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2007–08 Atlético Madrid season
102nd season in existence of Atlético Madrid
102nd season in existence of Atlético Madrid
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Atlético Madrid |
| season | 2007–08 |
| manager | Javier Aguirre |
| chairman | Enrique Cerezo |
| chrtitle | President |
| mgrtitle | Head coach |
| stadium | Vicente Calderón |
| league | [La Liga](2007-08-la-liga) |
| league result | 4th |
| league topscorer | |
| Sergio Agüero (19) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Sergio Agüero (27) | |
| cup1 | [UEFA Cup](2007-08-uefa-cup) |
| cup1 result | Round of 32 |
| cup2 | [Copa del Rey](2007-08-copa-del-rey) |
| cup2 result | Quarter-finals |
| cup3 | [UEFA Intertoto Cup](2007-uefa-intertoto-cup) |
| cup3 result | **Winners** |
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| prevseason | [2006–07](2006-07-atletico-madrid-season) |
| nextseason | [2008–09](2008-09-atletico-madrid-season) |
Sergio Agüero (19) Sergio Agüero (27)
The 2007–08 season was the 102th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 71rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. It covers a period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. In the wake of captain Fernando Torres departing for Liverpool, Atlético responded with the signings of Diego Forlán, Thiago Motta, Simão and José Antonio Reyes, aimed at propelling the club to the top. Atlético managed to take the final spot for the Champions League, finishing only three points behind Barcelona in third.
Squad
| No. | Player | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | **Goalkeepers** | **Defenders** | **Midfielders** | **Forwards** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Leo Franco | Argentina | Mallorca | |||||
| 13 | Christian Abbiati | Italy | Milan | |||||
| 1 | Ismael Falcón | Spain | Atlético Madrid B | |||||
| 22 | Pablo Ibáñez | Spain | Albacete | |||||
| 21 | Luis Perea | Colombia | Boca Juniors | |||||
| 12 | Fabiano Eller | Brazil | Trabzonspor | |||||
| 14 | Zé Castro | Portugal | Académica Coimbra | |||||
| 3 | Antonio López | Spain | Osasuna | |||||
| 4 | Mariano Pernía | Spain | Getafe | |||||
| 2 | Georgios Seitaridis | Greece | Dynamo Moscow | |||||
| 4 | Juan Valera | Spain | Real Murcia | |||||
| 5 | Thiago Motta | Italy | Barcelona | |||||
| 18 | Maniche | Portugal | Dynamo Moscow | |||||
| 6 | Cléber Santana | Brazil | Santos | |||||
| 35 | Joshua Zapata | Spain | Atlético Madrid B | |||||
| 8 | Raúl García | Spain | Osasuna | |||||
| 15 | José Manuel Jurado | Spain | Real Madrid | |||||
| 11 | Maxi Rodríguez | Argentina | Espanyol | |||||
| 24 | Simão | Portugal | Benfica | |||||
| 9 | Luis García | Spain | Liverpool | |||||
| 17 | José Antonio Reyes | Spain | Arsenal | |||||
| 19 | Miguel de las Cuevas | Spain | Hércules CF | |||||
| 10 | Sergio Agüero | Argentina | Independiente | |||||
| 7 | Diego Forlán | Uruguay | Villarreal CF | |||||
| 20 | Mista | Spain | Valencia CF |
Transfers
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2007 | FW | 7 | URU Diego Forlán | Villarreal | €21,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 July 2007 | 24 | POR Simão | Benfica | €20,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 June 2007 | MF | 8 | ESP Raúl García | Osasuna | €13,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 July 2007 | FW | 17 | ESP José Antonio Reyes | Arsenal | €12,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 2007 | MF | 6 | BRA Cléber Santana | Santos | €8,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 July 2007 | FW | 9 | ESP Luis García | Liverpool | €4,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 August 2007 | MF | 5 | ITA Thiago Motta | Barcelona | €2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 June 2007 | GK | 13 | ITA Christian Abbiati | Milan | Loan(€500k) |
Squad
Goalkeepers
- ITA Christian Abbiati
- ARGITA Leo Franco
- ESP Ismael Falcón
Defenders
- GRE Giourkas Seitaridis
- ESP Antonio López
- ESPARG Mariano Pernía
- BRA Fabiano Eller
- POR Zé Castro
- COLESP Luis Perea
- ESP Pablo Ibáñez
- ESP Juan Valera
- ESP Álvaro Domínguez
- ESP César Ortiz
Midfielders
- BRAITA Thiago Motta
- BRA Cléber
- ESP Raúl García
- ESP Luis García
- ARGITA Maxi Rodríguez (C)
- ESP José Manuel Jurado
- ESP José Antonio Reyes
- POR Maniche
- ESP Miguel de las Cuevas
- POR Simão
- ESP Roberto Batres
- ESP Álex Quillo
- ESP Didi
- ESP Joshua
- ESP Ignacio Camacho
Attackers
- URUESP Diego Forlán
- ARG Sergio Agüero
- ESP Mista
Competitions
La Liga
Main article: 2007–08 La Liga
League table
Matches
- Real Madrid–Atlético Madrid 2-1
- 0-1 Sergio Agüero
- 1-1 Raúl
- 2-1 Wesley Sneijder
- Atlético Madrid–Mallorca 1-1
- 0-1 Daniel Güiza
- 1-1 Mariano Pernía
- Real Murcia–Atlético Madrid 1-1
- 0-1 Sergio Agüero
- 1-1 Francisco Gallardo
- Atlético Madrid–Racing Santander 4-0
- 1-0 Raúl García
- 2-0 Sergio Agüero
- 3-0 Diego Forlán
- 4-0 Simão
- Athletic Bilbao–Atlético Madrid 0-2
- 0-1 Sergio Agüero
- 0-2 Diego Forlán
- Atlético Madrid–Osasuna 2-0
- 1-0 Raúl García
- 2-0 Sergio Agüero
- BarcelonaAtlético Madrid 3-0
- 1-0 Deco
- 2-0 Lionel Messi
- 3-0 Xavi
- Atlético Madrid–Real Zaragoza 4-0
- 1-0 Luis García
- 2-0 Diego Forlán
- 3-0 Maxi Rodríguez
- 4-0 Maxi Rodríguez
- Levante–Atlético Madrid 0-1
- 0-1 Diego Forlán
- Atlético Madrid–Sevilla 4-3
- 1-0 Maniche
- 1-1 Luís Fabiano
- 2-1 Sergio Agüero
- 2-2 Zé Castro
- 3-2 Maxi Rodríguez
- 4-2 José Manuel Jurado
- 4-3 Luís Fabiano
- Atlético Madrid–Villarreal 3-4
- 1-0 Pablo
- 2-0 Simão
- 2-1 Giuseppe Rossi
- 2-2 Fabricio Fuentes
- 3-2 Sergio Agüero
- 3-3 Nihat Kahveci
- 3-4 Nihat Kahveci
- Almería–Atlético Madrid 0-0
- Atlético Madrid–Valladolid 4-3
- 1-0 Maniche
- 1-1 Víctor
- 1-2 Sisi
- 2-2 Maxi Rodríguez
- 2-3 Joseba Llorente
- 3-3 Maxi Rodríguez
- 4-3 Pedro López
- Betis–Atlético Madrid 0-2
- 0-1 Diego Forlán
- 0-2 Raúl García
- Atlético Madrid–Getafe 1-0
- 1-0 Diego Forlán
- Recreativo de Huelva–Atlético Madrid 0-0
- Atlético Madrid–Espanyol 1-2
- 1-0 Simão
- 1-1 Raúl Tamudo
- 1-2 Luis García
- Deportivo–Atlético Madrid 0-3
- 0-1 Diego Forlán
- 0-2 Sergio Agüero
- 0-3 José Manuel Jurado
- Atlético Madrid–Valencia 1-0
- 1-0 Sergio Agüero
- Atlético Madrid–Real Madrid 0-2
- 0-1 Raúl
- 0-2 Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Mallorca–Atlético Madrid 1-0
- 1-0 Juan Arango
- Atlético Madrid–Real Murcia 1-1
- 0-1 Jofre
- 1-1 Luis García
- Racing de Santander–Atlético Madrid 0-2
- 0-1 Diego Forlán
- 0-2 Diego Forlán
- Atlético Madrid–Athletic Bilbao 1-2
- 1-0 Antonio López
- 1-1 Markel Susaeta
- 1-2 Fernando Llorente
- Osasuna–Atlético Madrid 3-1
- 1-0 Kike Sola
- 2-0 Carlos Vela
- 2-1 Diego Forlán
- 3-1 Héctor Font
- Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 4-2
- 0-1 Ronaldinho
- 1-1 Sergio Agüero
- 2-1 Maxi Rodríguez
- 3-1 Diego Forlán
- 4-1 Sergio Agüero
- 4-2 Samuel Eto'o
- Real Zaragoza–Atlético Madrid 2-1
- 0-1 Simão
- 1-1 Pablo
- 2-1 Diego Milito
- Atlético Madrid–Levante 3-0
- 1-0 Simão
- 2-0 Diego Forlán
- 3-0 Diego Forlán
- Sevilla–Atlético Madrid 1-2
- 0-1 Maxi Rodríguez
- 1-1 Diego Capel
- 1-2 Sergio Agüero
- Villarreal–Atlético Madrid 3-0
- 1-0 Santi Cazorla
- 2-0 Nihat Kahveci
- 3-0 Nihat Kahveci
- Atlético Madrid–Almería 6-3
- 1-0 Antonio López
- 2-0 Diego Forlán
- 2-1 Felipe Melo
- 2-2 Juanma Ortiz
- 3-2 Simão
- 3-3 Álvaro Negredo
- 4-3 Simão
- 5-3 Sergio Agüero
- 6-3 Sergio Agüero
- Valladolid–Atlético Madrid 1-1
- 0-1 Maxi Rodríguez
- 1-1 Bartholomew Ogbeche
- Atlético Madrid–Betis 1-3
- 0-1 Juande
- 1-1 Sergio Agüero
- 1-2 Xisco
- 1-3 Capi
- Getafe–Atlético Madrid 1-1
- 1-0 Juan Ángel Albín
- 1-1 Sergio Agüero
- Atlético Madrid–Recreativo de Huelva 3-0
- 1-0 Ignacio Camacho
- 2-0 Sergio Agüero
- 3-0 Ignacio Camacho
- Espanyol–Atlético Madrid 0-2
- 0-1 Sergio Agüero
- 0-2 Diego Forlán
- Atlético Madrid–Deportivo 1-0
- 1-0 Diego Forlán
- Valencia–Atlético Madrid 3-1
- 1-0 Giourkas Seitaridis
- 2-0 David Villa
- 3-0 David Villa
- 3-1 Sergio Agüero
UEFA Cup
Group stage
- Lokomotiv Moscow–Atlético Madrid 3-3
- 0-1 Sergio Agüero
- 1-1 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
- 1-2 Diego Forlán
- 2-2 Peter Odemwingie
- 3-2 Peter Odemwingie
- 3-3 Sergio Agüero
- Atlético Madrid–Aberdeen 2-0
- 1-0 Diego Forlán
- 2-0 Jamie Langfield
- Copenhagen–Atlético Madrid 0-2
- 0-1 Simão
- 0-2 Sergio Agüero
- Atlético Madrid–Panathinaikos 2-1
- 0-1 Dimitris Salpingidis
- 1-1 Luis García
- 2-1 Simão
Last 32
- Bolton Wanderers–Atlético Madrid 1-0
- 1-0 El Hadji Diouf
- Atlético Madrid–Bolton Wanderers 0-0
Statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Position | Number | Player | [La Liga](2007-08-la-liga) | [Copa del Rey](2007-08-copa-del-rey) | [UEFA Intertoto Cup](2007-uefa-intertoto-cup) | [UEFA Cup](2007-08-uefa-cup) | **Total** | Totals | 66 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 98 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 10 | ARG Sergio Agüero | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | **27** | |||||||
| 2 | FW | 7 | URU Diego Forlán | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | **23** | |||||||
| 3 | MF | 11 | ARG Maxi Rodríguez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | **10** | |||||||
| MF | 24 | POR Simão | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | **10** | ||||||||
| 5 | MF | 9 | ESP Luis García | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | **6** | |||||||
| 6 | MF | 8 | ESP Raúl García | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **4** | |||||||
| 7 | MF | 15 | ESP Jurado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **3** | |||||||
| FW | 20 | ESP Mista | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | **3** | ||||||||
| 9 | MF | 18 | POR Maniche1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **2** | |||||||
| MF | 29 | ESP Ignacio Camacho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **2** | ||||||||
| 11 | DF | 2 | GRE Giourkas Seitaridis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | **1** | |||||||
| DF | 3 | ESP Antonio López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **1** | ||||||||
| DF | 4 | ESP Mariano Pernía | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **1** | ||||||||
| DF | 22 | ESP Pablo Ibáñez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **1** | ||||||||
| DF | 23 | ESP Juan Valera | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **1** | ||||||||
| Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **3** |
1Player left the club during the season.
References
References
- (30 June 2007). "Atletico strike Forlan deal". Sky Sports.
- (26 July 2007). "Simao seals Atletico move". Sky Sports.
- (19 June 2007). "Aguierre gets thumbs up from Atletico". UEFA.
- (30 July 2007). "Reyes signs for Atletico Madrid". The Guardian.
- (July 2007). "El Atlético cerró el fichaje del medio Cléber Santana". Diario AS.
- (3 July 2007). "Luis Garcia returns to Atletico". UEFA.
- (31 August 2007). "Thiago Motta es nuevo jugador del Club Atlético de Madrid". clubatleticodemadrid.com.
- (26 June 2007). "Abbiati loaned out to Atletico Madrid". Hindustan Times.
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