2007–08 Racing de Santander season

Racing de Santander

2007–08 season
Manager	Marcelino
Stadium	El Sardinero
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Mohamed Tchité (8)

During the 2007–08 Spanish football season, Racing de Santander competed in La Liga.

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

In

• Ebi Smolarek - Borussia Dortmund, 24 August, €4,800,000
• Fabio Coltorti - Grasshoppers, 31 August, €1,000,000
• Aldo Duscher - Deportivo, July, free
• Brian Sarmiento - Estudiantes, July
• Jorge López - Valencia, free

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2007–08 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Atlético Madrid	38	19	7	12	66	47	+19	64[a]	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Sevilla	38	20	4	14	75	49	+26	64[a]	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[b]

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

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W
Position	13	13	7	14	17	11	9	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. Source: Scoreboard
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2007–08 Copa del Rey

Getafe v Racing de Santander

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'

Racing de Santander v Getafe

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.