2008–09 Real Madrid C.F. season

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

All:
Gonzalo Higuaín (24)
Raúl (24)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

Players in / out

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
23 MF Netherlands Van der Vaart 25EU Hamburger SVGermany Transfer Summer 2013 €13M Realmadrid
24 MF Spain Javi García 21EU Osasuna Transfer Summer 2012 €4M Realmadrid0Osasuna
18 MF Spain De la Red 23EU Getafe Transfer Summer 2011 €4.7m Realmadrid
DF Argentina Garay 21EU Racing Santander Transfer Summer 2014 €10M Realmadrid
MF Spain González 19EU Gimnàstic Loan Return Summer Undisclosed n/a
MF Uruguay García 39EU Murcia Loan Return Summer Undisclosed n/a
DF Spain Agus 23EU Celta de Vigo Loan Return Summer Undisclosed n/a
MF Spain Granero 20EU Getafe Loan Return Summer Undisclosed n/a
19 FW Netherlands Huntelaar 25EU AjaxNetherlands Transfer Winter 2013 €20M Realmadrid
6 MF France Lass 23EU PortsmouthEngland Transfer Winter 2013 €20M Realmadrid
17 MF Spain Parejo 19EU Queens Park RangersEngland Loan Return Winter 2017 Realmadrid
18 MF France Faubert 25EU West Ham UnitedEngland Loan Winter 2009 Loan Realmadrid

Total spending: Decrease €71.7 million

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
AM Spain Parejo 19EU Queens Park RangersEngland Loaned Out Summer n/a Realmadrid
DF Argentina Garay 21EU Racing Santander Loaned Out Summer n/a Realmadrid
MF Spain González 20EU Getafe Transfer Summer €2.2M Getafecf
18 FW Italy Cassano 25EU SampdoriaItaly Transfer Summer Free Realmadrid
24 MF Equatorial Guinea Balboa 23EU BenficaPortugal Transfer Summer €4.5M Realmadrid0Benfica
MF Spain Granero 20EU Getafe Transfer Summer €5M Realmadrid0Getafecf
9 CF Spain Soldado 23EU Getafe Transfer Summer €4M Realmadrid
19 MF Brazil J. Baptista 26EU RomaItaly Transfer Summer €12M Realmadrid0ASRoma
10 LW Brazil Robinho 24Non-EU Manchester CityEngland Transfer Summer €42M Realmadrid0mcfc.co.uk
MF Uruguay García 31EU PAOKGreece End of contract Summer Free Realmadrid

Last updated: 2008-09-01

Total income: Increase €69.7 million

Squad stats

Total La Liga Champions League Copa del ReySpanish Super Cup
No.
P
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GKSpain Casillas 47 47 38 7 2
4 RBSpain Ramos 41 42 6 32 4 8 1 2 1
5 CBItaly Cannavaro 36 37 29 7 1
3 CBPortugal Pepe 32 32 26 5 1
16 LBArgentina Heinze 34 34 2 24 2 7 1 2
8 DMArgentina Gago 31 35 1 28 1 6 1
10 CMNetherlands Sneijder 23 27 2 22 2 4 1
12 LBBrazil Marcelo 29 34 4 27 4 5 2
11 RWNetherlands Robben 32 37 8 29 7 6 1 2
7 SSSpain Raúl 44 47 24 37 18 7 3 1 3 2
20 FWArgentina Higuaín 39 44 24 34 22 7 2 1 1 1
23 AMNetherlands Van der Vaart 21 42 5 32 5 7 1 2
6 DMFrance Lass 21 21 19 2
14 AMSpain Guti 19 27 3 18 3 6 1 2
19 FWNetherlands Huntelaar 13 19 8 19 8
FWNetherlands Van Nistelrooy 12 12 10 6 4 4 3 2 3
DMMali Diarra 12 15 9 3 1 2
22 RBSpain Miguel Torres 11 17 14 1 2
21 CBGermany Metzelder 10 14 12 1 1
2 RBSpain M. Salgado 10 13 9 1 2 1
15 LMNetherlands Drenthe 9 28 20 5 2 1
CMSpain De la Red 8 11 2 7 1 1 1 2 1
9 FWArgentina Saviola 4 14 2 8 1 4 2 1
24 DMSpain Javi García 4 21 15 3 2 1
25 GKPoland Dudek 3 3 1 2
17 CMSpain Parejo 5 5
28 FWSpain Bueno 6 1 3 1 2 1
35 RWSpain Palanca 3 3
18 MFFrance Faubert 2 2
36 CBUruguay Gary 1 1 1
37 DMSpain Tébar 1 1
13 GKSpain 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)
0 shown as blank

Long-term injury list

Date Player Injury Estimated Return Date
October 2008Spain Rubén de la RedAcute syncopeUnknown[1]
November 2008Netherlands Ruud van NistelrooyTorn meniscus in right kneeJuly 2009[2]
November 2008Mali Mahamadou DiarraGrade IV chondral injury on inner and outer femoral condyle; on lateral tibia plateau. Complex tear on outer meniscus in right knee.June–September 2009[3]

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

Suspension list

Date Player Suspension Reason Estimated Return Date
April 2009Portugal PepeFighting10 Matches[4]

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

Disciplinary record

N
P
Nat.
Name
Notes
4 RB Spain Ramos 14 0 1
8 DM Argentina Gago 10 1 0
12 LB Brazil Marcelo 10 1 1
23 AM Netherlands Van der Vaart 8 0 1
3 CB Portugal Pepe 7 0 1
2 RB Spain M. Salgado 5 0 1
10 AM Netherlands Sneijder 7 0 0
6 DM France Lass 6 0 0
16 LB Argentina Heinze 5 1 0
24 DM Spain Javi García 5 0 0
20 FW Argentina Higuaín 5 0 0
14 CM Spain Guti 5 0 0
11 RW Netherlands Robben 4 1 0
7 FW Spain Raúl 4 0 0
1 GK Spain Casillas 3 0 0
5 CB Italy Cannavaro 3 0 0
19 FW Netherlands Huntelaar 1 1 0

Last updated: 2009-06-01
Source: Competitive matches and LFP.com
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
30 4–3–3 6–8,11–13,16–17,19–35,41,43–44,47–49
5 4–2–3–1 All other matches
14 4–4–2 1–2,10,14,18,36–40,42,45–46,50

Last updated: 2009-06-01
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Spain Juande Ramos
Assistant coach Spain Marcos Álvarez
Physical trainer Italy Valter di Salvo
Fitness coach Spain Jordi García
Goalkeepers coach Spain 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. Retrieved 19 July 2008. 
"Real Madrid's current kit". Adidas.com. Retrieved 19 July 2008. 

Other information

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

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

Overall

As in the last eleven seasons,[5] Real Madrid will be present in all major competitions, including the First division and the Copa del Rey in Spain and the UEFA Champions League in Europe. They will also contest Spanish Super Cup as the winners of the league last season.

As of 25 June
Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Spanish Super Cup Final Winner 2008-08-172008-08-24
La Liga 2nd 2008-09-142009-05-31
Champions League Group stage Round of 16 2008-09-172009-03-10
Copa del Rey Round of 32 Round of 32 2008-10-302008-11-11

Last updated: 2009-06-01
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona 38 27 6 5 105 35+70 87 2009–10 UEFA 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

Updated to games played on 2009-06-01.
Source: La Liga 2008–09
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 25 3 10 83 52  +31 78 14 2 3 49 27  +22 11 1 7 34 25  +9

Last updated: 2009-06-01.
Source: LFP

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
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

Last updated: 2009-06-01.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

2008–09 Champions League

Group H

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Italy Juventus 633073+412
Spain Real Madrid 640295+412
Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 612247−35
Belarus BATE Borisov 603338−53

First Knockout stage

Date Opponent H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Referee Attendance
25 February 2009 England Liverpool H 1–0 Roberto Rosetti 80,354
10 March 2009 England Liverpool A 4–0 Frank De Bleeckere 45,362

Last updated: 2009-03-14
Source: UEFA Champions League 2008–09

Matches

Competitive

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
117 August 2008Spanish Super Cup1st legAValencia2 3
224 August 2008Spanish Super Cup2nd legHValencia4 2
331 August 2008La Liga1ADeportivo La Coruña1 2
414 September 2008La Liga2HNumancia4 3
517 September 2008Champions LeagueGroup stageHBATE BorisovBelarus2 0
621 September 2008La Liga3ARacing Santander2 0
724 September 2008La Liga4HSporting Gijón7 1
827 September 2008La Liga5ABetis2 1
930 September 2008Champions LeagueGroup stageA RussiaZenit St. PetersburgRussia2 1
105 October 2008La Liga6HEspanyol2 2
1119 October 2008La Liga7AAtlético Madrid2 1
1221 October 2008Champions LeagueGroup stageA ItalyJuventusItaly1 2
1326 October 2008La Liga8HAthletic Bilbao3 2
1430 October 2008Copa del Rey4th roundAReal Unión2 3
152 November 2008La Liga9AAlmería1 1
165 November 2008Champions LeagueGroup stageHJuventusItaly0 2
178 November 2008La Liga10HMálaga4 3
1811 November 2008Copa del Rey4th roundHReal Unión4 3
1915 November 2008La Liga11AValladolid0 1
2022 November 2008La Liga12HRecreativo1 0
2125 November 2008Champions LeagueGroup stageA BelarusBATE BorisovBelarus1 0
2229 November 2008La Liga13AGetafe1 3
237 December 2008La Liga14HSevilla3 4
2410 December 2008Champions LeagueGroup stageHZenit St. PetersburgRussia3 0
2514 December 2008La Liga15ABarcelona0 2
2620 December 2008La Liga16HValencia1 0
274 January 2009La Liga17HVillarreal1 0
2811 January 2009La Liga18AMallorca3 0
2918 January 2009La Liga19HOsasuna3 1
3025 January 2009La Liga20HDeportivo La Coruña1 0
3131 January 2009La Liga21ANumancia2 0
328 February 2009La Liga22HRacing Santander1 0
3315 February 2009La Liga23ASporting Gijón4 0
3422 February 2009La Liga24HBetis6 1
3525 February 2009Champions LeagueFirst knockout roundHLiverpoolEngland0 1
361 March 2009La Liga25AEspanyol2 0
378 March 2009La Liga26HAtlético Madrid1 1
3810 March 2009Champions LeagueFirst knockout roundA EnglandLiverpoolEngland0 4
3915 March 2009La Liga27AAthletic Bilbao5 2
4022 March 2009La Liga28HAlmería3 0
415 April 2009La Liga29AMálaga1 0
4212 April 2009La Liga30HValladolid2 0
4319 April 2009La Liga31ARecreativo1 0
4422 April 2009La Liga32HGetafe3 2
4526 April 2009La Liga33ASevilla4 2
462 May 2009La Liga34HBarcelona2 6
4710 May 2009La Liga35AValencia0 3
4816 May 2009La Liga36AVillarreal2 3
4924 May 2009La Liga37HMallorca1 3
5031 May 2009La Liga38AOsasuna1 2

Last updated: 2009-06-01
Source: LFP, La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League and Super Cup
1Real Madrid goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Real Madrid.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Notes and references

  1. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193041476158/1202756763815/noticia/Noticia/Ruben_de_la_Red_injury_update.htm
  2. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202754955119/noticia/Noticia/Van_Nistelrooy_injury_update_2008-11-13.htm
  3. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202757195394/noticia/Noticia/Parte_medico_de_Diarra_2008-12-08.htm
  4. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1202770043574/noticia/Noticia/Decisiones_del_Comite_de_Competicion.htm
  5. Real Madrid C.F. statistics – Recent seasons
  6. "Valencia CF 3 – 2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  7. "Real Madrid 4 – 2 Valencia CF" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 24 August 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  8. "Deportivo 2 – 1 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  9. "Real Madrid 4 – 3 CD Numancia" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  10. "Real Madrid 2 – 0 FC BATE" (PDF). UEFA. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  11. "Racing Santander 0–2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  12. "Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting Gijon" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  13. "Real Betis 1–2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  14. "Zenit 1 – 2 Real Madrid" (PDF). UEFA. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  15. "Real Madrid 2 – 2 RCD Espanyol" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  16. "Atlético Madrid 1 – 2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
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  18. "Real Madrid 3 – 2 Athletic Bilbao" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
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  23. "Real Madrid 4 – 3 Real Unión" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
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  27. "Getafe CF 3 – 1 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  28. "Real Madrid 3 – 4 Sevilla FC" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  29. "Real Madrid vs. Zenit 3–0" (PDF). UEFA. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  30. "Real Madrid 1–0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  31. "Real Madrid 1–0 Racing Santander" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  32. "Real Madrid 0 – 1 Liverpool". ESPN. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  33. "Espanyol 0 – 2 Real Madrid". ESPN. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  34. "Lask Linz 2 – 3 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  35. "Hamburg 1 – 2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  36. "Hamburg 1 – 2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  37. "Santa Fe 1 – 2 Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  38. "Eintracht Frankfurt – Real Madrid" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  39. "Real Madrid 5 – 3 Sporting Lisbon" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

See also

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