2008–09 La Liga
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.
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
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
Stadia and locations
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| 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
- 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,[1] the club sported the UNICEF logo on the front of its jersey while making an annual donation to the organisation.
Managerial changes
League table
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Awards
La Liga Awards
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.[22]
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Best Player | Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
| Best Coach | Template:Flagicon Pep Guardiola (Barcelona) |
| Best Goalkeeper | Template:Flagicon Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) |
| Best Defender | Template:Flagicon Dani Alves (Barcelona) |
| Best Midfielder(s) | Template:Flagicon Xavi (Barcelona) Template:Flagicon Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) |
| Best Forward | Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Source: Yahoo! Sport
Zamora Trophy
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 | Template:Flagicon Víctor Valdés | Barcelona | 31 | 35 | 0.89 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Andrés Palop | Sevilla | 35 | 35 | 1.00 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Daniel Aranzubia | Deportivo La Coruña | 45 | 37 | 1.22 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Toño | Racing Santander | 41 | 33 | 1.24 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Carlos Kameni | Espanyol | 47 | 37 | 1.27 |
Source: LFP
Top assists
- Source: ESPN Soccernet
Fair Play award
| 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.[23]
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
Template:Flagicon Luis García for Espanyol against Valladolid (30 August 2008)[24] - Last goal of the season:
Template:Flagicon Ricardo Oliveira for Real Betis against Valladolid (31 May 2009)[25]
Hat-tricks
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Mate Bilić | Sporting Gijón | Sevilla | 3–4 (A) | 13 September 2008 | [1] |
| Template:Flagicon Rafael van der Vaart | Real Madrid | Sporting Gijón | 7–1 (H) | 24 September 2008 | [2] |
| Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | Almería | 5–0 (H) | 25 October 2008 | [3] |
| Template:Flagicon Mohamed Tchité | Racing Santander | Valencia | 4–2 (A) | 1 November 2008 | [4] |
| Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Higuaín4 | Real Madrid | Málaga | 4–3 (H) | 8 November 2008 | [5] |
| Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o4 | Barcelona | Valladolid | 6–0 (H) | [6] | |
| Template:Flagicon Thierry Henry | Barcelona | Valencia | 4–0 (H) | 9 December 2008 | [7] |
| Template:Flagicon Roberto Soldado | Getafe | Sporting Gijón | 5–1 (H) | 25 January 2009 | [8] |
| Template:Flagicon Frédéric Kanouté | Sevilla | Valladolid | 4–1 (H) | 21 March 2009 | [9] |
| Template:Flagicon Raúl | Real Madrid | Sevilla | 4–2 (A) | 26 April 2009 | [10] |
| Template:Flagicon Diego Forlán | Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | 4–1 (A) | 23 May 2009 | [11] |
| Template:Flagicon Raúl Tamudo | Espanyol | Málaga | 3–0 (H) | 31 May 2009 | [12] |
4 Player scored four goals(H) - Home; (A) - Away
Discipline
- First yellow card of the season: Template:Flagicon Grégory Béranger for Espanyol against Valladolid (30 August 2008)
- First red card of the season: Template:Flagicon 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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External links
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