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

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

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

Transfers

In

Competitions

La Liga
Main article: 2007–08 La Liga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Atlético Madrid 38 19 7 12 66 47 +19 64[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5 Sevilla 38 20 4 14 75 49 +26 64[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2]
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. ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM
  2. DEP 0–3 ALM; ALM 1–0 DEP

Copa del Rey
Main article: 2007–08 Copa del Rey
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
  1. "FootballSquads - Racing Santander - 2007/08". Footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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