2007–08 Sevilla FC season

Sevilla FC
2007–08 season
Chairman	José María del Nido
Manager	Juande Ramos; (until 26 October 2007); Manolo Jiménez; (from 27 October 2007)
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Luís Fabiano (24); All: ; Luís Fabiano (33)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Sevilla Fútbol Club's seventh consecutive season in La Liga. Juande Ramos began the season as the club's manager but left in late October to take over the vacant manager role at Tottenham Hotspur.^[1] He was replaced by Manolo Jiménez. Along with the domestic league, Sevilla competed in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España, UEFA Champions League, and UEFA Super Cup.

Sevilla won the Supercopa de España for the first time in the club's history with a 6–3 aggregate win over Real Madrid.^[3]

Players

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	ESP	Andrés Palop
2	DF	ESP	Javi Navarro (captain)
3	DF	SRB	Ivica Dragutinovic
4	DF	BRA	Dani Alves
5	MF	POR	Duda
6	DF	BRA	Adriano
7	MF	ESP	Jesús Navas
8	MF	DEN	Christian Poulsen
10	FW	BRA	Luís Fabiano
11	MF	BRA	Renato
12	FW	MLI	Frédéric Kanouté
13	GK	ITA	Morgan de Sanctis
14	DF	FRA	Julien Escudé
15	DF	COL	Aquivaldo Mosquera
17	MF	ESP	Diego Capel
18	DF	ESP	David Prieto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	URU	Javier Chevantón
20	MF	BEL	Tom De Mul
21	MF	MLI	Seydou Keita
22	FW	CIV	Arouna Koné
23	DF	NED	Khalid Boulahrouz (on loan from Chelsea)
25	MF	ITA	Enzo Maresca
26	DF	ESP	José Angel Crespo
27	MF	ESP	Alejandro Alfaro
28	DF	ARG	Federico Fazio
29	GK	ESP	Pablo Vargas
31	DF	ESP	Lolo
32	DF	ESP	Casado
33	MF	ESP	Antonio Vera
34	DF	ESP	Manuel Redondo
35	FW	ESP	Juanjo

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Barcelona	38	19	10	9	76	43	+33	67	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Atlético Madrid	38	19	7	12	66	47	+19	64^[a]
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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Mallorca	38	15	14	9	69	54	+15	59

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:

^ ^a ^b ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM

Copa del Rey

Supercopa de España

11 August 2007 First leg	Sevilla	1–0	Real Madrid	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
22:00 CET	Luís Fabiano 27' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 45,000^[4] Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

19 August 2007 Second leg	Real Madrid	3–5 (3–6 agg.)	Sevilla	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
22:00 CET	Drenthe 23' Cannavaro 44' Ramos 78'	Report	Renato 16', 27' Kanouté 37' (pen.), 80', 89'	Attendance: 69,000^[5] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sevilla	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to knockout stage
3	Slavia Prague	6	1	2	3	5	16	−11	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Steaua București	6	0	1	5	4	10	−6	1

Source: RSSSF

19 September 2007 1	Arsenal	3–0	Sevilla	Emirates Stadium, London
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Fàbregas 28' Van Persie 59' Eduardo 90'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 59,992 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

2 October 2007 2	Sevilla	4–2	Slavia Prague	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Kanouté 9' Luís Fabiano 27' Escudé 58' Koné 69'	Report MatchCentre	Pudil 19' Kalivoda 90'	Attendance: 24,202 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

23 October 2007 3	Sevilla	2–1	Steaua București	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Kanouté 5' Luís Fabiano 18'	Report MatchCentre	Petre 64'	Attendance: 28,945 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

7 November 2007 4	Steaua București	0–2	Sevilla	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)		Report MatchCentre	Renato 25', 65'	Attendance: 7,984 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

27 November 2007 5	Sevilla	3–1	Arsenal	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Keita 24' Luís Fabiano 34' Kanouté 89' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre	Eduardo 11'	Attendance: 35,529 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

12 December 2007 6	Slavia Prague	0–3	Sevilla	Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)		Report MatchCentre	Luís Fabiano 66' Kanouté 69' Dani Alves 87'	Attendance: 11,689 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Round of 16

20 February 2008 First leg	Fenerbahçe	3–2	Sevilla	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)	Kežman 17' Lugano 57' Semih 87'	Report	Edu 23' (o.g.) Escudé 66'	Attendance: 46,210 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

4 March 2008 Second leg	Sevilla	3–2 (a.e.t.) (5–5 agg.) (2–3 p)	Fenerbahçe	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Dani Alves 6' Keita 9' Kanouté 41'	Report	Deivid 21', 80'	Attendance: 38,626 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
	Penalties
	Kanouté Escudé Dragutinović Maresca Dani Alves		Wederson Edu Aurélio Kežman

UEFA Super Cup

31 August 2007	Milan	3–1	Sevilla	Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45 CEST	Inzaghi 55' Jankulovski 62' Kaká 87'	Report	Renato 14'	Attendance: 17,822^[6] Referee: Konrad Plautz^[7] (Austria)

References

^ ^a ^b "Tottenham make Ramos head coach". BBC Sport. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
^ Turner, Lucy (29 October 2007). "Sevilla start Jiménez era in style". UEFA. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ "Real Madrid 3 - 5 Sevilla". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-19.
^ "Sevilla 1 - 0 Real Madrid". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-11.
^ "Real Madrid 3 - 5 Sevilla". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-19.
^ "UEFA Super Cup – 2013 season: Match press kits" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. August 2013. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[table_hth_ATM0.18593610878379-4] ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM

[Juande-1] "Tottenham make Ramos head coach". BBC Sport. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.

[2] Turner, Lucy (29 October 2007). "Sevilla start Jiménez era in style". UEFA. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

[3] "Real Madrid 3 - 5 Sevilla". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-19.

[5] "Sevilla 1 - 0 Real Madrid". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-11.

[6] "Real Madrid 3 - 5 Sevilla". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-19.

[pk-13-7] "UEFA Super Cup – 2013 season: Match press kits" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. August 2013. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[full_time_report-8] "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

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