Champions

(Tables taken from Wikipedia )

Year by year

Year	Winner
1929	FC Barcelona
1929–30	Athletic Bilbao
1930–31	Athletic Bilbao
1931–32	Madrid CF
1932–33	Madrid CF
1933–34	Athletic Bilbao
1934–35	Betis Balompié
1935–36	Athletic Bilbao
1936–39	League suspended due to the Spanish Civil War
1939–40	Atlético Aviación
1940–41	Atlético Aviación
1941–42	Valencia CF
1942–43	Athletic Bilbao
1943–44	Valencia CF
1944–45	FC Barcelona
1945–46	Sevilla FC
1946–47	Valencia CF
1947–48	FC Barcelona
1948–49	FC Barcelona
1949–50	Atlético Madrid
1950–51	Atlético Madrid
1951–52	FC Barcelona
1952–53	FC Barcelona
1953–54	Real Madrid
1954–55	Real Madrid
1955–56	Athletic Bilbao
1956–57	Real Madrid
1957–58	Real Madrid
1958–59	FC Barcelona
1959–60	FC Barcelona
1960–61	Real Madrid
1961–62	Real Madrid
1962–63	Real Madrid
1963–64	Real Madrid
1964–65	Real Madrid
1965–66	Atlético Madrid
1966–67	Real Madrid
1967–68	Real Madrid
1968–69	Real Madrid
1969–70	Atlético Madrid
1970–71	Valencia CF
1971–72	Real Madrid
1972–73	Atlético Madrid
1973–74	FC Barcelona
1974–75	Real Madrid
1975–76	Real Madrid
1976–77	Atlético Madrid
1977–78	Real Madrid
1978–79	Real Madrid
1979–80	Real Madrid
1980–81	Real Sociedad
1981–82	Real Sociedad
1982–83	Athletic Bilbao
1983–84	Athletic Bilbao
1984–85	FC Barcelona
1985–86	Real Madrid
1986–87	Real Madrid
1987–88	Real Madrid
1988–89	Real Madrid
1989–90	Real Madrid
1990–91	FC Barcelona
1991–92	FC Barcelona
1992–93	FC Barcelona
1993–94	FC Barcelona
1994–95	Real Madrid
1995–96	Atlético Madrid
1996–97	Real Madrid
1997–98	FC Barcelona
1998–99	FC Barcelona
1999–2000	Deportivo de La Coruña
2000–01	Real Madrid
2001–02	Valencia CF
2002–03	Real Madrid
2003–04	Valencia CF
2004–05	FC Barcelona
2005–06	FC Barcelona
2006–07	Real Madrid
2007–08	Real Madrid
2008–09	FC Barcelona

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Real Madrid	31	18
Barcelona	19	22
Atlético Madrid	09	08
Athletic Bilbao	08	07
Valencia	06	06
Real Sociedad	02	03
Deportivo	01	05
Sevilla	01	04
Real Betis	01	00

La Liga players

Eligibility of non-EU players

In La Liga players can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Spanish citizenship after playing in Spain for 5 years.Sometimes this can lead to a triple-citizenship situation e.g. Leo Franco.

Individual awards

Many individual awards are conceded relating to La Liga, although not sanctioned by the LFP nor the RFEF they are widely regarded as official.

The most notable of these are three awarded by Spain's biggest sports paper, Marca, namely the Pichichi Trophy, awarded to the top scorer of the season, the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for the goalkeeper with the least "goals-to-games" ratio, and the Trofeo Alfredo di Stéfano, for the player judged to be the best overall player in the division.

All-time top scorers

All-time top scorers in La Liga

Rank	Player	Goals	Par
1	Telmo Zarra	252	0,91
2	Hugo Sánchez	234	0,67
3	Raúl	228	0,42
4	Alfredo di Stéfano	227	0,69
5	César Rodríguez	226	0,64
6	Quini	219	0,49
7	Pahiño	210	0,76
8	Edmundo Suárez	195	0,84
9	Santillana	186	0,40
10	Juan Arza	182	0,52
11	Guillermo Gorostiza	181	0,70
12	Samuel Eto'o	162	0,58
13	Luis Aragonés	160	0,44
14	Ferenc Puskás	156	0,86
15	Julio Salinas	151	0,36
16	Adrián Escudero	150	0,52
17	Dani	147	0,48
18	Silvestre Igoa	141	0,49
19	Manuel Badenes	139	0,69
20	David Villa	135	0,67

Current Top 5 Teams In Spanish League

Barcelona is one of the strongest and most successful team in the Spanish league, which has won 19 league titles. It is located in the region Catalonia, Spain. Its stadium is known as Camp Nou, with the capacity of 98,782 square feet. Currently, under Josep Guardiola as a head coach, the club is able to hold the top ranking in the Spanish league, followed by Real Madrid, and Valencia in the third position.

Barcelona Logo

Barcelona Deserve It!!

Real Madrid is known for its achievement in the league. Most of the titles since 1930 were dominated by the Madrid. Despite of their dominance in the league, Real Madrid is now at the second place after Barcelona, with the difference of 1 point. Real Madrid located in the region of Madrid.

Celebration!!

Valencia was once relegated to the Segunda Division in the year 1987-1988. With a few matches remaining in the current league, Valencia settles in the third place after Real Madrid to compete for the champion title. Valencia F.C is located in the region of Valencia with their own stadium named Mestalla.

For the last few seasons, Mallorca didn’t finish at the top five ranking in the Spanish league. Only this year, the club is back and manages to hold the fourth place with seven points behind Valencia, and a point lead to Sevilla. Mallorca is located in the region Balearic Islands.

Sevilla is another team that holds the top 5 ranking in the league since few decades back. Currently after appointing Antonio Alvarez as a coach, Sevilla still in the top 5 ranking, a point behind Mallorca. Sevilla was once relegated to the Segunda Division in the Year 2001-2002.

History and Foundation of Spanish League

BBVA La Liga (the Spanish League) is one of the biggest football league around the world. In April 1927, it was Jose Maria Acha, a director of Arenas Club de Getxo (one of the Spanish football club), who proposed the idea to establish a national league in Spain. The idea was in debate about the size of the league and who would take part. Eventually, after the long debate, Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (body of the football association in Spain) agreed to start the Primera Division, the first division of the Spanish League in the year 1929. The first ten teams that formed the league was Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Arenas Club de Getxo, Real Union, Atletico Madrid, Espanyol, Europa and Racing Santender.

It was Real Madrid and Barcelona, who have dominated the champion titles of the Spanish league since the 1930s. These two giants were always at the top ranking of the league and were never being relegated from the Primera Division to Segunda Division. The bottom three of the Primera Division will be relegated to Segunda Division, and top three of Segunda Division will replace the bottom three of the Primera Division.

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Since the start of the La Liga Spanish League in 1929 until now, Real Madrid have won the champion title 31 times and Barcelona, on the other hand, have won the title on 19 occasions. However, the Spanish League was suspended in the year 1936 until 1939, due to the Spanish Civil war. When the league resumed after the Spanish civil war, it was Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla that initially emerged as the strongest clubs. Not long after that, the two teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona continued to dominate the title.