2007–08 Racing de Santander season

During the 2007–08 Spanish football season, Racing de Santander competed in La Liga.

Racing de Santander
2007–08 season
ManagerSpain Marcelino
StadiumEl Sardinero
La Liga6th
Copa del ReySemi-finals
Top goalscorerMohamed Tchité (8)

Season summary

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Santander enjoyed the club's best season since 1934, finishing in sixth place and qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.

First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Fabio Coltorti
2 DF   URU Sergio Órteman
3 DF   ESP Oriol
4 DF   ARG Ezequiel Garay
5 MF   ESP Pablo Álvarez
6 MF   ARG Aldo Duscher
7 MF   ESP Jorge López
8 MF   ESP Gonzalo Colsa
9 FW   BDI Mohammed Tchité
10 FW   ESP Pedro Munitis
11 MF   ESP Óscar Serrano
12 FW   POL Ebi Smolarek
13 GK   ESP Toño
14 DF   ESP Pablo Pinillos
15 FW   ARG Brian Sarmiento
16 DF   ESP Sergio Sánchez
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   ESP Luis Fernández
18 MF   ESP Jordi López (on loan from Mallorca)
19 MF   PER Damián Ísmodes
21 DF   ESP Ayoze
22 DF   ESP José Moratón
23 MF   ESP Jonatan Valle
24 DF   ESP César Navas
25 GK   ESP Juan Catalayud
26 MF   ESP Luisma Villa
27 DF   ESP Aitor
28 MF   ESP Edu Bedia
29 DF   ESP Iván Marcano
30 GK   ESP Ángel Díaz
31 GK   ESP Mario Fernández
32 FW   ESP Iván Bolado

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   ESP Samuel (on loan to Las Palmas)
5 DF   ESP Christian (on loan to Las Palmas)
9 FW   ESP David Aganzo (to Deportivo Alavés)
19 MF   ESP Cristian Portilla (on loan to Racing Ferrol)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   USA Danny Szetela (on loan to Brescia)
28 MF   ESP Mario Ortíz (demoted to Racing de Santander B)
30 DF   BRA Fernando Abreu (to Atlético Madrid B)

Transfers

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Competitions

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La Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Atlético Madrid 38 19 7 12 66 47 +19 64[a] Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5 Sevilla 38 20 4 14 75 49 +26 64[a] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Racing Santander 38 17 9 12 42 41 +1 60
7 Mallorca 38 15 14 9 69 54 +15 59
8 Almería 38 14 10 14 42 45 −3 52[b]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
  2. ^ DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultDDWLLWWDWDDWWLWLLWWLDDLDWWWDWWLWLLWLDW
Position1313714171198898777666666666876575555555666
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. Source: Scoreboard
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa del Rey

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28 February Semi-finals first leg Getafe 3–1 Racing de Santander Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Madrid
De la Red   25'
Casquero   57'
Manu   83'
Smolarek   28'
19 March Semi-finals second leg Racing de Santander 1–1 Getafe Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
Munitis   7' Casquero   80'

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Racing Santander - 2007/08". Footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.