2008–09 Real Madrid CF season

The 2008–09 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 78th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2008–09 season and shows statistics of the club's players.

Real Madrid

2008–09 season
President	Vicente Boluda
Head coach	Bernd Schuster (until 09 December 2008) Juande Ramos (from 09 December 2008)
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gonzalo Higuaín (22 goals) All: Gonzalo Higuaín Raúl (24 each)
Biggest win	Real Madrid 7–1 Sporting Gijón
Biggest defeat	Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona Liverpool 4–0 Real Madrid
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Iker Casillas (VC)	28	EU	1999	468	0	2015	Youth system
13	GK		Jordi Codina	27	EU	2007	1	0	2010	Youth system
25	GK		Jerzy Dudek	36	EU	2007	13	0	2009	Free
5	DF		Fabio Cannavaro	35	EU	2006	110	2	2009	€10M
3	DF		Pepe	26	EU	2007	64	0	2017	€30M	Second nationality: Brazil
21	DF		Christoph Metzelder	28	EU	2007	29	0	2010	Free
4	DF		Sergio Ramos	23	EU	2005	176	22	2021	€27M
2	DF		Míchel Salgado (VC)	33	EU	1999	369	5	2009	€11M
22	DF		Miguel Torres	23	EU	2007	67	0	2012	Youth system
16	DF		Gabriel Heinze	31	EU	2007	60	3	2011	€12M	Second nationality: Italy
12	DF		Marcelo	21	Non-EU	2007 (Winter)	71	4	2022	€6.5M	Second nationality: Spain
6	MF		Lassana Diarra	23	EU	2009 (Winter)	21	0	2013	€20M	#39 in UCL Second nationality: Mali
8	MF		Fernando Gago	23	EU	2007 (Winter)	89	1	2012	€20M	Second nationality: Italy
6	MF		Mahamadou Diarra	28	EU	2006	97	4	2011	€26M
24	MF		Javi García	22	EU	2004	21	0	2012	€4M
18	MF		Rubén de la Red	23	EU	2004	27	3	2011	€4.7M
14	MF		Guti (VC)	32	EU	1995	506	77	2010	Youth system
17	MF		Dani Parejo	20	EU	2009 (Winter)	5	0	2011	Youth system	Unregistered in UCL
10	MF		Wesley Sneijder	24	EU	2007	64	11	2012	€27M
23	MF		Rafael van der Vaart	26	EU	2008	37	5	2013	€13M
15	MF		Royston Drenthe	22	EU	2007	52	4	2012	€13M	Second nationality: Suriname
18	MF		Julien Faubert	25	EU	2009 (Winter)	2	0	2009	Loan	Second nationality: Martinique
11	FW		Arjen Robben	25	EU	2007	64	13	2012	€36M
20	FW		Gonzalo Higuaín	21	EU	2007 (Winter)	72	35	2013	€13M	Second nationality: France
7	FW		Raúl (captain)	31	EU	1994	702	316	2011	Youth system
9	FW		Javier Saviola	27	EU	2007	38	7	2011	Free	Second nationality: Spain
17	FW		Ruud van Nistelrooy	32	EU	2006	93	63	2010	€15M
19	FW		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	25	EU	2009 (Winter)	19	8	2013	€20M
28	FW		Alberto Bueno	21	EU	2008	5	1	Undisclosed	Youth system
35	FW		Miquel Palanca	21	EU	2008	3	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
27	DF		Javier Velayos	22	EU	2006	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
36	CB		Gary Kagelmacher	21	EU	2008	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system	Second nationality: Germany
35	FW		Marcos Tébar	23	EU	2008	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system

• Last updated: 2009-06-01
• Source: Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and soccer-spain.com (for EU passport)
• Ordered by position on pitch.

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
23	MF		van der Vaart	25	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	2013	€13M	Realmadrid
24	MF		Javi García	21	EU	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	2012	€4M	Realmadrid0Osasuna
18	MF		de la Red	23	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	2011	€4.7m	Realmadrid
—	DF		Garay	21	EU	Racing Santander	Transfer	Summer	2014	€10M	Realmadrid
—	MF		Adrián	19	EU	Gimnàstic	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
—	MF		García	31	EU	Murcia	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
—	DF		Agus	23	EU	Celta de Vigo	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
—	MF		Granero	20	EU	Getafe	Loan Return	Summer	Undisclosed	n/a
19	FW		Huntelaar	25	EU	Ajax	Transfer	Winter	2013	€20M	Realmadrid
6	MF		Lass	23	EU	Portsmouth	Transfer	Winter	2013	€20M	Realmadrid
17	MF		Parejo	19	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Loan Return	Winter	2017		Realmadrid
18	MF		Faubert	25	EU	West Ham United	Loan	Winter	2009	Loan	Realmadrid

Total spending: €71.7 million

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
—	AM		Parejo	19	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Loaned Out	Summer	n/a	Realmadrid
—	DF		Garay	21	EU	Racing Santander	Loaned Out	Summer	n/a	Realmadrid
—	MF		Adrián	20	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€2.2M	Getafecf
18	FW		Cassano	25	EU	Sampdoria	Transfer	Summer	Free	Realmadrid
24	MF		Balboa	23	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	€4.5M	Realmadrid0Benfica
—	MF		Granero	20	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€5M	Realmadrid0Getafecf
9	ST		Soldado	23	EU	Getafe	Transfer	Summer	€4M	Realmadrid
19	MF		J. Baptista	26	EU	Roma	Transfer	Summer	€12M	Realmadrid0ASRoma
10	LW		Robinho	24	Non-EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	€42M	Realmadrid0mcfc.co.uk
—	MF		García	31	EU	PAOK	End of contract	Summer	Free	Realmadrid

Last updated: 2008-09-01

Total income: €69.7 million

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Juande Ramos
Assistant coach	Marcos Álvarez
Physical trainer	Valter di Salvo
Fitness coach	Jordi García
Goalkeepers coach	Pedro Luis Jaro

Source: Realmadrid.com, El club más laureado del mundo and realmadridfans

Kits

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): bwin

Home

Away

Third Kit

Source: "Nueva equipación para los Campeones". Real Madrid C.F. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
"Real Madrid's current kit". Adidas.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.

Other information

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

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

La Liga

Main article: 2008–09 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	27	6	5	105	35	+70	87	Qualification for the 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	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Villarreal	38	18	11	9	61	54	+7	65	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
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

Updated to match(es) played on 2009-06-01. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Madrid

31 August 2008 1	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Real Madrid	A Coruña
21:00 CET	26' Mista 51' Lopo	Report	47' van Nistelrooy	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 34,600[1] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Real Madrid v Numancia

14 September 2008 2	Real Madrid	4–3	Numancia	Madrid
19:00 CET	19' Guti 25' Higuaín 33' van der Vaart 40' (o.g.) Cisma	Report	6', 56' Moreno 22' Barkero	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 76,000[2] Referee: Paradas Romero

Racing Santander v Real Madrid

21 September 2008 3	Racing Santander	0–2	Real Madrid	Santander
19:00 CET		Report	53' de la Red 73' van Nistelrooy	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Attendance: 22,200[3] Referee: Pérez Lasa

Real Madrid v Sporting Gijón

24 September 2008 4	Real Madrid	7–1	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
22:03 CET	17', 32', 46' van der Vaart 36' Higuaín 50' Robben 58', 63' Raúl	Report	53' Mateo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,000[4] Referee: Rodríguez Santiago

Betis v Real Madrid

27 September 2008 5	Betis	1–2	Real Madrid	Sevilla
20:00 CET	54' García	Report	18' Heinze 90+1' van Nistelrooy	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Attendance: 49,500[5] Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

Real Madrid v Espanyol

5 October 2008 6	Real Madrid	2–2	Espanyol	Madrid
21:00 CET	24' Raúl 44' Raúl	Report	20' (pen.) Tamudo 31' García	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,000[6] Referee: Pérez Burrull Man of the Match: Raúl

Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid

18 October 2008 7	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
20:00 CET	89' Simão	Report	1' van Nistelrooy 90+6' (pen.) Higuaín	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 54,800[7] Referee: Clos Gómez

Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

26 October 2008 8	Real Madrid	3–2	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
21:00 CET	12' Sneijder 28' Higuaín 59' Higuaín	Report	34' Etxeberria 44' (pen.) Iraola	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 78,000[8] Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

Almería v Real Madrid

2 November 2008 9	Almería	1–1	Real Madrid	Almería
19:00 CET	81' Piatti	Report	37' Raúl	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 17,820[9] Referee: González Vázquez

Real Madrid v Málaga

8 November 2008 10	Real Madrid	4–3	Málaga	Madrid
20:00 CET	8', 37' (pen.), 70', 77' Higuaín	Report	6' Eliseu 17' Baha 69' (pen.) Apoño	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,000[10] Referee: Iturralde González

Valladolid v Real Madrid

15 November 2008 11	Valladolid	1–0	Real Madrid	Valladolid
20:00 CET	48' Canobbio	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 21,097[11] Referee: Fernández Borbalán

Real Madrid v Recreativo

22 November 2008 12	Real Madrid	1–0	Recreativo	Madrid
20:00 CET	39' Sneijder	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 74,400[12] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Getafe v Real Madrid

29 November 2008 13	Getafe	3–1	Real Madrid	Getafe
20:00 CET	2', 47' Albín 83' Uche	Report	54' Saviola	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 12,750[13] Referee: Pérez Burrull

Real Madrid v Sevilla

7 December 2008 14	Real Madrid	3–4	Sevilla	Madrid
21:00 CET	19' Raúl 69' Higuaín 71' Gago	Report	3' Adriano 22' Romaric 39' Kanouté 85' Renato	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,000[14] Referee: González Vázquez

Barcelona v Real Madrid

14 December 2008 15	Barcelona	2–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
22:00 CET	82' Eto'o 90' Messi	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 96,059 Referee: Medina Cantalejo

Real Madrid v Valencia

20 December 2008 16	Real Madrid	1–0	Valencia	Madrid
20:00 CET	3' Higuaín	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Ramírez Domínguez

Real Madrid v Villarreal

4 January 2009 17	Real Madrid	1–0	Villarreal	Madrid
17:00 CET	32' Robben	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 79,500 Referee: Mejuto González

Mallorca v Real Madrid

11 January 2009 18	Mallorca	0–3	Real Madrid	Mallorca
17:00 CET		Report	3' Robben 17' Raúl 66' Ramos	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 19,635 Referee: Undiano Mallenco

Real Madrid v Osasuna

18 January 2009 19	Real Madrid	3–1	Osasuna	Madrid
17:00 CET	50' Ramos 63' Higuaín 90+2' Robben	Report	20' Nekounam	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 73,000 Referee: Pérez Burrull

Real Madrid v Deportivo La Coruña

25 January 2009 20	Real Madrid	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
21:00 CET	39' Raúl	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,000[15] Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

Numancia v Real Madrid

31 January 2009 21	Numancia	0–2	Real Madrid	Soria
22:00 CET				Stadium: Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos Attendance: 7,500

Real Madrid v Racing Santander

8 February 2009 22	Real Madrid	1–0	Racing Santander	Madrid
21:00 CET	49' Higuaín	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 76,000[16] Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Sporting Gijón v Real Madrid

15 February 2009 23	Sporting Gijón	0–4	Real Madrid	Gijón
--:-- CET				Stadium: El Molinón

Real Madrid v Betis

22 February 2009 24	Real Madrid	6–1	Betis	Madrid
--:-- CET				Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Espanyol v Real Madrid

1 March 2009 25	Espanyol	0–2	Real Madrid	Cornella de Llobregat
22:00 CET		Report	67' Guti 72' Raúl	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 30,000[17] Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid

8 March 2009 26	Real Madrid	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
19:00 CET	Huntelaar 57'	Report	Forlán 38'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid

15 March 2009 27	Athletic Bilbao	2–5	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao
21:00 CET	Heinze 36' (o.g.) Yeste  36' Llorente 45+1'	Report	Robben 22' Heinze 34' Huntelaar 47', 61' Higuaín 85' (pen.)	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 48,927 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Real Madrid v Almería

22 March 2009 28	Real Madrid	3–0	Almería	Madrid
16:00 CET	Marcelo 23' Huntelaar 52', 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Málaga v Real Madrid

5 April 2009 29	Málaga	0–1	Real Madrid	Málaga
21:00 CET		Report	Higuaín 48'	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Real Madrid v Valladolid

12 April 2009 30	Real Madrid	2–0	Valladolid	Madrid
16:00 CET	Raúl 44' Robben 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

Recreativo v Real Madrid

19 April 2009 31	Recreativo	0–1	Real Madrid	Huelva
21:00 CET		Report	Marcelo 49'	Stadium: A Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Real Madrid v Getafe

22 April 2009 32	Real Madrid	3–2	Getafe	Madrid
20:00 CET	Higuaín 45', 90+1' Guti 85' Pepe  57'  86'	Report	Soldado 9' Albín 84'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

Sevilla v Real Madrid

26 April 2009 33	Sevilla	2–4	Real Madrid	Sevilla
18:00 CET	Renato 15' Capel 79'	Report	Raúl 45+1', 63', 66' Marcelo 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

Real Madrid v Barcelona

2 May 2009 34	Real Madrid	2–6	Barcelona	Madrid
19:00 CET	Higuaín 14' Ramos 56'	Report	Henry 18', 59' Puyol 20' Messi 36', 75' Piqué 83'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Valencia v Real Madrid

10 May 2009 35	Valencia	3–0	Real Madrid	Valencia
21:00 CET	Mata 29' Silva 32' Baraja 68'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Villarreal v Real Madrid

16 May 2009 36	Villarreal	3–2	Real Madrid	Villarreal
21:00 CET	Pires 17' Cani 63' Capedvila 90'	Report	van der Vaart 46' Higuaín 88'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,668 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Real Madrid v Mallorca

24 May 2009 37	Real Madrid	1–3	Mallorca	Madrid
20:00 CET	Higuaín 20'	Report	Arango 26' Cléber Santana 57' Keita 68'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

Osasuna v Real Madrid

31 May 2009 38	Osasuna	2–1	Real Madrid	Pamplona
18:00 CET	Plašil 15' Juanfran 60'	Report	Higuaín 11' Salgado  56' Huntelaar  89'  89'	Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2008–09 Copa del Rey

Real Unión v Real Madrid

30 October 2008 Round of 32, First leg	Real Unión	3–2	Real Madrid	Stadium Gal
21:00 CET	2' Domínguez 20' Villar 63' Goikoetxea	Report	9' Higuaín 53' Saviola	Attendance: 4,700[18] Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Real Madrid v Real Unión

11 November 2008 Round of 32, Second leg	Real Madrid	4–3 (6–6 (a) agg.)	Real Unión	Madrid
21:00 CET	36', 50', 85' Raúl 68' Bueno	Report	13' Abasolo 49' Salcedo 90' Romo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 56,000[19] Referee: Medina Cantalejo

Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Group H

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source: RSSSF

Real Madrid v BATE Borisov

17 September 2008 1	Real Madrid	2–0	BATE Borisov	Madrid
21:45 CET	Ramos 11' van Nistelrooy 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 55,099[20] Referee: Alain Hamer

Zenit St. Petersburg v Real Madrid

30 September 2008 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–2	Real Madrid	Saint Petersburg
18:30 CET	Danny 25'	Report	Hubočan 4' (o.g.) van Nistelrooy 31'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,075[21] Referee: M. Busacca

Juventus v Real Madrid

21 October 2008 3	Juventus	2–1	Real Madrid	Torino
20:45 CET	Del Piero 5' Amauri 49'		van Nistelrooy 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 25,813[22] Referee: W. Stark

Real Madrid v Juventus

5 November 2008 4	Real Madrid	0–2	Juventus	Madrid
20:45 CET		Report	Del Piero 17', 67'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,560[23] Referee: Pieter Vink

BATE Borisov v Real Madrid

25 November 2008 5	BATE Borisov	0–1	Real Madrid	Minsk
20:45 CET		Report	Raúl 7'	Stadium: Haradzki Stadium Attendance: 30,500[24] Referee: Terje Hauge

Real Madrid v Zenit St. Petersburg

10 December 2008 6	Real Madrid	3–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Madrid
21:45 CET	Raúl 25', 57' Robben 50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 46,265[25] Referee: Jonas Eriksson

Round of 16

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Real Madrid v Liverpool

25 February 2009	Real Madrid	0–1	Liverpool	Madrid
		Report	Benayoun 82'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 80,354 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Liverpool v Real Madrid

10 March 2009	Liverpool	4–0	Real Madrid	Liverpool
	F. Torres 16' Gerrard 28' (pen.), 47' Dossena 88'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,362 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere

Supercopa de España

Main article: 2008 Supercopa de España

Valencia v Real Madrid

17 August 2008 1st leg	Valencia	3–2	Real Madrid	Valencia
22:05 CET	58' Villa 55' Mata 80' Vicente	Report	13', 67' van Nistelrooy	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 35,000[26] Referee: M. Cantalejo

Real Madrid v Valencia

24 August 2008 2nd leg	Real Madrid	4–2 (6–5 agg.)	Valencia	Madrid
22:00 CET	49' (pen.) van Nistelrooy 75' Ramos 85' de la Red 88' Higuaín	Report	32' Silva 89' Morientes	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 60,000[27] Referee: Iturralde González

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

LASK Linz v Real Madrid

27 July 2008 Friendly	LASK Linz	2–3	Real Madrid	Linz, Austria
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saurer 14' Mijatović 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Baptista 21' Raúl 45' Saviola 84'	Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 20,104[28] Referee: Drabek Diezmar Austria (Austria)

Hamburger SV v Real Madrid

2 August 2008 Emirates Cup – 1st Round	Hamburger SV	1–2	Real Madrid	London, England
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Zidan 53'	Report	van Nistelrooy 25' Parejo 84'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 50,000[29] Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

Arsenal v Real Madrid

3 August 2008 Emirates Cup – 2nd Round	Arsenal	1–0	Real Madrid	London, England
16:15 BST (UTC+01:00)	Adebayor 48' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,081[29] Referee: Clattenburg (England)

Santa Fe v Real Madrid

8 August 2008 Friendly	Santa Fe	1–2	Real Madrid	Bogotá, Colombia
00:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Seijas 40'	Report	van der Vaart 77' Pepe 78'	Stadium: Estadio El Campín Attendance: 30,000[30] Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Real Madrid

12 August 2008 Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Real Madrid	Frankfurt, Germany
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bellaïd 7'	Report	Robinho 71'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500[31] Referee: Lutz Wagner Germany (Germany)

Real Madrid v Sporting CP

27 August 2008 Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu	Real Madrid	5–3	Sporting CP	Madrid, Spain
22:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 17', 24' Robben 19' Raúl 40' (pen.) van der Vaart 44'	Report	Izmailov 31' Djaló 75' Veloso 90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 60,000[32] Referee: Velasco Carballo

Statistics

Players statistics

				Total			La Liga		Champions League		Copa del Rey		Spanish Super Cup
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Casillas	47	47		38		7				2
4	RB		Ramos	41	42	6	32	4	8	1			2	1
5	CB		Cannavaro	36	37		29		7		1
3	CB		Pepe	32	32		26		5				1
16	CB		Heinze	34	34	2	24	2	7		1		2
12	LB		Marcelo	29	34	4	27	4	5		2
11	RW		Robben	32	37	8	29	7	6	1			2
8	DM		Gago	31	35	1	28	1	6		1
6	DM		Lass	21	21		19		2
7	SS/FW		Raúl	44	47	24	37	18	7	3	1	3	2
20	FW/RW		Higuaín	39	44	24	34	22	7		2	1	1	1
10	CM/LM		Sneijder	23	27	2	22	2	4		1
23	AM/SS		van der Vaart	21	42	5	32	5	7		1		2
14	AM		Guti	19	27	3	18	3	6		1		2
19	FW		Huntelaar	13	19	8	19	8
	FW		van Nistelrooy	12	12	10	6	4	4	3			2	3
	DM		Diarra	12	15		9		3		1		2
22	RB/LB		Miguel Torres	11	17		14		1				2
21	CB		Metzelder	10	14		12		1		1
2	RB		M. Salgado	10	13		9		1		2		1
15	LM/LB		Drenthe	9	28		20		5		2		1
	CM		de la Red	8	11	2	7	1	1		1		2	1
9	FW		Saviola	4	14	2	8	1	4		2	1
24	DM		Javi García	4	21		15		3		2		1
25	GK		Dudek	3	3				1		2
17	CM		Parejo		5		5
28	FW		Bueno		6	1	3		1		2	1
35	RW		Palanca		3		3
18	MF		Faubert		2		2
36	CB		Gary	1	1		1
37	DM/CB		Tébar		1		1
13	GK		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)
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Long-term injury list

Date	Player	Injury	Estimated Return Date
October 2008	Rubén de la Red	Acute syncope	Unknown[33]
November 2008	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Torn meniscus in right knee	July 2009[34]
November 2008	Mahamadou Diarra	Grade IV chondral injury on inner and outer femoral condyle; on lateral tibia plateau. Complex tear on outer meniscus in right knee.	June–September 2009[35]

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

Suspension list

Date	Player	Suspension Reason	Estimated Return Date
April 2009	Pepe	Fighting	10 Matches[36]

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

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
4	RB		Ramos	14	0	1
8	DM		Gago	10	1	0
12	LB		Marcelo	10	1	1
23	AM		van der Vaart	8	0	1
3	CB		Pepe	7	0	1
2	RB		M. Salgado	5	0	1
10	AM		Sneijder	7	0	0
6	DM		Lass	6	0	0
16	LB		Heinze	5	1	0
24	DM		Javi García	5	0	0
20	FW		Higuaín	5	0	0
14	CM		Guti	5	0	0
11	RW		Robben	4	1	0
7	FW		Raúl	4	0	0
1	GK		Casillas	3	0	0
5	CB		Cannavaro	3	0	0
19	FW		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)
31	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.

• It should be pointed out that Real is neither playing 4–3–3 nor 4–4–2, but a hybrid formation between both.

See also

• 2008–09 La Liga
• 2008–09 Copa del Rey
• 2008 Supercopa de España
• 2008–09 UEFA Champions League