2014–15 La Liga

Primera División 2014–15
Season information
Dates	23 August 2014–23 May 2015
Winners	Barcelona
Relegated	Elche Almería Córdoba
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Valencia Sevilla
Europa League	Villarreal Athletic Bilbao
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,009
Average	(2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Ronaldo (48 goals)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 9–1 Granada (5 April 2015)
Biggest away win	Córdoba 0–8 Barcelona (2 May 2015)
Highest scoring	Deportivo 2–8 Real Madrid (20 September 2014) Real Madrid 9–1 Granada (5 April 2015) Real Madrid 7–3 Getafe (23 May 2015)
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The 2014–15 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of the premier association football league in Spain. The campaign began on 23 August 2014, and concluded on 24 May 2015.

Barcelona won its 23rd title on 17 May 2015 after defeating defending champions Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, and also equalled the all-time record goal difference of +89 (110 goals scored and 21 conceded), originally set by Real Madrid in the 2011–12 season. Barcelona won the title with 94 points, two more than Real Madrid.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División. This will include the two top teams (Eibar and Deportivo) from the Segunda División, and the play-offs winning team, Córdoba CF.

Eibar became the first club from Segunda División to achieve promotion to La Liga after its 1–0 victory over Deportivo Alavés on 25 May 2014. Eibar will make its debut in the 2014–15 La Liga.

Deportivo La Coruña won promotion back to La Liga after one season in Segunda División with a 1-0 victory over Real Jaén on 31 May 2014. Córdoba CF won the promotion play-off against UD Las Palmas and returned to the top level after 42 years.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location of stadium	Stadium	Capacity
Almería	Almería	Juegos Mediterráneos	21,350
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,332
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,960
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,786
Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Córdoba	Córdoba	El Arcángel	21,822
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	5,250
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	36,017
Espanyol	Barcelona	Power8 Stadium	40,500
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,393
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	23,156
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Campo de Vallecas	14,708
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	81,044
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,076
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Villarreal	Vila-real	El Madrigal	25,000

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 and BBK
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Azerbaijan
Barcelona	Josep Maria Bartomeu	Luis Enrique	Xavi	Nike	Qatar Airways and UNICEF
Celta de Vigo	Carlos Mouriño	Eduardo Berizzo	Borja Oubiña	Adidas	Citroën and Estrella Galicia
Córdoba	Carlos González	Albert Ferrer	Abel Gómez	Nike	RD Impagos
Deportivo La Coruña	Constantino Fernández Pico	Víctor Fernández	Manuel Pablo	Lotto	Estrella Galicia
Eibar	Alex Aranzabal	Gaizka Garitano	Txema Añibarro	Hummel	Hierros Servando
Elche	José Sepulcre	Fran Escribá	Sergio Mantecón	Kelme	Gioseppo
Espanyol	Ramón Condal	Sergio González Soriano	Sergio García	Puma	Power8
Getafe	Ángel Torres	Cosmin Contra	Jaime Gavilán	Joma	Tecnocasa Group
Granada	Quique Pina	Joaquín Caparrós	Diego Mainz	Joma	Solver Sports Capital
Levante	Quico Catalán	José Luis Mendilibar	Juanfran García	Nike	—
Málaga	Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani	Javi Gracia	Duda	Nike	UNESCO
Rayo Vallecano	Raúl Martín Presa	Paco Jémez	Roberto Trashorras	Erreà	QBAO.com and Nevir
Real Madrid	Florentino Pérez	Carlo Ancelotti	Iker Casillas	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad	Jokin Aperribay	Jagoba Arrasate	Xabi Prieto	Adidas	QBAO.com and Kutxa
Sevilla	José Castro Carmona	Unai Emery	TBA	Warrior	Malaysia
Valencia	Amadeo Salvo	Nuno Espirito Santo	TBA	Adidas	Gol Televisión
Villarreal	Fernando Roig Alfonso	Marcelino García Toral	Bruno Soriano	Xtep	Pamesa Cerámica

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Celta de Vigo	Luis Enrique	Resigned	15 May 2014	Pre-season	Eduardo Berizzo	2 June 2014
Málaga	Bernd Schuster	End of contract	16 May 2014		Javi Gracia	30 May 2014
Espanyol	Javier Aguirre	End of contract	16 May 2014		Sergio González	28 May 2014
Barcelona	Gerardo Martino	Resigned	17 May 2014		Luis Enrique	19 May 2014
Granada	Lucas Alcaraz	End of contract	28 May 2014		Joaquín Caparrós	28 May 2014
Levante	Joaquín Caparrós	Signed by Granada	28 May 2014		Jose Luis Mendilibar	30 May 2014
Valencia	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Sacked	2 July 2014		Nuno Espírito Santo	4 July 2014
Deportivo La Coruña	Fernando Vázquez	Sacked	8 July 2014		Víctor Fernández	10 July 2014

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	30	4	4	110	21	+89	94	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	30	2	6	118	38	+80	92
3	Atlético Madrid	38	23	9	6	67	29	+38	78
4	Valencia	38	22	11	5	70	32	+38	77	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Sevilla	38	23	7	8	71	45	+26	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
6	Villarreal	38	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	10	13	42	41	+1	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
8	Celta Vigo	38	13	12	13	47	44	+3	51
9	Málaga	38	14	8	16	42	48	−6	50
10	Espanyol	38	13	10	15	47	51	−4	49
11	Rayo Vallecano	38	15	4	19	46	68	−22	49
12	Real Sociedad	38	11	13	14	44	51	−7	46
13	Elche (R)	38	11	8	19	35	62	−27	41	Relegation to Segunda División
14	Levante	38	9	10	19	34	67	−33	37
15	Getafe	38	10	7	21	33	64	−31	37
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	7	14	17	35	60	−25	35
17	Granada	38	7	14	17	29	64	−35	35
18	Eibar	38	9	8	21	34	55	−21	35
19	Almería (R)	38	8	8	22	35	64	−29	29	Relegation to Segunda División
20	Córdoba (R)	38	3	11	24	22	68	−46	20

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALM	ATH	ATM	FCB	CEL	CÓR	RCD	EIB	ELC	ESP	GET	GCF	LEV	MCF	RVA	RMA	RSO	SFC	VCF	VIL
Almería		0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–4	1–2	0–1	1–4	2–2	0–2	2–3	0–0
Athletic Bilbao	2–1		1–4	2–5	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0
Atlético Madrid	3–0	0–0		0–1	2–2	4–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–1
Barcelona	4–0	2–0	3–1		0–1	5–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	5–1	6–0	6–0	5–0	0–1	6–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	3–2
Celta Vigo	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	6–1	2–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3
Córdoba	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–8	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–4	0–2	1–1		2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–8	0–0	3–4	3–0	1–1
Eibar	5–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–1		0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–2	0–4	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–1
Elche	1–0	2–3	0–2	0–6	0–1	2–2	4–0	0–2		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–4	2–2
Espanyol	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1		2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1
Getafe	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1
Granada	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		0–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Levante	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–5	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1		4–1	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2
Málaga	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	2–1	0–0		4–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1
Rayo Vallecano	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–3	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–2	1–0		0–2	2–4	0–1	1–1	2–0
Real Madrid	3–0	5–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	7–3	9–1	2–0	3–1	5–1		4–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Real Sociedad	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	3–0	0–1	0–1	4–2		4–3	1–1	0–0
Sevilla	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–0		1–1	2–1
Valencia	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–1		0–0
Villarreal	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–3

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

Season Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Luis Alberto (Malaga) vs Athletic Bilbao (23 Aug 2014)
• Last goal of the season: Marcelo (Real Madrid) vs Getafe (23 May 2015)

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	48
2	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	43
3	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	22
	Neymar Jr.	Barcelona
5	Carlos Bacca	Sevilla	20
6	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	18
7	Alberto Bueno	Rayo Vallecano	17
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
9	[[Luis Suárez| Luis Suarez]]	Barcelona	16
10	[[Sergio Garcia| Sergio García]]	Espanyol	14

Top Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	18
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	16
3	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	14
4	Nolito	Celta Vigo	13
	James Rodríguez	Real Madrid
6	Karim Benzema		10
	Koke	Atlético Madrid
8	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	9
	Denis Cheryshev
	Isco	Villarreal
	Sergio García	Espanyol

Awards

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. Claudio Bravo, of Barcelona, won the trophy. He conceded 19 goals in 37 matches, making him have an average of an astonishing 0.51 goals-to-game ratio.

LFP Seasonal Awards

• Best Player: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
• Best Manager: Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
• Best Goalkeeper: Claudio Bravo (Barcelona)
• Best Defender: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
• Best Midfielder: James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
• Best Forward: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Number of teams by autonomous community

	Autonomous Community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	5	Almería, Granada, Málaga, Córdoba and Sevilla
2	Madrid	4	Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid
	Valencian Community	4	Elche, Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
4	Basque Country	3	Athletic Bilbao, Eibar and Real Sociedad
5	Catalonia	2	Barcelona and Espanyol
	Galicia	2	Celta and Deportivo La Coruña

La Liga match days 2014-15

Match day 01 |

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