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.

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

It was made up of the following teams:

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte	17,500
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza	15,000
Castellón	Castellón	Nou Estadi Castàlia	14,485
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Córdoba	Córdoba	Nuevo Arcángel	18,280
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	6,267
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	36,017
Gimnàstic	Tarragona	Nou Estadi	14,500
Granada 74	Granada	Escribano Castilla	5,400
Hércules	Alicante	José Rico Pérez	29,500
Las Palmas	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	31,250
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	28,963
Numancia	Soria	Nuevo Los Pajaritos	9,800
Polideportivo Ejido	El Ejido	Santo Domingo	7,870
Racing de Ferrol	Ferrol	A Malata	12,024
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	39,500
Salamanca	Salamanca	El Helmántico	17,341
Sevilla Atlético	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	42,714
Sporting de Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	25,885
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Xerez	Jerez de la Frontera	Chapín	20,523

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers	Goals	Penalties	Team
Template:Flagicon Yordi	20	8	Xerez
Template:Flagicon Nino	19	1	Tenerife
Template:Flagicon José Juan Luque	17	10	Granada 74
Template:Flagicon Iñigo Díaz de Cerio	16	0	Real Sociedad
Template:Flagicon Jesús Perera	15	0	Celta Vigo
Template:Flagicon Marcos Márquez	15	4	Las Palmas
Template:Flagicon Antonio Hidalgo	14	3	Málaga
Template:Flagicon Asier Goiria	14	5	Eibar
Template:Flagicon David Rodríguez	14	2	Salamanca
Template:Flagicon Quique Martín	14	4	Salamanca

Zamora Trophy

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Template:Flagicon Carlos Sánchez	27	33	0.82	Castellón
Template:Flagicon Jacobo	29	32	0.91	Numancia
Template:Flagicon Asier Riesgo	39	42	0.93	Real Sociedad
Template:Flagicon Roberto	39	41	0.95	Sporting Gijón
Template:Flagicon Iñaki Goitia	41	40	1.03	Málaga
Template:Flagicon Pedro Contreras	37	36	1.03	Cádiz
Template:Flagicon Willy Caballero	41	38	1.08	Elche
Template:Flagicon Bernardo	42	38	1.11	Alavés
Template:Flagicon Javi Varas	46	41	1.12	Sevilla Atlético
Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo	33	29	1.14	Tenerife

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Joseba del Olmo for Eibar against Racing de Ferrol (25 August 2007)
• Fastest goal in a match: 10 seconds – Nabil Baha for Málaga against Cádiz (5 January 2008)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+6 minutes – Quique Martín for Salamanca against Granada 74 (16 September 2007)
• Widest winning margin: 4
  • Sporting Gijón 4–0 Polideportivo Ejido (26 August 2007)
  • Real Sociedad 4–0 Las Palmas (17 February 2008)
  • Eibar 4–0 Tenerife (22 March 2008)
  • Hércules 5–1 Eibar (26 April 2008)
• Most goals in a match: 10 – Málaga 4-6 Hércules (18 May 2008)
• First hat-trick of the season: Yordi for Xerez against Hércules (27 January 2008)
• First own goal of the season: Jordi Ferrón for Hércules against Albacete (9 September 2007)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
  • Yordi for Xerez against Hércules (27 January 2008)
  • Asier Goiria for Eibar against Tenerife (22 March 2008)
  • Antonio Hidalgo for Málaga against Hércules (18 May 2008)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 6 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 5 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 4 – Málaga 4–6 Hércules (18 May 2008)

Cards

• First yellow card: Diego Jaume for Hércules against Xerez (25 August 2007)
• First red card: Miguel Cobas for Las Palmas against Numancia (25 August 2007)