2018–19 La Liga

The 2018–19 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons,^[2] was the 88th since its establishment. The season began on 17 August 2018 and concluded on 19 May 2019.^[3] Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 24 July 2018.^[4] This was the first La Liga season to use the VAR.^[5]

La Liga

Season	2018–19
Dates	17 August 2018 – 19 May 2019
Champions	Barcelona 26th title
Relegated	Girona Huesca Rayo Vallecano
Champions League	Barcelona Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Valencia
Europa League	Getafe Sevilla Espanyol
Matches played	380
Goals scored	983 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi (36 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Jan Oblak (0.73 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 8–2 Huesca (2 September 2018)
Biggest away win	Levante 0–5 Barcelona (16 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Barcelona 8–2 Huesca (2 September 2018)
Longest winning run	8 matches[1] Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches[1] Barcelona
Longest winless run	16 matches[1] Huesca
Longest losing run	7 matches[1] Rayo Vallecano
Highest attendance	93,265 Barcelona 5–1 Real Madrid (28 October 2018)[1]
Lowest attendance	3,652 Eibar 3–0 Espanyol (21 January 2019)[1]
Attendance	10,234,693 (26,933 per match)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Barcelona were the defending champions, and they secured a second consecutive title with three games to spare following victory over Levante on 27 April.^[6] Huesca, Rayo Vallecano and Valladolid joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Segunda División. They replaced Málaga, Las Palmas and Deportivo La Coruña, who were relegated to the 2018–19 Segunda División.

This is the first season since 2008–09 that did not feature the league's all time second-highest scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, who departed to Juventus in the summer.

Summary

Several clubs made managerial changes before the start of the season. Among them were Real Madrid, when Zinedine Zidane resigned following the club's third consecutive UEFA Champions League victory. He was replaced by Julen Lopetegui, who was managing the Spain national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at the time of announcement and was dismissed from that job as a result.^[7] Other incomers included Pablo Machín at Sevilla, who was hired after his success with newly promoted Girona the previous season.^[8]

In the transfer window, the biggest deal saw Real Madrid lose Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus for a fee of €112 million; the Portuguese forward had scored 450 goals in 438 games during his nine years in the Spanish capital.^[9] Real Madrid's additions included Belgium international goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for €35 million from Chelsea, and striker Mariano returned to the club from Lyon for €22 million.^[10][11] Defending champions Barcelona added Clément Lenglet to their defence, Arturo Vidal to midfield, and spent over €40 million on Brazilian forward Malcom.^[12] Players exiting Barcelona included Andrés Iniesta at the end of a successful 16-year-spell, as he signed for Vissel Kobe in Japan.^[13]

Veterans Gabi and Fernando Torres also left Atlético Madrid for new teams in Asia,^[14] while the same club welcomed in the likes of World Cup-winning French midfielder Thomas Lemar and Portugal's Gelson Martins.^[15] After a successful previous season, in which the team finished fourth and returned to the Champions League, Valencia made permanent the loan signing of Portuguese winger Gonçalo Guedes from Paris Saint-Germain and Geoffrey Kondogbia from Inter Milan. Forward Simone Zaza and midfielder João Cancelo both left to Italy, while Kevin Gameiro arrived as replacement.^[16] Athletic Bilbao sold Kepa Arrizabalaga to Chelsea for €80 million, a world record fee for a goalkeeper.^[17]

The tenth round of matches featured the first El Clásico of the season, which Barcelona won 5–1 at home against Real Madrid with a hat-trick by Luis Suárez. The result put Madrid into 9th place,^[18] and led to the dismissal of Lopetegui after only five months.^[19] Other early pace-setters included Sevilla with their prolific strike partnership of André Silva and Wissam Ben Yedder,^[20] Alavés who were briefly league leaders in mid-October,^[21] Espanyol, and Valladolid who had been taken over by former Brazil international Ronaldo.^[22]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2017–18 season and three promoted from the 2017–18 Segunda División. This will include the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

Teams relegated to Segunda División

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Málaga. Their relegation was ensured on 19 April 2018, following a late 0−1 defeat to Levante, ending their 10-year spell in the top division.^[23]

The second team to be relegated were Las Palmas, after a 0−4 home defeat to Deportivo Alavés on 22 April 2018, ending their three-year spell in the league.^[24]

The last team to be relegated were Deportivo La Coruña, following a 2−4 home loss to Barcelona on 29 April 2018. This result ensured Deportivo's third relegation in seven years, and also handed Barcelona their 25th La Liga title.^[25]

Teams promoted from Segunda División

On 21 May 2018, Huesca were promoted to La Liga for the first time ever by winning 2–0 at Lugo.

Rayo Vallecano was the second team to earn promotion to La Liga on 27 May 2018 by winning against Lugo as well, this time 1–0. Rayo returned after a two-year absence.

Valladolid was the last team to be promoted after beating Sporting Gijón and Numancia in the play-offs. Valladolid returned to top division after 4 years.

This was the first season since the 2014–15 season without any teams from the archipelagos of Spain (teams located on the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands) since Las Palmas was relegated and Tenerife failed to qualify for the promotion play-offs.

Stadia and locations

Community of Madrid

Alavés

Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona

Celta Vigo

Eibar

Espanyol

Girona

Huesca

Levante

Real Betis

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Community of Madrid teams:
Atlético Madrid
Getafe
Leganés
Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid

Location of teams in 2018–19 La Liga

Atlético Madrid

Getafe

Leganés

Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid

Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2018–19 La Liga

Celta signed a sponsorship contract with Abanca to rename their stadium as Abanca-Balaídos.^[26]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	19,840[27]
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,000[28]
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Wanda Metropolitano	68,000[29]
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354[30]
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Abanca-Balaídos	29,000[31]
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	7,083[32]
Espanyol	Cornellà de Llobregat	RCDE Stadium	40,000[33]
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,000[34]
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	13,500[35]
Huesca	Huesca	El Alcoraz	7,638[36]
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	12,450[37]
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354[38]
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas	14,708[39]
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	60,721[40]
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	81,044[41]
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,000[42]
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	43,883[43]
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000[44]
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla	26,512[45]
Villarreal	Villarreal	Estadio de la Cerámica	23,500[46]

Matches outside Spain

On 16 August 2018, La Liga signed a 15-year agreement with Relevant Sports (owners of the International Champions Cup) to schedule one match per season within the United States. This would mark the first time ever that an official La Liga league match would be held there.^[47][48] The match between Girona and Barcelona, to be played on 27 January 2019, was selected to be played in Miami, but it required the approval of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.^[49] On 21 September 2018, the Spanish Football Federation denied approval of the match being held in Miami.^[50] On 26 October 2018, following a request for guidance from the Spanish Football Federation, US Soccer and CONCACAF, the FIFA Council discussed La Liga's proposal. At the end of the meeting, the FIFA Council stated that "Consistent with the opinion expressed by the Football Stakeholders Committee, the Council emphasised the sporting principle that official league matches must be played within the territory of the respective member association".^[51] On 13 December 2018, Barcelona left their disposition to play the match in Miami without effect.^[52]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager[53]	Captain[54]	Kit manufacturer[55]	Shirt sponsor[55]
Alavés	Abelardo Fernández	Manu García	Kelme	Betway, LEA,1 Araba-Álava,2 Integra Energía,3 Euskaltel3
Athletic Bilbao	Gaizka Garitano	Markel Susaeta	New Balance	Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid	Diego Simeone	Diego Godín	Nike	Plus500, Hyundai2
Barcelona	Ernesto Valverde	Lionel Messi	Nike	Rakuten, UNICEF,1 Beko2
Celta Vigo	Fran Escribá	Hugo Mallo	Adidas	Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca,1 Grupo Recalvi3
Eibar	José Luis Mendilibar	Asier Riesgo	Puma	AVIA, HiKOKI2
Espanyol	Rubi	Javi López	Kelme	Riviera Maya, InnJoo13
Getafe	José Bordalás	Jorge Molina	Joma	Tecnocasa Group, Reale Seguros,2 @getafecf3
Girona	Eusebio Sacristán	Álex Granell	Umbro	Marathonbet, Costa Brava2
Huesca	Francisco	Juanjo Camacho	Kelme	Huesca La Magia, DISA,1 Bodega Sommos,1 Grupo Cosehisa,2 El Dorado,3 Ambar 0,03
Leganés	Mauricio Pellegrino	Unai Bustinza[a]	Joma	Betway, Sambil Outlet Madrid,2 BeSoccer,3 Arriaga Asociados3
Levante	Paco López	Pedro López	Macron	Betway, Baleària1
Rayo Vallecano	Paco Jémez	Adri Embarba	Kelme	Creditea,1 Modalia.com1
Real Betis	Quique Setién	Joaquín	Kappa	GreenEarth, Reale Seguros,2 BeSoccer,3 OTC Desks4
Real Madrid	Zinedine Zidane	Sergio Ramos	Adidas	Emirates
Real Sociedad	Imanol Alguacil	Asier Illarramendi	Macron	Kutxabank,1 Reale Seguros2
Sevilla	Joaquín Caparrós	Sergio Escudero	Nike	Playtika, Betfair,2 EverFX3
Valencia	Marcelino	Dani Parejo	Adidas	BLU, beIN Sports,1 Sesderma,2 Alfa Romeo3
Valladolid	Sergio González	Javi Moyano	Hummel	Cuatro Rayas, Junta of Castile and León,1 Integra Energía,2 Cultura y Turismo Valladolid3
Villarreal	Javier Calleja	Bruno	Joma	Pamesa Cerámica, Endavant2

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

4. ^ On the away jersey.

1. Captain Alexander Szymanowski was on a recovery from Pubitis injury effectively making Bustinza captain for the remainder of the season.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Celta Vigo	Juan Carlos Unzué	Sacked	21 May 2018[56]	Pre-season	Antonio Mohamed	22 May 2018[57]
Girona	Pablo Machín	Signed for Sevilla	28 May 2018[58]		Eusebio Sacristán	7 June 2018[59]
Real Madrid	Zinedine Zidane	Resigned	31 May 2018[60]		Julen Lopetegui	12 June 2018[61]
Real Sociedad	Imanol Alguacil	End of contract	30 June 2018[62]		Asier Garitano	24 May 2018[63]
Huesca	Rubi		30 June 2018[64]		Leo Franco	28 May 2018[65]
Sevilla	Joaquín Caparrós	End of caretaker spell	30 June 2018[66]		Pablo Machín	28 May 2018[67]
Espanyol	David Gallego		30 June 2018[68]		Rubi	3 June 2018[69]
Leganés	Asier Garitano	Signed for Real Sociedad	30 June 2018[70]		Mauricio Pellegrino	2 June 2018[71]
Athletic Bilbao	José Ángel Ziganda	Mutual consent	30 June 2018[72]		Eduardo Berizzo	31 May 2018[73]
Huesca	Leo Franco	Sacked	9 October 2018	20th	Francisco	10 October 2018[74]
Real Madrid	Julen Lopetegui		29 October 2018	9th	Santiago Solari	30 October 2018
Celta Vigo	Antonio Mohamed		12 November 2018	14th	Miguel Cardoso	12 November 2018
Athletic Bilbao	Eduardo Berizzo		4 December 2018	18th	Gaizka Garitano	4 December 2018
Villarreal	Javier Calleja		10 December 2018	17th	Luis García	10 December 2018
Real Sociedad	Asier Garitano		26 December 2018[75]	15th	Imanol Alguacil	26 December 2018[76]
Villarreal	Luis García		29 January 2019[77]	19th	Javier Calleja	29 January 2019[77]
Celta Vigo	Miguel Cardoso		3 March 2019	17th	Fran Escribá	3 March 2019[78]
Real Madrid	Santiago Solari		11 March 2019	3rd	Zinedine Zidane	11 March 2019[79]
Sevilla	Pablo Machín		15 March 2019[80]	6th	Joaquín Caparrós	15 March 2019[81]
Rayo Vallecano	Míchel		18 March 2019[82]	19th	Paco Jémez	20 March 2019[83]

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	26	9	3	90	36	+54	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Atlético Madrid	38	22	10	6	55	29	+26	76
3	Real Madrid	38	21	5	12	63	46	+17	68
4	Valencia	38	15	16	7	51	35	+16	61
5	Getafe	38	15	14	9	48	35	+13	59[a]	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
6	Sevilla	38	17	8	13	62	47	+15	59[a]
7	Espanyol	38	14	11	13	48	50	−2	53[c]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	14	11	41	45	−4	53[c]
9	Real Sociedad	38	13	11	14	45	46	−1	50[d]
10	Real Betis	38	14	8	16	44	52	−8	50[d]
11	Alavés	38	13	11	14	39	50	−11	50[d]
12	Eibar	38	11	14	13	46	50	−4	47
13	Leganés	38	11	12	15	37	43	−6	45
14	Villarreal	38	10	14	14	49	52	−3	44[e]
15	Levante	38	11	11	16	59	66	−7	44[e]
16	Valladolid	38	10	11	17	32	51	−19	41[f]
17	Celta Vigo	38	10	11	17	53	62	−9	41[f]
18	Girona (R)	38	9	10	19	37	53	−16	37	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Huesca (R)	38	7	12	19	43	65	−22	33
20	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	8	8	22	41	70	−29	32

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)^[84]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Getafe finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Sevilla 0–2 Getafe, Getafe 3–0 Sevilla.
2. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey, Valencia, 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.
3. Espanyol finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head points: Espanyol 1–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–1 Espanyol.
4. Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Betis and Alavés on head-to-head points: Real Sociedad 6, Real Betis 5, Alavés 5. Real Betis finished ahead of Alavés on goal difference: Real Betis –8, Alavés –11.
5. Villarreal finished ahead of Levante on head-to-head points: Villarreal 1–1 Levante, Levante 0–2 Villarreal.
6. Valladolid finished ahead of Celta Vigo on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 3–3 Valladolid, Valladolid 2–1 Celta Vigo.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ATH	ATM	BAR	CEL	EIB	ESP	GET	GIR	HUE	LEG	LEV	RAY	BET	RMA	RSO	SEV	VAL	VLD	VIL
Alavés	—	0–0	0–4	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1
Athletic Bilbao	1–1	—	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–3
Atlético Madrid	3–0	3–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0
Barcelona	3–0	1–1	2–0	—	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	8–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–4	5–1	2–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	2–0
Celta Vigo	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	—	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–4	2–2	0–1	2–4	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	3–2
Eibar	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	—	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–4	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–0
Espanyol	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–4	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–4	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–1
Getafe	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–2
Girona	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	—	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1
Huesca	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–6	4–0	2–2
Leganés	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Levante	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–5	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	—	4–1	4–0	1–2	1–3	2–6	2–2	2–0	0–2
Rayo Vallecano	1–5	1–1	0–1	2–3	4–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	2–2
Real Betis	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–4	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1
Real Madrid	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	—	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–2
Real Sociedad	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1
Sevilla	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–3	5–0	5–0	3–2	3–0	5–2	—	0–1	1–0	0–0
Valencia	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	3–0
Valladolid	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–4	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	0–0
Villarreal	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–4	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	—

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

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Roger Martí for Levante against Real Betis (17 August 2018)^[85]
• Last goal of the season:
  Pablo de Blasis for Eibar against Barcelona (19 May 2019)^[86]

Top goalscorers

Lionel Messi equalled Telmo Zarra's record for most Pichichi Trophy wins, with a third consecutive award and sixth award overall.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[87]
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	36
2	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	21
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
4	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	20
5	Cristhian Stuani	Girona	19
6	Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla	18
7	Borja Iglesias	Espanyol	17
8	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	15
9	Charles	Eibar	14
	Raúl de Tomás	Rayo Vallecano
	Jaime Mata	Getafe
	Jorge Molina	Getafe

Top assists

In addition to most goals, Lionel Messi also had the joint-most assists, with 13.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[88]
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	13
	Pablo Sarabia	Sevilla
3	Santi Cazorla	Villarreal	10
	Jony	Alavés
5	Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla	9
	José Campaña	Levante
	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid
8	Jordi Alba	Barcelona	8
9	Moi Gómez	Huesca	7
	Brais Méndez	Celta Vigo
	Dani Parejo	Valencia
	Sergi Roberto	Barcelona
	Arturo Vidal	Barcelona

Zamora Trophy

Jan Oblak won his fourth consecutive Zamora Trophy, the first player to do so since Víctor Valdés from 2009 to 2012.

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.^[89]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average[89]
1	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	27	37	0.73
2	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	32	35	0.91
3	David Soria	Getafe	34	37	0.92
4	Neto	Valencia	34	34	1
5	Iago Herrerín	Athletic Bilbao	32	31	1.03

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
André Silva	Sevilla	Rayo Vallecano	4–1 (A)	19 August 2018	1
Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla	Levante	6–2 (A)	23 September 2018	5
Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	Eibar	4–0 (H)	27 October 2018	10
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Real Madrid	5–1 (H)	28 October 2018
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Levante	5–0 (A)	16 December 2018	16
Raúl de Tomás	Rayo Vallecano	Celta Vigo	4–2 (H)	11 January 2019	19
Youssef En-Nesyri	Leganés	Real Betis	3–0 (H)	10 February 2019	23
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Sevilla	4–2 (A)	23 February 2019	25
Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla	Real Sociedad	5–2 (H)	10 March 2019	27
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Real Betis	4–1 (A)	17 March 2019	28
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	3–0 (H)	21 April 2019	33

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Discipline

^[90]

Player

• Most yellow cards: 17
  • Álvaro (Villarreal)
  • Éver Banega (Sevilla)
  • Mario Gaspar (Villarreal)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Luis Advíncula (Rayo Vallecano)
  • Álvaro (Villarreal)
  • Abdoulaye Ba (Rayo Vallecano)
  • Éver Banega (Sevilla)
  • Erick Cabaco (Levante)
  • Gustavo Cabral (Celta Vigo)
  • Djené Dakonam (Getafe)
  • Óscar de Marcos (Athletic Bilbao)
  • Bernardo Espinosa (Girona)
  • Jorge Pulido (Huesca)
  • Rubén Rochina (Levante)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 121
  • Athletic Bilbao
• Most red cards: 8
  • Rayo Vallecano
• Fewest yellow cards: 77
  • Barcelona
• Fewest red cards: 0
  • Valladolid

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Barcelona	1,428,956	91,077	50,670	75,208	+8.4%†
2	Real Madrid	1,151,359	78,819	46,294	60,598	−7.7%†
3	Atlético Madrid	1,065,049	67,804	40,863	56,055	+1.0%†
4	Real Betis	838,425	53,443	28,078	44,128	−4.9%†
5	Athletic Bilbao	775,197	47,629	34,060	40,800	+9.2%†
6	Valencia	751,756	46,280	35,518	39,566	+2.3%†
7	Sevilla	685,995	42,877	28,134	36,105	+9.2%†
8	Real Sociedad	422,932	27,322	16,417	22,260	+13.0%†
9	Levante	373,673	23,736	16,198	19,667	+11.2%†
10	Espanyol	362,219	25,700	13,469	19,064	+8.0%†
11	Valladolid	358,112	22,585	16,136	18,848	+61.2%1
12	Celta Vigo	336,390	22,564	13,266	17,705	+8.6%†
13	Villarreal	316,531	19,903	13,685	16,660	−0.2%†
14	Alavés	279,371	19,349	10,394	14,704	−5.7%†
15	Rayo Vallecano	224,998	13,691	10,040	11,842	+26.1%1
16	Getafe	205,088	14,721	7,600	10,836	+5.9%†
17	Girona	205,047	13,649	6,482	10,792	+5.4%†
18	Leganés	190,325	11,638	4,155	10,017	+7.3%†
19	Huesca	125,660	7,343	5,630	6,614	+57.9%1
20	Eibar	92,675	6,519	3,652	4,878	−8.4%†
	League total	10,190,558	91,077	3,652	26,817	−0.6%†

Source: World Football
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.

Awards

Monthly

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
September	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[91]
October	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	[92]
November	Tomáš Vaclík	Sevilla	[93]
December	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	[94]
January	Iñaki Williams	Athletic Bilbao	[95]
February	Jaime Mata	Getafe	[96]
March	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[97]
April	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	[98]