La Liga

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La Liga
Country	Spain
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1929
Number of teams	20
Relegation to	Segunda División
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey Supercopa de España
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Real Madrid (35th title) (2021–22)
Most successful club	Real Madrid (35 titles)
Website	Official website
2021-22

The Primera División (commonly known in the English-speaking world as La Liga, The League), and officially named for sponsorship reasons LaLiga Santander (The Santander League) is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. It is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams in that division plus the winner of a play-off. A total of 59 teams have competed in La Liga, nine of which have been crowned champions. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the championship. Real Madrid have won the title a record 32 times and Barcelona 22 times. During the 1930s and 1940s and in the last two decades, however, La Liga has seen other champions, including, Atlético Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo, Real Betis, and Sevilla.

La Liga is the strongest league in Europe over the past five years, according to UEFA's league coefficient. La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 30,275 for league matches in the 2011–12 season. This is the fifth-highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third-highest of any professional association football league in the world, behind the German Bundesliga and English Premier League.

Teams

20 teams contest the league in its current season, including the top 17 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División. Osasuna and Granada are the two clubs promoted directly from the second division, and the winner of the play-offs, Mallorca.

Stadiums and locations (2019–20)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	&0000000000019840.00000019,840
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	&0000000000053000.00000053,000
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Wanda Metropolitano	&0000000000068000.00000068,000
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	&0000000000099354.00000099,354
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Abanca-Balaídos	&0000000000029000.00000029,000
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	&0000000000007083.0000007,083
Espanyol	Cornellà de Llobregat	RCDE Stadium	&0000000000040000.00000040,000
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	&0000000000017000.00000017,000
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	&0000000000019336.00000019,336
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	&0000000000012450.00000012,450
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	&0000000000026354.00000026,354
Mallorca	Palma	Son Moix	&0000000000024262.00000024,262
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar	&0000000000018375.00000018,375
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	&0000000000060721.00000060,721
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	&0000000000081044.00000081,044
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	&0000000000032000.00000032,000
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	&0000000000042714.00000042,714
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	&0000000000049500.00000049,500
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla	&0000000000026512.00000026,512
Villarreal	Villarreal	Estadio de la Cerámica	&0000000000023500.00000023,500

Champions

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Real Madrid	35	24	1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22
Barcelona	26	26	1928–29, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
Atlético Madrid	11	10	1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1995–96, 2013–14 2020-21
Athletic Bilbao	8	7	1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1955–56, 1982–83, 1983–84
Valencia	6	6	1941–42, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1970–71, 2001–02, 2003–04
Real Sociedad	2	3	1980–81, 1981–82
Deportivo La Coruña	1	5	1999–00
Sevilla	1	4	1945–46
Real Betis	1	0	1934–35

The All-time La Liga table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in La Liga since its inception in 1929. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2020–21 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2021–22 La Liga.

All-time La Liga table

Pos	Team	S	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	T	Debut	Since/ Last App	Best
1	Real Madrid	86	4461	2800	1669	562	569	6041	3184	33	23	9	8	3	4	80	1929	1929	1
2	Barcelona	86	4355	2800	1609	582	609	5999	3143	25	25	12	12	4	6	84	1929	1929	1
3	Atlético Madrid	81	3521	2652	1264	608	780	4592	3331	10	10	16	9	7	6	57	1929	2002–03	1
4	Valencia	83	3459	2702	1209	623	870	4463	3507	6	6	10	12	10	7	51	1931–32	1987–88	1
5	Athletic Bilbao	86	3411	2800	1219	646	935	4672	3749	8	7	10	5	8	10	49	1929	1929	1
6	Sevilla	74	2877	2446	1007	538	901	3729	3431	1	4	4	5	12	6	32	1934–35	2001–02	1
7	Espanyol	83	2841	2664	960	621	1083	3645	3926	–	–	4	5	2	5	16	1929	2021–22	3
8	Real Sociedad	71	2622	2340	878	584	878	3294	3289	2	3	2	5	4	3	19	1929	2010–11	1
9	Zaragoza	58	2109	1986	698	522	766	2683	2847	–	1	4	5	4	4	18	1939–40	2012–13	2
10	Real Betis	52	1945	1766	624	446	696	2222	2552	1	–	2	3	4	5	15	1932–33	2015–16	1
11	Deportivo La Coruña	46	1843	1568	569	403	596	2090	2269	1	5	4	1	–	1	12	1941–42	2017–18	1
12	Celta Vigo	52	1838	1736	599	399	738	2337	2685	–	–	–	2	4	5	11	1939–40	2012–13	4
13	Valladolid	42	1471	1466	463	384	619	1767	2180	–	–	–	1	1	1	3	1948–49	2020–21	4
14	Racing Santander	44	1416	1428	453	336	639	1843	2368	–	1	1	2	–	1	5	1929	2011–12	2
15	Sporting Gijón	43	1389	1458	471	358	629	1753	2152	–	1	1	2	2	1	7	1944–45	2016–17	2
16	Osasuna	37	1351	1318	426	327	565	1497	1833	–	–	–	2	2	2	6	1935–36	2019–20	4
17	Málaga	37	1334	1293	395	335	563	1445	1824	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1949–50	2017–18	4
18	Oviedo	38	1174	1192	408	292	492	1642	1951	–	–	3	2	2	4	11	1933–34	2000–01	3
19	Mallorca	27	1148	988	333	256	399	1182	1371	–	–	2	–	2	1	5	1960–61	2021–22	3
20	Las Palmas	34	1042	1134	372	249	513	1371	1820	–	1	1	1	1	1	5	1951–52	2017–18	2
21	Villarreal	18	1031	684	284	179	221	949	839	–	1	1	2	4	2	10	1998–99	2013–14	2
22	Granada	23	667	742	218	175	349	819	1158	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1941–42	2019–20	6
23	Rayo Vallecano	17	662	652	189	148	305	760	1088	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1977–78	2021–22	8
24	Getafe	13	608	494	162	122	210	562	662	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2004–05	2017–18	6
25	Elche	21	606	678	203	180	295	750	1022	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1959–60	2020–21	5
26	Hércules	20	538	628	184	149	295	716	1050	–	–	–	–	1	4	5	1935–36	2010–11	5
27	Tenerife	13	510	494	155	128	211	619	744	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	1961–62	2009–10	5
28	Alavés	13	468	418	140	83	195	498	673	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1930–31	2016–17	6
29	Levante	12	462	440	124	108	208	474	690	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1963–64	2017–18	6
30	Murcia	18	445	586	145	143	298	607	992	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1940–41	2007–08	11
31	Salamanca	12	375	423	123	102	198	422	581	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1974–75	1998–99	7
32	Sabadell	14	353	426	129	95	202	492	720	–	–	–	1	1	–	2	1943–44	1987–88	4
33	Cádiz	12	343	448	104	127	217	393	662	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1977–78	2020–21	12
34	Logroñés	9	293	346	96	92	158	291	489	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1987–88	1996–97	7
35	Castellón	11	285	334	103	79	152	419	588	–	–	–	1	2	–	3	1941–42	1990–91	4
36	Albacete	7	277	270	76	76	118	320	410	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1991–92	2004–05	7
37	Almería	6	242	228	62	56	110	244	366	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2007–08	2014–15	8
38	Córdoba	9	230	282	82	63	137	285	430	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1962–63	2014–15	5
39	Compostela	4	190	160	52	45	63	199	241	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1994–95	1997–98	10
40	Recreativo	5	188	186	50	46	90	202	296	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1978–79	2008–09	8
41	Eibar	4	183	152	49	36	67	183	217	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2014–15	2020–21	9
42	Burgos CF	6	168	204	59	50	95	216	310	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1971–72	1979–80	12
43	Pontevedra	6	150	180	53	44	83	165	221	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1963–64	1969–70	7
44	Numancia	4	148	152	37	37	78	155	253	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1999–00	2008–09	17
45	Arenas	7	107	130	43	21	66	227	308	–	–	1	–	3	–	4	1929	1934–35	3
46	Real Burgos	3	96	114	26	44	44	101	139	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1990–91	1992–93	9
47	Gimnàstic	4	91	116	34	16	66	181	295	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1947–48	2006–07	7
48	Extremadura	2	83	80	20	23	37	62	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1996–97	1998–99	17
49	Mérida	2	81	80	19	24	37	70	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1995–96	1997–98	19
50	Leganés	2	78	76	20	18	38	70	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2016–17	2019–20	17
51	Alcoyano	4	76	108	30	16	62	145	252	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1945–46	1950–51	10
52	Jaén	3	71	90	29	13	48	121	183	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1953–54	1957–58	14
53	Real Unión	4	56	72	21	14	37	153	184	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1929	1931–32	6
54	AD Almería	2	52	68	17	18	33	71	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1979–80	1980–81	10
55	Girona	1	51	38	14	9	15	50	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2017–18	2018–19	9
56	Europa	3	42	54	18	6	30	97	131	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1929	1930–31	8
57	Lleida	2	40	68	13	14	41	70	182	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1950–51	1993–94	16
58	Xerez	1	34	38	8	10	20	38	66	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2009–10	2009–10	20
59	Condal	1	22	30	7	8	15	37	57	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1956–57	1956–57	16
60	Atlético Tetuán	1	19	30	7	5	18	51	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1951–52	1951–52	16
61	Cultural Leonesa	1	14	30	5	4	21	34	65	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1955–56	1955–56	15
62	Huesca	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2018–19	2020–21
Notes
Note: Despite finishing the season in the 13th position in the 2014-15 La Liga, on 5 June, Elche was relegated to Segunda División due to its financial struggles, Newcomers Eibar, who finished the season in the 18th position, took Elche's place in 2015–16 La Liga.

League or status for 2017–18 season

	2017–18 La Liga
	2017–18 Segunda División
	2017–18 Segunda División B
	2017–18 Tercera División
	2017–18 Divisiones Regionales
	To be determined
	No longer exists

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