La Liga

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This article is about the top Spanish football league. For the Spanish association, see Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
































La Liga

La Liga logo.svg
Organising body
Liga de Fútbol Profesional
Founded
1929; 89 years ago (1929)
Country
 Spain
Confederation
UEFA
Number of teams
20 (from 1997–98)
Level on pyramid
1

Relegation to
Segunda División
Domestic cup(s)
Copa del Rey
Supercopa de España
International cup(s)
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions
Barcelona (25th title)
Most championships
Real Madrid (33 titles)
Most appearances
Andoni Zubizarreta (622)
Top goalscorer
Lionel Messi (383 goals)
TV partners
List of broadcasters
Website
www.laliga.es/en

2018–19 La Liga

The Primera División,[a] commonly known as La Liga[b] and as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons with Santander,[1] is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP), La Liga is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams in that division plus the winner of a play-off.


62 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the title a record 33 times and Barcelona 25 times. Barcelona won the inaugural La Liga in 1929 with Athletic Bilbao claiming several titles in the league's early years. Barcelona and Real Madrid dominated the championship in the 1950s, winning four La Liga titles each throughout the decade. Real Madrid dominated La Liga from the 1960s through the 1980s, when Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad won the league twice in those years. From the 1990s onward, Barcelona has dominated La Liga, winning 15 titles. Although Real Madrid has been prominent, winning 8 titles, La Liga has also seen other champions, including Atlético Madrid, Valencia, and Deportivo de La Coruña. In the 2010s, Atlético Madrid became an increasingly strong team, forming a trio alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona.


According to UEFA's league coefficient, La Liga has been the top league in Europe over the last five years and has led Europe for more years (13) than any other country. It has also produced the continent's top-rated club more times (21) than any other league, more than double that of second-placed Serie A. Its clubs have won the most UEFA Champions League (18), UEFA Europa League (11), UEFA Super Cup (14), and FIFA Club World Cup (6) titles, and its players have accumulated the highest number of (FIFA) Ballon d'Or awards (19).


La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 26,983 for league matches in the 2017–18 season. This is the sixth-highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third-highest of any professional association football league in the world, behind the Bundesliga, and the Premier League.[2][3]




Contents





  • 1 Competition format

    • 1.1 Promotion and relegation


    • 1.2 Ranking of clubs on equal points


    • 1.3 Qualifying for European competitions



  • 2 History

    • 2.1 Foundation


    • 2.2 The 1930s: Athletic Bilbao


    • 2.3 The 1940s: Atlético de Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona


    • 2.4 1950s: Barcelona and Real Madrid Dominate La Liga


    • 2.5 The 1960s–1980s: The Real Madrid years


    • 2.6 The 1990s: Barcelona's dream team


    • 2.7 The 2000s


    • 2.8 The 2010s



  • 3 Teams

    • 3.1 Stadiums and locations



  • 4 La Liga clubs in Europe


  • 5 Champions

    • 5.1 Performance by club



  • 6 Performance comparison


  • 7 All-time La Liga table


  • 8 Players

    • 8.1 Eligibility of non-EU players


    • 8.2 Individual awards


    • 8.3 Transfers



  • 9 Player records

    • 9.1 Top scorers


    • 9.2 Most appearances



  • 10 Sponsors


  • 11 See also


  • 12 Notes


  • 13 References


  • 14 External links




Competition format


The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for 38 matchdays. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion.



Promotion and relegation


A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Primera División and the Segunda División. The three lowest placed teams in La Liga are relegated to the Segunda División, and the top two teams from the Segunda División promoted to La Liga, with an additional club promoted after a series of play-offs involving the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history;





















Number of clubs in La Liga throughout the years
Period (in years)

No. of clubs
1929–1934
10 clubs
1934–1941
12 clubs
1941–1950
14 clubs
1950–1971
16 clubs
1971–1987
18 clubs
1987–1995
20 clubs
1995–1997
22 clubs
1997–present
20 clubs


Ranking of clubs on equal points


If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:[4]


  • If all clubs involved have played each other twice:
    • If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the goal difference for the two matches those clubs have played against each other (without away goals rule)

    • If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other:
      • a) head-to-head points

      • b) head-to-head goal difference

      • c) total goal difference



  • If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using:
    • a) total goal difference

    • b) total goals scored


  • If the tie is still not broken, the winner will be determined by Fair Play scales.[5] These are:

    • yellow card, 1 point


    • doubled yellow card/ejection, 2 points


    • direct red card, 3 points

    • suspension or disqualification of coach, executive or other club personnel (outside referees' decisions), 5 points

    • misconduct of the supporters: mild 5 points, serious 6 points, very serious 7 points

    • stadium closure, 10 points

    • if the Competition Committee removes a penalty, the points are also removed


  • If the tie is still not broken, it will be resolved with a tie-break match in a neutral stadium.


Qualifying for European competitions




Barcelona against Schalke 04 in the 2008 UEFA Champions League


The top teams in La Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League. The first, second, third and fourth placed teams directly enter the group stage of UEFA Champions League.
Teams placed fifth and sixth play in the UEFA Europa League, along with the cup winners. If the cup winners finish in the top six, an additional berth in the Europa League is given to the team that finishes in seventh.



History



Foundation


In April 1927, José María Acha, a director at Arenas Club de Getxo, first proposed the idea of a national league in Spain. After much debate about the size of the league and who would take part, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol eventually agreed on the ten teams who would form the first Primera División in 1929. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Arenas Club de Getxo and Real Unión were all selected as previous winners of the Copa del Rey. Atlético Madrid, Espanyol and Europa qualified as Copa del Rey runners-up and Racing de Santander qualified through a knockout competition. Only three of the founding clubs, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, have never been relegated from the Primera División.



The 1930s: Athletic Bilbao


Although Barcelona won the very first Liga in 1929 and Real Madrid won their first titles in 1932 and 1933, it was Athletic Bilbao that set the early pace winning Primera División in 1930, 1931, 1934 and 1936. They were also runners-up in 1932 and 1933. In 1935, Real Betis, then known as Betis Balompié, won their only title to date. Primera División was suspended during the Spanish Civil War.


In 1937, the teams in the Republican area of Spain, with the notable exception of the two Madrid clubs, competed in the Mediterranean League and Barcelona emerged as champions. Seventy years later, on 28 September 2007, Barcelona requested the RFEF to recognise that title as a Liga title. This action was taken after RFEF was asked to recognise Levante FC's Copa de la España Libre win as equivalent to Copa del Rey trophy. Nevertheless, the governing body of Spanish football has not made an outright decision yet.



The 1940s: Atlético de Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona


When the Primera División resumed after the Spanish Civil War, it was Atlético Aviación (nowadays Atlético Madrid), Valencia, and FC Barcelona that emerged as the strongest clubs. Atlético were only awarded a place during the 1939–40 season as a replacement for Real Oviedo, whose ground had been damaged during the war. The club subsequently won their first Liga title and retained it in 1941. While other clubs lost players to exile, execution, and as casualties of the war, the Atlético team was reinforced by a merger. The young, pre-war squad of Valencia had also remained intact and in the post-war years matured into champions, gaining three Liga titles in 1942, 1944, and 1947. They were also runners-up in 1948 and 1949. Sevilla also enjoyed a brief golden era, finishing as runners-up in 1940 and 1942 before winning their only title to date in 1946.


Meanwhile, on the other side of Spain, FC Barcelona began to emerge as a force under the legendary Josep Samitier. A Spanish footballer for both Barcelona and Real Madrid, Samitier cemented his legacy with Barcelona. During his playing career with Barcelona, he scored 333 goals, won the inaugural La Liga title and five Copa Del Rey. In 1944, Samitier returned to Barcelona as a coach and guided them in winning their second La Liga title in 1945. Under Samitier and legendary players Cesar Rodriguez, Josep Escola, Estanislau Basora and Mariano Gonzalvo, Barcelona dominated La Liga in the late 1940s, winning back to back La Liga titles in 1948 and 1949. The 1940s proved to be a successful season for Barcelona, winning three La Liga titles and one Copa Del Rey, but the 1950s proved to be a decade of dominance, not just from Barcelona, but from Real Madrid.



1950s: Barcelona and Real Madrid Dominate La Liga




Naturalised Argentine Alfredo Di Stéfano was part of a dominant Real Madrid side in the 1950s




During the 1950s, László Kubala was a leading member of Barcelona scoring 194 goals in 256 appearances.


Although Atlético Madrid, previously known as Atlético Aviación, were champions in 1950 and 1951 under catenaccio mastermind Helenio Herrera, the 1950s continued the success FC Barcelona had during the late 1940s after they had won back to back La Liga titles. During this decade, Barcelona's first golden era emerged. Under coach Ferdinand Daučík, FC Barcelona won back to back doubles, winning La Liga and Copa Del Rey in 1952 and 1953. In 1952, FC Barcelona made history yet again by winning five distinctive trophies in one year. This team, composed of László Kubala, Mariano Gonzalvo, Cesar Rodriguez and Joan Segarra won La Liga, Copa Del Rey, Copa Eva Duarte (predecessor of Spanish Super Cup), The Latin Cup and The Copa Martini Rossi. Their success in winning five different trophies in one year earned them the name 'L’equip de les cinc Copes' or The Team of The Five Cups. In the latter parts of the 1950s, coached by Helenio Herrera and featuring Luis Suárez, Barcelona won yet again their third set of back to back La Ligas, winning them in 1959 and 1960. In 1959, FC Barcelona also won another double of La Liga / Copa Del Rey, conquering three doubles in the 1950s.


The 1950s also saw the beginning of the Real Madrid dominance. During the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, there were strict limits imposed on foreign players. In most cases, clubs could only have three foreign players in their squads, meaning that at least eight local players had to play in every game. During the 1950s, however, these rules were circumvented by Real Madrid who naturalized Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás. Di Stéfano, Puskás, Raymond Kopa and Francisco Gento formed the nucleus of the Real Madrid team that dominated the second half of the 1950s. Madrid won the first division in 1954, 21 years later since 1933, and retained its title in 1955. They were winners again in 1957 and 1958, with only Athletic Bilbao interrupting their sequence. All in all, Barcelona and Real Madrid won 4 La Liga titles each, with Atletico De Madrid and Atletico De Bilbao winning one each during this decade.



The 1960s–1980s: The Real Madrid years


Between 1961 and 1980, Real Madrid dominated the Primera División, being crowned champions 14 times, including five-in-a-row from 1961 to 1965 and two three-in-a-row sequences (1967–1969 and 1978–1980). However, their only European Cup triumph during this period came in 1966, a sharp contrast to their five successive victories in the competition from 1956.


During this era, only Atlético Madrid offered Real Madrid any serious challenge, adding four more titles to their tally in 1966, 1970, 1973, and 1977. Of the other clubs, only Valencia in 1971 and the Johan Cruyff-inspired Barcelona of 1974 managed to break the dominance of Real Madrid.


The Madrid winning sequence was interrupted more significantly in 1981 when Real Sociedad won their first-ever title. They retained it in 1982, and their two in a row was followed by fellow Basque team Athletic Bilbao, who won back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984. Terry Venables led Barcelona to a solitary title in 1985 before Real Madrid put together another five in a row sequence (1986–1990) with a team guided by Leo Beenhakker and including Hugo Sánchez and the legendary La Quinta del Buitre – Emilio Butragueño, Manolo Sanchís, Martín Vázquez, Míchel and Miguel Pardeza.[citation needed]



The 1990s: Barcelona's dream team


Johan Cruyff returned to Barcelona as manager in 1988, and assembled the legendary Dream Team. When Cruyff took hold of this Barcelona side they had only managed to win one La Liga title in the past 14 years. Cruyff, who knew the history of FC Barcelona as a player, did not want history to repeat itself. He decided to build a team composed of international stars and La Masia graduates in order to restore Barcelona to their former glorious days. This team was formed by international stars such as Brazilian legend Romario, Denmark’s magician Michael Laudrup, Bulgarian forward Hristo Stoichkov, Dutchman Ronald Koeman, and Spaniards Andoni Zubizarreta and Jose Mari Bakero. Cruyff’s Dream Team also consisted of La Masia graduates Pep Guardiola, Albert Ferrer, and Guillermo Amor.


Johan Cruyff changed the way modern football was played and incorporated the principles of ‘Total Football’ into this team. The success of possession based football was revolutionary and Johan Cruyff’s team won their first European Cup in 1992 and four consecutive La Liga titles between 1991 and 1994. In total, Cruyff won 11 trophies in eight years, making him the most successful manager in Barcelona’s history until the record was broken by his protege Pep Guardiola two decades later.


Barcelona's run ended with Real Madrid winning La Liga in 1995. Atlético Madrid won their ninth Primera División title in 1996 before Real Madrid added another Liga trophy to their cabinet in 1997. After the success of Cruyff, another Dutchman – Ajax manager Louis van Gaal – arrived at the Camp Nou, and with the talents of Luís Figo, Luis Enrique, and Rivaldo, Barcelona won La Liga title in 1998 and 1999, which included their fourth double of Liga and Copa Del Rey in 1998.



The 2000s


As Primera División entered a new century, the two giants of Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona, found themselves facing new challengers. Between 1999/00 and 2004, Deportivo La Coruña finished in the top three on ten occasions, a better record than either Real Madrid or Barcelona, and in 2000, under Javier Irureta, Deportivo became the ninth team to be crowned champions. Valencia were also a fierce team in the 2000s and under the management of Héctor Cúper, Valencia finished as Champions League runners-up in 2000 and 2001. His successor, Rafael Benítez, built on this and led the club to a Liga title in 2002, as well as winning the UEFA Cup and La Liga in 2004.


Real Madrid won two Liga titles in 2001 and 2003 and also the UEFA Champions League in 2000 and 2002. With world-class players like Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gonzalo Higuaín, Real Madrid won back-to-back La Liga titles in 2006–07 and 2007–08. All in all, Madrid won 4 La Liga's and two champions league from 2000-2010.


The 2000s also continued the success of FC Barcelona. In the 2004–05 season, Barcelona won their first title of the new century under the brilliance of Ronaldinho. Barcelona retained the title and won it again in the 2005-2006 season, as well as winning the UEFA Champions League against Arsenal, achieving their second European Double. Under the era of Pep Guardiola, powered by La Masia's talent, such as Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona added three straight Liga titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010. FC Barcelona also became the first team in Spain to achieve the Treble in the 2008/09 season, winning all three major competitions in a single season consisting of La Liga, Copa Del Rey and the Champions League. From 2000-2010, FC Barcelona won 5 La Liga titles and 3 Champions League.



The 2010s




Match between Deportivo de La Coruña and FC Barcelona in 2016–17 season.


In the 2011–12 season, Real Madrid won its 32nd title under the management of José Mourinho with a then, record-breaking 100 points, a then record of 118 number of goals scored, most overall (32) and away (16) wins in a single season in La Liga. A year later, Barcelona replicated the same feat under coach Tito Vilanova matching the 100-point record. Atlético Madrid won the 2013–14 title, their first in 18 years, and the first title in ten years that Real Madrid or Barcelona had not won.


In the 2014/2015 season, under the deadly trio of Messi, Neymar, Suarez, Barcelona made history yet again by becoming the first team in history in achieving a second Treble. The trio of Messi, Suarez and Neymar, nicknamed 'MSN', hit a record breaking 122 goals in a season, eclipsing the 118 goals scored by Madrid in the 2011-12 season. Barcelona continued the dominance the following season winning the Liga/ Copa Del Rey double in the 2015–16 season resulting in 4 titles in 6 years.


Real Madrid brought back the La Liga title under the management of Zinedine Zidane for the 2016–17, but Barcelona won the title yet again in the 2017-18 season, as well as winning their eight double, for a total of 5 La Liga titles in 8 years.



Teams




La Liga is located in Spain

Community of Madrid

Community of Madrid



Alavés

Alavés



Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao



Barcelona

Barcelona



Celta Vigo

Celta Vigo



Eibar

Eibar



Espanyol

Espanyol



Girona

Girona



Huesca

Huesca



Levante

Levante



Real Betis

Real Betis



Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad



Sevilla

Sevilla



Sevilla

Sevilla



Valencia

Valencia



Valladolid

Valladolid



Villarreal

Villarreal



Community of Madrid teams:Atlético MadridGetafeLeganésRayo VallecanoReal Madrid


Community of Madrid teams:
Atlético Madrid
Getafe
Leganés
Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid




Location of teams in 2018–19 La Liga




La Liga is located in Community of Madrid

Atlético Madrid

Atlético Madrid



Getafe

Getafe



Leganés

Leganés



Rayo Vallecano

Rayo Vallecano



Real Madrid

Real Madrid




Location of Madrid teams in 2018–19 La Liga


20 teams contest the league in its current season, including the top 17 sides from the 2017–18 season and three promoted from the 2017–18 Segunda División. Rayo Vallecano and Huesca are the two clubs promoted directly from the second division, and the winner of the play-offs, Valladolid.



Stadiums and locations






















































































Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity

Alavés

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Mendizorrotza

7004198400000000000♠19,840[6]

Athletic Bilbao

Bilbao

San Mamés

7004532890000000000♠53,289[7]

Atlético Madrid

Madrid

Wanda Metropolitano

7004677030000000000♠67,703[8]

Barcelona

Barcelona

Camp Nou

7004993540000000000♠99,354[9]

Celta Vigo

Vigo

Balaídos

7004290000000000000♠29,000[10]

Eibar

Eibar

Ipurua

7003708300000000000♠7,083[11]

Espanyol

Barcelona

RCDE Stadium

7004405000000000000♠40,500[12]

Getafe

Getafe

Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

7004173930000000000♠17,393[13]

Girona

Girona

Montilivi

7004135000000000000♠13,500[14]

Huesca

Huesca

El Alcoraz

7003550000000000000♠5,500[15]

Leganés

Leganés

Butarque

7004114540000000000♠11,454[16]

Levante

Valencia

Ciutat de València

7004263540000000000♠26,354[17]

Rayo Vallecano

Madrid

Vallecas

7004147080000000000♠14,708

Real Betis

Seville

Benito Villamarín

7004607200000000000♠60,720[18]

Real Madrid

Madrid

Santiago Bernabéu

7004810440000000000♠81,044[19]

Real Sociedad

San Sebastián

Anoeta

7004250000000000000♠25,000[20]

Sevilla

Seville

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

7004425000000000000♠42,500[21]

Valencia

Valencia

Mestalla

7004550000000000000♠55,000[22]

Valladolid

Valladolid

José Zorrilla

7004265120000000000♠26,512[23]

Villarreal

Villarreal

Estadio de la Cerámica

7004235000000000000♠23,500[24]


La Liga clubs in Europe


Main article: Spanish football clubs in international competitions



Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League in 2013


The Primera División is currently first in the UEFA rankings of European leagues based on their performances in European competitions over a five-year period, ahead of England's Premier League, Italy's Serie A, and Germany's Bundesliga in fourth.[25]


Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia are in the top ten most successful clubs in European football in terms of total European trophies.[citation needed] These three clubs, along with
Sevilla and Atlético Madrid, are five of the most successful teams in European competition history; these five are the only Spanish clubs to have won five or more international trophies. Deportivo La Coruña are the sixth-most participating Spanish team in the Champions League — after Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla FC — with five Champions League appearances in a row, including a semifinal appearance in 2003–04.[26]


In 2005–06, Barcelona won the Champions League and Sevilla won the UEFA Cup, making the La Liga the first league to do the European "double" since 1997. On 25 August 2015, La Liga became the first league to classify five teams for the UEFA Champions League group stage (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia).



Champions


Main article: List of Spanish football champions


Performance by club











































Performance by individual clubs in Primera División
Teams
Winners
Runners-up
Winning seasons

Real Madrid

33


23


1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17

Barcelona

25


25


1929, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18

Atlético Madrid

10


10


1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1995–96, 2013–14

Athletic Bilbao

8


7


1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1955–56, 1982–83, 1983–84

Valencia

6


6


1941–42, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1970–71, 2001–02, 2003–04

Real Sociedad

2


3


1980–81, 1981–82

Deportivo La Coruña

1


5


1999–00

Sevilla

1


4


1945–46

Real Betis

1


0


1934–35


Performance comparison




















































































































































































































































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BAR2446211231112121121
ATH1112975912171113861012475716
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VAL3515173410633358412124
ESP1491417165151112101181413141013811
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All-time La Liga table


The All-time La Liga table[27] is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in La Liga since its inception in 1929. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2017–18 season.[28] Teams in bold are part of the 2018–19 La Liga.















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































All-time La Liga table

Pos

Team

S

Pts

GP

W

D

L

GF

GA

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

T

Debut

Since/
Last App

Best
1Real Madrid86446128001669562569604131843323983480192919291
2Barcelona8643552800160958260959993143252512124684192919291
3Atlético Madrid81352126521264608780459233311010169765719292002–031
4Valencia8334592702120962387044633507661012107511931–321987–881
5Athletic Bilbao86341128001219646935467237498710581049192919291
6Sevilla74287724461007538901372934311445126321934–352001–021
7Espanyol8328412664960621108336453926––45251619291994–953
8Real Sociedad7126222340878584878329432892325431919292010–111
9Zaragoza582109198669852276626832847–14544181939–402012–132
10Real Betis5219451766624446696222225521–2345151932–332015–161
11Deportivo La Coruña4618431568569403596209022691541–1121941–422017–181
12Celta Vigo521838173659939973823372685–––245111939–402012–134
13Valladolid421471146646338461917672180–––11131948–492013–144
14Racing Santander441416142845333663918432368–112–1519292011–122
15Sporting Gijón431389145847135862917532152–1122171944–452016–172
16Osasuna371351131842632756514971833–––22261935–362016–174
17Málaga371334129339533556314451824–––1–121949–502017–184
18Oviedo381174119240829249216421951––3224111933–342000–013
19Mallorca27114898833325639911821371––2–2151960–612012–133
20Las Palmas341042113437224951313711820–1111151951–522017–182
21Villarreal181031684284179221949839–11242101998–992013–142
22Granada236677422181753498191158–––––221941–422016–176
23Rayo Vallecano176626521891483057601088–––––––1977–782015–168
24Getafe13608494162122210562662–––––112004–052017–186
25Elche216066782031802957501022––––1121959–602014–155
26Hércules205386281841492957161050––––1451935–362010–115
27Tenerife13510494155128211619744––––2–21961–622009–105
28Alavés1346841814083195498673–––––111930–312016–176
29Levante12462440124108208474690–––––111963–642017–186
30Murcia18445586145143298607992–––––––1940–412007–0811
31Salamanca12375423123102198422581–––––––1974–751998–997
32Sabadell1435342612995202492720–––11–21943–441987–884
33Cádiz12343448104127217393662–––––––1977–782005–0612
34Logroñés92933469692158291489–––––––1987–881996–977
35Castellón1128533410379152419588–––12–31941–421990–914
36Albacete72772707676118320410–––––––1991–922004–057
37Almería62422286256110244366–––––––2007–082014–158
38Córdoba92302828263137285430––––1–11962–632014–155
39Compostela4190160524563199241–––––––1994–951997–9810
40Recreativo5188186504690202296–––––––1978–792008–098
41Eibar4183152493667183217–––––––2014–152014–159 [29]
42Burgos CF6168204595095216310–––––––1971–721979–8012
43Pontevedra6150180534483165221–––––––1963–641969–707
44Numancia4148152373778155253–––––––1999–002008–0917
45Arenas7107130432166227308––1–3–419291934–353
46Real Burgos396114264444101139–––––––1990–911992–939
47Gimnàstic491116341666181295–––––––1947–482006–077
48Extremadura2838020233762117–––––––1996–971998–9917
49Mérida2818019243770115–––––––1995–961997–9819
50Leganés2787620183870106–––––––2016–172016–1717
51Alcoyano476108301662145252–––––––1945–461950–5110
52Jaén37190291348121183–––––––1953–541957–5814
53Real Unión45672211437153184–––––1119291931–326
54AD Almería2526817183371116–––––––1979–801980–8110
55Girona15138149155059–––––––2017–182017–189
56Europa342541863097131–––––––19291930–318
57Lleida2406813144170182–––––––1950–511993–9416
58Xerez13438810203866–––––––2009–102009–1020
59Condal1223078153757–––––––1956–571956–5716
60Atlético Tetuán1193075185185–––––––1951–521951–5216
61Cultural Leonesa1143054213465–––––––1955–561955–5615
62Huesca–––––––––––––––2018–192018–19–
Notes

    • Note: Despite finishing the season in the 13th position in the 2014-15 La Liga, on 5 June, Elche was relegated to Segunda División due to its financial struggles, Newcomers Eibar, who finished the season in the 18th position, took Elche's place in 2015–16 La Liga.















League or status for 2017–18 season

2017–18 La Liga

2017–18 Segunda División

2017–18 Segunda División B

2017–18 Tercera División

2017–18 Divisiones Regionales
To be determined
No longer exists


Players



Eligibility of non-EU players


In La Liga, players can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry, he can claim Spanish citizenship after playing in Spain for five years. Sometimes, this can lead to a triple-citizenship situation; for example, Leo Franco, who was born in Argentina, is of Italian heritage yet can claim a Spanish passport, having played in La Liga for over five years.


In addition, players from the ACP countries — countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement — are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.



Individual awards


Until the season 2008–09, no official awards for individuals in La Liga existed. Following[clarification needed] the 2008–09 season, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) governing body sanctioned LFP Awards to player individuals. Additional awards relating to La Liga are distributed, some are sanctioned by the LFP or the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and therefore not regarded as official.[clarification needed]


The most notable of these are four awarded by Spain's biggest sports paper, Marca, namely the Pichichi Trophy, awarded to the top scorer of the season; the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for the goalkeeper with the least "goals-to-games" ratio; the Trofeo Alfredo di Stéfano, for the player judged to be the best overall player in the division; and the Zarra Trophy, awarded to the Spanish domestic player with the highest goal total in La Liga.


Since the 2013–14 season, La Liga also awards the monthly manager of the month and player of the month awards.



Transfers


The first La Liga player to be involved in a transfer which broke the world record was Luis Suárez in 1961, who moved from Barcelona to Internazionale for £152,000. Twelve years later, Johan Cruyff was the first player to join a La Liga club for a record fee, £922,000 from Ajax to Barcelona. In 1982, Barcelona again set the record by signing Diego Maradona from Boca Juniors for £5 million.[30] Real Betis set the world record in 1998 when they signed Denílson from São Paulo for £21.5 million.[31]


Four of the last six world transfer records (in euro) have been set by Real Madrid, signing Luís Figo,[32]Zinedine Zidane,[33]Cristiano Ronaldo[34] (plus a deal for Kaká days before Ronaldo[35] which fell just below a world record due to the way the fee was calculated)[36] and finally Gareth Bale, who was bought for £85.3 million (€103.4 million / $140 million) from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013.[37]


The Brazilian forward Neymar was the subject of an expensive and complicated transfer arrangement when he joined Barcelona from Santos in 2013,[38][39] and his outgoing transfer to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 set a new world record fee at €222m (via his 'buyout clause').[40] Barcelona soon invested a large chunk of this money in a replacement, Ousmane Dembélé, whose deal – €105m – was the second most expensive ever before Philippe Coutinho's transfer to Barcelona for €142m.[41][42]



Player records



Top scorers


As of matches played 29 April 2018
























































































Rank

Nat
Name
Club
Years
Goals
Apps
Ratio
1

Argentina

Lionel Messi

Barcelona
2004–3834180.92
2

Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid
2009–20183112921.07
3

Spain

Telmo Zarra

Athletic Bilbao
1940–19552512780.9
4

Mexico

Hugo Sánchez

Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid & Rayo Vallecano
1981–19942343470.67
5

Spain

Raúl

Real Madrid
1994–20102285500.41
6

Argentina

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Real Madrid & Espanyol
1953–19662273290.69
7

Spain

César Rodríguez

Granada, Barcelona, Cultural Leonesa & Elche
1939–19552233530.63
8

Spain

Quini

Sporting Gijón & Barcelona
1970–19872194480.49
9

Spain

Pahiño

Celta, Real Madrid & Deportivo
1943–19562102780.76
10

Spain

Edmundo Suárez

Valencia & Alcoyano
1939–19501952310.84


Most appearances


See also: List of La Liga players

As of 16 May 2016


































































Rank

Nat
Name
Years
Apps
Goals
1

Spain

Andoni Zubizarreta
1981–19986220
2

Spain

Raúl
1994–2010550228
3

Spain

Eusebio Sacristán
1983–200254336
4

Spain

Francisco Buyo
1980–19975420
5

Spain

Manuel Sanchís
1983–200152332
6

Spain

Iker Casillas
1999–20155100
7

Spain

Xavi
1998–201550558
8

Spain

Miquel Soler
1983–200350412
9

Spain

Fernando Hierro
1987–2003497104
10

Spain

José Mari Bakero
1980–1997483139


Sponsors


  • Banco Santander

  • Nike, Inc

  • El Corte Inglés

  • TAG Heuer

  • EA Sports

  • Samsung

  • Sportium

  • STIHL

  • Mazda

  • Mahou

  • Allianz

  • Groupe Danone

  • Marqués del Atrio

  • Kalise Menorquina

  • Solán de Cabras


See also



  • Football records in Spain

  • List of football clubs in Spain

  • List of foreign La Liga players

  • List of La Liga broadcasters

  • List of La Liga stadiums

  • List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues

  • Sports broadcasting contracts in Spain


Notes




  1. ^ Spanish: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon]; "First Division"


  2. ^ /læ ˈliːɡə/, Spanish: [la ˈliɣa]; "The League"



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  11. ^ "Capacity of Ipurua stands at 7,083". SD Eibar. 3 February 2017. 


  12. ^ "RCDE Stadium - Ficha Técnica". RCD Espanyol. Retrieved 9 May 2016. 


  13. ^ "Datos Generales". Getafe CF. Retrieved 16 May 2016. 


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External links





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