2017–18 La Liga

The 2017–18 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons,^[3] was the 87th since its establishment. The season began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018.^[4] The fixtures were released on 21 July 2017.^[5]

La Liga

Season	2017–18
Dates	18 August 2017 – 20 May 2018
Champions	Barcelona 25th title
Relegated	Deportivo La Coruña Las Palmas Málaga
Champions League	Barcelona Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Valencia
Europa League	Villarreal Real Betis Sevilla
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,024 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi (34 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Jan Oblak (0.59 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Girona 6–0 Las Palmas (13 January 2018) Real Madrid 7–1 Deportivo La Coruña (21 January 2018) Real Madrid 6–0 Celta Vigo (12 May 2018)
Biggest away win	Levante 0–5 Atlético Madrid (25 November 2017) Real Betis 0–5 Barcelona (21 January 2018)
Highest scoring	Real Betis 3–6 Valencia (15 October 2017) Real Madrid 6–3 Girona (18 March 2018) Levante 5–4 Barcelona (13 May 2018)
Longest winning run	8 matches[1] Valencia
Longest unbeaten run	36 matches[1] Barcelona
Longest winless run	16 matches[1] Las Palmas
Longest losing run	8 matches[1] Las Palmas
Highest attendance	97,939 Barcelona 2–2 Real Madrid (6 May 2018)[1]
Lowest attendance	0 Barcelona 3–0 Las Palmas (1 October 2017)[2]
Total attendance	10,221,182[1]
Average attendance	26,968[1]
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Real Madrid were the defending champions. Barcelona, under new manager Ernesto Valverde, won the league title on 29 April 2018 with four matches to spare.^[6] It was the second part of a double-winning season for Barcelona, who also won the 2018 Copa del Rey final.^[7]

Levante, Girona, and Getafe were the newly promoted clubs competing in the season, with Girona entering La Liga for the first time in its history. At the end of the season, Málaga, Las Palmas, and Deportivo La Coruña were all relegated to the Segunda División.^[8][9][10]

Summary

Prior to the season, several teams hired new managers, among them the previous season's runners-up Barcelona, who enlisted the services of Ernesto Valverde from Athletic Bilbao after the exit of Luis Enrique.^[11] Meanwhile, Valencia, who had struggled in the previous campaign, hired Marcelino.^[12]

In the transfer window, Barcelona were involved in the new world record transfer, selling Brazilian forward Neymar to French club Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million.^[13] They replaced him with young Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé, who signed for an initial €105 million fee that could rise to €150 million.^[14] Defending champions Real Madrid sold striker Álvaro Morata to Chelsea for €80 million and lost veteran defender Pepe to Turkey's Beşiktaş on a free transfer,^[15][16] while its largest fee paid during the window was €24 million for young defender Théo Hernandez from city rivals Atlético Madrid.^[17]

Barcelona first topped the table on 16 September after winning 5–0 in its third match of the season against neighbours Espanyol,^[18] eventually making a run of seven wins from the start of the season that ended with a 1–1 draw at Atlético Madrid.^[19] Valencia improved on its previous campaign and began its new season well, with Marcelino getting the best out of players such as Italian striker Simone Zaza and on-loan Portuguese winger Gonçalo Guedes.^[20] Real Madrid struggled in the first half of the season, with problems including a smaller squad, injuries and the comparatively poorer goalscoring form of Cristiano Ronaldo relative to recent seasons.^[21][22]

In January 2018, Barcelona added to its attack by spending €160 million on Brazilian Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, while the end of a transfer ban allowed Atlético to register Diego Costa and Vitolo for action. Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane made no signings.^[23] Málaga were the first team to be relegated, ending its ten-season stay in La Liga with its descent confirmed after a 0–1 loss against Levante on 19 April.^[8] Three days later, Las Palmas' relegation was also confirmed after the Canarian team lost 0–4 at home to Alavés to end its three-year top flight status.^[9]

On 29 April, Barcelona sealed its 25th league title with a 4–2 win at Deportivo La Coruña, with Lionel Messi scoring a hat-trick. Barcelona still had four matches to play, and it was the second part of its double, having earlier won the 2018 Copa del Rey Final. The result also made Deportivo the final of the three relegated teams, sending them back to Segunda División for the first time in four years.^[10]

A day later, Real Betis, under new manager Quique Setién, booked its entry to the UEFA Europa League following a 2–1 win over Málaga.^[24] Betis had a chance of occupying Spain's fourth UEFA Champions League spot after Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid, but that was soon taken by Valencia, which returned to the competition for the first time in three years.^[25] In its second-last match of the season, Sevilla drew 2–2 with city rivals Betis to confirm seventh place and qualification for the UEFA Europa League at the expense of Getafe.^[26] Barcelona were on track to complete the first unbeaten La Liga season since the Spanish Civil War (and first in a 38-match season), but surprisingly lost its 37th match 4–5 at Levante, having only conceded 24 goals all season to that point.^[27]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams competed in the league: the 17 sides from the 2016–17 season and the three promoted from the 2016–17 Segunda División. This latter three included the two top teams from the Segunda División and the winners of the play-offs.

Levante was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on 29 April 2017 after winning 1–0 against Oviedo.^[28] Girona were promoted as the runners-up after drawing 0–0 against Zaragoza on 4 June 2017, this was its first promotion to the top division.^[29] It became the 62nd team to participate in the Spanish top level league. Getafe was the last to be promoted after defeating Huesca and Tenerife in the play-offs, one year after its relegation.^[30]

The three promoted clubs replaced Sporting Gijón, Osasuna and Granada, which were relegated at the end of the previous season, ending their top flight spells of two, one and six years respectively.

Stadia and locations

Community of Madrid

Alavés

Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona

Celta Vigo

Deportivo

Eibar

Espanyol

Girona

Levante

Málaga

Betis

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Villarreal

Canary Islands (see below)

Community of Madrid teams:
Atlético Madrid
Getafe
Leganés
Real Madrid

Location of teams in 2017–18 La Liga

Atlético Madrid

Getafe

Leganés

Real Madrid

Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2017–18 La Liga

Las Palmas

Location of teams in 2017–18 La Liga (Canary Islands)

Atlético Madrid played for the first season at their new stadium, Wanda Metropolitano, replacing the Vicente Calderón Stadium, where they played since its opening in 1966.^[31]

Deportivo La Coruña signed a sponsorship contract with Abanca for renaming their stadium as Abanca-Riazor.^[32]

Real Betis completed their stadium renovation and it was grown to 60,720 seats, becoming the fourth biggest stadium in Spain.^[33] Meanwhile, after their first promotion ever to La Liga, Girona expanded Estadi Montilivi temporarily for hosting 13,450 spectators.^[34]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	19,840[35]
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289[36]
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Wanda Metropolitano	67,703[37]
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354[38]
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	29,000[39]
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Abanca-Riazor	32,912[40]
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	7,083[41]
Espanyol	Cornellà de Llobregat	RCDE Stadium	40,500[42]
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,000[43]
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	13,450[34]
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria	32,400[44]
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	11,454[45]
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354[46]
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044[47]
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	60,720[33]
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	81,044[48]
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,000[49]
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	42,714[50]
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	49,500[51]
Villarreal	Villarreal	Estadio de la Cerámica	24,890[52]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager[53]	Captain[54]	Kit manufacturer[55]	Shirt sponsor
Alavés	Abelardo Fernández	Manu García	Kelme	LEA, Araba-Álava,1 Qubo,2 Euskaltel,3 Integra Energía3
Athletic Bilbao	José Ángel Ziganda	Markel Susaeta	New Balance	Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Plus500
Barcelona	Ernesto Valverde	Andrés Iniesta	Nike	Rakuten, UNICEF,1 Beko2
Celta Vigo	Juan Carlos Unzué	Hugo Mallo	Adidas	Estrella Galicia 0,0, Luckia,1 Abanca3
Deportivo La Coruña	Clarence Seedorf	Pedro Mosquera	Macron	Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca,1 Luckia2
Eibar	José Luis Mendilibar	Dani García	Puma	AVIA, Wiko1
Espanyol	David Gallego (caretaker)	Javi López	Joma	Riviera Maya, InnJoo,13 SportyCo2
Getafe	José Bordalás	Jorge Molina	Joma	Tecnocasa Group, Granitos Buenavista3
Girona	Pablo Machín	Eloi Amagat	Umbro	Orgull Gironí, Costa Brava2
Las Palmas	Paco Jémez	David García	Acerbis	Gran Canaria, Grupo DISA,1 IOC,1 Kalise Menorquina,2 beCordial Sports3, Binter Canarias,3 Volkswagen Domingo Alonso3
Leganés	Asier Garitano	Martín Mantovani	Joma	GoldenPark,1 Sambil Outlet Madrid,2 BeSoccer,3 Elephone3
Levante	Paco López	Pedro López	Macron	Jawwy, València,1 Baleària1
Málaga	José González	Recio	Nike	Marathonbet, Benahavís,1 BeSoccer2
Real Betis	Quique Setién	Joaquín	Adidas	Greenearth, Estadio Benito Villamarín,1 Wiko,1 Reale Seguros,2 BeSoccer3
Real Madrid	Zinedine Zidane	Sergio Ramos	Adidas	Emirates
Real Sociedad	Imanol Alguacil	Xabi Prieto	Adidas	Euskaltel, Kutxabank,1 Reale Seguros2
Sevilla	Joaquín Caparrós (caretaker)	Nicolás Pareja	New Balance	Playtika, #Cordiality2
Valencia	Marcelino	Dani Parejo	Adidas	BLU, beIN Sports,1 Sesderma,2 Alfa Romeo3
Villarreal	Javier Calleja	Bruno	Joma	Pamesa Cerámica, Jawwy2

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
Athletic Bilbao	Ernesto Valverde	Resigned	23 May 2017[56]	Pre-season	José Ángel Ziganda	24 May 2017[57]
Barcelona	Luis Enrique	End of contract	29 May 2017		Ernesto Valverde	29 May 2017[58]
Las Palmas	Quique Setién		30 June 2017		Manolo Márquez	3 July 2017[59]
Valencia	Voro	End of interim spell	11 May 2017		Marcelino	11 May 2017[60]
Real Betis	Alexis Trujillo		26 May 2017		Quique Setién	26 May 2017[61]
Celta Vigo	Eduardo Berizzo	End of contract	30 June 2017[62]		Juan Carlos Unzué	28 May 2017[63]
Sevilla	Jorge Sampaoli	Signed by Argentina	20 May 2017[64]		Eduardo Berizzo	1 June 2017[65]
Alavés	Mauricio Pellegrino	Resigned	29 May 2017[66]		Luis Zubeldía	17 June 2017[67]
Alavés	Luis Zubeldía	Sacked	17 September 2017[68]	20th	Gianni De Biasi	22 September 2017[69]
Villarreal	Fran Escribá		25 September 2017[70]	14th	Javier Calleja	25 September 2017[71]
Las Palmas	Manolo Márquez	Resigned	26 September 2017[72]	15th	Pako Ayestarán	27 September 2017[73]
Deportivo La Coruña	Pepe Mel	Sacked	24 October 2017[74]	17th	Cristóbal Parralo	24 October 2017[74]
Alavés	Gianni De Biasi		27 November 2017[75]	20th	Abelardo Fernández	1 December 2017[76]
Las Palmas	Pako Ayestarán		30 November 2017[77]	19th	Paco Jémez	21 December 2017[78]
Sevilla	Eduardo Berizzo		22 December 2017[79]	5th	Vincenzo Montella	28 December 2017[80]
Málaga	Míchel		13 January 2018[81]	19th	José González	13 January 2018[82]
Deportivo La Coruña	Cristóbal Parralo		4 February 2018[83]	18th	Clarence Seedorf	5 February 2018[84]
Levante	Juan Muñiz		4 March 2018[85]	17th	Paco López	4 March 2018[85]
Real Sociedad	Eusebio Sacristán		18 March 2018[86]	15th	Imanol Alguacil	18 March 2018[86]
Espanyol	Quique Sánchez Flores		20 April 2018[87]	16th	David Gallego (caretaker)	20 April 2018[88]
Sevilla	Vincenzo Montella		28 April 2018[89]	7th	Joaquín Caparrós (caretaker)	28 April 2018[89]

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	28	9	1	99	29	+70	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Atlético Madrid	38	23	10	5	58	22	+36	79
3	Real Madrid	38	22	10	6	94	44	+50	76
4	Valencia	38	22	7	9	65	38	+27	73
5	Villarreal	38	18	7	13	57	50	+7	61	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Real Betis	38	18	6	14	60	61	−1	60
7	Sevilla	38	17	7	14	49	58	−9	58	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Getafe	38	15	10	13	42	33	+9	55
9	Eibar	38	14	9	15	44	50	−6	51[b]
10	Girona	38	14	9	15	50	59	−9	51[b]
11	Espanyol	38	12	13	13	36	42	−6	49[c]
12	Real Sociedad	38	14	7	17	66	59	+7	49[c]
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	10	15	59	60	−1	49[c]
14	Alavés	38	15	2	21	40	50	−10	47
15	Levante	38	11	13	14	44	58	−14	46
16	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	13	15	41	49	−8	43[d]
17	Leganés	38	12	7	19	34	51	−17	43[d]
18	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	38	6	11	21	38	76	−38	29	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Las Palmas (R)	38	5	7	26	24	74	−50	22
20	Málaga (R)	38	5	5	28	24	61	−37	20

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
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)^[90]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
2. Eibar finished ahead of Girona on head-to-head points: Eibar 4–1 Girona, Girona 1–4 Eibar.
3. Head-to-head points: Espanyol 8, Real Sociedad 4, Celta Vigo 4 (Espanyol 2–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 2–1 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–2 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1–2 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–3 Real Sociedad).
4. Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Leganés on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Leganés, Leganés 1–0 Athletic Bilbao.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ATH	ATM	BAR	CEL	DEP	EIB	ESP	GET	GIR	LPA	LEG	LEV	MGA	BET	RMA	RSO	SEV	VAL	VIL
Alavés	—	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–3
Athletic Bilbao	2–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Atlético Madrid	1–0	2–0	—	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Barcelona	2–1	2–0	1–0	—	2–2	4–0	6–1	5–0	0–0	6–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	5–1
Celta Vigo	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–3	4–0	1–1	0–1
Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–4	1–3	—	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–3	2–4	0–0	1–2	2–4
Eibar	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–4	0–0	—	3–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–2	0–0	5–1	2–1	1–0
Espanyol	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–1
Getafe	4–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–0
Girona	2–3	2–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–4	0–2	1–0	—	6–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2
Las Palmas	0–4	1–0	1–5	1–1	2–5	1–3	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–2
Leganés	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	2–0	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–1
Levante	0–2	1–2	0–5	5–4	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Málaga	0–3	3–3	0–1	0–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	—	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0
Real Betis	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–5	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	—	3–5	0–0	2–2	3–6	2–1
Real Madrid	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	6–0	7–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	6–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	—	5–2	5–0	2–2	0–1
Real Sociedad	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–4	1–2	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	0–2	4–4	1–3	—	3–1	2–3	3–0
Sevilla	1–0	2–0	2–5	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–5	3–2	1–0	—	0–2	2–2
Valencia	3–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–4	2–1	4–0	—	0–1
Villarreal	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–2	2–3	1–0	—

Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Gabriel for Leganés against Alavés (18 August 2017)^[91]
• Last goal of the season:
  Philippe Coutinho for Barcelona against Real Sociedad (20 May 2018)^[92]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[93]
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	34
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	26
3	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	25
4	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	22
5	Cristhian Stuani	Girona	21
6	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	19
7	Maxi Gómez	Celta Vigo	17
8	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	16
	Gerard Moreno	Espanyol
	Rodrigo	Valencia

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[94]
1	Pablo Fornals	Villarreal	12
	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
4	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	10
5	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	9
	Gonçalo Guedes	Valencia
	Pione Sisto	Celta Vigo
	Daniel Wass	Celta Vigo
9	Jordi Alba	Barcelona	8
	José Ángel	Eibar
	Andrés Guardado	Real Betis
	José Luis Morales	Levante

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.^[95]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	22	37	0.59
2	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	28	37	0.76
3	Vicente Guaita	Getafe	26	33	0.79
4	Neto	Valencia	33	33	1.00
5	Pau López	Espanyol	31	28	1.11

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Espanyol	5–0 (H)	9 September 2017	3
Simone Zaza	Valencia	Málaga	5–0 (H)	19 September 2017	5
Lionel Messi4	Barcelona	Eibar	6–1 (H)	19 September 2017	5
Cédric Bakambu	Villarreal	Eibar	3–0 (H)	1 October 2017	7
Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	Las Palmas	5–2 (A)	16 October 2017	8
Ibai Gómez	Alavés	Girona	3–2 (A)	4 December 2017	14
Michael Olunga	Girona	Las Palmas	6–0 (H)	13 January 2018	19
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Real Sociedad	5–2 (H)	10 February 2018	23
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Girona	6–1 (H)	24 February 2018	25
Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	Sevilla	5–2 (A)[permanent dead link]	25 February 2018	25
Antoine Griezmann4	Atlético Madrid	Leganés	4–0 (H)	28 February 2018	26
Cristiano Ronaldo4	Real Madrid	Girona	6–3 (H)	18 March 2018	29
Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	Sevilla	4–0 (H)	7 April 2018	31
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Leganés	3–1 (H)	7 April 2018	31
Carlos Bacca	Villarreal	Celta Vigo	4–1 (H)	28 April 2018	35
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Deportivo La Coruña	4–2 (A)	29 April 2018	35
Emmanuel Boateng	Levante	Barcelona	5–4 (H)	13 May 2018	37
Philippe Coutinho	Barcelona	Levante	4–5 (A)	13 May 2018	37

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Discipline

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• Most yellow cards (club): 134
  • Getafe
• Fewest yellow cards (club): 62
  • Real Sociedad
• Most yellow cards (player): 16
  • Jefferson Lerma (Levante)
• Most red cards (club): 8
  • Málaga
• Fewest red cards (club): 0
  • Athletic Bilbao
  • Girona
• Most red cards (player): 2
  • Jordi Amat (Real Betis)
  • Zdravko Kuzmanović (Málaga)
  • Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
  • Sergi Roberto (Barcelona)

Overall

• Most wins - Barcelona (28)
• Fewest wins - Las Palmas and Malaga (5)
• Most draws - Espanyol, Levante and Bilbao (13)
• Fewest draws - Alavés (2)
• Most losses - Malaga (28)
• Fewest losses - Barcelona (1)
• Most goals scored - Barcelona (99)
• Fewest goals scored - Las Palmas and Malaga (24)
• Most goals conceded - Deportivo La Coruña (76)
• Fewest goals conceded - Atlético Madrid (22)

Average attendances

A match played behind closed doors is not included.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Barcelona	1,248,657	97,939	49,693	69,370	−9.9%3
2	Real Madrid	1,247,398	80,737	55,143	65,653	−3.5%†
3	Atlético Madrid	1,054,190	66,591	35,033	55,484	+24.2%2
4	Real Betis	881,198	55,453	31,311	46,379	+41.4%†
5	Valencia	735,187	47,794	27,930	38,694	+14.0%†
6	Athletic Bilbao	710,148	45,761	24,587	37,376	−9.1%†
7	Sevilla	628,281	40,385	22,643	33,067	+0.7%†
8	Deportivo La Coruña	392,058	27,877	12,904	20,635	−7.8%†
9	Málaga	387,224	27,117	10,098	20,380	−7.9%†
10	Real Sociedad	374,299	24,675	15,562	19,700	−8.0%†
11	Levante	335,939	23,542	12,942	17,681	+45.9%1
12	Espanyol	335,309	24,836	11,659	17,648	−12.1%†
13	Villarreal	317,267	21,087	12,398	16,698	−3.8%†
14	Celta Vigo	309,098	20,895	10,840	16,298	−1.0%†
15	Las Palmas	306,535	26,163	4,624	16,133	−20.9%†
16	Alavés	296,123	19,840	12,594	15,585	+2.7%†
17	Girona	194,626	13,305	6,392	10,243	+86.9%1
18	Getafe	194,375	15,350	5,097	10,230	+43.1%1
19	Leganés	177,382	11,454	5,970	9,336	+0.2%†
20	Eibar	101,160	6,725	4,056	5,324	+0.2%†
	League total	10,226,454	97,939	4,056	26,983	−2.4%†

Source: World Football
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.
2: Atlético Madrid played the previous season at Vicente Calderón Stadium.
3: Barcelona played its match against Las Palmas behind closed doors.

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
September	Simone Zaza	Valencia	[100]
October	Cédric Bakambu	Villarreal	[101]
November	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	[102]
December	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	[103]
January	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	[104]
February	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	[105]
March	Rodrigo	Valencia	[106]
April	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[107]

Notes