Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Spanish national association football organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional[lower-alpha 1] (transl. National Professional Football League), also known as LaLiga (the abbreviation LFP was used until the 2015–16 season), is a sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in Spain, the Primera and Segunda Divisions, or LaLiga EA Sports and LaLiga Hypermotion for sponsorship reasons.[1] Founded in 1984, the organisation has independent legal status from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and it is autonomous in its operations. Its main role, in addition to defending its members' interests, is to organise the National League Championship in conjunction with the RFEF.
Formation | 27 July 1984; 39 years ago (1984-07-27) |
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Type | Sports association |
Headquarters | Calle Torrelaguna 60, Ciudad Lineal, Madrid, Spain |
Region served | Spain, Andorra |
Membership | 42 football clubs |
President | Javier Tebas |
Main organ | General Assembly |
Affiliations | European Leagues |
LaLiga has been detecting and denouncing attitudes of racism, xenophobia and violence to the RFEF Competition Committee and the Spanish State Anti-Violence Commission for years. Faced with what LaLiga considered to be inaction on the part of these bodies, it filed a complaint with the Hate Prosecutor's Office some time ago. However, due to the disparate criteria and the lack of convictions by the prosecutor's office, LaLiga went a step further and since the 22/23 season has gone directly to court in the case of racist insults. This route, although it is starting to produce results, is slow. That is why, given the lack of sanctions and sentences for what LaLiga denounces, LaLiga has requested sanctioning powers to decree the total or partial closure of sports venues, the prohibition of access to the same and the imposition of economic sanctions. LaLiga has also stated that if they are given the sanctioning powers, they will put an end to racism in football in a matter of months.[2]
The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional rejects the European Super League for being an exclusive and exclusionary championship that does not reward sporting merit, eliminates domestic leagues as the vehicle for earning a place in Europe's elite, and bases its governance model on the power of wealthy clubs.[3][4]
LaLiga is headquartered at the Murano Building, in Calle de Torrelaguna 60, Madrid.[5] Since 2013, Javier Tebas serves as the chairman of the organisation.