2016–17 La Liga

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The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons,[2] was the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.

Season2016–17
Dates20 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
ChampionsReal Madrid
33rd title
RelegatedSporting Gijón
Osasuna
Granada
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La Liga
Season2016–17
Dates20 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
ChampionsReal Madrid
33rd title
RelegatedSporting Gijón
Osasuna
Granada
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
Sevilla
Europa LeagueVillarreal
Real Sociedad
Athletic Bilbao
Matches380
Goals1,118 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerLionel Messi
(37 goals)
Best goalkeeperJan Oblak
(0.72 goals/match)
Biggest home winAtlético Madrid 7–1 Granada
(15 October 2016)
Barcelona 7–1 Osasuna
(26 April 2017)
Biggest away winAlavés 0–6 Barcelona
(11 February 2017)
Highest scoringSevilla 6–4 Espanyol
(20 August 2016)
Longest winning run7 matches[1]
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run19 matches[1]
Barcelona
Longest winless run21 matches[1]
Osasuna
Longest losing run8 matches[1]
Granada
Highest attendance95,961
Barcelona 1–1 Real Madrid
(3 December 2016)[1]
Lowest attendance3,576
Eibar 1–0 Valencia
(27 August 2016)[1]
Total attendance10,557,782[1]
Average attendance27,859[1]
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Real Madrid secured the title following their away victory at Málaga on the final matchday, finishing with 93 points and winning a record-extending 33rd championship, their first since the 2011–12 season.[3] Barcelona finished second, three points behind Real Madrid.[4] Real became only the second side after Barcelona in 2012–13 to score in all 38 games of a La Liga season.[5]

Name sponsorship

The Spanish top flight dropped the sponsorship from BBVA and was now called LaLiga, while the second division was called LaLiga2.[6][7] The league made this change to maximize the La Liga brand. On 20 July, Banco Santander was appointed as the new sponsor.

Teams

Location of teams in 2016–17 La Liga
Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2016–17 La Liga
Location of teams in 2016–17 La Liga (Canary Islands)

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

Deportivo Alavés was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against CD Numancia.[8] CD Leganés was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last match-day, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division.[9] CA Osasuna was the last to be promoted after beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Girona FC in the play-offs.[10] The Reds returned to La Liga two years after their last relegation.

The three promoted clubs replaced Rayo Vallecano, Getafe, and Levante, who were relegated at the end of the previous season after five, twelve, and six years respectively.

Stadia and locations

More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 19,840[11]
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 53,289[12]
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,907[13]
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 99,354[14]
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 29,000[15]
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor 32,912[16]
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 7,083[17]
Espanyol Barcelona RCDE Stadium 40,500[18]
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 22,094[19]
Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria 33,111[20]
Leganés Leganés Butarque 10,922[21]
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044[22]
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar 18,761[23]
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 51,700[24]
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 85,454[25]
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 32,000[26]
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 42,714[27]
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón 29,029[28]
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000[29]
Villarreal Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 24,890[30]
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Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alavés Argentina Mauricio Pellegrino Spain Manu García Hummel LEA, Álava,1, Kutxabank2, Euskaltel3, Heraclio Fournier 3
Athletic Bilbao Spain Ernesto Valverde Spain Gorka Iraizoz Nike Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Gabi Nike Plus500
Barcelona Spain Luis Enrique Spain Andrés Iniesta Nike Qatar Airways, UNICEF,1 Beko2
Celta Vigo Argentina Eduardo Berizzo Spain Hugo Mallo Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca3
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Pepe Mel Spain Laure Lotto Estrella Galicia 0,0
Eibar Spain José Luis Mendilibar Spain Dani García Puma AVIA, Wiko13
Espanyol Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Spain Javi López Joma Rastar Group, Riviera Maya3
Granada England Tony Adams France Dimitri Foulquier Joma Energy King, Covirán1
Las Palmas Spain Quique Setién Spain David García Acerbis Gran Canaria, IOC,1 beCordial,3 Volkswagen,3 Domingo Alonso3
Leganés Spain Asier Garitano Argentina Martín Mantovani Joma Royal Jordanian, MBuzz Sport, GoldenPark1
Málaga Spain Míchel Portugal Duda Nike Marathonbet,[31] Benahavís1
Osasuna Serbia Petar Vasiljević Spain Miguel Flaño Adidas Victorino Vicente2
Real Betis Spain Alexis Trujillo (interim) Spain Joaquín Adidas Wiko13
Real Madrid France Zinedine Zidane Spain Sergio Ramos Adidas Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad Spain Eusebio Sacristán Spain Xabi Prieto Adidas Qbao.com
Sevilla Argentina Jorge Sampaoli Spain Vicente Iborra New Balance SeePuertoRico.com
Sporting Gijón Spain Rubi Spain Alberto Lora Nike Gijón, Nissan,3 Telecable,3 CMP,1 Halcón Viajes2
Valencia Spain Voro Argentina Enzo Pérez Adidas beIN Sports1
Villarreal Spain Fran Escribá Spain Bruno Joma Pamesa Cerámica
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1. ^On the back of shirt.
2. ^On the sleeves.
3. ^On the shorts.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Málaga Spain Javi Gracia Signed by Rubin Kazan 24 May 2016[32] Pre-season Spain Juande Ramos 28 May 2016[33]
Espanyol Romania Constantin Gâlcă Sacked 27 May 2016[34] Spain Quique Sánchez Flores 9 June 2016[35]
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Víctor Sánchez 30 May 2016[36] Spain Gaizka Garitano 10 June 2016[37]
Sevilla Spain Unai Emery Resigned 12 June 2016[38] Argentina Jorge Sampaoli 13 June 2016
Granada Spain José González End of contract 20 June 2016 Spain Paco Jémez 20 June 2016[39]
Alavés Spain José Bordalás Sacked 21 June 2016[40] Argentina Mauricio Pellegrino 26 June 2016[41]
Villarreal Spain Marcelino 10 August 2016[42] Spain Fran Escribá 11 August 2016[43]
Valencia Spain Pako Ayestarán 20 September 2016[44] 20th Italy Cesare Prandelli 28 September 2016[45]
Granada Spain Paco Jémez 28 September 2016[46] 19th Spain Lucas Alcaraz 3 October 2016[47]
Osasuna Spain Enrique Martín 7 November 2016[48] 19th Spain Joaquín Caparrós 8 November 2016[49]
Real Betis Uruguay Gustavo Poyet 11 November 2016[50] 14th Spain Víctor Sánchez 11 November 2016[50]
Málaga Spain Juande Ramos Resigned 22 December 2016[51] 11th Uruguay Marcelo Romero 28 December 2016
Valencia Italy Cesare Prandelli 30 December 2016[52] 17th Spain Voro 10 January 2017[53]
Osasuna Spain Joaquín Caparrós Sacked 5 January 2017[54] 20th Serbia Petar Vasiljević 5 January 2017
Sporting Gijón Spain Abelardo Fernández Mutual consent 17 January 2017[55] 18th Spain Rubi 17 January 2017
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Gaizka Garitano Sacked 27 February 2017[56] 17th Spain Pepe Mel 27 February 2017[57]
Málaga Uruguay Marcelo Romero 7 March 2017[58] 15th Spain Míchel 7 March 2017[59]
Granada Spain Lucas Alcaraz 10 April 2017[60] 19th England Tony Adams 10 April 2017[60]
Real Betis Spain Víctor Sánchez 9 May 2017[61] 15th Spain Alexis Trujillo (interim) 9 May 2017[61]
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League table

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 29 6 3 106 41 +65 93 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 28 6 4 116 37 +79 90
3 Atlético Madrid 38 23 9 6 70 27 +43 78
4 Sevilla 38 21 9 8 69 49 +20 72 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Villarreal 38 19 10 9 56 33 +23 67 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Real Sociedad 38 19 7 12 59 53 +6 64
7 Athletic Bilbao 38 19 6 13 53 43 +10 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
8 Espanyol 38 15 11 12 49 50 −1 56
9 Alavés 38 14 13 11 41 43 −2 55
10 Eibar 38 15 9 14 56 51 +5 54
11 Málaga 38 12 10 16 49 55 −6 46[b]
12 Valencia 38 13 7 18 56 65 −9 46[b]
13 Celta Vigo 38 13 6 19 53 69 −16 45
14 Las Palmas 38 10 9 19 53 74 −21 39[c]
15 Real Betis 38 10 9 19 41 64 −23 39[c]
16 Deportivo La Coruña 38 8 12 18 43 61 −18 36
17 Leganés 38 8 11 19 36 55 −19 35
18 Sporting Gijón (R) 38 7 10 21 42 72 −30 31 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Osasuna (R) 38 4 10 24 40 94 −54 22
20 Granada (R) 38 4 8 26 30 82 −52 20
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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; 7) Play-off.[62]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Since the winners of the 2016–17 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 third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
  2. [b]
    Málaga ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Valencia–Málaga 2–2, Málaga–Valencia 2–0
  3. [c]
    Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALV ...
Home \ Away ALV ATH ATM FCB CEL RCD EIB ESP GCF LPA LEG MCF OSA RBB RMA RSO SFC RSG VCF VIL
Alavés — 1–0 0–0 0–6 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1
Athletic Bilbao 0–0 — 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Atlético Madrid 1–1 3–1 — 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 7–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 5–0 3–0 0–1
Barcelona 1–2 3–0 1–1 — 5–0 4–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 7–1 6–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 6–1 4–2 4–1
Celta Vigo 1–0 0–3 0–4 4–3 — 4–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–4 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1
Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–6 5–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–0
Eibar 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 3–1 — 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 3–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Espanyol 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 3–3 — 3–1 4–3 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Granada 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 — 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 0–4 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–1
Las Palmas 1–1 3–1 0–5 1–4 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 — 1–1 1–0 5–2 4–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0
Leganés 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–5 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–4 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 0–0
Málaga 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 4–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 — 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 4–2 3–2 2–0 0–2
Osasuna 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 1–3 0–2 3–4 2–2 3–3 1–4
Real Betis 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–6 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Real Madrid 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–3 3–0 2–1 5–2 2–1 — 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1
Real Sociedad 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–3 — 0–4 3–1 3–2 0–1
Sevilla 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–2 2–0 6–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 2–1 0–0
Sporting Gijón 2–4 2–1 1–4 0–5 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 1–1 — 1–2 1–3
Valencia 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 3–2 3–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 — 1–3
Villarreal 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 —
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Source: La Liga, RFEF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

La Liga champions Real Madrid celebrate their win with Community of Madrid President Cristina Cifuentes.

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:
    Venezuela Juanpi for Málaga against Osasuna (19 August 2016)[63]
  • Last goal of the season:
    Argentina Lionel Messi for Barcelona against Eibar (21 May 2017)[64]

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[65][66]
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 37
2 Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona 29
3 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 25
4 Spain Iago Aspas Celta Vigo 19
5 Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao 16
France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid
7 Spain Álvaro Morata Real Madrid 15
8 Spain Sandro Ramírez Málaga 14
9 Spain Rubén Castro Real Betis 13
Spain Gerard Moreno Espanyol
Brazil Neymar Barcelona
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Top assists

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Assists[67]
1 Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona 13
2 Germany Toni Kroos Real Madrid 12
3 Brazil Neymar Barcelona 11
4 Brazil Marcelo Real Madrid 10
Argentina Pablo Piatti Espanyol
6 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 9
7 Argentina Ángel Correa Atlético Madrid 8
France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid
Spain Isco Real Madrid
Spain Koke Atlético Madrid
Spain Pablo Sarabia Sevilla
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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.[68]

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
against		 Matches Average
1 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid 21 29 0.72
2 Germany Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona 33 36 0.92
3 Spain Diego López Espanyol 37 33 1.12
4 Spain Fernando Pacheco Alavés 42 36 1.17
5 Spain Sergio Rico Sevilla 45 35 1.29
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRoundReference
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona Real Betis 6–2 (H) 20 August 2016 1
Belgium Yannick Carrasco Atlético Madrid Granada 7–1 (H) 15 October 2016 8
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Alavés 4–1 (A) 29 October 2016 10
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Atlético Madrid 3–0 (A) 19 November 2016 12
Spain Vicente Iborra Sevilla Celta Vigo 3–0 (A) 11 December 2016 15
France Wissam Ben Yedder Sevilla Real Sociedad 4–0 (A) 7 January 2017 17
France Kevin Gameiro Atlético Madrid Sporting Gijón 4–1 (A) 18 February 2017 23
Italy Giuseppe Rossi Celta Vigo Las Palmas 3–1 (H) 3 April 2017 29
Spain Álvaro Morata Real Madrid Leganés 4–2 (A) 5 April 2017 30
Brazil Neymar Barcelona Las Palmas 4–1 (A) 14 May 2017 37
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(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Discipline

[69][70]

Overall

Average attendances

Alavés supporters before their first league match at home, against Sporting Gijón
Leganés supporters celebrating their team's goal against Barcelona.
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Barcelona 1,463,653 95,961 55,029 77,034 −1.6%†
2 Real Madrid 1,292,537 82,297 59,575 68,028 +0.5%†
3 Atlético Madrid 848,754 53,668 31,059 44,671 +3.4%†
4 Athletic Bilbao 781,285 49,164 33,625 41,120 −2.0%†
5 Valencia 645,032 46,804 23,156 33,949 −9.1%†
6 Sevilla 623,953 40,835 26,100 32,840 −3.4%†
7 Real Betis 623,333 41,714 22,270 32,807 −9.2%†
8 Sporting Gijón 428,313 25,899 15,365 22,543 −2.8%†
9 Deportivo La Coruña 425,077 30,810 18,466 22,372 −2.8%†
10 Málaga 420,630 28,486 12,996 22,138 +4.8%†
11 Real Sociedad 406,832 27,653 10,927 21,412 +5.3%†
12 Las Palmas 387,416 27,724 15,946 20,390 −3.8%†
13 Espanyol 381,428 31,082 14,813 20,075 +9.5%†
14 Villarreal 329,951 22,110 14,757 17,366 +3.6%†
15 Celta Vigo 312,773 20,034 11,391 16,462 −8.6%†
16 Alavés 288,310 19,540 12,628 15,174 +34.1%1
17 Granada 284,890 19,161 10,706 14,994 −5.5%†
18 Osasuna 281,445 17,802 11,332 14,813 +7.2%1
19 Leganés 177,029 10,599 7,903 9,317 +81.6%1
20 Eibar 100,922 6,694 3,576 5,312 +2.1%†
League total 10,503,563 95,961 3,576 27,641 −0.2%†
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Source: La Liga boxscores
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.

LFP Awards

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and Community of Madrid President Cristina Cifuentes with the Primera División trophy during celebrations in Madrid.

Seasonal

La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards.[71]

More information Recipient, Best Player ...
Recipient
Best Player Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)
Best Coach Spain José Luis Mendilibar (Eibar) and Spain Asier Garitano (Leganés)
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Monthly

More information Month, Manager of the Month ...
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August Spain Quique Setién Las Palmas Spain Jon Ander Serantes Leganés [72][73]
September Spain Ernesto Valverde Athletic Bilbao France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [74][75]
October Argentina Jorge Sampaoli Sevilla Spain Iago Aspas Celta Vigo [76][77]
November Spain Eusebio Sacristán Real Sociedad Spain Diego López Espanyol [78][79]
December Spain Fran Escribá Villarreal Romania Florin Andone Deportivo La Coruña [80][81]
January Argentina Eduardo Berizzo Celta Vigo France Steven Nzonzi Sevilla [82][83]
February Spain José Luis Mendilibar Eibar Spain Sergi Enrich Eibar [84][85]
March Argentina Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [86][87]
April Spain Míchel Málaga Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [88][89]
May France Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid [90][91]
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