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
PresidentVicente Boluda
Head coachBernd Schuster
(until 09 December 2008)
Juande Ramos
(from 09 December 2008)
StadiumSantiago Bernabéu
La Liga2nd
Copa del ReyRound of 32
Supercopa de EspañaWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Gonzalo Higuaín (22 goals)
All: Gonzalo Higuaín
Raúl (24 each)

Players edit

Squad information edit

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 edit

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 edit

N
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 edit

Coaching staff edit

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 edit

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): bwin.com

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 edit

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 edit

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos Team 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 edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultLWWWWDWWDWLWLLLWWWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWLLLLL
Position138633553344245653222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 2009-06-01. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
31 January 2009 21 Numancia 0–2 Real Madrid Soria
22:00 CET Stadium: Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos
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
15 February 2009 23 Sporting Gijón 0–4 Real Madrid Gijón
--:-- CET Stadium: El Molinón
22 February 2009 24 Real Madrid 6–1 Betis Madrid
--:-- CET Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
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
8 March 2009 26 Real Madrid 1–1 Atlético Madrid Madrid
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
15 March 2009 27 Athletic Bilbao 2–5 Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 48,927
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
22 March 2009 28 Real Madrid 3–0 Almería Madrid
16:00 CET
Report Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
5 April 2009 29 Málaga 0–1 Real Madrid Málaga
21:00 CET Report
Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
12 April 2009 30 Real Madrid 2–0 Valladolid Madrid
16:00 CET
Report Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
19 April 2009 31 Recreativo 0–1 Real Madrid Huelva
21:00 CET Report
Stadium: A
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
22 April 2009 32 Real Madrid 3–2 Getafe Madrid
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro
26 April 2009 33 Sevilla 2–4 Real Madrid Sevilla
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull
2 May 2009 34 Real Madrid 2–6 Barcelona Madrid
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
10 May 2009 35 Valencia 3–0 Real Madrid Valencia
21:00 CET
Report Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
16 May 2009 36 Villarreal 3–2 Real Madrid Villarreal
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 18,668
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo
24 May 2009 37 Real Madrid 1–3 Mallorca Madrid
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez
31 May 2009 38 Osasuna 2–1 Real Madrid Pamplona
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Copa del Rey edit

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
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 edit

Group H edit

Pos Team 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
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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 edit

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

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
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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Players statistics edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

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

Disciplinary record edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Deportivo 2 – 1 Real Madrid". Terra.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Real Madrid 4 – 3 CD Numancia". Terra.es (in Spanish). 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Racing Santander 0–2 Real Madrid". Terra.es (in Spanish). 21 September 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
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