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La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División,[a] commonly known simply as La Liga[b] and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons,[2] stylized as LaLiga, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system.[3] Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional,[c] is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division. A total of 62 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the title a record 34 times and Barcelona 26 times. During the 1940s Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs, winning several titles. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated the championship in the 1950s, each winning four La Liga titles during the decade. During the 1960s and 1970s Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning 14 titles, with Atlético Madrid winning four.[4] During the 1980s and 1990s Real Madrid were prominent in La Liga, but the Basque clubs of Athletic Club and Real Sociedad had their share of success, each winning two Liga titles. From the 1990s onward, Barcelona have dominated La Liga winning 16 titles to date.[5] Although Real Madrid has been prominent, winning nine titles, La Liga has also seen other champions, including Atlético Madrid, Valencia, and Deportivo La Coruña. According to UEFA's league coefficient rankings, La Liga has been the top league in Europe in each of the seven years from 2013 to 2019 (calculated using accumulated figures from five preceding seasons), and has led Europe for 22 of the 60 ranked years up to 2019, more than any other country. It has also produced the continent's top-rated club more times (22) than any other league in that period, more than double that of second-placed Serie A (Italy), including the top club in 10 of the 11 seasons between 2009 and 2019; each of these pinnacles was achieved by either Barcelona or Real Madrid. La Liga clubs have won the most UEFA Champions League (18), UEFA Europa League (12), UEFA Super Cup (15), and FIFA Club World Cup (7) titles, and its players have accumulated the highest number of Ballon d'Or awards (23), The Best FIFA Men's Player awards including FIFA World Player of the Year (19), and UEFA Men's Player of the Year awards including UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (11). La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 26,933 for league matches in the 2018–19 season.[6] 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, and above the other two so-called "Big Five" European leagues, Serie A and Ligue 1.[7][8] La Liga is also the sixth wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue, after the NFL, MLB, the NBA, the Premier League, and the NHL.[9]

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La Liga

Organising body

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (La Liga)

Founded

1929 Spain

Country Confederation

UEFA

Number of teams

20

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 UEFA Europa Conference League

Current champions

Real Madrid (34th title) (2019–20)

Most championships

Real Madrid (34 titles)

Most appearances

Andoni Zubizarreta (622)

Top goalscorer

Lionel Messi (469)

TV partners

List of broadcasters

Website

laliga.es (https://www.laliga. es) Current: 2020–21 La Liga

Competition format Promotion and relegation Ranking of clubs on equal points Qualification for European competitions Current Criteria History Foundation 1930s: Athletic Club prominence 1940s: Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia emerge 1950s: Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate La Liga 1960s–1970s: Real Madrid superiority 1980s: Real Madrid and the Basque Clubs 1990s: Barcelona's Dream Team 2000s: Real Madrid, Barcelona and new challengers 2010s: Barcelona and Real madrid duopoly 2020s: Present Clubs Stadiums and locations La Liga clubs in Europe Champions Performance by club Performance comparison since 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Liga

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All-time La Liga table Players Eligibility of non-EU players Individual awards Transfers Player records Most goals Most appearances Sponsors Sponsorship names See also Notes References 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 matches. 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:[10] If all clubs involved have played each other twice: 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.[11] 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Liga

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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.

Qualification for European competitions Current Criteria The top four teams in La Liga qualify for the subsequent season's UEFA Champions League group stage. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League also qualify for the subsequent season's UEFA Champions League group stage. If this means 6 La Liga teams qualify, then the 4th place team in La Liga instead plays in the UEFA Europa League, as any single nation is limited to a maximum of 5 teams. The 5th place team in La Liga qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League group stage. The winner of the Copa del Rey also qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League group stage, but if the winner also finished in the top 5 places in La Liga, then this place reverts to the team that finished 6th in La Liga. Furthermore, the 6th place (or 7th if 6th already qualifies) team qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.[12] The number of places allocated to Spanish clubs in UEFA competitions is dependent upon the position a country holds in the UEFA country coefficients, which are calculated based upon the performance of teams in UEFA competitions in the previous 5 years. Currently the ranking of Spain (and de facto La Liga) is 1st. Extracted from the 2019 ranking of nations by their UEFA coefficient[13] Rank 2019

Rank 2018

Change

1

1

=

Spain

20.214

23.928

20.142

19.714

19.571

2

2

=

England

13.571

14.250

14.928

20.071

3

3

=

Italy

19.000

11.500

14.250

17.333

4

4

=

Germany

15.857

16.428

14.571

5

5

=

France

10.916

11.083

6

6

=

Russia

9.666

11.500

7

7

=

Portugal

9.083

8

8

=

Ukraine

10.000

9

9

=

Belgium

10

10

=

Turkey

League

2014–15

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

Coefficient

Places in UEFA Champions League

Places in Europa League

GS

PO

Q3

Q2

Q1

PQ

GS

PO

Q3

Q2

Q1

PQ

103.569

4

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

1

—

—

22.642

85.462

4

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

1

—

—

12.642

74.725

4

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

1

—

—

9.857

15.214

71.927

4

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

—

1

—

—

14.416

11.500

10.583

58.498

2

—

1

—

—

—

2

—

—

1

—

—

9.200

12.600

7.583

50.549

2

—

1

—

—

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

10.500

8.083

9.666

10.900

48.232

1

—

1

—

—

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

9.800

5.500

8.000

7.800

39.900

1

—

1

—

—

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

9.600

7.400

12.500

2.600

5.600

38.900

1

—

1

—

—

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

6.000

6.600

9.700

6.800

5.500

34.600

1

—

—

1

—

—

1

—

1

1

—

—

History Foundation In April 1928, José María Acha, a director at 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 Club, Real Sociedad, 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 Club, have never been relegated from the Primera División.

1930s: Athletic Club prominence Although Barcelona won the very first Liga in 1929 and Real Madrid won their first titles in 1932 and 1933, it was Athletic Club 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 Royal Spanish Football Federation (Spanish acronym 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.

1940s: Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia emerge 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Liga

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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 them, 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 César Rodríguez, Josep Escolà, Estanislau Basora and Mariano Gonzalvo, Barcelona dominated La Liga in the late 1940s,[14] 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: Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate La Liga 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, César Rodríguez 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 trophies in one year earned them the name 'L’equip de les cinc Copes'[15] 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 Liga, 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.

Results of the five champions during the post-war years

Season

ATM

BAR

BIL

SEV

VAL

1939–40

1

9

3

2

8

1940–41

1

4

2

5

3

1941–42

3

12

7

6

1

1942–43

8

3

1

2

7

1943–44

2

6

10

3

1

1944–45

3

1

6

10

5

1945–46

7

2

3

1

6

1946–47

3

4

2

6

1

1947–48

3

1

6

5

2

1948–49

4

1

6

8

2

1949–50

1

5

6

10

3

TOTAL

3

3

1

1

3

Top three

8

4

5

4

7

League champions Copa del Rey La Liga/Copa del Rey double

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 have only 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. Real Madrid won their third La Liga in 1954, 21 years later since 1933, and retained its title in 1955. In 1956, Athletic Club won their sixth La Liga title, but Real Madrid won La Liga again in 1957 and 1958. All in all, Barcelona and Real Madrid won 4 La Liga titles each, with Atlético Ma...