2009–10 La Liga

La Liga 2009-10
Season information
Winners	Barcelona
Relegated	Valladolid Tenerife Xerez
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Barcelona (group stage) Real Madrid (group stage) Valencia (group stage) Sevilla (playoff round)
Europa League	Atlético Madrid (group stage (via UEFA Europa League) Getafe (playoff round) Villarreal (playoff round)
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1031
Average	2.71
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi (34)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 6–0 Zaragoza (19 December 2009)
Biggest away win	Tenerife 0–5 Barcelona (10 January 2010)
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 6–2 Villarreal (21 February 2010)
← 2008-09	2010-11 →

The 2009–10 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th La Liga since its establishment. Barcelona were the defending champions, having won their 19th La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on 29 August 2009 ended on 16 May 2010. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2008–09 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball - the Nike T90 Ascente - served as the official ball for all matches.

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted from Segunda 2008-09

• Xerez CD
• Real Zaragoza
• CD Tenerife

End of season

Teams relegated to Segunda 2010-11

• Real Betis
• CD Numancia
• Recreativo de Huelva

Final league table

2009–10 La Liga Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Barcelona  (C)	38	31	6	1	98	24	+74	99	2010-11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	31	3	4	102	35	+67	96
3	Valencia	38	21	8	9	59	40	+19	71
4	Sevilla	38	19	6	13	65	49	+16	63	2010-11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Mallorca	38	18	8	12	59	44	+15	0621
6	Getafe	38	17	7	14	58	48	+10	58	2010-11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
7	Villarreal	38	16	8	14	58	57	+1	56
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	9	14	50	53	−3	54
9	Atlético Madrid	38	13	8	17	57	61	−4	47	2010-11 UEFA Europa League Group stage 2	DEP 2–1 ATM ATM 3–0 DEP
10	Deportivo La Coruña	38	13	8	17	35	49	−14	47
11	Espanyol	38	11	11	16	29	46	−17	44
12	Osasuna	38	11	10	17	37	46	−9	43
13	Almería	38	10	12	16	43	55	−12	42
14	Zaragoza	38	10	11	17	46	64	−18	41
15	Sporting de Gijón	38	9	13	16	36	51	−15	40
16	Racing Santander	38	9	12	17	42	59	−17	39
17	Málaga	38	7	16	15	42	48	−6	37
18	Valladolid  (R)	38	7	15	16	37	62	−25	36	Relegation to the  Segunda División	VLD 3–3 TEN TEN 0–0 VLD
19	Tenerife  (R)	38	9	9	20	40	74	−34	36
20	Xerez  (R)	38	8	10	20	38	66	−28	34

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	34
2	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	27
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	26
4	David Villa	Valencia	21
5	Diego Forlán	Atlético Madrid	18
6	Roberto Soldado	Getafe	16
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Barcelona	16
8	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla	15
9	Fernando Llorente	Athletic Bilbao	14
	Nino	Tenerife	14

• Source: futbol.sportec

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