2012–13 La Liga

La Liga 2012–13
Season information
Dates	18 August 2012–1 June 2013
Winners	Barcelona 22nd title
Relegated	Mallorca Deportivo Zaragoza
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad
Europa League	Valencia Real Betis Sevilla
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,091
Average	(2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi (46 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 6–0 Deportivo (9 December 2012)
Biggest away win	Rayo Vallecano 0–5 Barcelona (27 October 2012) Mallorca 0–5 Real Madrid (28 October 2012) Valencia 0–5 Real Madrid (20 January 2013)
Highest scoring	Deportivo 4–5 Barcelona (20 October 2012)
← 2011–12	2013–14 →

The 2012–13 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd since its establishment. The campaign began on 18 August 2012, and concluded on 1 June 2013. Barcelona won the league for a 22nd time, after leading the league the entire season and amassing 100 points, equalling Real Madrid's points record from the previous season.

As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the 2011–12 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.

Villarreal CF, Sporting de Gijón and Racing de Santander were relegated to 2012–13 Segunda División the previous season: Villarreal were relegated after twelve years in La Liga, Sporting de Gijón returned to Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Racing de Santander ended ten consecutive seasons in La Liga, the longest period in its history.

The three teams that were relegated were replaced by three 2011–12 Segunda División sides: Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to the top level as Segunda División champion. The second-placing team Celta de Vigo was also promoted to La Liga after a five-year absence. The third promoted team was decided in the promotion play-offs where Real Valladolid returned to La Liga after two seasons in Segunda División.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location of stadium	Stadium	Capacity
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,851
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354
Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	52,745
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Espanyol	Barcelona	Cornellà-El Prat	40,500
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,700
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	22,524
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	25,534
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	28,963
Mallorca	Palma	Iberostar Stadium	23,142
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar	19,553
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Campo de Vallecas	15,489
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	85,454
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,076
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Valladolid	[Valladolid	José Zorrilla	26,512
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Athletic Bilbao	Marcelo Bielsa	Carlos Gurpegui	Umbro	Petronor
Atlético Madrid	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Azerbaijan, Huawei and Kyocera
Barcelona	Tito Vilanova	Carles Puyol	Nike	Qatar Foundation, UNICEF and TV3
Betis	Pepe Mel	Juanma	Macron	Cirsa and Andalucía
Celta de Vigo	Paco Herrera	Borja Oubiña	Li-Ning	Citroën and Estrella Galicia
Deportivo La Coruña	Fernando Vázquez	Manuel Pablo	Lotto	Estrella Galicia
Espanyol	Javier Aguirre	Cristian Álvarez	Puma	Cancún
Getafe	Luis García Plaza	Jaime Gavilán	Joma	Confremar and IG Markets
Granada	Lucas Alcaraz	Manuel Lucena	Luanvi	Caja Granada
Levante	Juan Ignacio Martínez	Sergio Ballesteros	Kelme	Comunitat Valenciana
Málaga	Manuel Pellegrini	Jesús Gámez	Nike	UNESCO
Mallorca	Gregorio Manzano	José Nunes	Macron	Riviera Maya
Osasuna	José Luis Mendilibar	Patxi Puñal	Astore	Lacturale and Nevir
Rayo Vallecano	Paco Jémez	Piti	Erreà	AE — Adquisiciones Empresariales and Nevir
Real Madrid	José Mourinho	Iker Casillas	Adidas	BWIN
Real Sociedad	Philippe Montanier	Xabi Prieto	Nike	Canal+ and Kutxa
Sevilla	Unai Emery	Andrés Palop	Umbro	Interwetten
Valencia	Ernesto Valverde	David Albelda	Joma	JinKO Solar
Valladolid	Miroslav Đukić	Javier Baraja	Kappa	El Norte de Castilla
Zaragoza	Manolo Jiménez	Javier Paredes	Mercury	Proniño and Canal+

1. ^Huawei is the sponsor for select matches.

2. ^On the back of shirt.

3. ^Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.

4. ^On the shorts.

5. ^Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.

6. ^On the left sleeve.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Barcelona	Pep Guardiola	End of contract	30 June 2012	Tito Vilanova	13 June 2012	Pre-Season
Valencia	Unai Emery	End of contract	30 June 2012	Mauricio Pellegrino	4 June 2012	Pre-Season
Rayo Vallecano	José Ramón Sandoval	End of contract	30 June 2012	Paco Jémez	14 June 2012	Pre-Season
Granada	Abel Resino	End of contract	30 June 2012	Juan Antonio Anquela	18 June 2012	Pre-Season
Espanyol	Mauricio Pochettino	Mutual consent	26 November 2012	Javier Aguirre	28 November 2012	20th
Valencia	Mauricio Pellegrino	Sacked	1 December 2012	Voro (caretaker)	1 December 2012	12th
Valencia	Voro (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	5 December 2012<	Ernesto Valverde	3 December 2012	12th
Deportivo La Coruña	José Luis Oltra	Sacked	30 December 2012	Domingos Paciência	31 December 2012	20th
Sevilla	Míchel	Sacked	14 January 2013	Unai Emery	14 January 2013	12th
Granada	Juan Antonio Anquela	Sacked	30 January 2013	Lucas Alcaraz	30 January 2013	17th
Mallorca	Joaquín Caparrós	Sacked	4 February 2013	Gregorio Manzano	5 February 2013	19th
Deportivo La Coruña	Domingos Paciência	Mutual consent	11 February 2013	Fernando Vázquez	11 February 2013	20th
Celta de Vigo	Paco Herrera	Sacked	18 February 2013	Abel Resino	18 February 2013	18th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	32	4	2	115	40	+75	100	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	26	7	5	103	42	+61	85
3	Atlético Madrid	38	23	7	8	65	31	+34	76
4	Real Sociedad	38	18	12	8	70	49	+21	66	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Valencia	38	19	8	11	67	54	+13	65	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Málaga	38	16	9	13	53	50	+3	57
7	Real Betis	38	16	8	14	57	56	+1	56	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
8	Rayo Vallecano	38	16	5	17	50	66	−16	53
9	Sevilla	38	14	8	16	58	54	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
10	Getafe	38	13	8	17	43	57	−14	47
11	Levante	38	12	10	16	40	57	−17	46
12	Athletic Bilbao	38	12	9	17	44	65	−21	45
13	Espanyol	38	11	11	16	43	52	−9	44
14	Valladolid	38	11	10	17	49	58	−9	43
15	Granada	38	11	9	18	37	54	−17	42
16	Osasuna	38	10	9	19	33	50	−17	39
17	Celta Vigo	38	10	7	21	37	52	−15	37
18	Mallorca (R)	38	9	9	20	43	72	−29	36	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	38	8	11	19	47	70	−23	35
20	Zaragoza (R)	38	9	7	22	37	62	−25	34

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	FCB	BET	CEL	RCD	ESP	GET	GCF	LEV	MCF	MLL	OSA	RVA	RMA	RSO	SFC	VCF	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		3–0	2–2	3–5	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–2
Atlético Madrid	4–0		1–2	1–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–3	1–2	0–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–0
Barcelona	5–1	4–1		4–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	6–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	5–1	5–1	3–1	2–2	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1
Betis	1–1	2–4	1–2		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	0–0	4–0
Celta Vigo	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–1
Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	0–0	4–5	2–3	3–1		2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–3	0–0	3–2
Espanyol	3–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	3–2	0–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–3	0–0	1–2
Getafe	1–0	0–0	1–4	2–4	3–1	3–1	0–2		2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0
Granada	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–5	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2
Levante	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	0–4	3–2	0–0	3–1		1–2	4–2	0–2	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Málaga	1–0	0–0	1–3	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	3–1		1–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–1
Mallorca	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–3		1–1	1–1	2–5	1–0	2–1	2–0	6–2	1–1
Osasuna	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
Rayo Vallecano	2–2	2–1	0–5	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–2		0–2	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–2
Real Madrid	5–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	5–1	2–2	4–0	3–0	5–1	6–2	5–2	4–2	2–0		4–3	4–1	1–1	4–3	4–0
Real Sociedad	2–0	0–1	3–2	3–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	3–3		2–1	4–2	4–1	2–0
Sevilla	2–1	0–1	2–3	5–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2		4–3	1–2	4–0
Valencia	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–2	5–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–5	2–5	2–0		2–1	2–0
Valladolid	2–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	6–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–1		2–0
Zaragoza	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–1	5–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–1

Source: LFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

La Liga Awards

La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with LFP Awards.

Award	Recipient
Best Player	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Coach	Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)
Best Goalkeeper	Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid)
Best Defender	Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Best Midfielder(s)	Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Best Forward	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Top goalscorers

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	46
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	34
3	Radamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	28
4	Álvaro Negredo	Sevilla	25
5	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	24
6	Rubén Castro	Real Betis	18
	Piti	Rayo Vallecano
8	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	16
9	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	14
	Hélder Postiga	Zaragoza
	Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	16
	Mesut Özil	Real Madrid
3	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	12
4	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	11
	Cesc Fàbregas	Barcelona
6	Ivan Rakitić	Sevilla	10
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
8	Ibai Gómez	Athletic Bilbao	9
	Koke	Atlético Madrid
	Alexis Sánchez	Barcelona
	Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	Thibaut Courtois	Atlético Madrid	29	37	0.78
2	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	33	31	1.06
3	Willy Caballero	Málaga	42	34	1.24
	Andrés Fernández	Osasuna	46	37
5	Claudio Bravo	Real Sociedad	40	31	1.29

Source: Marca

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Fabrice Olinga for Málaga against Celta Vigo (18 August 2012)
• Last goal of the season: Piti for Rayo Vallecano against Athletic Bilbao (1 June 2013)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Falcao, RadamelRadamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	4–0 (H)	02012-08-27-27 August 2012
Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	5–1 (H)	02012-09-30-30 September 2012
Messi, LionelLionel Messi	Barcelona	Deportivo La Coruña	5–4 (A)	02012-10-20-20 October 2012
Falcao, RadamelRadamel Falcao5	Atlético Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	6–0 (H)	02012-12-09-9 December 2012
Prieto, XabiXabi Prieto	Real Sociedad	Real Madrid	3–4 (A)	02013-01-06-6 January 2013
Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Getafe	4–0 (H)	02013-01-27-27 January 2013
Messi, LionelLionel Messi4	Barcelona	Osasuna	5–1 (H)	02013-01-27-27 January 2013
Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Sevilla	4–1 (H)	02013-02-09-9 February 2013
Negredo, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Negredo	Sevilla	Celta Vigo	4–1 (H)	02013-03-04-4 March 2013
Fàbregas, CescCesc Fàbregas	Barcelona	Mallorca	5–0 (H)	02013-04-06-6 April 2013
Negredo, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Negredo4	Sevilla	Valencia	4–3 (H)	02013-06-01-1 June 2013

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 20
  • Atlético Madrid
• Fewest clean sheets: 5
  • Mallorca

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 139
  • Espanyol
• Fewest yellow cards (club): 56
  • Barcelona
• Most yellow cards (player): 19
  • Cristian Săpunaru (Zaragoza)
• Most red cards (club): 12
  • Sevilla
• Fewest red cards (club): 2
  • Barcelona
  • Real Sociedad
• Most red cards (player): 4
  • Alejandro Arribas (Osasuna)

Overall

• Most wins - Barcelona (32)
• Fewest wins - Deportivo La Coruña (8)
• Most draws - Real Sociedad (12)
• Fewest draws - Barcelona (4)
• Most losses - Zaragoza (22)
• Fewest losses - Barcelona (2)
• Most goals scored - Barcelona (115)
• Fewest goals scored - Osasuna (33)
• Most goals conceded - Mallorca (72)
• Fewest goals conceded - Atlético Madrid (31)

External links

• Official website

Template:2012–13 in Spanish football Template:2012–13 in European football (UEFA)