorca 19 18 18 13 9 11 12 8 13 11 15 15 15 17 18 17 19 19 19 18 20 20 18 18 16 17 16 12 15 12 12 10 9 9 10 9 9 9
Espanyol 6 1 4 8 10 9 10 11 10 12 16 16 17 18 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 18 16 14 14 14 12 10
Almería 3 3 2 7 6 6 6 9 11 13 8 12 14 14 15 16 14 14 15 13 14 15 13 13 10 10 12 13 11 16 11 14 11 10 9 10 10 11
Racing Santander 11 14 17 18 19 14 14 17 15 10 14 10 13 13 13 14 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 10 10 10 10 13 11 13 13 13 12 11 12
Athletic Bilbao 18 17 10 10 12 15 17 19 19 19 18 18 16 16 14 12 13 11 9 10 9 10 9 9 11 11 13 15 12 15 16 13 11 11 11 11 13 13
Sporting de Gijón 14 20 20 20 20 19 15 13 12 14 9 13 10 12 12 11 12 9 11 14 12 12 14 14 17 13 11 11 13 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 14
Osasuna 12 13 15 15 14 16 19 20 20 20 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 14 11 14 15 15 16 17 18 18 15
Valladolid 17 11 13 9 11 13 13 15 14 16 13 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 12 12 11 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 12 12 13 14 16
Getafe 5 5 8 11 8 8 9 7 7 8 12 14 12 10 9 10 10 13 14 11 13 13 12 12 14 15 17 14 17 14 15 16 17 17 15 16 15 17
Betis 16 16 16 17 18 20 16 14 16 15 10 8 11 9 11 13 15 16 13 16 16 14 15 16 15 16 15 17 16 13 10 12 14 15 16 15 16 18
Numancia 8 9 12 16 15 17 20 16 17 18 17 17 18 15 16 15 16 15 17 17 17 18 19 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
Recreativo 7 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 17 19 20 20 19 19 19 17 17 16 15 15 16 16 15 13 14 14 16 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20

Source: kicker.de (German)

Leader
2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2009–10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2009–10 Segunda División

Results

Home ╲ Away ALM ATH ATM BAR BET DEP ESP GET MLG MLL NUM OSA RAC RMA REC SEV SPG VAL VLD VIL
Almería 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 3–0
Athletic Bilbao 1–3 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–5 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–4
Atlético Madrid 3–0 2–3 4–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–4 4–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–2
Barcelona 5–0 2–0 6–1 3–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 6–0 3–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 4–0 6–0 3–3
Betis 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–3 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–2
Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–3 2–1 4–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 3–0
Espanyol 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 3–4 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0
Getafe 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 5–1 0–3 1–0 1–2
Málaga 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2
Mallorca 2–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–3
Numancia 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–4 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 4–3 1–2
Osasuna 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 1–0 5–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–1
Racing Santander 0–2 1–1 5–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1
Real Madrid 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–6 6–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 4–3 1–3 4–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–4 7–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Recreativo 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–4 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–2
Sevilla 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–0 4–3 0–0 4–1 1–0
Sporting de Gijón 1–0 1–1 2–5 1–6 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–4 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–1
Valencia 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–4 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 3–3
Valladolid 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–0
Villarreal 2–1 2–0 4–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–3

Source: LFP (Spanish)
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 32
2 Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 30
3 David Villa Valencia 28
4 Lionel Messi Barcelona 23
5 Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid 22
6 Álvaro Negredo Almería 19
Thierry Henry Barcelona 19
8 Raúl González Real Madrid 18
Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla 18
10 Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid 17
11 Joseba Llorente Villarreal 15
12 3 players 13
15 3 players 12
18 4 players 11
22 3 players 10
25 5 players 9
30 9 players 8
39 8 players 7
47 11 players 6
58 23 players 5
81 17 players 4
98 29 players 3
127 42 players 2
169 96 players 1
Own goals 22
Total goals 1101
Total games 380
Average per game 2.9

Source: Yahoo! Sport

Zamora Trophy

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

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
Víctor Valdés
31
35
0.89
Barcelona
Andrés Palop
35
35
1
Sevilla
Daniel Aranzubia
45
37
1.22
Deportivo
Toño Martínez
41
33
1.24
Racing Santander
Carlos Kameni
47
37
1.27
Espanyol
Iker Casillas
52
38
1.37
Real Madrid
Diego López
54
38
1.42
Villarreal
Asier Riesgo
57
38
1.5
Recreativo
Leo Franco
48
32
1.5
Atlético Madrid
Gorka Iraizoz
60
36
1.67
Athletic Bilbao

Source: LFP

Assists table

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Xavi Barcelona 20
2 Juan Mata Valencia 13
3 Duda Málaga 11
Lionel Messi Barcelona 11
5 Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 10
Pedro Munitis Racing Santander 10
7 Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid 9
Fernando Gago Real Madrid 9
José Jurado Mallorca 9
Juan Arango Mallorca 9
Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid 9
Jesús Navas Sevilla 9
Robert Pirès Villarreal 9
Daniel Alves Barcelona 9

Fair Play award

Rank Club Points
1 Barcelona 98
2 Deportivo 102
3 Villarreal 110
4 Recreativo 113
5 Valladolid 114
6 Numancia 131
Valencia 131
8 Almería 132
9 Getafe 133
10 Espanyol 134
11 Mallorca 135
12 Atlético Madrid 136
Sevilla 136
14 Málaga 139
15 Osasuna 148
Real Madrid 148
17 Athletic Bilbao 149
18 Racing Santander 164
19 Betis 165
20 Sporting de Gijón 183
  • Source: 2008–09 Fair Play Rankings Season.[29]

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Overall

Home

Away

Clean sheets

See also

References

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