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La Liga
2021–22
LaLigaSantander
Season information
Dates 13 August 2021–22 May 2022
Winners Real Madrid
35th title
Relegated Granada
Levante
Alavés
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League Real Madrid
Barcelona
Europa League Real Betis
Real Sociedad
Europa Conference League Villarreal
Season statistics
Matches played 380
Goals scored 945
Top goalscorer Karim Benzema
(27 goals)
Biggest home win Real Madrid 6–1 Mallorca
(22 September 2021)
Villarreal 5–0 Levante
(2 January 2022)
Biggest away win Real Madrid 0–4 Barcelona
(20 March 2022)
Highest scoring Sevilla 5–3 Levante
(24 October 2021)
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The 2021–22 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, was the 91st season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and will conclude on 22 May 2022. The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

On 24 June 2021, the Spanish Council of Ministers resolved that spectators could return to stadiums at full capacity by means of a modification of the royal decree regulating the 'new normality', in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Atlético Madrid were the defending champions, having won their eleventh title the previous season. Espanyol, Mallorca and Rayo Vallecano join as the promoted clubs from the 2020–21 Segunda División. They replace Huesca, Valladolid and Eibar, which were relegated to Segunda the previous season.

Real Madrid secured a record 35th title with four matches to go on 30 April, following a 4–0 victory over Espanyol.

This is the first La Liga season since 2003–04 that does not feature the league all-time top goalscorer Lionel Messi, or Sergio Ramos.

Teams[]

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)[]

A total of twenty teams contest the league, including seventeen sides from the 2020–21 season and three promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

Teams relegated to Segunda División

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Eibar, after a 1–4 loss to Valencia on 16 May 2021, ending their seven-year stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated were Valladolid, following a 1–2 home defeat against Atlético Madrid on 22 May 2021, in their final game of the season, ending their three-year stay in the top tier. The third and final team to be relegated were Huesca, after drawing 0–0 against Valencia on 22 May 2021 in their final game of the season, suffering an immediate return to the second division.

Teams promoted from Segunda División

On 8 May 2021, Espanyol became the first side to mathematically be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight following a 0–0 draw against Zaragoza. The second team to earn promotion was Mallorca, following Almería's 2-3 loss to Cartagena on 18 May 2021. Both teams made an immediate return to the first division after a season away.

Stadiums and locations[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorroza &Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".19,840
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés &0000000000053289.00000053,289
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Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou &0000000000099354.00000099,354
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Celta Vigo Vigo Abanca-Balaídos &0000000000029000.00000029,000
Elche Elche Martínez Valero &0000000000033732.00000033,732
Espanyol Barcelona RCDE Stadium &0000000000040000.00000040,000
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez &0000000000017393.00000017,393
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes &0000000000019336.00000019,336
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València &0000000000026354.00000026,354
Mallorca Palma Visit Mallorca Estadi &0000000000024262.00000024,262
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar &0000000000023576.00000023,576
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas &0000000000014708.00000014,708
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín &0000000000060721.00000060,721
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Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta &0000000000039500.00000039,500
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán &0000000000043883.00000043,883
Valencia Valencia Mestalla &0000000000055000.00000055,000
Villarreal Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica &0000000000024890.00000024,890

Personnel and sponsorship[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Alavés Flag of Spain Javier Calleja Flag of Spain Víctor Laguardia Kelme
Athletic Bilbao Flag of Spain Marcelino Flag of Spain Iker Muniain New Balance Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid Flag of Argentina Diego Simeone Flag of Spain Koke Νike Plus500
Barcelona Flag of Spain Xavi (born 1980) Flag of Spain Sergio Busquets Nike Rakuten
Cádiz Flag of Spain Álvaro Cervera Flag of Spain Jon Ander Garrido Macron Bitci, Jobchain, Floki Inu
Celta Vigo Flag of Argentina Eduardo Coudet Flag of Spain Hugo Mallo Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0
Elche Flag of Spain Fran Escribá Flag of Spain Gonzalo Verdú Νike TM Grupo Inmobiliario
Espanyol Flag of Spain Vicente Moreno Flag of Spain David López Kelme Riviera Maya, Digi Communications, Reale Seguros, Global Racing Oil
Getafe Flag of Spain Míchel Flag of Togo Djené Dakonam Joma Tecnocasa Group
Granada Flag of Spain Robert Moreno Flag of Spain Víctor Díaz Νike Platzi, Caja Rural Granada
Levante Flag of Spain Paco López Flag of Spain José Luis Morales Macron
Mallorca Flag of Spain Luis García Flag of Spain Manolo Reina Nike Gedesco, Baleària, Sesderma
Osasuna Flag of Spain Jagoba Arrasate Flag of Spain Oier Sanjurjo Adidas
Rayo Vallecano Flag of Spain Andoni Iraola Flag of Spain Alberto García Umbro
Real Betis Flag of Chile Manuel Pellegrini Flag of Spain Joaquín Kappa
Real Madrid Flag of Italy Carlo Ancelotti Flag of Brazil Marcelo Adidas Emirates
Real Sociedad Flag of Spain Imanol Alguacil Flag of Spain Asier Illarramendi Macron
Sevilla Flag of Spain Julen Lopetegui Flag of Spain Jesús Navas Νike
Valencia Flag of Spain José Bordalás Flag of Spain José Gayà Puma Socios.com
Villarreal Flag of Spain Unai Emery Flag of Spain Mario Gaspar Joma
1. ^On the back of shirt.
2. ^On the sleeves.
3. ^On the shorts.

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Valencia Flag of Spain Voro End of interim spell 22 May 2021 Pre-season Flag of Spain José Bordalás 27 May 2021
Getafe Flag of Spain José Bordalás Mutual consent 26 May 2021 Flag of Spain Míchel
Real Madrid Flag of France Zinedine Zidane Resigned 27 May 2021 Flag of Italy Carlo Ancelotti 1 June 2021
Granada Flag of Spain Diego Martínez 27 May 2021 Flag of Spain Robert Moreno 18 June 2021
Levante Flag of Spain Paco López Sacked 3 October 2021 18th Flag of Spain Javier Pereira 7 October 2021
Getafe Flag of Spain Míchel 4 October 2021 20th Flag of Spain Quique Sánchez Flores 6 October 2021
Barcelona Flag of Netherlands Ronald Koeman 27 October 2021 9th Flag of Spain Xavi (born 1980) 5 November 2021
Elche Flag of Spain Fran Escribá 21 November 2021 18th Flag of Spain Francisco 28 November 2021
Levante Flag of Spain Javier Pereira 29 November 2021 20th Flag of Italy Alessio Lisci 7 December 2021
Alavés Flag of Spain Javier Calleja 28 December 2021 18th Flag of Spain José Luis Mendilibar 28 December 2021
Cádiz Flag of Spain Álvaro Cervera 11 January 2022 19th Flag of Spain Sergio 11 January 2022
Granada Flag of Spain Robert Moreno 6 March 2022 17th Flag of Spain Rubén Torrecilla (caretaker) 6 March 2022
Mallorca Flag of Spain Luis García 22 March 2022 18th Flag of Mexico Javier Aguirre 24 March 2022
Alavés Flag of Spain José Luis Mendilibar 3 April 2022 20th Flag of Spain Julio Velázquez 5 April 2022
Granada Flag of Spain Rubén Torrecilla End of caretaker spell 18 April 2022 18th Flag of Spain Aitor Karanka 18 April 2022

League table[]

Standings[]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
1 Real Madrid  (C) 38 26 8 4 80 61 +19 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 21 10 7 68 38 +30 73
4 Atlético Madrid 38 21 8 9 64 44 +20 71
3 Sevilla 38 18 16 4 53 30 +23 70
5 Betis 38 19 8 11 62 40 +22 65 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 40 37 +3 62
7 Villarreal 38 16 11 11 63 37 +26 59 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
8 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 13 11 43 36 +7 55
9 Valencia 38 11 15 12 48 53 −5 48
10 Osasuna 38 12 11 15 37 51 −14 47
11 Celta Vigo 38 12 10 16 43 43 0 46
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 11 9 18 39 50 −11 42
13 Elche 38 11 9 18 40 52 −12 42
14 Espanyol 38 10 12 16 40 53 −13 42
15 Getafe 38 8 15 15 33 41 −8 39
16 Mallorca 38 10 9 19 36 63 −27 39
17 Cádiz 38 8 15 15 35 51 −16 39
18 Granada  (R) 38 8 14 16 44 61 −17 38 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Levante  (R) 38 8 11 19 51 76 −25 35
20 Alavés  (R) 38 8 7 23 31 61 −30 31

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd 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

Results[]

Home \ Away RMA BAR ATM SEV BET RSO VIL ATH VAL OSA CEL RAY ESP GET ELC GRA MLL CAD LEV ALA
Real Madrid 0–4 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 5–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 6–1 0–0 6–0 3–0
Barcelona 1–2 4–2 1–0 0–1 4–2 0–2 4–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1
Atlético Madrid 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–1
Sevilla 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 5–3 2–2
Real Betis 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 4–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–0
Real Sociedad 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Villarreal 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 3–3 5–0 5–2
Athletic Bilbao 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–0
Valencia 1–2 1–4 3–3 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0
Osasuna 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–0
Celta Vigo 1–2 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 4–0
Rayo Vallecano 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 2–4 2–0
Espanyol 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–3 1–0
Getafe 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–2
Elche 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–1
Granada 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–4 2–1
Mallorca 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–6 2–1 1–0 2–1
Cádiz 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Levante 3–3 2–3 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 3–1
Alavés 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2022. Source: La Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
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League cups

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Supercups

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