The 2007–08 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 85th season in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.
2007–08 season | |||
---|---|---|---|
President | Fernando Roig | ||
Head coach | Manuel Pellegrini | ||
Stadium | El Madrigal | ||
La Liga | 2nd | ||
Copa del Rey | Quarter-finals | ||
UEFA Cup | Round of 32 | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Nihat Kahveci (18)[1] All: Nihat Kahveci (21)[1] | ||
Season summary
Villarreal enjoyed the best season in their history, finishing as runners-up.
Players
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
---|---|---|---|
15 | FW | ![]() | Nihat Kahveci |
17 | DF | ![]() | Javi Venta |
18 | MF | ![]() | Ángel |
19 | MF | ![]() | Marcos Senna[notes 3] |
20 | DF | ![]() | Fabricio Fuentes |
21 | MF | ![]() | Bruno |
22 | FW | ![]() | Giuseppe Rossi[notes 4] |
23 | MF | ![]() | Sebastián Eguren (on loan from Hammarby) |
26 | GK | ![]() | Juan Carlos |
27 | DF | ![]() | Alberto de la Bella |
28 | DF | ![]() | Kiko |
38 | DF | ![]() | Rocha |
44 | MF | ![]() | Feliciano Condesso |
45 | FW | ![]() | Rubén |
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
---|---|---|---|
24 | MF | ![]() | Rio Mavuba[notes 5] (on loan to Lille) |
30 | FW | ![]() | Xisco Nadal (to Granada) |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
La Liga | 31 August 2007 | 30 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 63.16 |
Copa del Rey | 29 October 2007 | 12 November 2008 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 50.00 |
UEFA Cup | 17 September 2007 | 15 April 2008 | First round | Round of 32 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 75.00 |
Total | 52 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 86 | 51 | +35 | 63.46 |
Source: Competitions
La Liga
League table
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 the Champions 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 the Champions 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 the UEFA Cup first round |
Source: LFP
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 77 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 25 | +5 |
Source: La Liga
Results by round
Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
2 September 2007 2 | Villarreal | 0–5 | Real Madrid | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
16 September 2007 3 | Mallorca | 0–1 | Villarreal | Palma |
Stadium: Ono Estadi |
23 September 2007 4 | Villarreal | 2–0 | Murcia | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
26 September 2007 5 | Racing Santander | 0–2 | Villarreal | Santander |
Stadium: El Sardinero |
30 September 2007 6 | Villarreal | 1–0 | Athletic Bilbao | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
20 October 2007 8 | Villarreal | 3–1 | Barcelona | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
28 October 2007 9 | Zaragoza | 4–1 | Villarreal | Zaragoza |
Stadium: La Romareda |
31 October 2007 10 | Villarreal | 3–0 | Levante | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
4 November 2007 11 | Atlético Madrid | 3–4 | Villarreal | Madrid |
Stadium: Vicente Calderón |
11 November 2007 12 | Villarreal | 3–2 | Sevilla | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
25 November 2007 13 | Villarreal | 1–1 | Almería | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
2 December 2007 14 | Valladolid | 2–0 | Villarreal | Valladolid |
Stadium: José Zorrilla |
9 December 2007 15 | Villarreal | 0–1 | Real Betis | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
16 December 2007 16 | Getafe | 1–3 | Villarreal | Getafe |
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez |
23 December 2007 17 | Villarreal | 1–1 | Recreativo | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
5 January 2008 18 | Espanyol | 3–0 | Villarreal | Barcelona |
Stadium: Olímpic Lluís Companys |
13 January 2008 19 | Villarreal | 4–3 | Deportivo La Coruña | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
19 January 2008 20 | Villarreal | 3–0 | Valencia | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
27 January 2008 21 | Real Madrid | 3–2 | Villarreal | Madrid |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu |
3 February 2008 22 | Villarreal | 1–1 | Mallorca | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
9 February 2008 23 | Murcia | 0–1 | Villarreal | Murcia |
Stadium: Nueva Condomina |
17 February 2008 24 | Villarreal | 0–0 | Racing Santander | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
24 February 2008 25 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–2 | Villarreal | Bilbao |
Stadium: San Mamés |
2 March 2008 26 | Villarreal | 0–0 | Osasuna | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
16 March 2008 28 | Villarreal | 2–0 | Zaragoza | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
23 March 2008 29 | Levante | 1–2 | Villarreal | Valencia |
Stadium: Ciutat de València |
29 March 2008 30 | Villarreal | 3–0 | Atlético Madrid | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
6 April 2008 31 | Sevilla | 2–0 | Villarreal | Seville |
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
13 April 2008 32 | Almería | 1–0 | Villarreal | Almería |
Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos |
20 April 2008 33 | Villarreal | 2–0 | Valladolid | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
27 April 2008 34 | Real Betis | 0–1 | Villarreal | Seville |
Stadium: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera |
4 May 2008 35 | Villarreal | 2–0 | Getafe | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
7 May 2008 36 | Recreativo | 0–2 | Villarreal | Huelva |
Stadium: Nuevo Colombino |
11 May 2008 37 | Villarreal | 2–0 | Espanyol | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
18 May 2008 38 | Deportivo La Coruña | 0–2 | Villarreal | A Coruña |
Stadium: Riazor |
Copa del Rey
Round of 32
14 November 2007 First leg | Las Palmas | 2–4 | Villarreal | Las Palmas |
Stadium: Gran Canaria |
2 January 2008 Second leg | Villarreal | 2–1 (6–3 agg.) | Las Palmas | Villarreal |
Stadium: El Madrigal |
Round of 16
9 January 2008 First leg | Recreativo | 1–0 | Villarreal | Huelva |
20:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez |
16 January 2008 Second leg | Villarreal | 2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.) | Recreativo | Villarreal |
20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco |
Quarter-finals
24 January 2008 First leg | Villarreal | 0–0 | Barcelona | Villarreal |
22:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa |
31 January 2008 Second leg | Barcelona | 1–0 (1–0 agg.) | Villarreal | Barcelona |
22:00 CET (UTC+1) | Henry ![]() | Report | Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González |
UEFA Cup
First round
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20 September 2007 First leg | Villarreal ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Villarreal, Spain |
| Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
4 October 2007 Second leg | BATE Borisov ![]() | 0–2 (1–6 agg.) | ![]() | Minsk, Belarus |
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Brade Sandmoen (Norway) |
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
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25 October 2007 1 | Villarreal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Villarreal, Spain |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
8 November 2007 2 | Mladá Boleslav ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Městský Stadion Attendance: 4,082 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
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5 December 2007 3 | Villarreal ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Villarreal, Spain |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
20 December 2007 4 | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Athens, Greece |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,380 Referee: Gerald Lehner (Austria) |
Knockout phase
Round of 32
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13 February 2008 First leg | Zenit Saint Petersburg ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
21 February 2008 Second leg | Villarreal ![]() | 2–1 (2–2 (a) agg.) | ![]() | Villarreal, Spain |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria) |
Notes and references
Notes
References
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