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2008–09 La Liga

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 concluded 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. A new match ball – the Nike T90 Omni – served as the official ball for all matches.

La Liga
Season2008–09
Dates30 August 2008 – 31 May 2009
ChampionsBarcelona
19th title
RelegatedReal Betis
Numancia
Recreativo Huelva
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Sevilla
Atlético Madrid
Europa LeagueVillarreal
Valencia
Athletic Bilbao (as Copa del Rey runners-up)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,101 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerDiego Forlán
(32 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 7–1 Sporting Gijón
(24 September 2008)[1]
Barcelona 6–0 Valladolid
(8 November 2008)[2]
Barcelona 6–0 Málaga
(22 March 2009)[3]
Biggest away winSporting Gijón 1–6 Barcelona
(21 September 2008)[4]
Highest scoringReal Madrid 7–1 Sporting Gijón
(24 September 2008)[1]
Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona
(2 May 2009)[5]
Deportivo La Coruña 5–3 Racing Santander
(8 March 2009)[6]
Villarreal 4–4 Atlético Madrid
(26 October 2008)[7]

On 16 May 2009, following Villarreal's 3–2 victory over Real Madrid, Barcelona were declared champions, winning their 19th La Liga title, with three matches to play. Barcelona's Lionel Messi received the inaugural La Liga Award for Best Player from the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional.

Promotion and relegation

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Real Zaragoza, Real Murcia and Levante 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 five seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Spain; Levante returned in Segunda División after two-year tenured in La Liga; and Murcia made their immediate return to the second level.

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

Team information

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Stadia and locations

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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

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Almería Alfonso García   Hugo Sánchez UDA Obrascampo/isladelfraile.com/Corredor de Vida Andalucía None None
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García   Joaquín Caparrós 100% Athletic Petronor None None None
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo   Abel Resino Nike Kia Kyocera None Paf
Barcelona Joan Laporta   Pep Guardiola Nike UNICEF None TV3 None
Betis Pepe León   José María Nogués Kappa Andalucía None None None
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro   Miguel Ángel Lotina Canterbury of New Zealand Estrella Galicia None None None
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre   Mauricio Pochettino uhlsport Interapuestas.com Trina Solar TV3 Abasol
Getafe Ángel Torres   Míchel Joma Grupo Galco Thecam SDS Seguridad EADS CASA, Antonio y Ricardo
Málaga Fernando Sanz   Antonio Tapia Umbro Málaga Ciudad Genial Andalucía Tesesa Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón, Málaga Hoy
Mallorca Mateu Alemany   Gregorio Manzano Reial Illes Balears/Viajes Iberia Construcciones Llabrés Feliu IB3 Illes Balears
Numancia Francisco Garcés   Juan José Rojo Martín Errea Caja Duero Areniscas Stone CleanBird Castilla y León es Vida
Osasuna Patxi Izco   José Antonio Camacho Diadora Yingli Solar NGS Technology Caja Navarra Reyno de Navarra, NGS Technology
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía   López Muñiz Joma None None None None
Real Madrid Vicente Boluda   Juande Ramos Adidas Bwin.com None None None
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza   Lucas Alcaraz Cejudo Cajasol Andalucía Toyota Niponuba Condado de Huelva, Fresón de Palos
Sevilla José María del Nido   Manolo Jiménez Joma 888.com Andalucía NO8DO None
Sporting Manuel Vega-Arango   Manolo Preciado Astore Gijón, Asturias Vegasol Asturias Paraíso Natural, Deporte Asturiano Asturias Paraíso Natural, Deporte Asturiano
Valencia Vicente Soriano   Unai Emery Nike Valencia Experience, Unibet Compac Encimeras Canal Nou None
Valladolid Carlos Suárez Sureda   José Luis Mendilibar Puma Caja Duero Pepetravel.com None Del Cura y Miranda AXA, Castilla y León es Vida
Villarreal Fernando Roig   Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló None Canal Nou None
  • Barcelona had no shirt sponsor during the 2008–09 season. Instead, following the signing of a five-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.

Managerial changes

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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]   Pacheta 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 27 6 5 105 35 +70 87 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Villarreal 38 18 11 9 61 54 +7 65 Qualification for the 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[a]
12 Racing Santander 38 12 10 16 49 48 +1 46[a]
13 Athletic Bilbao 38 12 8 18 47 62 −15 44 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
14 Sporting Gijón 38 14 1 23 47 79 −32 43[c]
15 Osasuna 38 10 13 15 41 47 −6 43[c]
16 Valladolid 38 12 7 19 46 58 −12 43[c]
17 Getafe 38 10 12 16 50 56 −6 42[d]
18 Real Betis (R) 38 10 12 16 51 58 −7 42[d] Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Numancia (R) 38 10 5 23 38 69 −31 35
20 Recreativo Huelva (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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ALM 1–1 RAC; RAC 0–2 ALM
  2. ^ Since 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.
  3. ^ a b c SPG: 12 pts; OSA: 2 pts → OSA 3–3 VLD; VLD: 2 pts → VLD 0–0 OSA
  4. ^ a b GET 0–0 BET; BET 2–2 GET


 La Liga 2008–09 winners 
Barcelona
19th title

Results

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Home \ Away ALM ATH ATM FCB BET RCD ESP GET MCF MLL NUM OSA RAC RMA REC SFC RSG VCF 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 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 (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

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La Liga Awards

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

Award 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

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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   Thierry Henry Barcelona 19
  Álvaro Negredo Almería
8   Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla 18
  Raúl Real Madrid
10   Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid 17

Source: Yahoo! Sport

Zamora Trophy

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The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Rank Player 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 La Coruña 45 37 1.22
4   Toño Racing Santander 41 33 1.24
5   Carlos Kameni Espanyol 47 37 1.27

Source: LFP

Top assists

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

Fair Play award

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Rank Club Points
1 Barcelona 98
2 Deportivo La Coruña 102
3 Villarreal 110
4 Recreativo Huelva 113
5 Valladolid 114
6 Numancia 131
Valencia
8 Almería 132
9 Getafe 133
10 Espanyol 134
11 Mallorca 135
12 Atlético Madrid 136
Sevilla
14 Málaga 139
15 Osasuna 148
Real Madrid
17 Athletic Bilbao 149
18 Racing Santander 164
19 Real Betis 165
20 Sporting Gijón 183
  • Source: 2008–09 Fair Play Rankings Season.[30]

Scoring

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Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Reference
  Mate Bilić Sporting Gijón Sevilla 3–4 (A) 13 September 2008 [1]
  Rafael van der Vaart Real Madrid Sporting Gijón 7–1 (H) 24 September 2008 [2]
  Samuel Eto'o Barcelona Almería 5–0 (H) 25 October 2008 [3]
  Mohamed Tchité Racing Santander Valencia 4–2 (A) 1 November 2008 [4]
  Gonzalo Higuaín4 Real Madrid Málaga 4–3 (H) 8 November 2008 [5]
  Samuel Eto'o4 Barcelona Valladolid 6–0 (H) [6]
  Thierry Henry Barcelona Valencia 4–0 (H) 9 December 2008 [7]
  Roberto Soldado Getafe Sporting Gijón 5–1 (H) 25 January 2009 [8]
  Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla Valladolid 4–1 (H) 21 March 2009 [9]
  Raúl Real Madrid Sevilla 4–2 (A) 26 April 2009 [10]
  Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao 4–1 (A) 23 May 2009 [11]
  Raúl Tamudo Espanyol Málaga 3–0 (H) 31 May 2009 [12]

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

Discipline

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See also

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References

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  23. ^ "El Numancia destituye a Kresic y nombra como nuevo entrenador a Pacheta". CD Numancia. 17 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
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  25. ^ "El Betis destituye a Paco Chaparro". Real Betis. 6 April 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
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