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, and the season ended on 15 June 2008. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad, and Gimnàstic de Tarragona were the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Racing de Ferrol, Eibar, Sevilla Atlético, and Córdoba were the teams which were promoted from Segunda División B the previous season.

Segunda División
Season2007–08
ChampionsNumancia
PromotedMálaga
Sporting Gijón
Numancia
RelegatedRacing Ferrol
Cádiz
Granada 74
Polideportivo Ejido
Matches played462
Goals scored1,080 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerYordi (Xerez)
20 goals

The first goal of the season was scored by Joseba del Olmo, who scored an 18th-minute goal for Eibar against Racing de Ferrol in the early kick-off. The first red card of the competition was given to Miguel Cobas of Las Palmas after a challenge on Numancia's Gorka Brit. The first hat-trick was scored by Yordi in the match between Xerez and Hércules.

Teams edit

It was made up of the following teams:

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
AlavésVitoria-GasteizMendizorrotza19,840
AlbaceteAlbaceteCarlos Belmonte17,500
CádizCádizRamón de Carranza15,000
CastellónCastellónNou Estadi Castàlia14,485
Celta VigoVigoBalaídos31,800
CórdobaCórdobaNuevo Arcángel18,280
EibarEibarIpurua6,267
ElcheElcheMartínez Valero36,017
GimnàsticTarragonaNou Estadi14,500
Granada 74GranadaEscribano Castilla5,400
HérculesAlicanteJosé Rico Pérez29,500
Las PalmasLas Palmas de Gran CanariaGran Canaria31,250
MálagaMálagaLa Rosaleda28,963
NumanciaSoriaNuevo Los Pajaritos9,800
Polideportivo EjidoEl EjidoSanto Domingo7,870
Racing de FerrolFerrolA Malata12,024
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAnoeta39,500
SalamancaSalamancaEl Helmántico17,341
Sevilla AtléticoSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán42,714
Sporting de Gijón GijónEl Molinón25,885
TenerifeSanta Cruz de TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López22,824
XerezJerez de la FronteraChapín20,523

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Numancia (C, P)42221195938+2177Promotion to La Liga
2Málaga (P)422012105842+1672[a]
3Sporting Gijón (P)422012106140+2172[a]
4Real Sociedad421814105539+1668
5Castellón421613134237+561
6Hércules421416126655+1158
7Salamanca421318115244+857[b]
8Las Palmas421512155155−457[b]
9Sevilla Atlético421414144348−556
10Elche421412164450−654
11Tenerife421217135157−653
12Albacete421313163740−352[c]
13Eibar421410184251−952[c]
14Gimnàstic de Tarragona421216144951−252[c]
15Xerez421216144756−952[c]
16Celta de Vigo421313165655+152[c]
17Alavés421215154147−651
18Córdoba421117145056−650[d]
19Racing Ferrol (R)421214164651−550[d]Relegation to Segunda División B
20Cádiz (R)421213174047−749
21Granada 74 (R)421015174559−1445
22Poli Ejido (R)421111203754−1744
Source: LFP - Liga Adelante
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b SPG 0–1 MÁL; MÁL 3–2 SPG
  2. ^ a b LPA 1–2 SAL; SAL 2–2 LPA
  3. ^ a b c d e ALB: 15 pts; EIB: 14 pts; GIM: 10 pts; XER: 8 pts; CEL: 5 pts
  4. ^ a b RFE 0–1 CÓR; CÓR 1–0 RFE

Results edit

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Alavés0–01–10–02–30–21–02–01–12–22–13–10–11–12–11–03–20–01–00–00–00–0
Albacete0–30–12–01–10–11–00–10–03–21–13–12–11–42–01–21–22–11–01–20–01–0
Cádiz2–02–11–13–10–11–21–10–22–01–20–00–10–02–03–12–21–00–00–10–02–1
Castellón2–00–22–02–11–10–01–03–12–10–01–12–30–01–01–01–01–00–01–01–11–0
Celta Vigo2–30–15–21–21–10–12–21–14–11–02–01–22–22–11–11–10–02–10–02–23–1
Córdoba0–11–12–22–10–20–11–12–20–03–30–12–13–21–11–01–31–12–12–22–22–1
Eibar2–01–01–01–22–12–12–12–02–00–32–21–11–01–01–30–12–20–10–34–00–0
Elche2–21–11–01–02–03–21–12–00–00–21–42–01–12–10–10–00–32–03–13–12–4
Gimnàstic2–00–20–11–02–12–22–11–23–22–22–01–11–24–10–01–11–21–02–01–11–1
Granada 742–21–02–11–11–10–21–00–01–02–30–30–01–11–03–31–20–01–11–04–11–1
Hércules1–12–01–11–00–12–15–10–13–00–01–21–11–31–21–01–12–21–22–32–12–2
Las Palmas2–12–12–01–11–03–11–01–01–00–10–01–21–22–12–22–31–20–12–21–10–0
Málaga1–00–00–03–11–14–11–02–01–21–14–62–00–11–14–20–23–03–03–22–11–0
Numancia0–01–00–12–21–22–11–10–11–00–22–13–02–12–21–02–11–00–10–24–22–1
Polideportivo Ejido1–00–01–01–00–11–01–02–01–11–00–03–12–31–21–30–11–12–01–11–10–0
Racing de Ferrol1–11–12–11–02–10–11–11–00–21–31–13–10–01–32–00–00–21–12–20–01–2
Real Sociedad1–01–00–00–21–11–11–12–10–03–12–14–02–00–10–11–21–12–00–12–14–2
Salamanca2–30–11–11–03–11–11–03–11–13–11–12–20–00–14–12–13–20–11–11–02–2
Sevilla Atlético1–00–01–22–22–12–12–02–12–04–23–40–00–11–12–22–10–02–11–31–11–1
Sporting Gijón3–21–04–20–20–12–12–01–13–32–11–10–10–11–04–00–01–00–04–10–12–0
Tenerife1–02–22–02–13–20–04–21–12–12–00–12–21–10–22–12–11–22–11–10–23–1
Xerez3–01–12–12–11–00–03–31–02–22–14–30–31–00–31–00–21–11–10–00–22–1
Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy edit

GoalscorersGoalsPenaltiesTeam
Yordi208Xerez
Nino191Tenerife
José Juan Luque1710Granada 74
Iñigo Díaz de Cerio160Real Sociedad
Jesús Perera150Celta Vigo
Marcos Márquez154Las Palmas
Antonio Hidalgo143Málaga
Asier Goiria145Eibar
David Rodríguez142Salamanca
Quique Martín144Salamanca

Zamora Trophy edit

GoalkeeperGoalsMatchesAverageTeam
Carlos Sánchez27330.82Castellón
Jacobo29320.91Numancia
Asier Riesgo39420.93Real Sociedad
Roberto39410.95Sporting Gijón
Iñaki Goitia41401.03Málaga
Pedro Contreras37361.03Cádiz
Willy Caballero41381.08Elche
Bernardo42381.11Alavés
Javi Varas46411.12Sevilla Atlético
Juan Pablo33291.14Tenerife

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Cards edit