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
Manager 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.

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'

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   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

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