2008–09 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid
2008–09 season
President	Vicente Boluda
Head coach	Bernd Schuster; (until 13 December 2008); Juande Ramos; (from 13 December 2008)
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gonzalo Higuaín (22 goals); All: Gonzalo Higuaín; Raúl (24 each)

The 2008–09 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 78th season in La Liga. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2008–09 season.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Iker Casillas (VC)	28	EU	1999	468	0	2017	Youth system
13	GK	Jordi Codina	27	EU	2007	1	0	2010	Youth system
25	GK	Jerzy Dudek	36	EU	2007	13	0	2009	Free
5	DF	Fabio Cannavaro	35	EU	2006	110	2	2009	€10M
3	DF	Pepe	26	EU	2007	64	0	2012	€30M	Second nationality: Brazil
21	DF	Christoph Metzelder	28	EU	2007	29	0	2010	Free
4	DF	Sergio Ramos	23	EU	2005	176	22	2013	€27M
2	DF	Míchel Salgado (VC)	33	EU	1999	369	5	2009	€11M
22	DF	Miguel Torres	23	EU	2007	67	0	2012	Youth system
16	DF	Gabriel Heinze	31	EU	2007	60	3	2011	€12M	Second nationality: Italy
12	DF	Marcelo	21	Non-EU	2007 (Winter)	71	4	2012	€6.5M	Second nationality: Spain
6	MF	Lassana Diarra	23	EU	2009 (Winter)	21	0	2013	€20M	#39 in UCL Second nationality: Mali
8	MF	Fernando Gago	23	EU	2007 (Winter)	89	1	2012	€20M	Second nationality: Italy
6	MF	Mahamadou Diarra	28	EU	2006	97	4	2011	€26M
24	MF	Javi García	22	EU	2004	21	0	2012	€4M
18	MF	Rubén de la Red	23	EU	2004	27	3	2011	€4.7M
14	MF	Guti (VC)	32	EU	1995	506	77	2010	Youth system
17	MF	Dani Parejo	20	EU	2009 (Winter)	5	0	2011	Youth system	Unregistered in UCL
10	MF	Wesley Sneijder	24	EU	2007	64	11	2012	€27M
23	MF	Rafael van der Vaart	26	EU	2008	37	5	2013	€13M
15	MF	Royston Drenthe	22	EU	2007	52	4	2012	€13M	Second nationality: Suriname
18	MF	Julien Faubert	25	EU	2009 (Winter)	2	0	2009	Loan	Second nationality: Martinique
11	FW	Arjen Robben	25	EU	2007	64	13	2012	€36M
20	FW	Gonzalo Higuaín	21	EU	2007 (Winter)	72	35	2013	€13M	Second nationality: France
7	FW	Raúl (captain)	31	EU	1994	702	316	2011	Youth system
9	FW	Javier Saviola	27	EU	2007	38	7	2011	Free	Second nationality: Spain
17	FW	Ruud van Nistelrooy	32	EU	2006	93	63	2010	€15M
19	FW	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	25	EU	2009 (Winter)	19	8	2013	€20M
28	FW	Alberto Bueno	21	EU	2008	5	1	Undisclosed	Youth system
35	FW	Miquel Palanca	21	EU	2008	3	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
27	DF	Javier Velayos	22	EU	2006	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
36	CB	Gary Kagelmacher	21	EU	2008	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system	Second nationality: Germany
35	FW	Marcos Tébar	23	EU	2008	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system

Last updated: 2009-06-01
Source:Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

ESPN (for appearances and goals) and soccer-spain.com (for EU passport)

Ordered by position on pitch.

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
23	MF	Van der Vaart	25	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	2013	€13M	Realmadrid
24	MF	Javi García	21	EU	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	2012	€4M	Realmadrid0Osasuna
18	MF	De la Red	23	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	2011	€4.7m	Realmadrid
—	DF	Garay	21	EU	Racing Santander	Transfer	Summer	2014	€10M	Realmadrid
—	MF	Adrián	19	EU	Gimnàstic	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
—	MF	García	31	EU	Murcia	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
—	DF	Agus	23	EU	Celta de Vigo	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
—	MF	Granero	20	EU	Getafe	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
19	FW	Huntelaar	25	EU	Ajax	Transfer	Winter	2013	€20M	Realmadrid
6	MF	Lass	23	EU	Portsmouth	Transfer	Winter	2013	€20M	Realmadrid
17	MF	Parejo	19	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Loan Return	Winter	2017		Realmadrid
18	MF	Faubert	25	EU	West Ham United	Loan	Winter	2009	Loan	Realmadrid

Total spending: €71.7 million

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
—	AM	Parejo	19	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Loaned Out	Summer	n/a	Realmadrid
—	DF	Garay	21	EU	Racing Santander	Loaned Out	Summer	n/a	Realmadrid
—	MF	Adrián	20	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€2.2M	Getafecf
18	FW	Cassano	25	EU	Sampdoria	Transfer	Summer	Free	Realmadrid
24	MF	Balboa	23	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	€4.5M	Realmadrid0Benfica
—	MF	Granero	20	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€5M	Realmadrid0Getafecf
9	CF	Soldado	23	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€4M	Realmadrid
19	MF	J. Baptista	26	EU	Roma	Transfer	Summer	€12M	Realmadrid0ASRoma
10	LW	Robinho	24	Non-EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	€42M	Realmadrid0mcfc.co.uk
—	MF	García	31	EU	PAOK	End of contract	Summer	Free	Realmadrid

Last updated: 2008-09-01

Total income: €69.7 million

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Juande Ramos
Assistant coach	Marcos Álvarez
Physical trainer	Valter di Salvo
Fitness coach	Jordi García
Goalkeepers coach	Pedro Luis Jaro

Source: Realmadrid.com, El club más laureado del mundo and realmadridfans

Kit

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): bwin.com

Home

Away

Third Kit

Source: "Nueva equipación para los Campeones". Realmadrid.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
"Real Madrid's current kit". Adidas.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.

Other information

President	Vicente Boluda
Honorary Life President	Alfredo Di Stéfano
Vice-president	José Ignacio Rivero
Vice-president	Amador Suárez
Secretary of the Board	Manuel Serrano
Director of football	Predrag Mijatović
Technical Secretary	Miguel Ángel Portugal
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Santiago Bernabéu (80,400 / 107x72m)
Budget	€351.8M

Source: Board of Directors (Realmadrid), El club más laureado del mundo, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and Real Madrid closes the best year in its history

Competitions

As in the last eleven seasons,[1] Real Madrid were present in all major competitions, including La Liga and the Copa del Rey in Spain and the UEFA Champions League in Europe. They also contested the Supercopa de España as winners of the league last season.

La Liga

League table

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

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) Champion.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	13	8	6	3	3	5	5	3	3	4	4	2	4	5	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 2009-06-01. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2008 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Real Madrid	A Coruña
21:00 CET	26', 35' Mista 30', 51' Lopo 54' Álvarez 78' Aranzubia	Report	47' Van Nistelrooy 54' Guti 70' Ramos 85' Marcelo	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 34,600[2] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

14 September 2008 2	Real Madrid	4–3	Numancia	Madrid
19:00 CET	19' Guti 25' Higuaín 33' Van der Vaart 40' (o.g.) Cisma	Report	6', 56' Moreno 22' Barkero 61' Palacios	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 76,000[3] Referee: Paradas Romero

21 September 2008 3	Racing Santander	0–2	Real Madrid	Santander
19:00 CET		Report	23' Heinze 34' Higuaín 41' Cannavaro 53', 78' De la Red 73' Van Nistelrooy 89' Van der Vaart	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Attendance: 22,200[4] Referee: Pérez Lasa

24 September 2008 4	Real Madrid	7–1	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
22:03 CET	17', 32', 46' Van der Vaart 36' Higuaín 50' Robben 58', 63' Raúl	Report	53' Mateo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,000[5] Referee: Rodríguez Santiago

27 September 2008 5	Betis	1–2	Real Madrid	Sevilla
20:00 CET	43' 81', 54' García 79' Pavone 88' Juanito	Report	18' Heinze 36' Van der Vaart 39' 53' Marcelo 61' M. Diarra 74' Casillas 90+1' Van Nistelrooy	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Attendance: 49,500[6] Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

5 October 2008 6	Real Madrid	2–2	Espanyol	Madrid
21:00 CET	24' Raúl 37' Pepe 42' Ramos 44' Raúl 92' M. Diarra	Report	20' (pen.) Tamudo 31' García 66' De la Peña	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,000[7] Referee: Pérez Burrull Man of the Match: Raúl

18 October 2008 7	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
20:00 CET	7' 30' Perea 36' García 45' Assunção 77' Heitinga 89', 90' Simão	Report	1', 38' Van Nistelrooy 89' Ramos 90+2' García 90+6' (pen.) Higuaín	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 54,800[8] Referee: Clos Gómez

26 October 2008 8	Real Madrid	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
21:00 CET	12' Sneijder 28' Higuaín 37' Pepe 45+1' Sneijder 45+2' Marcelo 59' Higuaín 65' Salgado	Report	34', 45+1' Etxeberria 44' (pen.) Iraola 63' Orbaiz 77' Amorebieta 89' Llorente	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 78,000[9] Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

2 November 2008 9	Almería	1–1	Real Madrid	Almería
19:00 CET	54' Uche 60' Juanito 81' Piatti 90' Soriano 90+1' Negredo	Report	37' Raúl 56' Sneijder 90+2' Casillas	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 17,820[10] Referee: González Vázquez

8 November 2008 10	Real Madrid	4–3	Málaga	Madrid
20:00 CET	8', 37' (pen.), 70', 77', 41' Higuaín 40' Heinze 43' Ramos 68' Gago	Report	6' Eliseu 17' Baha 36' Weligton 69' (pen.), 81' Apoño 70' Duda 77' Calleja	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,000[11] Referee: Iturralde González

15 November 2008 11	Valladolid	1–0	Real Madrid	Valladolid
20:00 CET	14' García 48', 76' Canobbio 51' Pedro León	Report	33' Van der Vaart 35' Guti 73' Gago 86' 87' Heinze	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 21,097[12] Referee: Fernández Borbalán

22 November 2008 12	Real Madrid	1–0	Recreativo	Madrid
20:00 CET	39' Sneijder 47' Marcelo	Report	30' Casado 44' Vázquez 88' Bouzón	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 74,400[13] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

29 November 2008 13	Getafe	3–1	Real Madrid	Getafe
20:00 CET	2', 47' Albín 40' Albín 83' Uche 85' Díaz	Report	44' Pepe 54' Saviola 64' Van der Vaart 66' Salgado 70' Ramos 78' Guti	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 12,750[14] Referee: Pérez Burrull

7 December 2008 14	Real Madrid	3–4	Sevilla	Madrid
21:00 CET	19' Raúl 21' Marcelo 50' 77' Robben 69' Higuaín 65', 71' Gago 89' Guti	Report	3' Adriano 22' Romaric 32' Navas 49' Escudé 39', 54' Kanouté 68' Navarro 78', 85' Renato	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,000[15] Referee: González Vázquez

14 December 2008 15	Barcelona	2–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
22:00 CET	40' Márquez 82', 84' Eto'o 90', 90+1' Messi	Report	21' Metzelder 26' Ramos 41' Drenthe 68' Salgado 90' Casillas	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 96,059 Referee: Medina Cantalejo

20 December 2008 16	Real Madrid	1–0	Valencia	Madrid
20:00 CET	3' Higuaín 28' Salgado 32' Marcelo 83' Robben 88' Palanca	Report	22' Del Horno 30' 66' Marchena 69' Albiol	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Ramírez Domínguez

4 January 2009 17	Real Madrid	1–0	Villarreal	Madrid
17:00 CET	28' Huntelaar 32' Robben 71' Gago	Report	29' López 46' Rodríguez 64' Senna 75' Eguren	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 79,500 Referee: Mejuto González

11 January 2009 18	Mallorca	0–3	Real Madrid	Mallorca
17:00 CET	50' Jurado 62' Webó 71' Scaloni 74' Arango 89' Keita 90' Santana	Report	3' Robben 17' Raúl 43' L. Diarra 44' Sneijder 66', 89' Ramos	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 19,635 Referee: Undiano Mallenco

18 January 2009 19	Real Madrid	3–1	Osasuna	Madrid
17:00 CET	50', 56' Ramos 55', 63' Higuaín 61' Heinze 90+2' Robben	Report	14' 82' Juanfran 20' Nekounam 47' Masoud 67' Puñal 69' Flaño	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 73,000 Referee: Pérez Burrull

25 January 2009 20	Real Madrid	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
21:00 CET	39' Raúl 69' L. Diarra 77' Pepe	Report	8' De Guzmán 79' Tomás	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,000[16] Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

31 January 2009 21	Numancia	0–2	Real Madrid	Soria
22:00 CET				Stadium: Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos

8 February 2009 22	Real Madrid	1–0	Racing Santander	Madrid
21:00 CET	49' Higuaín 43' L. Diarra 55' Sneijder 73' Robben 77' Van der Vaart 88'	Report	8' Espín 79' Oriol 85' Luccin	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 76,000[17] Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

15 February 2009 23	Sporting Gijón	0–4	Real Madrid	Gijón
--:-- CET				Stadium: El Molinón

22 February 2009 24	Real Madrid	6–1	Betis	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

1 March 2009 25	Espanyol	0–2	Real Madrid	Cornella de Llobregat
22:00 CET	64' Hurtado 86' D. García	Report	5' Pepe 47' W. Sneijder 67' Guti 72' 88' Raúl	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 30.000[18] Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

8 March 2009 26	Real Madrid	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

15 March 2009 27	Athletic Bilbao	2–5	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao
--:-- CET				Stadium: San Mamés

22 March 2009 28	Real Madrid	3–0	Almería	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

5 April 2009 29	Málaga	0–1	Real Madrid	Málaga
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda

12 April 2009 30	Real Madrid	2–0	Valladolid	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

19 April 2009 31	Recreativo	0–1	Real Madrid	Huelva
--:-- CET				Stadium: A

22 April 2009 32	Real Madrid	3–2	Getafe	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

26 April 2009 33	Sevilla	2–4	Real Madrid	Sevilla
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

2 May 2009 34	Real Madrid	2–6	Barcelona	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

10 May 2009 35	Valencia	3–0	Real Madrid	Valencia
--:-- CET				Stadium: Mestalla Stadium

16 May 2009 36	Villarreal	3–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
--:-- CET		Report		Stadium: El Madrigal

24 May 2009 37	Real Madrid	1–3	Mallorca	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

31 May 2009 38	Osasuna	2–1	Real Madrid	Pamplona
--:-- CET				Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Stadium

Copa del Rey

30 October 2008 4th round	Real Unión	3-2	Real Madrid	Stadium Gal
21:00 CET	2', 44' Domínguez 3' Berruet 20' Villar 30' Aguirre 63' Goikoetxea 72' Villar 88' Gabarain 90' Mendi	Report	9' Higuaín 45' García 53' Saviola 78' Higuaín 89' Marcelo	Attendance: 4,700[19] Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

11 November 2008 4th round	Real Madrid	4-3	Real Unión	Madrid
21:00 CET	25' Metzelder 36', 50', 85' Raúl 52' Sneijder 68' Bueno	Report	13' Abasolo 27' Seguro 38', 49' Salcedo 82' García 85' Goikoetxea 90' Romo 90+4' Gurrutxaga	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 56,000[20] Referee: Medina Cantalejo

Champions League

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source: RSSSF

17 September 2008 1	Real Madrid	2–0	BATE Borisov	Madrid
21:45 CET	11' Ramos 57' Van Nistelrooy	Report	47' 62' Khagush 79' Kryvets	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 55,099[21] Referee: Alain Hamer

30 September 2008 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–2	Real Madrid	Saint Petersburg
18:30 CET	25' Danny 26' Arshavin 33' Tymoshchuk 47' Hubočan	Report	4' (o.g.) Hubočan 31', 47' Van Nistelrooy	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,075[22] Referee: M. Busacca

21 October 2008 3	Juventus	2–1	Real Madrid	Torino
20:45 CET	5' Del Piero 49', 49' Amauri		66' Van Nistelrooy	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 25,813[23] Referee: W. Stark

5 November 2008 4	Real Madrid	0–2	Juventus	Madrid
20:45 CET	31' Drenthe 36' Guti 51' Van Nistelrooy	Report	17', 67' Del Piero 28' Sissoko 34' Legrottaglie 78' Mellberg	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,560[24] Referee: Pieter Vink

25 November 2008 5	BATE Borisov	0–1	Real Madrid	Minsk
20:45 CET	23' Sasnowski 75' Bliznyuk 89' Khagush	Report	7' Raúl 8' Heinze 43' Torres	Stadium: Haradzki Stadium Attendance: 30,500[25] Referee: Terje Hauge

10 December 2008 6	Real Madrid	3–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Madrid
21:45 CET	25', 57' Raúl 50' Robben	Report	63' Danny 84' Širl	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 46,265[26] Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Round of 16

25 February 2009	Real Madrid	0–1	Liverpool	Madrid
		1–0 Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 80,354 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

10 March 2009	Liverpool	4–0	Real Madrid	Liverpool
		4–0 Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,362 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere

Supercopa de España

17 August 2008 1st leg	Valencia	3-2	Real Madrid	Valencia
22:05 CET	23', 58' Villa 41' Albelda 55' Mata 80' Vicente	Report	13', 67' Van Nistelrooy 50' García	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 35,000[27] Referee: M. Cantalejo

24 August 2008 2nd leg	Real Madrid	4-2	Valencia	Madrid
22:00 CET	39' Van der Vaart 49' (pen.), 53' 72' Van Nistelrooy 72' Heinze 75' Ramos 85' De la Red 88' Higuaín	Report	32' Silva 48' Albiol 89' Morientes	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 60,000[28] Referee: Iturralde González

Friendly

Win Draw Loss

27 July 2008 Friendly	LASK Linz	2–3	Real Madrid	Linz, Austria
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mayrleb 9' Saurer 14' Mijatović 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Guti 10' Baptista 21' Raúl 45' Saviola 84'	Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 20,104[29] Referee: Drabek Diezmar Austria (Austria)

2 August 2008 Emirates Cup – 1st Round	Hamburger SV	1–2	Real Madrid	London, England
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Van Nistelrooy 25' Parejo 84'	Report	Zidan 53'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 50,000[30] Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

3 August 2008 Emirates Cup – 2nd Round	Arsenal	1–0	Real Madrid	London, England
16:15 BST (UTC+01:00)	Adebayor 48' (pen.)	Report	Guti 64'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,081[30] Referee: Clattenburg (England)

8 August 2008 Friendly	Santa Fe	1–2	Real Madrid	Bogotá, Colombia
00:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bernal 30' Seijas 40', 72' Nájera 64'	Report	Salgado 20' Van der Vaart 54' 77' Heinze 60' Pepe 78'	Stadium: Estadio El Campín Attendance: 30,000[31] Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

12 August 2008 Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Real Madrid	Frankfurt, Germany
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bellaïd 7'	Report	Robinho 71' Salgado 85'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500[32] Referee: Lutz Wagner Germany (Germany)

27 August 2008 Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu	Real Madrid	5–3	Sporting CP	Madrid, Spain
22:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 17', 24' Robben 19' Raúl 40' (pen.) Van der Vaart 44' Cannavaro 90'	Report	Izmailov 31' Rochemback 39' Tiago 63' Djaló 75' Abel 88' Veloso 90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 60,000[33] Referee: Velasco Carballo

Statistics

Players Statistics

				Total			La Liga		Champions League		Copa del Rey		Spanish Super Cup
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Casillas	47	47		38		7				2
4	RB		Ramos	41	42	6	32	4	8	1			2	1
5	CB		Cannavaro	36	37		29		7		1
3	CB		Pepe	32	32		26		5				1
16	CB		Heinze	34	34	2	24	2	7		1		2
12	LB		Marcelo	29	34	4	27	4	5		2
11	RW		Robben	32	37	8	29	7	6	1			2
8	DM		Gago	31	35	1	28	1	6		1
6	DM		Lass	21	21		19		2
7	SS/FW		Raúl	44	47	24	37	18	7	3	1	3	2
20	FW/RW		Higuaín	39	44	24	34	22	7		2	1	1	1
10	CM/LM		Sneijder	23	27	2	22	2	4		1
23	AM/SS		Van der Vaart	21	42	5	32	5	7		1		2
14	AM		Guti	19	27	3	18	3	6		1		2
19	FW		Huntelaar	13	19	8	19	8
	FW		Van Nistelrooy	12	12	10	6	4	4	3			2	3
	DM		Diarra	12	15		9		3		1		2
22	RB/LB		Miguel Torres	11	17		14		1				2
21	CB		Metzelder	10	14		12		1		1
2	RB		M. Salgado	10	13		9		1		2		1
15	LM/LB		Drenthe	9	28		20		5		2		1
	CM		De la Red	8	11	2	7	1	1		1		2	1
9	FW		Saviola	4	14	2	8	1	4		2	1
24	DM		Javi García	4	21		15		3		2		1
25	GK		Dudek	3	3				1		2
17	CM		Parejo		5		5
28	FW		Bueno		6	1	3		1		2	1
35	RW		Palanca		3		3
18	MF		Faubert		2		2
36	CB		Gary	1	1		1
37	DM/CB		Tébar		1		1
13	GK		Codina

Last updated: 2009-06-01
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, LFP.com and Soccernet.espn
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
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Long-term injury list

Date	Player	Injury	Estimated Return Date
October 2008	Rubén de la Red	Acute syncope	Unknown[34]
November 2008	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Torn meniscus in right knee	July 2009[35]
November 2008	Mahamadou Diarra	Grade IV chondral injury on inner and outer femoral condyle; on lateral tibia plateau. Complex tear on outer meniscus in right knee.	June–September 2009[36]

Last updated: 2009-06-01
Source: Realmadrid.com

Suspension list

Date	Player	Suspension Reason	Estimated Return Date
April 2009	Pepe	Fighting	10 Matches[37]