2013–14 La Liga

La Liga 2013–14
Season information
Winners	Atlético Madrid 10th title
Relegated	Real Betis Osasuna Real Valladolid
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Atlético Madrid Barcelona Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao
Europa League	Sevilla Real Sociedad Villarreal
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1045
Average	2.75
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Ronaldo (31 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 7–0 Levante (18 August 2013) Atlético Madrid 7–0 Getafe (23 November 2013)
Biggest away win	Real Betis 0–5 Real Madrid (19 January 2014) Almería 0–5 Real Madrid (23 November 2013)
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 7–3 Sevilla (30 October 2013)
← 2012-13	2014-15 →

The 2013–14 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 83rd since its establishment. The season began on 17 August 2013, and will end on 18 May 2014. Barcelona are the defending champions. As in the previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Incyte Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.

RCD Mallorca, Deportivo de La Coruña and Real Zaragoza were relegated to 2013–14 Segunda División the previous season: Mallorca were relegated after sixteen years in La Liga, the longest period in its history and ending their golden era, Zaragoza returned to Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to the Segunda División after being promoted the previous year. All three teams were relegated in the last matchday.

The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2012–13 Segunda División sides: Elche CF returned to the top level as Segunda División champion after 24 years of absence and with the last 14 seasons consecutively in the Segunda División. The second placed team Villarreal was also promoted to La Liga making an immediate return to La Liga after a win over Almería in the decisive match of the last set of games where the winner would be directly promoted to La Liga. Almería returned to the Spanish top flight after spending two years in the Segunda by beating Girona in the promotion play-offs.

This was the first ever season since the 1988–89 season without any teams from the archipelagos of Spain (teams located on the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands) since RCD Mallorca was relegated and UD Las Palmas failed to be promoted after playing in the promotion play-offs later season.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location of stadium	Stadium	Capacity
Almería	Almería	Estadio del Mediterráneo	22,000
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,332
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,851
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354
Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	52,500
Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	36,017
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	30,044
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	Nuevo José Zorrilla	26,512
Villarreal	Villarreal	El Madrigal	24,890

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Almería	Alfonso García	Francisco	Corona	Nike	Urcisol.com
Athletic Bilbao	Josu Urrutia	Ernesto Valverde	Carlos Gurpegui	Nike	Petronor
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Azerbaijan and Kyocera
Barcelona	Josep Bartomeu	Gerardo Martino	Carles Puyol	Nike	Qatar Airways and UNICEF
Betis	Miguel Guillén	Gabriel Calderón	Nacho	Macron	Cirsa and Andalucía
Celta de Vigo	Carlos Mouriño	Luis Enrique	Borja Oubiña	Adidas	Citroën and Estrella Galicia
Elche	José Sepulcre	Fran Escribá	Sergio Mantecón	Acerbis	Gioseppo
Espanyol	Ramón Condal	Javier Aguirre	Sergio García	Puma	Cancún
Getafe	Ángel Torres	Luis García Plaza	Jaime Gavilán	Joma	Confremar and IG Markets
Granada	Quique Pina	Lucas Alcaraz	Diego Mainz	Luanvi	Caja Granada
Levante	Quico Catalán	Joaquín Caparrós	Juanfran García	Kelme	Comunitat Valenciana
Málaga	Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani	Bernd Schuster	Duda	Nike	UNESCO and BlueBay resorts
Osasuna	Miguel Archanco	Javi Gracia	Patxi Puñal	Adidas	Lacturale and Nevir
Rayo Vallecano	Raúl Martín Presa	Paco Jémez	Trashorras	Erreà	AE — Adquisiciones Empresariales and Nevir
Real Madrid	Florentino Pérez	Carlo Ancelotti	Iker Casillas	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad	Jokin Aperribay	Jagoba Arrasate	Xabi Prieto	Nike	Canal+ and Kutxa
Real Valladolid	Carlos Suárez	Juan Ignacio Martínez	Javier Baraja	Hummel	El Norte de Castilla
Sevilla	José María del Nido	Unai Emery	Ivan Rakitić	Warrior	Interwetten
Valencia	Amadeo Salvo	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Ricardo Costa	Joma	JinKO Solar
Villarreal	Fernando Roig Alfonso	Marcelino García Toral	Bruno Soriano	Xtep	Pamesa Cerámica

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.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Valencia	Ernesto Valverde	End of contract	30 June 2013	Miroslav Đukić	4 June 2013	5th (2012–13)
Real Sociedad	Philippe Montanier	End of contract	30 June 2013	Jagoba Arrasate	8 June 2013	4th (2012–13)
Celta Vigo	Abel Resino	Mutual consent	8 June 2013	Luis Enrique	8 June 2013	17th (2012–13)
Levante	Juan Ignacio Martínez	End of contract	30 June 2013	Joaquín Caparrós	10 June 2013	11th (2012–13)
Málaga	Manuel Pellegrini	Mutual consent	2 June 2013	Bernd Schuster	12 June 2013	6th (2012–13)
Real Valladolid	Miroslav Đukić	Mutual consent	2 June 2013	Juan Ignacio Martínez	17 June 2013	14th (2012–13)
Athletic Bilbao	Marcelo Bielsa	End of contract	30 June 2013	Ernesto Valverde	21 June 2013	12th (2012–13)
Real Madrid	José Mourinho	Mutual consent	2 June 2013	Carlo Ancelotti	25 June 2013	2nd (2012–13)
Almería	Javi Gracia	Mutual consent	28 June 2013	Francisco	29 June 2013	3rd in Segunda (2012–13)
Barcelona	Tito Vilanova	Resigned	19 July 2013	Gerardo Martino	23 July 2013	1st (2012–13)
Osasuna	José Luis Mendilibar	Sacked	3 September 2013	Javi Gracia	4 September 2013	20th
Real Betis	Pepe Mel	Sacked	2 December 2013	Juan Carlos Garrido	2 December 2013	20th
Valencia	Miroslav Đukić	Sacked	16 December 2013	Juan Antonio Pizzi	26 December 2013	9th
Real Betis	Juan Carlos Garrido	Sacked	19 January 2014	Gabriel Calderón	19 January 2014	20th

League table

2013–14 La Liga Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Atlético Madrid  (C)	38	28	6	4	77	26	+51	90	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Barcelona	38	27	6	5	100	33	+67	87		BAR 2–1 RMA RMA 3–4 BAR
3	Real Madrid	38	27	6	5	104	38	+66	87
4	Athletic Bilbao	38	20	10	8	66	39	+27	70	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Sevilla	38	18	9	11	69	52	+17	63	2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage 2
6	Villarreal	38	17	8	13	60	44	+16	59	2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round 1	VIL 5–1 RSO RSO 1–2 VIL
7	Real Sociedad	38	16	11	11	62	55	+7	59	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
8	Valencia	38	13	10	15	51	53	−2	49		VAL 2–1 CEL CEL 2–1 VAL
9	Celta de Vigo	38	14	7	17	49	54	−5	49
10	Levante	38	12	12	14	35	43	−8	48
11	Málaga	38	12	9	17	39	46	−7	45
12	Rayo Vallecano	38	13	4	21	46	80	−34	43
13	Getafe	38	11	9	18	35	54	−19	42		GET 0–0 ESP ESP 0–2 GET
14	Espanyol	38	11	9	18	41	51	−10	42
15	Granada	38	12	5	21	32	56	−24	41
16	Elche	38	9	13	16	30	50	−20	40		ELC 1–0 ALM ALM 2–2 ELC
17	Almería	38	11	7	20	43	71	−28	40
18	Osasuna  (R)	38	10	9	19	32	62	−30	39	Relegation to the 2014–15 Segunda División
19	Valladolid  (R)	38	7	15	16	38	60	−22	36
20	Betis  (R)	38	6	7	25	36	78	−42	25

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points;.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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