2008–09 La Liga

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]
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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 received the inaugural LFP Award for Best Player from the Liga de Fútbol Profesional.

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

Almería

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Deportivo

Espanyol

Getafe

Málaga

Mallorca

Numancia

Osasuna

Racing    

Real Madrid

Recreativo

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Location of teams in La Liga 2008–09

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	Míchel	Joma	Galco
Málaga	Fernando Sanz	Antonio Tapia	Umbro	Málaga
Mallorca	Mateu Alemany	Gregorio Manzano	Reial	Illes Balears / Viajes Iberia
Numancia	Francisco 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 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)
1 ^{^} 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

LFP Awards

For the first time in La Liga's history, its governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the LFP Awards.^[29]

	Recipient
Best Player	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Coach	Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper	Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Best Defender	Dani Alves (Barcelona)
Best Midfielder(s)	Xavi (Barcelona) Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Best Forward	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

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

Source: Yahoo! Sport

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Rank	Name	Club	Goals Against	Matches	Average
1	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	31	35	0.89
2	Andrés Palop	Sevilla	35	35	1.00
3	Daniel Aranzubia	Deportivo	45	37	1.22
4	Toño Martínez	Racing Santander	41	33	1.24
5	Carlos Kameni	Espanyol	47	37	1.27

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

• Source: ESPN Soccernet

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.^[30]

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Luis García for Espanyol against Valladolid (30 August 2008)^[31]
• Last goal of the season:
  Ricardo Oliveira for Real Betis against Valladolid (31 May 2009)^[32]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Reference
Mate Bilić	Sporting Gijón	Sevilla	3–4 (A)	13 September 2008
Rafael van der Vaart	Real Madrid	Sporting Gijón	7–1 (H)	24 September 2008
Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	Almería	5–0 (H)	25 October 2008
Mohamed Tchité	Racing Santander	Valencia	4–2 (A)	1 November 2008
Gonzalo Higuaín^4	Real Madrid	Málaga	4–3 (H)	8 November 2008
Samuel Eto'o^4	Barcelona	Valladolid	6–0 (H)	8 November 2008
Thierry Henry	Barcelona	Valencia	4–0 (H)	9 December 2008
Roberto Soldado	Getafe	Sporting Gijón	5–1 (H)	25 January 2009
Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla	Valladolid	4–1 (H)	21 March 2009
Raúl González	Real Madrid	Sevilla	4–2 (A)	26 April 2009
Diego Forlán	Atlético Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	4–1 (A)	23 May 2009
Raúl Tamudo	Espanyol	Málaga	3–0 (H)	31 May 2009

⁴ Player scored four goals(H) - Home ; (A) - Away

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Grégory Béranger for Espanyol against Valladolid (30 August 2008)
• First red card of the season: Diego Godín for Villarreal against Osasuna (31 August 2008)

See also

• List of Spanish football transfers summer 2008
• List of Spanish football transfers winter 2008–09
• 2008–09 Segunda División
• 2008–09 Copa del Rey

References

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5. "Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona". RFEF. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
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31. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=6231
32. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpJornada?cod_primaria=1000144&CodCategoria=100&CodTemporada=105&CodJornada=38

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