2022–23 La Liga

The 2022–23 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, was the 92nd season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 12 August 2022 and concluded on 4 June 2023. Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won their 35th title the previous season.

La Liga

Season	2022–23
Dates	12 August 2022 – 4 June 2023[1]
Champions	Barcelona 27th title
Relegated	Valladolid Espanyol Elche
Champions League	Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla (as Europa League winners)
Europa League	Villarreal Real Betis
Europa Conference League	Osasuna
Matches played	380
Goals scored	955 (2.51 per match)
Best Player	Marc-André ter Stegen
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (23 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Marc-André ter Stegen (0.49 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 6–0 Valladolid (2 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Cádiz 0–4 Athletic Bilbao (29 August 2022) Cádiz 0–4 Barcelona (10 September 2022) Elche 0–4 Barcelona (1 April 2023)
Highest scoring	Girona 3–5 Real Sociedad (3 October 2022) Girona 6–2 Almería (17 February 2023)
Longest winning run	Barcelona (7 matches) (twice)
Longest unbeaten run	Atlético Madrid Barcelona (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Elche (19 matches)
Longest losing run	Elche Espanyol (6 matches)
Highest attendance	95,745 Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid (19 March 2023)
Lowest attendance	8,879 Girona 6–2 Almería (17 February 2023)
Attendance	11,236,873 (29,571 per match)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

On 14 May, Barcelona were confirmed as champions with four matches to spare following a 4–2 away victory against Espanyol, clinching the club's 27th league title and first since the 2018–19 season.^[2][3]

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup having commenced on 20 November, there was a mid-season hiatus in the league. The last round before the break was held from 8–10 November, with the league resuming on 29 December. This season was the first since 2012–13 to conclude in June.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including seventeen sides from the 2021–22 season and three promoted from the 2021–22 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

Teams relegated to Segunda División

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Levante, after a 6–0 loss to Real Madrid on 12 May 2022, ending their five-year stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated was Alavés, after a defeat of 1–3 by Levante on 15 May 2022, ending their six-year stay in the top tier. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was Granada, who drew against Espanyol, which was coupled with wins of Cádiz and Mallorca on 22 May 2022, the final match day. Granada ended a three-year stay in the top level.

Teams promoted from Segunda División

The first two teams to earn promotion from Segunda División were Almería and Real Valladolid, who mathematically secured first and second positions, respectively, on the very last match day of the season. Almería returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence, while Valladolid came back after one year. The third and final team to be promoted were Girona after winning the play-off final 3–1 against Tenerife, returning after a three-year absence.

Promoted from 2021–22 Segunda División	Relegated from 2021–22 La Liga
Almería Valladolid Girona	Granada Levante Alavés

Stadiums and locations

Community of Madrid

Almería

Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona

Girona

Cádiz

Celta Vigo

Elche

Espanyol

Mallorca

Osasuna

Real Betis

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

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

Location of teams in 2022–23 La Liga

Getafe

Atlético Madrid

Real Madrid

Rayo Vallecano

Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2022–23 La Liga

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Almería	Almería	Power Horse Stadium	15,000[4]
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289[5]
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Cívitas Metropolitano	68,456[6]
Barcelona	Barcelona	Spotify Camp Nou	99,354[7]
Cádiz	Cádiz	Nuevo Mirandilla	20,724[8]
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Abanca-Balaídos	29,000[9]
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	31,388[10]
Espanyol	Cornellà de Llobregat	RCDE Stadium	40,000[11]
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	16,500[12]
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	13,400[13]
Mallorca	Palma	Son Moix	23,142[14]
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar	23,576[15]
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas	14,708[16]
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	60,721[17]
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	65,000[18]
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Reale Arena	39,500[19]
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	43,883[20]
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	49,430[21]
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla	28,012[22]
Villarreal	Villarreal	Estadio de la Cerámica	23,008[23]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor	Other kit sponsor(s)
Almería	Rubi	César de la Hoz	Castore	Khaled Juffali Company	Power Horse1, Durrat Al Arous2, Kudu Restaurants3, TCI GECOMP3
Athletic Bilbao	Ernesto Valverde	Iker Muniain	New Balance	Kutxabank	Digi Communications1, B2BinPay2
Atlético Madrid	Diego Simeone	Koke	Nike	WhaleFin	Ria Money Transfer1, Hyundai2
Barcelona	Xavi	Sergio Busquets		Spotify	UNHCR1, Ambilight TV2
Cádiz	Sergio	José Mari	Macron	Digi Communications	Humanox2, Motoreto2, Wehumans23
Celta Vigo	Carlos Carvalhal	Hugo Mallo	Adidas	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Abanca1, AIX Investment Group2, Grupo Recalvi3
Elche	Sebastián Beccacece	Gonzalo Verdú	Nike	TM Real Estate Group	Sfidante2
Espanyol	Luis García	Sergi Darder	Kelme	Riviera Maya	Digi Communications1, Reale Seguros2, Crypto SNACK3
Getafe	José Bordalás	Djené	Joma	Tecnocasa Group	Motoreto3
Girona	Míchel	Cristhian Stuani	Puma	Gosbi	Open Arms2, Costa Brava3, Parlem3
Mallorca	Javier Aguirre	Antonio Raíllo	Nike	αGEL	Alua Hotels & Resorts1, Juaneda1, OK Mobility2, Air Europa3, Specialized3
Osasuna	Jagoba Arrasate	David García	Adidas	Verleal	HR Motor1, Clínica Universidad de Navarra3
Rayo Vallecano	Andoni Iraola	Óscar Trejo	Umbro	Digi Communications	Los Sueños Development Group1
Real Betis	Manuel Pellegrini	Joaquín	Hummel	Finetwork	LegacyFX1, Reale Seguros2, MuchBetter3
Real Madrid	Carlo Ancelotti	Karim Benzema	Adidas	Emirates	None
Real Sociedad	Imanol Alguacil	Asier Illarramendi	Macron	Cazoo	Kutxabank1, Reale Seguros2, Finetwork3
Sevilla	Diego Alonso	Jesús Navas	Castore	DEGIRO	Andex1, Valvoline2
Valencia	Rubén Baraja	José Gayà	Puma	Cazoo	Herrero Brigantina1, Sailun Tyres2, Škoda3
Valladolid	Paulo Pezzolano	Jordi Masip	Adidas	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Herbalife Nutrition1, JD Sports2, INEXO3
Villarreal	Quique Setién	Raúl Albiol	Joma	Pamesa Cerámica	Zoomex1, Color Star Technology2

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
Espanyol	Luis Blanco	End of caretaker spell	13 May 2022	Pre-season	Diego Martínez	31 May 2022
Valencia	José Bordalás	Sacked	22 May 2022		Gennaro Gattuso	9 June 2022
Athletic Bilbao	Marcelino[24]	Resigned	24 May 2022		Ernesto Valverde[25]	30 June 2022
Elche	Francisco[26]	Sacked	4 October 2022	20th	Alberto Gallego (caretaker)[27]	7 October 2022
Sevilla	Julen Lopetegui[28]		5 October 2022	17th	Jorge Sampaoli[29]	6 October 2022
Elche	Alberto Gallego	End of caretaker spell	12 October 2022	20th	Jorge Almirón[30]	12 October 2022
Villarreal	Unai Emery[31]	Signed by Aston Villa	24 October 2022	7th	Quique Setién[32]	25 October 2022
Celta Vigo	Eduardo Coudet[33]	Sacked	2 November 2022	16th	Carlos Carvalhal[34]	2 November 2022
Elche	Jorge Almirón		7 November 2022	20th	Pablo Machín[35]	17 November 2022
Valencia	Gennaro Gattuso	Mutual consent	31 January 2023	14th	Voro (interim)	31 January 2023
	Voro (interim)	End of caretaker spell	14 February 2023	18th	Rubén Baraja	14 February 2023
Elche	Pablo Machín[36]	Sacked	20 March 2023	20th	Sebastián Beccacece	21 March 2023
Sevilla	Jorge Sampaoli[37]		21 March 2023	14th	José Luis Mendilibar
Valladolid	Pacheta[38]		3 April 2023	15th	Paulo Pezzolano[39]	4 April 2023
Espanyol	Diego Martínez[40]			17th	Luis García[41]	3 April 2023
Getafe	Quique Sánchez Flores[42]		27 April 2023	18th	José Bordalás[43]	29 April 2023

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	28	4	6	70	20	+50	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	24	6	8	75	36	+39	78
3	Atlético Madrid	38	23	8	7	70	33	+37	77
4	Real Sociedad	38	21	8	9	51	35	+16	71
5	Villarreal	38	19	7	12	59	40	+19	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Real Betis	38	17	9	12	46	41	+5	60
7	Osasuna	38	15	8	15	37	42	−5	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a]
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	14	9	15	47	43	+4	51
9	Mallorca	38	14	8	16	37	43	−6	50
10	Girona	38	13	10	15	58	55	+3	49[b]
11	Rayo Vallecano	38	13	10	15	45	53	−8	49[b]
12	Sevilla	38	13	10	15	47	54	−7	49[b]	Qualification for the Champions League group stage[c]
13	Celta Vigo	38	11	10	17	43	53	−10	43
14	Cádiz	38	10	12	16	30	53	−23	42[d]
15	Getafe	38	10	12	16	34	45	−11	42[d]
16	Valencia	38	11	9	18	42	45	−3	42[d]
17	Almería	38	11	8	19	49	65	−16	41
18	Valladolid (R)	38	11	7	20	33	63	−30	40	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Espanyol (R)	38	8	13	17	52	69	−17	37
20	Elche (R)	38	5	10	23	30	67	−37	25

Source: LaLiga Santander
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)^[46]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Osasuna were initially disqualified from the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League due to historic match-fixing.^[44] However, the club became later eligible to participate after an evidence of innocence had been provided.^[45]
2. Head-to-head points: Girona 8, Rayo Vallecano 6, Sevilla 1.
3. Sevilla qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.
4. Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	RMA	ATM	RSO	VIL	BET	OSA	ATH	MLL	GIR	RAY	SEV	CEL	CAD	GET	VAL	ALM	VLL	ESP	ELC
Barcelona	—	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0
Real Madrid	3–1	—	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–2	6–0	3–1	4–0
Atlético Madrid	0–1	1–2	—	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0
Real Sociedad	1–4	2–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0
Villarreal	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	4–0
Real Betis	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–0
Osasuna	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–3	3–2	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
Athletic Bilbao	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	2–3	3–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	0–1
Mallorca	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Girona	0–1	4–2	0–1	3–5	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	—	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	6–2	2–1	2–1	2–0
Rayo Vallecano	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	5–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1
Sevilla	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	—	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	3–0
Celta Vigo	2–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	—	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–0
Cádiz	0–4	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	—	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Getafe	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–1
Valencia	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–1	5–1	—	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–2
Almería	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	3–1	2–1
Valladolid	3–1	0–2	2–5	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	3–3	1–0	0–1	0–3	4–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–1
Espanyol	2–4	1–3	3–3	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–3	1–0	—	2–2
Elche	0–4	0–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	—

Source: La Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Ezequiel Ávila for Osasuna against Sevilla (12 August 2022)

• Final goal of the season:
  Adri Embarba for Almería against Espanyol (4 June 2023)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[47]
1	Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	23
2	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	19
3	Joselu	Espanyol	16
4	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	15
	Borja Iglesias	Real Betis
	Vedat Muriqi	Mallorca
7	Enes Ünal	Getafe	14
8	Taty Castellanos	Girona	13
	Álvaro Morata	Atlético Madrid
10	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	12
	Nicolas Jackson	Villarreal
	Alexander Sørloth	Real Sociedad

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[48]
1	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	16
2	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	10
3	Mikel Merino	Real Sociedad	9
4	Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	8
	Rodrygo	Real Madrid
6	Ousmane Dembélé	Barcelona	7
	Rodrigo De Paul	Atlético Madrid
	Brian Oliván	Espanyol
	Isi Palazón	Rayo Vallecano
	Yeremy Pino	Villarreal
	Raphinha	Barcelona
	Lucas Robertone	Almería
	Dani Rodríguez	Mallorca

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Rank	Player	Club	Matches	Goals against	Average[49]
1	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	37	18	0.49
2	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	28	20	0.71
3	Álex Remiro	Real Sociedad	38	35	0.92
4	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	31	29	0.94
5	Predrag Rajković	Mallorca	36	40	1.11

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Oihan Sancet	Athletic Bilbao	Cádiz	4–1 (H)	3 February 2023	20
Pere Milla	Elche	Villarreal	3–1 (H)	4 February 2023
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Valladolid	6–0 (H)	2 April 2023	27
Taty Castellanos4	Girona	Real Madrid	4–2 (H)	25 April 2023	31
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Almería	4–2 (H)	29 April 2023	32
Lázaro	Almería	Mallorca	3–0 (H)	20 May 2023	35

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14
  • Fede San Emeterio (Cádiz)
  • Óscar Gil (Espanyol)

• Most red cards: 3
  • Florian Lejeune (Rayo Vallecano)
  • Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
  • Isaac Carcelén (Cádiz)
  • Luiz Felipe (Real Betis)
  • Marcos Acuna (Sevilla)
  • Pape Gueye (Sevilla)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 121
  • Mallorca
• Most red cards: 15
  • Betis
• Fewest yellow cards: 68
  • Real Madrid
• Fewest red cards: 2
  • Real Sociedad

Awards

Player of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	[50]

Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
August	Borja Iglesias	Real Betis	[51]
September	Federico Valverde	Real Madrid	[52]
October	Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	[53]
January	Alexander Sørloth	Real Sociedad	[54]
February	Gabri Veiga	Celta Vigo	[55]
March	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	[56]
April	Youssef En-Nesyri	Sevilla	[57]
May	Nicolas Jackson	Villarreal	[58]

Team of the season

EA Sports

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	[59]
DF	Nahuel Molina	Atlético Madrid
	Jules Koundé	Barcelona
	Éder Militão	Real Madrid
	David García	Osasuna
	Alejandro Balde	Barcelona
MF	Gabri Veiga	Celta Vigo
	Federico Valverde	Real Madrid
	Mikel Merino	Real Sociedad
	Pedri	Barcelona
	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
FW	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
	Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona
	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[60]
1	FC Barcelona	19	83,415
2	Real Madrid	19	56,727
3	Atlético de Madrid	19	55,255
4	Real Betis	19	49,015
5	Athletic Club	19	43,527
6	Valencia CF	19	40,688
7	Sevilla FC	19	35,589
8	Real Sociedad	19	32,265
9	RCD Espanyol	19	21,521
10	Real Valladolid	19	20,578
11	Elche CF	19	19,812
12	CA Osasuna	19	19,753
13	Cádiz CF	19	17,768
14	Villarreal CF	19	16,326
15	RCD Mallorca	19	14,778
16	Celta de Vigo	19	14,339
17	UD Almería	19	12,942
18	Rayo Vallecano	19	12,546
19	Getafe CF	19	11,495
20	Girona FC	19	11,423

See also

• 2022–23 Segunda División
• 2022–23 Primera Federación
• 2022–23 Segunda Federación
• 2022–23 Tercera Federación