2019–20 La Liga

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The 2019–20 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th since its establishment. The season began on 16 August 2019 and was originally scheduled to conclude on 24 May 2020.

Season2019–20
Dates16 August 2019 – 19 July 2020
ChampionsReal Madrid
34th title
RelegatedLeganés
Mallorca
Espanyol
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La Liga
Season2019–20
Dates16 August 2019 – 19 July 2020
ChampionsReal Madrid
34th title
RelegatedLeganés
Mallorca
Espanyol
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
Sevilla
Europa LeagueVillarreal
Real Sociedad
Granada
Matches380
Goals942 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerLionel Messi
(25 goals)
Best goalkeeperThibaut Courtois
(0.59 goals/match)
Biggest home winCelta Vigo 6–0 Alavés
(21 June 2020)
Biggest away winOsasuna 0–5 Atlético Madrid
(17 June 2020)
Alavés 0–5 Barcelona
(19 July 2020)
Highest scoringVillarreal 4–4 Granada
(17 August 2019)
Longest winning runReal Madrid
(10 matches)[1]
Longest unbeaten runAtlético Madrid
(16 matches)[1]
Longest winless runAthletic Bilbao
Espanyol
(10 matches)[1]
Longest losing runEspanyol
(8 matches)[1]
Highest attendance93,426[1]
Barcelona 0–0 Real Madrid
(18 December 2019)
Lowest attendance5,341[1]
Eibar 3–0 Granada
(20 December 2019)
Attendance4,630,608 (12,186 per match)
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Barcelona were the two-time defending champions, after winning their 26th title in the previous season. Osasuna, Granada and Mallorca joined as the promoted clubs from the 2018–19 Segunda División. They replaced Rayo Vallecano, Huesca and Girona, who were relegated to the 2019–20 Segunda División.

On 12 March 2020, both La Liga and the Segunda División were suspended for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league became suspended indefinitely on 23 March.[2] The season recommenced on 11 June, with matches being played every single day until 13 July; all games in the penultimate round were held on 16 July, with all final round matches being played on 19 July.[3][4]

On 16 July, Real Madrid secured a record-extending 34th league title in their penultimate match of the season, following their 2–1 victory against Villarreal.[5]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

Teams relegated to Segunda Division

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Rayo Vallecano. Their relegation was ensured on 5 May 2019, after Valladolid beat Athletic Bilbao 1–0, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda División.[6] The second team to be relegated were Huesca, who were also relegated on 5 May 2019 after a 2–6 home defeat to Valencia, also suffering an immediate return to the second tier.[7] The third and final relegated club were Girona, who concluded their two-year stay in La Liga in a 1–2 away loss at Alavés on 18 May 2019.[8]

Teams promoted from Segunda División

Osasuna (on 20 May 2019) and Granada (on 4 June 2019) were the two teams directly promoted from Segunda División, both after a two-year absence.[9][10] The third and final team to earn promotion to La Liga was play-offs winner Mallorca, after coming back from a 2-goal deficit against Deportivo La Coruña on 23 June 2019. Mallorca returned after a six-year absence from Spain's top flight, spending one of those years in the Segunda División B and achieving two consecutive promotions.[11]

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in 2019–20 La Liga
Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2019–20 La Liga
More information Team, Location ...
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AlavésVitoria-GasteizMendizorrotza19,840[12]
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés53,289[13]
Atlético MadridMadridWanda Metropolitano68,456[14]
BarcelonaBarcelonaCamp Nou99,354[15]
Celta VigoVigoAbanca-Balaídos29,000[16]
EibarEibarIpurua8,164[17]
EspanyolBarcelonaRCDE Stadium40,000[18]
GetafeGetafeColiseum Alfonso Pérez17,393[19]
GranadaGranadaNuevo Los Cármenes19,336[20]
LeganésLeganésButarque12,450[21]
LevanteValenciaCiutat de València26,354[22]
Camilo Cano, at La Nucía[a]3,000
MallorcaPalmaVisit Mallorca Stadium24,262[23]
OsasunaPamplonaEl Sadar18,570[24]
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín60,721[25]
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu81,044[26]
Alfredo Di Stéfano[a]6,000
Real SociedadSan SebastiánReale Arena39,500[27]
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán43,883[28]
ValenciaValenciaMestalla55,000[29]
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla28,012[30]
VillarrealVillarrealEstadio de la Cerámica24,890[31]
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  1. [a]
    Stadium used for games behind closed doors due to renovation works at their main stadium.

Personnel and sponsorship

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More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Alavés Spain Juan Muñiz Spain Manu García Kelme Betway, Zotapay,1 Araba-Álava,2 Euskaltel,3 Integra Energía3
Athletic Bilbao Spain Gaizka Garitano Spain Iker Muniain New Balance Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Koke Nike Plus500, Ria Money Transfer,1 Hyundai2
Barcelona Spain Quique Setién Argentina Lionel Messi Nike Rakuten, UNICEF,1 Beko2
Celta Vigo Spain Óscar García Spain Hugo Mallo Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca,1 Grupo Recalvi3
Eibar Spain José Luis Mendilibar Spain Iván Ramis Joma AVIA, BOJ1
Espanyol Spain Francisco Rufete (interim) Spain Javi López Kelme LD Sports, InnJoo,13 Riviera Maya2
Getafe Spain José Bordalás Spain Jorge Molina Joma Tecnocasa Group, Reale Seguros,2 El Brillante,3 Libertex3
Granada Spain Diego Martínez Spain Víctor Díaz Nike Winamax, Caja Rural2
Leganés Mexico Javier Aguirre Spain Unai Bustinza Joma Betway, Laboratorios Ynsadiet,1 Dione Ice Cream,2 KFC,3 Vitaldent3
Levante Spain Paco López Spain José Luis Morales Macron Betway, Baleària,1 La Nucía1
Mallorca Spain Vicente Moreno Spain Xisco Campos Umbro Betfred, Blau Hotels,1 Roc Hotels,1 OK Cars,2 Air Europa,3 Juaneda3
Osasuna Spain Jagoba Arrasate Spain Oier Sanjurjo Hummel Kirolbet, Victorino Vicente,1 Selk,2 Acunsa3
Real Betis Spain Alexis Trujillo (interim) Spain Joaquín Kappa easyMarkets, #welcometoSeville,1 Reale Seguros,2 BeSoccer3
Real Madrid France Zinedine Zidane Spain Sergio Ramos Adidas Emirates
Real Sociedad Spain Imanol Alguacil Spain Asier Illarramendi Macron GoodBall.com, Kutxabank,1 Reale Seguros2
Sevilla Spain Julen Lopetegui Spain Jesús Navas Nike Marathonbet, #welcometoSeville,1 Valvoline,2 EverFX3
Valencia Spain Voro (interim) Spain Dani Parejo Puma bwin, Libertex,1 Sailun Tyres,2 Škoda3
Valladolid Spain Sergio González Spain Javi Moyano Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0, Cuatro Rayas,1 Integra Energía,2 Air Europa3
Villarreal Spain Javier Calleja 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
Real Betis Spain Quique Setién[32] Mutual consent 19 May 2019 Pre-season Spain Rubi[33] 6 June 2019
Alavés Spain Abelardo[34] Resigned 20 May 2019 Spain Asier Garitano[35] 21 May 2019
Sevilla Spain Joaquín Caparrós[36] End of contract 23 May 2019 Spain Julen Lopetegui[37] 4 June 2019
Espanyol Spain Rubi[33] Signed for Real Betis 6 June 2019 Spain David Gallego[38] 6 June 2019
Valencia Spain Marcelino[39] Sacked 11 September 2019 10th Spain Albert Celades[40] 11 September 2019
Espanyol Spain David Gallego[41] 7 October 2019 19th Spain Pablo Machín[42] 7 October 2019
Leganés Argentina Mauricio Pellegrino[43] Resigned 21 October 2019 20th Mexico Javier Aguirre[44] 4 November 2019
Celta Vigo Spain Fran Escribá[45] Sacked 3 November 2019 18th Spain Óscar García[46] 4 November 2019
Espanyol Spain Pablo Machín[47] 23 December 2019 20th Spain Abelardo[48] 27 December 2019
Barcelona Spain Ernesto Valverde[49] 13 January 2020 2nd Spain Quique Setién[49] 13 January 2020
Real Betis Spain Rubi[50] 21 June 2020 14th Spain Alexis Trujillo (interim)[51] 21 June 2020
Espanyol Spain Abelardo[52] 27 June 2020 20th Spain Francisco Rufete (interim)[53] 27 June 2020
Valencia Spain Albert Celades[54] 29 June 2020 8th Spain Voro (interim)[55] 29 June 2020
Alavés Spain Asier Garitano[56] 5 July 2020 15th Spain Juan Muñiz[57] 5 July 2020
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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 26 9 3 70 25 +45 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 25 7 6 86 38 +48 82
3 Atlético Madrid 38 18 16 4 51 27 +24 70
4 Sevilla 38 19 13 6 54 34 +20 70
5 Villarreal 38 18 6 14 63 49 +14 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Real Sociedad 38 16 8 14 56 48 +8 56
7 Granada 38 16 8 14 52 45 +7 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8 Getafe 38 14 12 12 43 37 +6 54
9 Valencia 38 14 11 13 46 53 −7 53
10 Osasuna 38 13 13 12 46 54 −8 52
11 Athletic Bilbao 38 13 12 13 41 38 +3 51
12 Levante 38 14 7 17 47 53 −6 49
13 Valladolid 38 9 15 14 32 43 −11 42
14 Eibar 38 11 9 18 39 56 −17 42
15 Real Betis 38 10 11 17 48 60 −12 41
16 Alavés 38 10 9 19 34 59 −25 39
17 Celta Vigo 38 7 16 15 37 49 −12 37
18 Leganés (R) 38 8 12 18 30 51 −21 36 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Mallorca (R) 38 9 6 23 40 65 −25 33
20 Espanyol (R) 38 5 10 23 27 58 −31 25
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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 (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[59]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    The 2020 Copa del Rey Final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, so the fifth- and sixth-placed teams in the 2019–20 La Liga, Villarreal and Real Sociedad, entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League at the group stage, and the seventh-placed team, Granada, entered at the second qualifying round.[58]

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALA ...
Home \ Away ALA ATH ATM BAR CEL EIB ESP GET GRA LEG LEV MLL OSA BET RMA RSO SEV VAL VLL VIL
Alavés — 2–1 1–1 0–5 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2
Athletic Bilbao 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0
Atlético Madrid 2–1 2–0 — 0–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1
Barcelona 4–1 1–0 2–2 — 4–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–2 1–2 5–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 5–2 5–1 2–1
Celta Vigo 6–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
Eibar 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 — 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1
Espanyol 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 — 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–4 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–1
Getafe 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 3–1 2–0 4–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–0 1–3
Granada 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Leganés 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 — 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–3
Levante 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 2–1
Mallorca 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–4 5–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 4–1 0–1 3–1
Osasuna 4–2 1–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 — 0–0 1–4 3–4 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1
Real Betis 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–3 3–0 — 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2
Real Madrid 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 5–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 — 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1
Real Sociedad 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 — 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2
Sevilla 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 — 1–0 1–1 1–2
Valencia 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–1
Valladolid 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 — 1–1
Villarreal 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 4–0 1–2 1–0 4–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 —
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Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:
    Spain Aritz Aduriz for Athletic Bilbao against Barcelona (16 August 2019)[60]
  • Last goal of the season:
    Spain Coke for Levante against Getafe (19 July 2020)[61]

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[62]
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 25
2 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 21
3 Spain Gerard Moreno Villarreal 18
4 Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona 16
5 Spain Raúl García Athletic Bilbao 15
6 Spain Iago Aspas Celta Vigo 14
Argentina Lucas Ocampos Sevilla
8 Croatia Ante Budimir Mallorca 13
9 Spain Álvaro Morata Atlético Madrid 12
10 Spain Santi Cazorla Villarreal 11
Brazil Willian José Real Sociedad
Spain Joselu Alavés
Spain Jaime Mata Getafe
Spain Lucas Pérez Alavés
Spain Sergio Ramos Real Madrid
Spain Roger Levante
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Top assists

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Rank Player Club Assists[63]
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 21
2 Spain Mikel Oyarzabal Real Sociedad 11
3 Spain Santi Cazorla Villarreal 9
4 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 8
Spain Portu Real Sociedad
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona
Spain Roberto Torres Osasuna
8 Argentina Éver Banega Sevilla 7
Spain José Campaña Levante
Croatia Luka Modrić Real Madrid
Spain Jesús Navas Sevilla
Chile Fabián Orellana Eibar
Spain Rodrigo Valencia
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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.[64]

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
against		 Matches Average
1 Belgium Thibaut Courtois Real Madrid 20 34 0.59
2 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid 27 38 0.71
3 Spain Unai Simón Athletic Bilbao 29 33 0.88
4 Spain David Soria Getafe 37 38 0.97
Czech Republic Tomáš Vaclík Sevilla 31 32
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Celta Vigo 4–1 (H) 9 November 2019 13
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Mallorca 5–2 (H) 7 December 2019 16
Spain Joaquín Real Betis Athletic Bilbao 3–2 (H) 8 December 2019 16
Argentina Lionel Messi4 Barcelona Eibar 5–0 (H) 22 February 2020 25
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4 – Player scored four goals.

Discipline

[65][66][67]

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 130
    • Getafe
  • Most red cards: 9
    • Espanyol
    • Real Betis
  • Fewest yellow cards: 71
    • Levante
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Valladolid

Match ball

On 15 April 2019, Puma announced their official partnership with La Liga to manufacture the official match ball for the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. This ended La Liga's 23-year partnership with Nike.[68]

Average attendances

Matches played under closed doors are not included in the table.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Barcelona 1,014,604 93,426 58,198 72,472 −3.6%†
2 Real Madrid 867,570 78,237 53,870 66,736 +10.1%†
3 Atlético Madrid 801,127 67,942 45,944 57,223 +2.1%†
4 Real Betis 671,130 54,426 42,578 47,938 +8.6%†
5 Athletic Bilbao 533,364 47,693 33,364 41,028 +0.6%†
6 Valencia 566,772 45,961 37,570 40,484 +2.3%†
7 Sevilla 475,811 42,375 31,453 36,601 +1.4%†
8 Real Sociedad 398,165 36,730 26,446 30,628 +37.6%†
9 Espanyol 296,935 32,084 17,390 22,841 +19.8%†
10 Valladolid 260,496 23,680 16,333 20,038 +6.3%†
11 Levante 243,632 22,543 14,886 18,741 −4.7%†
12 Celta Vigo 229,137 23,614 11,983 17,626 −0.4%†
13 Villarreal 213,788 19,753 12,067 16,445 −1.3%†
14 Granada 212,074 18,895 14,127 16,313 +41.0%1
15 Osasuna 218,165 17,000 13,993 15,583 +5.0%1
16 Mallorca 198,228 19,503 8,174 14,159 +58.6%1
17 Alavés 188,205 17,089 10,053 13,443 −8.6%†
18 Getafe 157,601 15,426 6,536 11,257 +3.9%†
19 Leganés 139,569 11,742 6,404 9,969 −0.5%†
20 Eibar 78,992 7,222 5,350 6,076 +24.6%†
League total 7,765,365 93,426 5,341 28,868 +7.6%†
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Updated to games played on 8 March 2020
Source: World Football
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.

Awards

Monthly

More information Month, Player of the Month ...
Month Player of the Month Reference
Player Club
September Norway Martin Ødegaard Real Sociedad [69]
October Cameroon Karl Toko Ekambi Villarreal [70]
November Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [71]
December Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona [72]
January Belgium Thibaut Courtois Real Madrid [73]
February Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [74]
June France Karim Benzema Real Madrid [75]
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