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The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, [ a ] normally known merely as Primera División ( Spanish Premier League ) in Spain, and as La Liga [ b ] in english-speaking countries and formally as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, [ 2 ] stylized as LaLiga, is the men ‘s lead professional football division of the spanish football league organization. [ 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. Since its origin, a entire of 62 teams have competed in La Liga. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the deed 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 ten. During the 1960s and 1970s, Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning 14 titles, with Atlético Madrid winning four. [ 4 ] During the 1980s and 1990s actual Madrid were outstanding in La Liga, but the Basque clubs of Athletic Club and Real Sociedad had their contribution of success, each winning two Liga titles. From the 1990s forth, Barcelona have dominated La Liga, winning 16 titles to go steady. [ 5 ] Although Real Madrid has been big, winning nine titles, La Liga has besides 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 accrued figures from five preceding seasons ) and has led Europe for 22 of the 60 ranked years up to 2019, more than any other nation. It has besides produced the continent ‘s top-rated cabaret 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 ( 13 ), 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 globally, with an average attendance of 26,933 for league matches in the 2018–19 season. [ 6 ] This is the eighth-highest of any domestic professional sports league in the universe and the third-highest of any professional affiliation football league in the world, behind the Bundesliga and the Premier League, and above the other two alleged “ big Five ” european leagues, Serie A and Ligue 1. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] La Liga is besides the one-sixth wealthiest professional sports league in the global by gross, after the NFL, MLB, the NBA, the Premier League, and the NHL. [ 9 ]

competition format [edit ]

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each clubhouse plays every early club twice, once at home and once away, for 38 matches. Teams receive three points for a succeed, one detail for a draw, and no points for a passing. Teams are ranked by sum points, with the highest-ranked club crowned ace at the end of the season .

promotion and delegating [edit ]

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 extra cabaret promoted after a series of play-offs involving the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs. Below is a complete commemorate 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

Tie circuit breaker rules [edit ]

If points are adequate between two or more clubs, the rules are : [ 10 ]

If all clubs involved have played each other twice:
- If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the head-to-head goal difference for those clubs (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
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
- 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 [edit ]

current criteria [edit ]

The top four teams in La Liga stipulate for the subsequent temper ‘s UEFA Champions League group stage. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League besides qualify for the subsequent season ‘s UEFA Champions League group stage. If this means 6 La Liga teams qualify, then the fourth position team in La Liga alternatively plays in the UEFA Europa League, as any one nation is limited to a utmost of 5 teams. The fifth place team in La Liga qualifies for the subsequent season ‘s UEFA Europa League group stage. The achiever of the Copa del Rey besides qualifies for the subsequent season ‘s UEFA Europa League group stage, but if the winner besides 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 target ( or 7th if 6th already qualifies ) team qualifies for the subsequent season ‘s UEFA Europa League second stipulate round. [ 12 ] The number of places allocated to Spanish clubs in UEFA competitions is pendent upon the position a country holds in the UEFA state coefficients, which are calculated based upon the performance of teams in UEFA competitions in the previous five years. As of the end of temper 2020/2021, the ranking of Spain ( and de facto La Liga ) is irregular. [ 13 ]

Extracted from the 2019 ranking of nations by their UEFA coefficient[14]

Rank
2019

Rank
2018

Change

League

2014–15

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

Coefficient

Places in UEFA Champions League

Places in Europa League

1
1
=
Spain
20.214
23.928
20.142
19.714
19.571
103.569
4
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
1
—
—

2
2
=
England
13.571
14.250
14.928
20.071
22.642
85.462
4
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
1
—
—

3
3
=
Italy
19.000
11.500
14.250
17.333
12.642
74.725
4
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
1
—
—

4
4
=
Germany
15.857
16.428
14.571
9.857
15.214
71.927
4
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
1
—
—

5
5
=
France
10.916
11.083
14.416
11.500
10.583
58.498
2
—
1
—
—
—
2
—
—
1
—
—

6
6
=
Russia
9.666
11.500
9.200
12.600
7.583
50.549
2
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—

7
7
=
Portugal
9.083
10.500
8.083
9.666
10.900
48.232
1
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—

8
8
=
Ukraine
10.000
9.800
5.500
8.000
7.800
39.900
1
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—

9
9
=
Belgium
9.600
7.400
12.500
2.600
5.600
38.900
1
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—

10
10
=
Turkey
6.000
6.600
9.700
6.800
5.500
34.600
1
—
—
1
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—

history [edit ]

foundation [edit ]

In April 1928, José María Acha, a director at Getxo, first proposed the mind of a home league in Spain. After much consider about the size of the league and who would take partially, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol finally 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 wholly selected as previous winners of the Copa del Rey. Atlético Madrid, Espanyol, and Europa qualified as Copa del Rey runner-up and Racing de Santander qualified through a knockout competition. only three of the establish clubs ( real Madrid, Barcelona, and Athletic Club ) have never been relegated from the Primera División .

1930s : athletic Club prominence [edit ]

Although Barcelona won the very first base Liga in 1929 and Real Madrid won their first titles in 1932 and 1933, it was acrobatic Club that set the early tempo winning Primera División in 1930, 1931, 1934 and 1936. They were besides runner-up in 1932 and 1933. In 1935, Real Betis, then known as Betis Balompié, won their lone title to date. Primera División was suspended during the spanish Civil War. In 1937, the teams in the Republican area of Spain, with the celebrated exception of the two Madrid clubs, competed in the Mediterranean League and Barcelona emerged as champions. Seventy years former, on 28 September 2007, Barcelona requested the Royal Spanish Football Federation ( spanish acronym RFEF ) to recognise that claim 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 [edit ]

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

When the Primera División resumed after the spanish Civil War, it was Atlético Aviación ( present Atlético Madrid ), Valencia, and FC Barcelona that emerged as the strongest clubs. Atlético were entirely awarded a home during the 1939–40 season as a substitution for Real Oviedo, whose grind had been damaged during the war. The cabaret subsequently won its inaugural Liga title and retained it in 1941. While other clubs lost players to exile, murder, and as casualties of the war, the Atlético team was reinforced by a fusion. The young, pre-war squad of Valencia had besides remained integral and in the post-war years matured into champions, gaining three Liga titles in 1942, 1944, and 1947. They were besides runner-up in 1948 and 1949. Sevilla besides enjoyed a brief fortunate era, finishing as runner-up in 1940 and 1942 before winning their lone championship to date in 1946. interim, on the other side of Spain, FC Barcelona began to emerge as a force under the fabled Josep Samitier. A spanish football player for both Barcelona and Real Madrid, Samitier cemented his bequest with Barcelona. During his playing career with them, he scored 333 goals, won the inaugural La Liga style and five Copa Del Rey. In 1944, Samitier returned to Barcelona as a coach and guided them in winning their second gear La Liga style in 1945. Under Samitier and legendary players César Rodríguez, Josep Escolà, Estanislau Basora and Mariano Gonzalvo, Barcelona dominated La Liga in the late 1940s, [ 15 ] 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 ten of dominance, not barely from Barcelona, but from real Madrid .

1950s : Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate La Liga [edit ]

Naturalised Argentine Alfredo Di Stéfano was function of a dominant real Madrid slope in the 1950s During the 1950s, László Kubala was a conduct 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 originator Helenio Herrera, the 1950s continued the success FC Barcelona had during the deep 1940s after they had won back to back La Liga titles. During this ten, Barcelona ‘s inaugural aureate 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 classifiable 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 ‘ [ 16 ] 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 base plant of back to back La Liga, winning them in 1959 and 1960. In 1959, FC Barcelona besides won another double of La Liga / Copa Del Rey, conquering three doubles in the 1950s. The 1950s besides saw the begin of the Real Madrid dominance. During the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, there were nonindulgent limits imposed on foreign players. In most cases, clubs could have only three alien 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. [ citation needed ] 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 number Madrid won their third La Liga in 1954 — their first since 1933 — and retained their 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 Madrid winning two Liga and Athletic Club winning one during this decade .

1960s–1970s : actual Madrid superiority [edit ]

veridical Madrid dominated La Liga between 1960 and 1980, being crowned champions 14 times. [ 17 ] Real Madrid won five La Liga titles in a rowing from 1961 to 1965 american samoa well as winning three doubles between 1960 and 1980. During the 1960s and 1970s, only Atlético Madrid offered Real Madrid any good challenge. Atlético Madrid were crowned La Liga champions four times in 1966, 1970, 1973, and 1977. Atlético Madrid besides finished second position in 1961, 1963, and 1965. In 1971, Valencia won their fourthly La Liga claim in 1971 under Alfredo Di Stéfano, and the Johan Cruyff -inspired Barcelona won their ninth La Liga in 1974 .

1980s : real Madrid and the Basque Clubs [edit ]

actual Madrid ‘s monopoly in La Liga was interrupted significantly in the 1980s. Although real Madrid won another five La Liga titles in a row from 1986 to 1990 [ 18 ] under the magnificence of Emilio Butragueño and Hugo Sánchez, the Basque clubs of Real Sociedad and Athletic Club besides dominated the 1980s. [ 19 ] Real Sociedad won back-to-back La Liga titles in 1981 and 1982, after leaving both Real Madrid runner up. Their title wins were followed by mate Basque club Athletic Club, who won back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984, with Athletic Club winning their fifth La Liga and Copa Del Rey double in 1984. Barcelona won their tenth La Liga entitle in 1985 under coach Terry Venables, their first La Liga winnings since 1974 .

1990s : Barcelona ‘s Dream team [edit ]

Johan Cruyff returned to Barcelona as director in 1988, and assembled the fabled Dream Team. [ 20 ] When Cruyff took carry of this Barcelona side they had won entirely two La Liga titles in the by 11 years. Cruyff decided to build a team composed of international stars and La Masia graduates in regulate to restore Barcelona to their former glorious days. This team was formed by international stars Romario, Michael Laudrup, Hristo Stoichkov and Ronald Koeman. Cruyff ‘s Dream Team besides consisted of La Masia graduates Pep Guardiola, Albert Ferrer, and Guillermo Amor, equally well as Spaniard Andoni Zubizarreta. Johan Cruyff changed the way advanced football was played, [ 21 ] and incorporated the principles of ‘ Total Football ’ into this team. The success of possession-based football was rotatory, [ 22 ] and Cruyff ‘s team won their inaugural european Cup in 1992 and four consecutive La Liga titles between 1991 and 1994. In full, Cruyff won 11 trophies in eight years, making him the most successful director in Barcelona ‘s history until the record was broken by his protégé Pep Guardiola two decades late. Barcelona ‘s run ended with real Madrid winning La Liga in 1995. Atlético Madrid won their ninth La Liga style in 1996, ampere well as their only Liga/Copa Del Rey double, before real number Madrid added another Liga to their cabinet in 1997. After the success of Cruyff, another Dutchman – Ajax coach, Louis avant-garde Gaal – arrived at the Camp Nou, and with the talents of Luís Figo, Luis Enrique, and Rivaldo, Barcelona won the La Liga title in 1998 and 1999, including their one-fourth double of Liga and Copa Del Rey in 1998. All in all, Barcelona won six La Liga titles in the 1990s and continued their success throughout the 2000s .

2000s : real number Madrid, Barcelona and new challengers [edit ]

Results of Barça and Real Madrid in the 21st century

Season
BAR
RMA
2000–01
4
1
2001–02
4
3

2002–03
6
1
2003–04
2
4

2004–05
1
2

2005–06
1
2

2006–07
2
1
2007–08
3
1
2008–09
1
2

2009–10
1
2

2010–11
1
2

2011–12
2
1
2012–13
1
2

2013–14
2
3

2014–15
1
2

2015–16
1
2

2016–17
2
1
2017–18
1
3

2018–19
1
3

2019–20
2
1
2020–21
3
2

TOTAL
10
7

Top three
18
20
League champions
Copa del Rey
La Liga/Copa del Rey double

The twenty-first Century has continued the success FC Barcelona had in the 1990s under Johan Cruyff, dominating La Liga. [ 23 ] Although real Madrid have been outstanding, Barcelona have created a hegemony in Spain not seen since the Real Madrid of the 1960s-1970s. [ 24 ] Since the beginning of the new hundred, Barcelona have won 10 La Ligas, including two trebles and four doubles. This newly hundred however has besides seen newly challengers being crowned champions. Between 1999–2000 and 2004, Deportivo La Coruña finished in the acme three on five occasions, a better record than either real Madrid or Barcelona, and in 2000, under Javier Irureta, Deportivo became the one-ninth team to be crowned champions. Valencia were besides a very strong team in the early 2000s ; they were crowned La Liga champions in 2002 and 2004 under Rafael Benítez.

2010s : real Madrid and Barcelona continued authority with Atletico on the resurrect [edit ]

Under the era of Pep Guardiola, powered by La Masia ‘s talent, such as Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona added two straight Liga titles in 2009 and 2010. FC Barcelona besides became the first team in Spain to achieve the Treble in the 2008–09 season, consisting of winning the La Liga/Copa del Rey double and the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona won a third straight La Liga title in the 2010–11 season, but Real Madrid ended their fetching streak in the 2011–2012 season under the management of José Mourinho. Real Madrid won their 32nd La Liga title with a record at the time of 100 points. The succeed year, in the 2012–2013 season, Barcelona won however again another La Liga title under coach Tito Vilanova, replicating the 100 points record Real Madrid achieved the previous year. Atlético Madrid, under the management of Diego Simeone, won their tenth La Liga title in 2013–14, their first since 1996. Atlético Madrid became the first team since Valencia in 2004 to win La Liga and break Barcelona and Real Madrid ‘s dominion over the league. [ 25 ] In the 2014–15 season, under the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Suarez nicknamed ‘MSN ‘, Barcelona made history by becoming the first team to achieve a second base treble, and winning a sixth Liga/Copa Del Rey doubly. Barcelona continued their laterality and in the 2015–16 season, won back-to-back Liga/Copa Del Rey double, something that has not been achieved since the 1950s. [ 26 ] Real Madrid brought back the La Liga claim under the management of Zinedine Zidane in 2016–17, but Barcelona won the title again in the 2017–18 season, a well as winning their eighth double, [ 27 ] for 7 La Liga titles in 10 years. Barcelona retained the deed yet again and won their 26th La Liga title in the 2018–19 season, for 8 La Liga titles in 11 years. [ 28 ] Madrid reclaimed the entitle in 2019–20, winning the season that was hard disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 29 ] Barça finished second, making it their twelfth consecutive put in the top two, with eight victories .

2020s : present [edit ]

The 2020–21 season started on September 12. The teams participating in La Liga 2020–21 are acrobatic Club de Bilbao, Atlético de Madrid, Barcelona, Betis, Cádiz, Eibar, Getafe, Huesca, Levante, Osasuna, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Sevilla, Valencia, Valladolid, Villarreal, Elche, Alavés, Eibar and Celta Vigo. The teams joining the Primera División, coming from Segunda are Cadiz, Elche and Huesca. Atletico Madrid won the 2020–21 temper with veridical Madrid as runner-ups. [ 30 ] In August 2021, La Liga clubs approved a €2.7 billion deal to sell 10 % of the league to CVC Capital Partners. [ 31 ]

Clubs [edit ]

20 teams contest the league in its current season, including the top 17 sides from the 2020–21 season and three promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División. Espanyol and Mallorca were promoted directly, and Rayo Vallecano won the promotion play-off .

La Liga clubs in Europe [edit ]

The Primera División is presently second gear in the UEFA rankings of european leagues based on their performances in european competitions over a five-year menstruation, behind England ‘s Premier League, but ahead of Germany ‘s Bundesliga and Italy ‘s Serie A. real Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia have been in the crown ten most successful clubs in european football in terms of full european trophies. These three clubs, along with Sevilla and Atlético Madrid, are five of the most successful teams in european rival history ; these five are the alone spanish clubs to have won five or more external trophies. Deportivo La Coruña are the joint fifth-most participating spanish team in the Champions League with Sevilla — after Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Atlético Madrid — with five Champions League appearances in a row, including a semifinal appearance in 2003–04. [ 32 ] In 2005–06, Barcelona won the Champions League and Sevilla won the UEFA Cup, making La Liga the first league to do the European “ double ” since 1997. This feat was repeated in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. On 25 August 2015, La Liga became the inaugural league to qualify five teams for the UEFA Champions League group stage ( Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia ) .

Champions [edit ]

operation by club [edit ]

Performance comparison since 2010 [edit ]

Performance comparison of top teams since 2010 .

Teams
09–10
10–11
11–12
12–13
13–14
14–15
15–16
16–17
17–18
18–19
19–20
20–21
BAR
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
3

RMA
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
1
3
3
1
2

VAL
3
3
3
5
8
4
12
12
4
4
9
13

ATM
9
7
5
3
1
3
3
3
2
2
3
1

SEV
4
5
9
9
5
5
7
4
7
6
4
4

ATH
8
6
10
12
4
7
5
7
16
8
11
10

RSO
–
15
12
4
7
12
9
6
12
9
6
5

ESP
11
8
14
13
14
10
13
8
11
7
20
–

BET
–
–
13
7
20
–
10
15
6
10
15
6

VIL
7
4
18
–
6
6
4
5
5
14
5
7

League champions
Champions League
Europa League
Relegation

Players [edit ]

eligibility of non-EU players [edit ]

In La Liga in 2020, each club is allowed five non-EU players but are merely allowed to name three non-EU players in each matchday squad. [ 33 ] Players can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a actor 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 case, Leo Franco, who was born in Argentina, is of italian inheritance so far can claim a spanish passport, having played in La Liga for over five years. In accession, 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 rule .

individual awards [edit ]

Until the 2008–09 season, no official individual awards existed in La Liga. In the 2008–09 season, the governing body created the LFP Awards ( now called La Liga Awards ), awarded each temper to person players and coaches. [ 34 ] Additional awards relating to La Liga are distributed, some not sanctioned by the Liga de Futbol Profesional or RFEF and consequently not regarded as official. The most noteworthy of these are four awarded by Spain ‘s largest sports newspaper, Marca, namely the Pichichi Trophy, awarded to the circus tent scorer of the season ; the Ricardo Zamora Trophy, for the goalkeeper with the fewest goals allowed per game ( minimum 28 games ) ; the Alfredo Di Stéfano Trophy, for the musician judged to be the best overall actor in the division ; and the Zarra Trophy, for the clear scorekeeper among spanish domestic players. Since the 2013–14 season, La Liga has besides bestowed the monthly director of the month and player of the month awards .

Transfers [edit ]

The first La Liga actor to be involved in a transfer which broke the worldly concern record was Luis Suárez in 1961, who moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152,000 ( £3.5 million in 2020 ). 12 years belated, Johan Cruyff was the first musician to join a clubhouse in La Liga for a record fee of £922,000 ( £11.4 million in 2020 ), when he moved from Ajax to Barcelona. In 1982, Barcelona again set the record by signing Diego Maradona from Boca Juniors for £5 million ( £18 million in 2020 ). [ 35 ] Real Betis set the worldly concern phonograph record in 1998 when they signed Denílson from São Paulo for £21.5 million ( £38.7 million in 2020 ). [ 36 ] Four of the last six world transfer records have been set by Real Madrid, signing Luís Figo, [ 37 ] Zinedine Zidane, [ 38 ] Cristiano Ronaldo [ 39 ] ( plus a deal for Kaká days before Ronaldo [ 40 ] which fell precisely below a populace phonograph record due to the way the fee was calculated ) [ 41 ] and finally Gareth Bale, who was bought in 2013 for £85.3m ( €103.4m or $ 140m at the time ; £99.9m in 2020 ) from Tottenham Hotspur. [ 42 ] brazilian forward Neymar was the subject of an expensive and complicated transfer arrangement when he joined Barcelona from Santos in 2013, [ 43 ] [ 44 ] and his outgoing transfer to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 set a raw world read tip at €222m via his buyout article. [ 45 ] Barcelona soon invested a large measure of the money received from this transfer in a refilling, Ousmane Dembélé, whose deal – €105m – was the second base most expensive ever before Philippe Coutinho ‘s transfer to Barcelona for €142m in January 2018. [ 46 ] [ 47 ]

player records [edit ]

Most goals [edit ]

As of 22 September 2021

Boldface indicates a player still active in La Liga. Italics indicates a actor placid active voice outside La Liga .