La Liga 2016–17

La Liga 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Real Madrid (33rd title)
Relegated	Sporting Gijón Osasuna Granada
Continental cup qualifiers
UEFA Champions League	Real Madrid Barcelona Atlético Madrid Sevilla
UEFA Europa League	Villarreal Real Sociedad
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,118
Average	(2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi (37 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 7–1 Granada (15 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Alavés 0–6 Barcelona (11 February 2017)
Highest scoring	Sevilla 6–4 Espanyol (20 August 2016)
Previous season	Next season
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The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.

Defending champions Barcelona relinquished the title to Real Madrid, who became champions for the first time since the 2011–12 season. En route to their 33rd championship, Real Madrid became the first side to score in every match of their Liga campaign.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This will include the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

Deportivo Alavés was the first team from Segunda to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against Numancia.

CD Leganés was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last matchday, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division.

CA Osasuna was the last to be promoted after beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Girona FC at the play-offs. The Reds come back to La Liga two years after its last relegation.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alavés	Alfonso Pérez de Trocóniz	José Bordalás	Manu García	Hummel	Euskaltel
Athletic Bilbao	Josu Urrutia	Ernesto Valverde	Gorka Iraizoz	Nike	Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo	Diego Simeone	Gabi Fernández	Nike	Plus500
Barcelona	Josep Maria Bartomeu	Luis Enrique	Andrés Iniesta	Nike
Celta Vigo	Carlos Mouriño	Eduardo Berizzo	Hugo Mallo	Adidas	Citroën
Deportivo La Coruña	Tino Fernández	Gaizka Garitano		Lotto	Estrella Galicia 0,0
Eibar	Amaia Gorostiza	José Luis Mendilibar		Puma	AVIA
Espanyol	Chen Yansheng	Quique Sánchez Flores		Joma	Rastar Group
Granada	Jian Lizhang	Paco Jémez		Joma
Las Palmas	Miguel Ángel Ramírez	Quique Setién		Acerbis	Gran Canaria
Leganés	María Victoria Pavón	Asier Garitano	Martín Mantovani	Joma
Málaga	Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani	Juande Ramos		Nike
Osasuna	Luis Sabalza	Enrique Martín	Miguel Flaño	Adidas	Lacturale
Real Betis	Ángel Haro	Gustavo Poyet		Adidas	UED Sports
Real Madrid	Florentino Pérez	Zinedine Zidane	Sergio Ramos	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad	Jokin Aperribay	Eusebio Sacristán	Xabi Prieto	Adidas	Qbao.com
Sevilla	José Castro Carmona	Jorge Sampaoli		New Balance
Sporting Gijón	Javier Fernández	Abelardo Fernández	Alberto Lora	Nike	Gijón
Valencia	Chan Lay Hoon	Pako Ayestarán	Paco Alcácer	Adidas
Villarreal	Fernando Roig	Marcelino	Bruno Soriano	Joma	Pamesa Cerámica

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Málaga	name !Javi Gracia	Signed by Rubin Kazan	24 May 2016	Pre-season	name !Juande Ramos	28 May 2016
Espanyol	name !Constantin Gâlcă	Sacked	27 May 2016		Quique Sánchez Flores	9 June 2016
Deportivo La Coruña	name !Víctor Sánchez		30 May 2016		Gaizka Garitano	10 June 2016
Sevilla	name !Unai Emery	Resigned	12 June 2016		name !Jorge Sampaoli	13 June 2016
Granada	name !José González	End of contract	20 June 2016		name !Paco Jémez	20 June 2016
Alavés	name !José Bordalás	Sacked	21 June 2016		name !Mauricio Pellegrino	26 June 2016
Villarreal	name !Marcelino		10 August 2016		name !Fran Escribá	11 August 2016
Valencia	name !Pako Ayestarán		20 September 2016	20th	Cesare Prandelli	28 September 2016
Granada	name !Paco Jémez		28 September 2016	19th	Lucas Alcaraz	3 October 2016
Osasuna	name !Enrique Martín		7 November 2016	19th	Joaquín Caparrós	8 November 2016
Real Betis	name !Gustavo Poyet		11 November 2016	14th	Víctor Sánchez	11 November 2016
Málaga	name !Juande Ramos	Resigned	22 December 2016	11th	name !Marcelo Romero	28 December 2016
Valencia	name !Cesare Prandelli		30 December 2016	17th	Voro	10 January 2017
Osasuna	name !Joaquín Caparrós	Sacked	5 January 2017	20th	name !Petar Vasiljević	5 January 2017
Sporting Gijón	Abelardo Fernández	Mutual consent	17 January 2017	18th	Rubi	17 January 2017
Deportivo La Coruña	Gaizka Garitano	Sacked	27 February 2017	17th	Pepe Mel	27 February 2017
Málaga	name !Marcelo Romero		7 March 2017	15th	name !Míchel	7 March 2017
Granada	name !Lucas Alcaraz		10 April 2017	19th	name !Tony Adams	10 April 2017
Real Betis	name !Víctor Sánchez		9 May 2017	15th	name !Alexis Trujillo (interim)	9 May 2017

Ownership changes

Club	New owner	Previous owner	Date
Granada	Jiang Lizhang	Giampaolo Pozzo	02016-06-16-16 June 2016

League table

Standings

2016–17 La Liga Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Real Madrid  (C)	38	29	6	3	106	41	+65	93	Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	28	6	4	116	37	+79	90
3	Atlético Madrid	38	23	9	6	70	27	+43	78
4	Sevilla	38	21	9	8	69	49	+20	72	Champions League play-off round
5	Villarreal	38	19	10	9	56	33	+23	67	Europa League group stage
6	Real Sociedad	38	19	7	12	59	53	+6	64	Europa League Third qualifying round
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	19	6	13	53	43	+10	63
8	Espanyol	38	15	11	12	49	50	−1	56
9	Alavés	38	14	13	11	41	43	−2	55
10	Eibar	38	15	9	14	56	51	+5	54
11	Málaga	38	12	10	16	49	55	−6	46
12	Valencia	38	13	7	18	56	65	−9	46
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	6	19	53	69	−16	45
14	Las Palmas	38	10	9	19	53	74	−21	39
15	Real Betis	38	10	9	19	41	64	−23	39
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	12	18	43	61	−18	36
17	Leganés	38	8	11	19	36	55	−19	35
18	Sporting de Gijón  (R)	38	7	10	21	42	72	−30	31	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Osasuna  (R)	38	4	10	24	40	94	−54	22
20	Granada  (R)	38	4	8	26	30	82	−52	20

Source: Soccerway
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

Positions by round

	Leader
	2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2017–18 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage
	2017–18 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2017–18 Segunda División

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Real Madrid	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Barcelona	1	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Atlético Madrid	9	12	7	4	4	3	1	1	5	3	4	6	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sevilla	3	4	2	5	2	6	3	3	2	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Villarreal	13	13	8	6	6	4	5	5	4	5	3	4	6	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Real Sociedad	19	9	12	13	8	11	9	10	7	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Athletic Bilbao	14	18	14	10	7	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Espanyol	17	14	15	16	15	18	17	17	16	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	11	11	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8
Alavés	8	11	9	9	12	9	12	9	13	15	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9
Eibar	15	8	6	7	9	8	8	8	11	8	11	8	7	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10
Málaga	11	10	16	15	14	17	14	13	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	12	11	11	11
Valencia	18	20	19	20	18	15	18	14	15	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12
Celta Vigo	16	19	20	19	17	12	10	12	8	9	8	9	9	9	12	13	9	8	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13
Las Palmas	4	1	4	3	5	7	7	7	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Real Betis	20	17	13	12	16	10	15	16	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Deportivo La Coruña	5	5	10	11	13	16	13	15	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16
Leganés	7	7	11	14	10	13	11	11	14	16	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17
Sporting de Gijón	6	6	3	8	11	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Osasuna	12	15	18	18	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Granada	10	16	17	17	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20

Source: [1]

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Juanpi for Málaga against Osasuna (19 August 2016)
• Last goal of the season:
  Lionel Messi for Barcelona against Eibar (21 May 2017)

Top goalscorers

As of 21 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	37
2	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	29
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	25
4	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	19
5	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	16
	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao
7	Álvaro Morata	Real Madrid	15
8	Sandro	Málaga	14
9	Neymar	Barcelona	13
	Gerard Moreno	Espanyol
	Rubén Castro	Real Betis

Top assists

As of 21 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	13
2	Toni Kroos	Real Madrid	12
3	Neymar	Barcelona	11
4	Marcelo	Real Madrid	10
	Pablo Piatti	Espanyol
6	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	9
7	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	8
	Isco	Real Madrid
	Ángel Correa	Atlético Madrid
	Koke	Atlético Madrid
	Pablo Sarabia	Sevilla

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

As of 21 May 2017

Rank	Name	Club	Goals Against	Matches	Average
1	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	21	29	0.72
2	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	33	36	0.92
3	Diego López	Espanyol	37	33	1.12
4	Fernando Pacheco	Alavés	42	36	1.17
5	Sergio Rico	Sevilla	45	35	1.29

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Real Betis	6–2 (H)	20 August 2016	1	[2]
Yannick Carrasco	Atlético Madrid	Granada	7–1 (H)	15 October 2016	8	[3]
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Alavés	4–1 (A)	29 October 2016	10	[4]
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	3–0 (A)	19 November 2016	12	[5]
Vicente Iborra	Sevilla	Celta Vigo	3–0 (A)	11 December 2016	15	[6]
Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla	Real Sociedad	4–0 (A)	7 January 2017	17	[7]
Kévin Gameiro	Atlético Madrid	Sporting Gijón	4–1 (A)	18 February 2017	23	[8]
Giuseppe Rossi	Celta Vigo	Las Palmas	3–1 (H)	3 April 2017	29	[9]
Álvaro Morata	Real Madrid	Leganés	4–2 (A)	5 April 2017	30	[10]
Neymar	Barcelona	Las Palmas	4–1 (A)	14 May 2017	37	[11]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

As of 15 May 2017

• Most yellow cards (club): 115
  • Alavés
• Least yellow cards (club): 72
  • Barcelona
• Most yellow cards (player): 17
  • Fernando Amorebieta (Sporting Gijón)
• Most red cards (club): 7
  • Celta Vigo
• Least red cards (club): 1
  • Barcelona
• Most red cards (player): 2
  • Uche Agbo (Granada)
  • Kevin-Prince Boateng (Las Palmas)
  • Zouhair Feddal (Alavés)
  • Sergi Gómez (Celta Vigo)
  • Cristiano Piccini (Real Betis)
  • Asier Riesgo (Eibar)
  • Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal)

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2016–17 in Spanish football
Domestic leagues
La Liga · Segunda División (Play-Off 2ª) · 2ª División B (Play-Off 2ªB) · 3ª División (Play-Off 3ª)
Domestic cups
Copa del Rey (Final) · Supercopa de España · Copa Federación de España
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Domestic leagues

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Supercups

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UEFA competitions

Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round · group stage · knockout phase · Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round · group stage · knockout phase · Final) · Super Cup

International competitions

UEFA Euro 2016 (qualification) · 2017 Euro Under-21 (qualification) · 2016 Euro Under-19 (qualification) · 2016 Euro Under-17 (qualification)