2007–08 Real Betis season

Real Betis

2007-2008 season
President	Leon Gomez
Manager	Hector Cuper
La Liga	13th
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Season summary

Betis finished 13th.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Real Madrid	38	27	4	7	84	36	+48	85	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Villarreal	38	24	5	9	63	40	+23	77
3	Barcelona	38	19	10	9	76	43	+33	67	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Atlético Madrid	38	19	7	12	66	47	+19	64		ATM 4–3 SEV SEV 1–2 ATM
5	Sevilla	38	20	4	14	75	49	+26	64	2008–09 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		DEP 0–3 ALM ALM 1–0 DEP
9	Deportivo La Coruña	38	15	7	16	46	47	−1	52	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
10	Valencia	38	15	6	17	48	62	−14	51	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 1
11	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	11	14	40	43	−3	50
12	Espanyol	38	13	9	16	43	53	−10	48
13	Betis	38	12	11	15	45	51	−6	47		BET 3–2 GET GET 1–1 BET
14	Getafe	38	12	11	15	44	48	−4	47
15	Valladolid	38	11	12	15	42	57	−15	45
16	Recreativo	38	11	11	16	40	60	−20	44
17	Osasuna	38	12	7	19	37	44	−7	43
18	Zaragoza (R)	38	10	12	16	50	61	−11	42	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Murcia (R)	38	7	9	22	36	65	−29	30
20	Levante (R)	38	7	5	26	33	75	−42	26

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
¹Valencia entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2007–08 Copa del Rey
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ricardo Pereira MF Somoza 4 DF Juanito 5 DF David Rivas 7 FW Rivera 8 MF Arzu 9 MF Fernando 10 MF Fernando Vega 11 DF Willian Lanes de Lima 12 FW Rafael Sóbis 13 GK Casto (footballer) 14 MF Capi 17 DF Nano

No. Position Player 22 FW Mariano Pavone 24 FW Edú 25 MF Damià Abella 26 MF Juande 27 DF Melli 28 FW Francisco Javier Muñoz 30 GK Toni Doblas DF Branko Ilič FW Juan Pablo Caffa MF Marko Babić MF Mark González FW José Mari MF David Odonkor

Copa del Rey

Round of 32 November 13, 2007 January 2, 2008						Round of 16 January 9, 2008 January 16, 2008						Quarterfinals January 23, 2008 January 30, 2008						Semifinals February 27/28 2008 March 19/20 2008						Final April 16, 2008
Xerez	0	1	1
Recreativo de Huelva	1	1	2			Recreativo de Huelva	1	0	1
Las Palmas	2	1	3			Villarreal	0	2	2
Villarreal	4	2	6									Villarreal	0	0	0
Dénia	1	3	4									Barcelona	0	1	1
Sevilla	1	4	5			Sevilla	1	0	1
Alcoyano	0	2	2			Barcelona	1	0	1
Barcelona	3	2	5															Barcelona	1	2	3
Elche	1	0	1															Valencia	1	3	4
Real Betis	1	3	4			Real Betis	1	1	2
Real Unión	1	0	1			Valencia	2	2	4
Valencia	2	3	5									Valencia	1	2	3
Granada 74	1	1	2									Atlético Madrid	0	3	3
Atlético Madrid	2	1	3			Atlético Madrid	0	1	1
Real Valladolid	1	3	4			Real Valladolid	0	1	1
Real Murcia	1	2	3																					Valencia	3
Burgos	0	1	1																					Getafe	1
Getafe	1	4	5			Getafe	3	1	4
Levante	2	1	3			Levante	0	0	0
Almería	1	1	2									Getafe	1	1	2
Osasuna	2	0	2									Mallorca	0	2	2
Mallorca	0	4	4			Mallorca	2	1	3
Alicante	1	1	2			Real Madrid	1	0	1
Real Madrid	1	2	3															Getafe	3	1	4
Pontevedra	1	1	2															Racing de Santander	1	1	2
Real Zaragoza	0	3	3			Real Zaragoza	1	2	3
Málaga	0	0	0			Racing de Santander	1	4	5
Racing de Santander	0	2	2									Racing de Santander	2	3	5
Hércules	2	0	2									Athletic Bilbao	0	3	3
Athletic Bilbao	2	2	4			Athletic Bilbao	1	1	2(4)
Espanyol	1	2	3			Espanyol	1	1	2(3)
Deportivo de La Coruña	1	1	2