2019–20 La Liga
The 2019–20 La Liga season, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons with Santander, is the 89th since its establishment.
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 16 August 2019 – 19 July 2020 |
Matches played | 310 |
Goals scored | 769 (2.48 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Lionel Messi (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Celta Vigo 6–0 Alavés (21 June 2020) |
Biggest away win | Osasuna 0–5 Atlético Madrid (17 June 2020) |
Highest scoring | Villarreal 4–4 Granada (17 August 2019) |
Longest winning run | Barcelona Real Madrid (5 matches)[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | Real Madrid (15 matches)[1] |
Longest winless run | Athletic Bilbao (10 matches)[1] |
Longest losing run | Celta Vigo (5 matches)[1] |
Highest attendance | 93,462[1] Barcelona 0–0 Real Madrid (18 December 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 5,341[1] Eibar 3–0 Granada (20 December 2019) |
Attendance | 4,630,608 (14,937 per match) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 12 June 2020. |
Barcelona are the two-time defending champions after winning La Liga last season for the 26th time. Osasuna, Granada and Mallorca join as the promoted clubs from the 2018–19 Segunda División. They replaced Rayo Vallecano, Huesca and Girona, who were relegated to the 2019–20 Segunda División.
On 12 March 2020, the league and the Segunda División were suspended for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. The league was suspended indefinitely on 23 March.[2] The season recommenced on 11 June, with matches being played every day until 19 July.[3]
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.
- Teams relegated to Segunda Division
The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Rayo Vallecano. Their relegation was ensured on 5 May 2019, after Real Valladolid beat Athletic Bilbao 1−0, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda Division.[4] The second team to be relegated were Huesca, who were also relegated on 5 May 2019 after a 2−6 home defeat to Valencia, also suffering an immediate return to the second tier.[5] The third and final relegated club were Girona, who concluded their two-year stay in La Liga in a 1−2 away loss at Alavés on 18 May 2019.[6]
- Teams promoted from Segunda Division
On 20 May 2019, Osasuna were the first to be promoted, after a two-year absence, following Granada's 1−0 win against Albacete.[7] The second team to earn promotion was Granada after their 1−1 draw against Mallorca on 4 June 2019. This marks an end to a two-year absence in the first division.[8] The third and final team to earn promotion to La Liga was play-offs winner Mallorca, after coming back from a 2-goal deficit against Deportivo La Coruña on 23 June 2019. Mallorca return after a six-year absence from Spain's top flight, spending one of those years in the Segunda División B and achieving two consecutive promotions.[9]
Stadiums and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Alavés | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | 19,840[10] |
Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés | 53,289[11] |
Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Wanda Metropolitano | 68,456[12] |
Barcelona | Barcelona | Camp Nou | 99,354[13] |
Celta Vigo | Vigo | Abanca-Balaídos | 29,000[14] |
Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua | 8,164[15] |
Espanyol | Barcelona | RCDE Stadium | 40,000[16] |
Getafe | Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 17,393[17] |
Granada | Granada | Nuevo Los Cármenes | 19,336[18] |
Leganés | Leganés | Butarque | 12,450[19] |
Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | 26,354[20] |
Camilo Cano, at La Nucía[lower-alpha 1] | 3,000 | ||
Mallorca | Palma | Son Moix | 24,262[21] |
Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar | 18,570[22] |
Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín | 60,721[23] |
Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 81,044[24] |
Alfredo Di Stéfano[lower-alpha 1] | 6,000 | ||
Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Reale Arena | 39,500[25] |
Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 43,883[26] |
Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000[27] |
Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla | 28,012[28] |
Villarreal | Villarreal | Estadio de la Cerámica | 24,890[29] |
- Stadium used for games under closed doors due to works in their main stadiums.
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Real Betis | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 19 May 2019 | Pre-season | ![]() |
6 June 2019 |
Alavés | ![]() |
Resigned | 20 May 2019 | ![]() |
21 May 2019 | |
Sevilla | ![]() |
End of contract | 23 May 2019 | ![]() |
4 June 2019 | |
Espanyol | ![]() |
Signed for Real Betis | 6 June 2019 | ![]() |
6 June 2019 | |
Valencia | ![]() |
Sacked | 11 September 2019 | 10th | ![]() |
11 September 2019 |
Espanyol | ![]() |
7 October 2019 | 19th | ![]() |
7 October 2019 | |
Leganés | ![]() |
Resigned | 21 October 2019 | 20th | ![]() |
4 November 2019 |
Celta Vigo | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 November 2019 | 18th | ![]() |
4 November 2019 |
Espanyol | ![]() |
23 December 2019 | 20th | ![]() |
27 December 2019 | |
Barcelona | ![]() |
13 January 2020 | 1st | ![]() |
13 January 2020 | |
Real Betis | ![]() |
21 June 2020 | 14th | ![]() |
21 June 2020 | |
Espanyol | ![]() |
27 June 2020 | 20th | ![]() |
27 June 2020 |
League table
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Barcelona (X) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Real Madrid (X) | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 68 | |
3 | Atlético Madrid | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 58 | |
4 | Sevilla | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 54 | |
5 | Getafe | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
6 | Villarreal | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
7 | Real Sociedad | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 47 | |
8 | Valencia | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 46 | |
9 | Athletic Bilbao | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 45 | |
10 | Granada | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 43 | |
11 | Osasuna | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 41 | |
12 | Levante | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 38 | |
13 | Real Betis | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 37 | |
14 | Valladolid | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 35 | |
15 | Alavés | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 35 | |
16 | Celta Vigo | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 34 | |
17 | Eibar | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 32 | |
18 | Mallorca | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 26 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
19 | Leganés | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 25 | |
20 | Espanyol | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[52]
(X) Assured a place of Europa League.
Results
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage | |
UEFA Champions League Group stage | |
UEFA Europa League Group stage | |
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round | |
Relegation to Segunda División |
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
Aritz Aduriz for Athletic Bilbao against Barcelona (16 August 2019)
Top goalscorers
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the top goalscorer.[55]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Barcelona | 21 |
2 | ![]() |
Real Madrid | 17 |
3 | ![]() |
Barcelona | 13 |
4 | ![]() |
Celta Vigo | 12 |
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Villarreal | ||
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Sevilla | ||
7 | ![]() |
Athletic Bilbao | 11 |
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Alavés | ||
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Levante | ||
10 | ![]() |
Getafe | 10 |
Top assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | ![]() |
Barcelona | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
Real Sociedad | 8 |
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Barcelona | ||
4 | ![]() |
Villarreal | 7 |
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Valencia | ||
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Osasuna | ||
7 | ![]() |
Sevilla | 6 |
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Real Madrid | ||
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Atlético Madrid | ||
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Eibar | ||
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Real Sociedad | ||
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Valencia | ||
Zamora Trophy
- As of 27 June 2020[58]
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper has to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.[59]
Rank | Name | Club | Goals against |
Matches | Average |
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1 | ![]() |
Real Madrid | 18 | 28 | 0.64 |
2 | ![]() |
Atlético Madrid | 23 | 32 | 0.72 |
3 | ![]() |
Athletic | 25 | 29 | 0.86 |
4 | ![]() |
Getafe | 29 | 31 | 0.94 |
5 | ![]() |
Barcelona | 31 | 31 | 1.00 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
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Barcelona | Celta Vigo | 4–1 (H) | 9 November 2019 | 13 |
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Barcelona | Mallorca | 5–2 (H) | 7 December 2019 | 16 |
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Real Betis | Athletic Bilbao | 3–2 (H) | 8 December 2019 | 16 |
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Barcelona | Eibar | 5–0 (H) | 22 February 2020 | 25 |
4 – Player scored four goals.
Player
- Most yellow cards: 13
Fernando (Sevilla) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
- Most red cards: 2
Zouhair Feddal (Real Betis) Lee Kang-in (Valencia) Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) Facundo Roncaglia (Osasuna)
Team
- Most yellow cards: 104
- Getafe
- Leganés
- Most red cards: 7
- Espanyol
- Real Betis
- Valencia
- Fewest yellow cards: 60
- Real Madrid
- Fewest red cards: 0
- Valladolid
- Villarreal
Match ball
On 15 April 2019, Puma announced their official partnership with La Liga to manufacture the official match ball for the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. This ends La Liga's 23-year partnership with Nike.[63]
Average attendances
Matches played under closed doors are not included in the table.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Barcelona | 1,014,604 | 93,426 | 58,198 | 72,472 | −3.6% |
2 | Real Madrid | 867,570 | 78,237 | 53,870 | 66,736 | +10.1% |
3 | Atlético Madrid | 801,127 | 67,942 | 45,944 | 57,223 | +2.1% |
4 | Real Betis | 671,130 | 54,426 | 42,578 | 47,938 | +8.6% |
5 | Athletic Bilbao | 533,364 | 47,693 | 33,364 | 41,028 | +0.6% |
6 | Valencia | 566,772 | 45,961 | 37,570 | 40,484 | +2.3% |
7 | Sevilla | 475,811 | 42,375 | 31,453 | 36,601 | +1.4% |
8 | Real Sociedad | 398,165 | 36,730 | 26,446 | 30,628 | +37.6% |
9 | Espanyol | 296,935 | 32,084 | 17,390 | 22,841 | +19.8% |
10 | Valladolid | 260,496 | 23,680 | 16,333 | 20,038 | +6.3% |
11 | Levante | 243,632 | 22,543 | 14,886 | 18,741 | −4.7% |
12 | Celta Vigo | 229,137 | 23,614 | 11,983 | 17,626 | −0.4% |
13 | Villarreal | 213,788 | 19,753 | 12,067 | 16,445 | −1.3% |
14 | Granada | 212,074 | 18,895 | 14,127 | 16,313 | +41.0%1 |
15 | Osasuna | 218,165 | 17,000 | 13,993 | 15,583 | +5.0%1 |
16 | Mallorca | 198,228 | 19,503 | 8,174 | 14,159 | +58.6%1 |
17 | Alavés | 188,205 | 17,089 | 10,053 | 13,443 | −8.6% |
18 | Getafe | 157,601 | 15,426 | 6,536 | 11,257 | +3.9% |
19 | Leganés | 139,569 | 11,742 | 6,404 | 9,969 | −0.5% |
20 | Eibar | 78,992 | 7,222 | 5,350 | 6,076 | +24.6% |
League total | 7,765,365 | 93,426 | 5,341 | 28,868 | +7.6% |
Updated to games played on 8 March 2020
Source: World Football
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.
LFP Awards
Monthly
Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
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Player | Club | ||
September | ![]() |
Real Sociedad | [64] |
October | ![]() |
Villarreal | [65] |
November | ![]() |
Barcelona | [66] |
December | ![]() |
Barcelona | [67] |
January | ![]() |
Real Madrid | [68] |
February | ![]() |
Barcelona | [69] |
Number of teams by autonomous community
Rank | Autonomous Community | Number | Teams |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | Alavés, Athletic Bilbao, Eibar and Real Sociedad |
![]() | Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Leganés and Real Madrid | ||
3 | ![]() | 3 | Granada, Real Betis and Sevilla |
![]() | Levante, Valencia and Villarreal | ||
5 | ![]() | 2 | Barcelona and Espanyol |
6 | ![]() | 1 | Mallorca |
![]() | Valladolid | ||
![]() | Celta Vigo | ||
![]() | Osasuna |
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