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La Liga
2008-09
Liga BBVA
Season information
Winners Barcelona
Relegated Betis
Numancia
Recreativo
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League Barcelona (group stage)
Real Madrid (group stage)
Sevilla (group stage)
Atlético Madrid (playoff round)
Europa League Villarreal (playoff round)
Valencia (playoff round)
Athletic Bilbao (third qualifying round) (via
Copa del Rey)
Season statistics
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1101
Average 2.90
Top goalscorer Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán (32)
Biggest home win R. Madrid 7–1 Sporting (24
September 2008)
Barcelona 6–0 Valladolid (8
November 2008)
Barcelona 6–0 Málaga (22
March 2009)
Biggest away win Sporting 1–6 Barcelona (21
September 2008)
Highest scoring R. Madrid 7–1 Sporting (24
September 2008)
Villarreal 4–4 Atlético Madrid (26
October 2008)
Deportivo 5–3 Racing Santander (8
March 2009)
R. Madrid 2–6 Barcelona (2
May 2009)
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The 2008–09 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th since its establishment. Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won their 31st La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2007–08 season, and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball - the Nike T90 Omni - served as the official ball for all matches.

Promotion and relegation[]

Start of season[]

Teams promoted from Segunda 2007-08


End of season[]

Teams relegated to Segunda 2009-10


Final league table[]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
1 Barcelona  (C) 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
4 Atlético Madrid 38 20 7 11 80 57 +23 67
2009-10 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 Villarreal 38 18 11 9 61 54 +7 65
2009-10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Valencia 38 18 8 12 68 54 +14 62
7 Deportivo La Coruña 38 16 10 12 48 47 +1 58
8 Málaga 38 15 10 13 55 59 −4 55
9 Mallorca 38 14 9 15 53 60 −7 51
10 Espanyol 38 12 11 15 46 49 −3 47
11 Almería 38 13 7 18 45 61 −16 46 ALM 1–1 RAC
RAC 0–2 ALM
12 Racing Santander 38 12 10 16 49 48 +1 46
13 Athletic Bilbao 38 12 8 18 47 62 −15 44
2009-10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
14 Sporting de Gijón 38 14 1 23 47 79 −32 43
SPG: 12 pts
OSA: 2 pts > OSA 3-3 VLD
VLD: 2 pts > VLD 0-0 OSA
15 Osasuna 38 10 13 15 41 47 −6 43
16 Valladolid 38 12 7 19 46 58 −12 43
17 Getafe 38 10 12 16 50 56 −6 42 GET 0–0 BET
BET 2–2 GET
18 Betis  (R) 38 10 12 16 51 58 −7 42
Relegation to the  Segunda División
19 Numancia  (R) 38 10 5 23 38 69 −31 35
20 Recreativo  (R) 38 8 9 21 34 57 −23 33

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

La Liga 2008–09 Winners
FC Barcelona
19th Title



Top goalscorers[]

Position Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 32
2 Flag of Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 30
3 Flag of Spain David Villa Valencia 28
4 Flag of Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 23
5 Flag of Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid 22
6 Flag of Spain Álvaro Negredo Almería 19
Flag of France Thierry Henry Barcelona 19
8 Flag of Mali Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla 18
Flag of Spain Raúl González Real Madrid 18
10 Flag of Argentina Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid 17
11 Flag of Spain Joseba Llorente Villarreal 15

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