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Sevilla FC
2007–08 season
ChairmanJosé María del Nido
ManagerJuande Ramos
(until 26 October 2007)[1]
Manolo Jiménez
(from 27 October 2007)[2]
La Liga5th
Copa del ReyRound of 16
Supercopa de EspañaWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Luís Fabiano (24)
All:
Luís Fabiano (33)

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]

Death of Antonio Puerta

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On 25 August 2007, Sevilla defender Antonio Puerta collapsed and lost consciousness in the penalty area due to a cardiac arrest during Sevilla's first La Liga fixture of the 2007–08 campaign against Getafe CF at the Sánchez Pizjuán.[4] He was seen crouching and then subsequently collapsing upon moving back to his team's goal after only 35 minutes of the game had passed,[5] as teammates Ivica Dragutinović and Andrés Palop immediately ran to his side as he lost consciousness; moments later, club medical staff and other players followed suit.[6]

After recovering and being substituted, Puerta was able to walk to the dressing room, where he collapsed once again. He was resuscitated by the doctors and taken, by ambulance, to the intensive care unit of Virgen del Rocío hospital, where he received cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Puerta died on 28 August 2007, at 14:30.[7][8] Doctor Francisco Murillo reported that he had suffered multiple organ failure and irreversible brain damage as a result of multiple prolonged cardiac arrests due to an incurable, hereditary heart disease known as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.[9]

Puerta's girlfriend was expecting their first child at the time of his death.[5] As a mark of respect, players from both Sevilla and city rivals Real Betis attended his funeral days after his death and, subsequently, FIFA ordered the installation of resuscitation rooms in every stadium that hosted the World Cup qualifiers.[10]

Players

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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 Spain ESP Andrés Palop
2 DF Spain ESP Javi Navarro (captain)
3 DF Serbia SRB Ivica Dragutinovic
4 DF Brazil BRA Dani Alves
5 MF Portugal POR Duda
6 DF Brazil BRA Adriano
7 MF Spain ESP Jesús Navas
8 MF Denmark DEN Christian Poulsen
10 FW Brazil BRA Luís Fabiano
11 MF Brazil BRA Renato
12 FW Mali MLI Frédéric Kanouté
13 GK Italy ITA Morgan de Sanctis
14 DF France FRA Julien Escudé
15 DF Colombia COL Aquivaldo Mosquera
17 MF Spain ESP Diego Capel
18 DF Spain ESP David Prieto
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Uruguay URU Javier Chevantón
20 MF Belgium BEL Tom De Mul
21 MF Mali MLI Seydou Keita
22 FW Ivory Coast CIV Arouna Koné
23 DF Netherlands NED Khalid Boulahrouz (on loan from Chelsea)
25 MF Italy ITA Enzo Maresca
26 DF Spain ESP José Angel Crespo
27 MF Spain ESP Alejandro Alfaro
28 DF Argentina ARG Federico Fazio
29 GK Spain ESP Pablo Vargas
31 DF Spain ESP Lolo
32 DF Spain ESP Casado
33 MF Spain ESP Antonio Vera
34 DF Spain ESP Manuel Redondo
35 FW Spain ESP Juanjo

Competitions

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La Liga

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Main article: 2007–08 La Liga

League table

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Pos Team
 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
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:
  1. ^ a b ATM 4–3 SEV; SEV 1–2 ATM

Copa del Rey

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Main article: 2007–08 Copa del Rey

Supercopa de España

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Main article: 2007 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[11]
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[12]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

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15 August 2007 First leg Sevilla Spain 2–0 Greece AEK Athens Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
20:45 Luís Fabiano 48'
Kanouté 67'		 Report Attendance: 34,852
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
3 September 2007[note 1] Second leg AEK Athens Greece 1–4
(1–6 agg.)		 Spain Sevilla Olympic Stadium, Athens
20:45 Rivaldo 82' (pen.) Report Luís Fabiano 31' (pen.), 45'
Keita 40'
Kerzhakov 53'		 Attendance: 37,777
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Group stage

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Sevilla 6 5 0 1 14 7 +7 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 England Arsenal 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
3 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 1 2 3 5 16 −11 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Romania Steaua București 6 0 1 5 4 10 −6 1
Source: RSSSF
19 September 2007 1 Arsenal England 3–0 Spain 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 Spain 4–2 Czech Republic 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 Spain 2–1 Romania 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 Romania 0–2 Spain 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 Spain 3–1 England 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 Czech Republic 0–3 Spain 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

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20 February 2008 First leg Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–2 Spain 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)

UEFA Super Cup

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Main article: 2007 UEFA Super Cup
31 August 2007 Milan Italy 3–1 Spain Sevilla Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45 CEST Inzaghi 55'
Jankulovski 62'
Kaká 87'		 Report Renato 14' Attendance: 17,822[14]
Referee: Konrad Plautz[15] (Austria)

Notes

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  1. ^ The second leg of Sevilla's game against AEK Athens was postponed until 3 September due to the death of Antonio Puerta.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ "Sevilla's Puerta dies in hospital". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Sevilla midfielder Puerta dies". The Guardian. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Dragutinovic: "El único mal recuerdo es la pérdida de Puerta"" [Dragutinovic: "The only bad memory is the loss of Puerta"]. El Correo de Andalucía (in Spanish). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Fallece el sevillista Antonio Puerta tras más de dos días en la UCI" [Sevilla's Antonio Puerta dies, after more than two days in ICU]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 28 August 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
  8. ^ "Sevilla's Puerta dies three days after collapse". ESPN Soccernet. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
  9. ^ "Muere Antonio Puerta" [Antonio Puerta dies]. El País (in Spanish). 28 August 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  10. ^ "La FIFA exige que haya salas de reanimación" [FIFA demands resuscitation rooms]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 29 August 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Sevilla 1 - 0 Real Madrid". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  12. ^ "Real Madrid 3 - 5 Sevilla". Terra.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  13. ^ Bayern and Ajax given tough ties; UEFA, 31 August 2007
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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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