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Shuffleboard
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A shuffleboard game being prepared on a ship's deck
Shuffleboard, more precisely deck shuffleboard, and also known as floor shuffleboard, is a game in which players use cues to push weighted discs, sending them gliding down a narrow court, with the purpose of having them come to rest within a marked scoring area. As a more generic term, it refers to the family of shuffleboard-variant games as a whole.
Contents
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1 History
2 Game play
2.1 Strategy
2.2 Court description
2.3 Equipment
3 International Shuffleboard Association
4 Table shuffleboard variants
4.1 Object of the game
5 References
6 External links
History[edit]
The full history of shuffleboard is not known.Though there is some knowledge of its development, its actual origins, the place and date where it was first played, remain a mystery. Inevitably, this uncertainty gives rise to some debate, even disagreement, about which country can claim to have invented it. However there is no dispute concerning its age as a form of popular amusement, and in Europe has a history that goes back over 500 years.
The game was played and gambled over by King Henry VIII of England, who prohibited commoners from playing; evidently he did not always win, as the record of royal expenses for 1532 show a payment from the Privy Purse of GB£9, 'Paied to my lord Wylliam for that he wanne of the kinges grace at shovillaborde' (today's spelling: 'Paid to Lord William, for he won, by the king's grace, at shovelboard').
In its goals, form and equipment, shuffleboard shares various features with (and perhaps influences by or upon) many other games, including air hockey, bowls, bocce, curling, croquet, carrom and billiards. Historically, the ancient shovelboard, about which little is known, appears to have diverged into modern shuffleboard and sjoelen, and with the former leading to the development of both table shuffleboard and shove ha'penny.[1]
Today, due to its popularity on cruise ships and in retirement homes because of its low physical fitness requirements, the deck game is often associated with the elderly, though it is increasingly popular among younger generations. Its miniaturized tabletop variant is very popular in bars and pubs.
Game play[edit]
In deck or floor shuffleboard, players use a cue (cue-stick), to push their colored disks, down a court (a flat floor of concrete, wood or other hard material, marked with lines denoting scoring zones), attempting to place their disks within a marked scoring area at the far end of the court. The disks themselves are of two contrasting colors (usually yellow and black), each color belonging to a player or team. The scoring diagram is divided by lines, into six scoring zones, with the following values: 10, 8, 8, 7, 7, 10-off. (See Court Description below for details.) After 8 disks (four per team, taking alternating shots) have been played from one end of the court (a frame), the final score values of disks for each player (or team) in the scoring zones is assessed: If a disk is completely within a scoring zone without touching (overlapping) any part of the border-line of the zone, it is good and that zone value is added to the correct player's score for the frame, and then to the player's total points. Both players good disks are added to their respective scores (As opposed to being subtracted to give only one player a net score for a frame.) Players (or teams of two players, one at each end) take turns going first during a game, so that the advantageous last shot of a frame (the hammer) also alternates between players. The winner of the game may be the first to reach any total decided upon, or may be the higher score after playing a certain number of frames (e.g. 8, 12 or 16). There is also the 'first to 75-points' game. Ties are broken by playing extra frames (two for singles, four for doubles). [2]
Strategy[edit]
In shuffleboard, one tries to score, prevent the opponent from scoring, or both. The basic strategy involves both offense and defense. If it is your turn to shoot first, you are automatically on the defensive, because your opponent has the last shot of the frame. If you simply put your first shot into the scoring area, your opponent will knock it off, and if you then score with your second shot, the same will happen, and so on until you have used your last shot, and your opponent will knock that off and probably score. To combat this you can use the strategy of blocking and hiding – That is your first shot will be a guard disk shot to a location so that it blocks your opponent from that part of the scoring area that you can still place a good disk. Your second shot will be the one to play into that hiding place you created with your first shot, so your opponent cannot hit you out directly.
Court description[edit]
Top view of a shuffleboard
A close up of the scoring triangle
Dimensions of a floor shuffleboard court can vary to suit available space, but an official shuffleboard court is 6 feet wide by 39 feet in length plus a 6-foot shooting area at each end.[citation needed] Typically a scoring zone is painted at each end of the court to reduce set-up time between games. Each scoring zones in the shape of an isosceles triangle 6 feet × 9 feet pointing toward the shooter. Behind the scoring zone is the 10-off zone, an area 1½ feet deep. The court surface is usually a uniform dark green; lines are 1 inch wide except for the mid-shooting area. One-inch white lines form the scoring triangle and FURTHER divide the triangle into the separate scoring zones. Line width is not considered in court dimensions given here. The court is the same from each end. (A) 6 feet for Player Shooting Area; A line called the Baseline crosses the entire court and extends to the adjacent court on each side if any; (B) 10-off area – 1 1/2 feet. The sides of the 10-Off area are defined by two lines running at the same angle as the Scoring Triangle; The Back-7 Line crosses the entire court. (C) A center-line runs from the middle of the Back-7-line up the middle of the court for 6 feet. The two 7 score zones are located on each side of the Center-Line, for a length of 3 feet, bounded at the top by the Back-8 line, running side to side across and within the scoring triangle; (D) The two 8 scoring zones are located one each side of the center-line for a length of 3 feet, bounded at the top by the Top-8 line running side to side across and within the scoring triangle, and forming a T with the end of the center-line. (E) The 10 scoring zone is at the peak of the overall scoring triangle, and is 3 feet in height, from the Top-8 line to the peak of the triangle. A further dead-line or lag-Line runs from side to side 12 feet from the base-line (The dead-line is therefore 3 feet from the tip of the triangle). There are two dead-lines, 12 feet apart. Any shot disk that does not cross or touch the furthest dead-line is then simply removed from the court (a wasted shot).
Equipment[edit]
Disks: Modern floor shuffleboard is played with 8 round, hard, durable 6 inch diameter plastic disks – New disks are about 1" in thickness, weighing 15 ounces. There should be four (4) discs of a light color, usually yellow, and four of a dark color, usually black. These eight (8) discs comprise a set. (Other colored combinations may be used, but black and yellow will be used here.) One player or team uses the yellow disks, the other player or team, the black disks. Cue-Sticks: Each player uses a cue (cue-stick) to push their disks down the court to the opposite end. The cue length is six feet, three inches (6'3") or less, with hard plastic feet on the end (metal would damage the court surface). Scoreboard: There are two basic types (1) – Resort Type uses two sliders that can move up and down a numbered scale, like a thermometer, with values running from zero at the bottom to 75 at the top (First to 75 points is a common shuffleboard game). Each team used their own slider to record their total score. The advantages of the Resort-type include simplicity, durable and weather proof, needs no other items such as chalk or eraser. The disadvantage is that scoring mistakes are impossible to determine, and a frames played cannot be tracked unless a separate recording method (e.g. pen and paper) is used.(2)- Blackboard (Whiteboard) Type is ruled with four or eight horizontal lines and each teams total score is written after each frame, yellow on the left and black on the right. When all the lines have been filled with scores the top lines are erased and scores are again written from the top. The advantage of the blackboard type is that mistakes in adding and recording the score are easier to spot, because previous scores should always be seen. As well, it is easy to keep track of frames played using small numbers written down the scoreboard. (Note that in western USA and western Canada, scoreboards (blackboards) run from side-to-side, but the principal is the same.)[3]

Courts are available for use on residential decks or on any solid flat surface, in the form of roll-out plastic mats, or adjustable arrays of plastic tiles. With the tile courts, the dimensions can be adapted to the space available; e.g. it is possible to play on a court 30 ft long (9.1 m) by 5 ft wide (1.5 m).[citation needed] The roll-out mats are available in two sizes, 39 by 6 feet (11.9 m × 1.8 m) and 27 by 4.5 feet (8.2 m × 1.4 m). The smaller mats are designed to fit on a domestic patio or driveway.[citation needed] The biscuit and tang are the same standard size, regardless which court size is used. [4]
International Shuffleboard Association[edit]
The ISA was founded March 10, 1979, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The ISA was designed to make shuffleboard more popular in countries outside the North American continent, and to foster shuffleboard through international competitions. In 1981 in Muskegon, Michigan the first ISA Team World Championships were held, starting with teams from Canada, the USA and Japan only. Australia (1991), Brazil (1997), Germany (2006), Norway (2011) and lately Russia (2013) joined the World Championships, which take place yearly and last for one week.[5]
In addition to the ISA, Declan hosts an international competition biannually.
Table shuffleboard variants[edit]
Main article: Table Shuffleboard
In table shuffleboard, the play area is most commonly a wooden or laminated surface covered with silicone beads (colloquially called 'shuffleboard wax') to reduce friction. In the United States, a long, narrow 22 ft table is most commonly used, though tables as short as 9 ft are known.
Players try to slide metal-and-plastic pucks, sometimes called weights or shuckles, to come to rest within zones at the other end of the board. Cues are not used, the pucks being propelled with the hands directly on the raised table. There are scoring zones at each end of the table so that direction of play can rotate after each frame, or so that teams can play both directions during one frame. More points are awarded for weights scoring closer to the far edge of the board. Players take turns sliding the pucks, trying to score points, bump opposing pucks off the board, and/or protect their own pucks from bump-offs. The long sides of the table are bounded by gutters into which pucks can fall or be knocked (in which case they are no longer in play for the remainder of the frame). A variant known sometimes as bankboard has rubber cushions or 'banks' running the length of both sides of the table, instead of gutters, and as in billiards, the banks can be used to gain favorable position. A common and even smaller-scale British tabletop variant is shove ha'penny, played with coins, while a somewhat larger wooden-puck variant called sjoelen, which has much in common with the ball games bagatelle and skeeball, is played principally in the Netherlands.
Object of the game[edit]
The objective of the game is to slide, by hand, all four of one's Weights alternately against those of an opponent, so that they reach the highest scoring area without falling off the end of the board into the alley. Furthermore, a player's Weight(s) must be farther down the board than his opponent's Weight(s), in order to be in scoring position. This may be achieved either by knocking off the opponent's Weight(s), or by outdistancing them. Horse collar, the most common form of the game, is played to either 15 or, more typically, 21. Only the weights in front score.[6]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Masters, James (1997). "Shove Ha'penny: History and Useful Information". The Online Guide to Traditional Games. United Kingdom. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
Jump up ^ http://www.world-shuffleboard.org/index.php/shuffleboard-playing-rules International Tournament Rules
Jump up ^ http://www.asa.com>
Jump up ^ Smaller disks and cues are sold for use in smaller spaces [1]
Jump up ^ http://www.world-shuffleboard.org/index.php/shuffleboard-isa/49-welcome-to-the-home-of-international-shuffleboard
Jump up ^ "Shuffleboard Game Rules – McClure Tables". www.mccluretables.com.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shuffleboard.
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USA National Shuffleboard Association
Table Shuffleboard Refinishing Information
Table Shuffleboard Information
Table shuffleboard tournament results
Video of Deck/Court Shuffleboard
Shuffleboard Game Rules
"Favorite Steamer-Deck Game Now Played on Land" Popular Mechanics, April 1929, bottom page 716
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La Liga
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This article is about the top Spanish football league. For the Spanish association, see Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
La Liga
Organising body
Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP)
Founded
1929; 89 years ago (1929)
Country
Spain
Confederation
UEFA
Number of teams
20 (from 1997–98)
Level on pyramid
1
Relegation to
Segunda División
Domestic cup(s)
Copa del Rey
Supercopa de España
International cup(s)
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions
Barcelona (25th title)
Most championships
Real Madrid (33 titles)
Most appearances
Andoni Zubizarreta (622)
Top goalscorer
Lionel Messi (383 goals)
TV partners
List of broadcasters
Website
www.laliga.es/en
2018–19 La Liga
The Primera División,[a] commonly known as La Liga[b] and as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons with Santander,[1] is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (English: National Professional Football League), also known as the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP), La Liga is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams in that division plus the winner of a play-off.
62 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the title a record 33 times and Barcelona 25 times. Barcelona won the inaugural La Liga in 1929 with Athletic Bilbao claiming several titles in the league's early years. Barcelona and Real Madrid dominated the championship in the 1950s, winning four La Liga titles each throughout the decade. Real Madrid dominated La Liga from the 1960s through the 1980s, when Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad won the league twice in those years. From the 1990s onward, Barcelona has dominated La Liga, winning 15 titles. Although Real Madrid has been prominent, winning 8 titles, La Liga has also seen other champions, including Atlético Madrid, Valencia, and Deportivo de La Coruña. In the 2010s, Atlético Madrid became an increasingly strong team, forming a trio alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona.
According to UEFA's league coefficient, La Liga has been the top league in Europe over the last five years and has led Europe for more years (13) than any other country. It has also produced the continent's top-rated club more times (21) than any other league, more than double that of second-placed Serie A. Its clubs have won the most UEFA Champions League (18), UEFA Europa League (11), UEFA Super Cup (14), and FIFA Club World Cup (6) titles, and its players have accumulated the highest number of (FIFA) Ballon d'Or awards (19).
La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 26,983 for league matches in the 2017–18 season. This is the sixth-highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third-highest of any professional association football league in the world, behind the Bundesliga, and the Premier League.[2][3]
Contents
1 Competition format
1.1 Promotion and relegation
1.2 Ranking of clubs on equal points
1.3 Qualifying for European competitions
2 History
2.1 Foundation
2.2 The 1930s: Athletic Bilbao
2.3 The 1940s: Atlético de Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona
2.4 1950s: Barcelona and Real Madrid Dominate La Liga
2.5 The 1960s–1980s: The Real Madrid years
2.6 The 1990s: Barcelona's dream team
2.7 The 2000s
2.8 The 2010s
3 Teams
3.1 Stadiums and locations
4 La Liga clubs in Europe
5 Champions
5.1 Performance by club
6 Performance comparison
7 All-time La Liga table
7.1 All-time La Liga table (3 pts. since 1995)
8 Players
8.1 Eligibility of non-EU players
8.2 Individual awards
8.3 Transfers
9 Player records
9.1 Top scorers
9.2 Most appearances
10 Sponsors
11 See also
12 Notes
13 References
14 External links
Competition format[edit]
The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for 38 matchdays. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion.
Promotion and relegation[edit]
A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Primera División and the Segunda División. The three lowest placed teams in La Liga are relegated to the Segunda División, and the top two teams from the Segunda División promoted to La Liga, with an additional club promoted after a series of play-offs involving the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history;
Number of clubs in La Liga throughout the years hide
Period (in years)
No. of clubs
1929–1934 10 clubs
1934–1941 12 clubs
1941–1950 14 clubs
1950–1971 16 clubs
1971–1987 18 clubs
1987–1995 20 clubs
1995–1997 22 clubs
1997–present 20 clubs
Ranking of clubs on equal points[edit]
If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:[4]
If all clubs involved have played each other twice:
If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the goal difference for the two matches those clubs have played against each other (without away goals rule)
If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other:
a) head-to-head points
b) head-to-head goal difference
c) total goal difference
If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using:
a) total goal difference
b) total goals scored
If the tie is still not broken, the winner will be determined by Fair Play scales.[5] These are:
yellow card, 1 point
doubled yellow card/ejection, 2 points
direct red card, 3 points
suspension or disqualification of coach, executive or other club personnel (outside referees' decisions), 5 points
misconduct of the supporters: mild 5 points, serious 6 points, very serious 7 points
stadium closure, 10 points
if the Competition Committee removes a penalty, the points are also removed
If the tie is still not broken, it will be resolved with a tie-break match in a neutral stadium.
Qualifying for European competitions[edit]
Barcelona against Schalke 04 in the 2008 UEFA Champions League
The top teams in La Liga qualify for the UEFA Champions League. The first, second, third and fourth placed teams directly enter the group stage of UEFA Champions League. Teams placed fifth and sixth play in the UEFA Europa League, along with the cup winners. If the cup winners finish in the top six, an additional berth in the Europa League is given to the team that finishes in seventh.
History[edit]
Foundation[edit]
In April 1927, José María Acha, a director at Arenas Club de Getxo, first proposed the idea of a national league in Spain. After much debate about the size of the league and who would take part, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol eventually agreed on the ten teams who would form the first Primera División in 1929. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Arenas Club de Getxo and Real Unión were all selected as previous winners of the Copa del Rey. Atlético Madrid, Espanyol and Europa qualified as Copa del Rey runners-up and Racing de Santander qualified through a knockout competition. Only three of the founding clubs, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, have never been relegated from the Primera División.
The 1930s: Athletic Bilbao[edit]
Although Barcelona won the very first Liga in 1929 and Real Madrid won their first titles in 1932 and 1933, it was Athletic Bilbao that set the early pace winning Primera División in 1930, 1931, 1934 and 1936. They were also runners-up in 1932 and 1933. In 1935, Real Betis, then known as Betis Balompié, won their only title to date. Primera División was suspended during the Spanish Civil War.
In 1937, the teams in the Republican area of Spain, with the notable exception of the two Madrid clubs, competed in the Mediterranean League and Barcelona emerged as champions. Seventy years later, on 28 September 2007, Barcelona requested the RFEF to recognise that title as a Liga title. This action was taken after RFEF was asked to recognise Levante FC's Copa de la España Libre win as equivalent to Copa del Rey trophy. Nevertheless, the governing body of Spanish football has not made an outright decision yet.
The 1940s: Atlético de Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona[edit]
When the Primera División resumed after the Spanish Civil War, it was Atlético Aviación (nowadays Atlético Madrid), Valencia, and FC Barcelona that emerged as the strongest clubs. Atlético were only awarded a place during the 1939–40 season as a replacement for Real Oviedo, whose ground had been damaged during the war. The club subsequently won their first Liga title and retained it in 1941. While other clubs lost players to exile, execution, and as casualties of the war, the Atlético team was reinforced by a merger. The young, pre-war squad of Valencia had also remained intact and in the post-war years matured into champions, gaining three Liga titles in 1942, 1944, and 1947. They were also runners-up in 1948 and 1949. Sevilla also enjoyed a brief golden era, finishing as runners-up in 1940 and 1942 before winning their only title to date in 1946.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Spain, FC Barcelona began to emerge as a force under the legendary Josep Samitier. A Spanish footballer for both Barcelona and Real Madrid, Samitier cemented his legacy with Barcelona. During his playing career with Barcelona, he scored 333 goals, won the inaugural La Liga title and five Copa Del Rey. In 1944, Samitier returned to Barcelona as a coach and guided them in winning their second La Liga title in 1945. Under Samitier and legendary players Cesar Rodriguez, Josep Escola, Estanislau Basora and Mariano Gonzalvo, Barcelona dominated La Liga in the late 1940s, winning back to back La Liga titles in 1948 and 1949. The 1940s proved to be a successful season for Barcelona, winning three La Liga titles and one Copa Del Rey, but the 1950s proved to be a decade of dominance, not just from Barcelona, but from Real Madrid.
1950s: Barcelona and Real Madrid Dominate La Liga[edit]
Naturalised Argentine Alfredo Di Stéfano was part of a dominant Real Madrid side in the 1950s
During the 1950s, László Kubala was a leading member of Barcelona scoring 194 goals in 256 appearances.
Although Atlético Madrid, previously known as Atlético Aviación, were champions in 1950 and 1951 under catenaccio mastermind Helenio Herrera, the 1950s continued the success FC Barcelona had during the late 1940s after they had won back to back La Liga titles. During this decade, Barcelona's first golden era emerged. Under coach Ferdinand Daučík, FC Barcelona won back to back doubles, winning La Liga and Copa Del Rey in 1952 and 1953. In 1952, FC Barcelona made history yet again by winning five distinctive trophies in one year. This team, composed of László Kubala, Mariano Gonzalvo, Cesar Rodriguez and Joan Segarra won La Liga, Copa Del Rey, Copa Eva Duarte (predecessor of Spanish Super Cup), The Latin Cup and The Copa Martini Rossi. Their success in winning five different trophies in one year earned them the name 'L’equip de les cinc Copes' or The Team of The Five Cups. In the latter parts of the 1950s, coached by Helenio Herrera and featuring Luis Suárez, Barcelona won yet again their third set of back to back La Ligas, winning them in 1959 and 1960. In 1959, FC Barcelona also won another double of La Liga / Copa Del Rey, conquering three doubles in the 1950s.
The 1950s also saw the beginning of the Real Madrid dominance. During the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, there were strict limits imposed on foreign players. In most cases, clubs could only have three foreign players in their squads, meaning that at least eight local players had to play in every game. During the 1950s, however, these rules were circumvented by Real Madrid who naturalized Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás. Di Stéfano, Puskás, Raymond Kopa and Francisco Gento formed the nucleus of the Real Madrid team that dominated the second half of the 1950s. Madrid won the first division in 1954, 21 years later since 1933, and retained its title in 1955. They were winners again in 1957 and 1958, with only Athletic Bilbao interrupting their sequence. All in all, Barcelona and Real Madrid won 4 La Liga titles each, with Atletico De Madrid and Atletico De Bilbao winning one each during this decade.
The 1960s–1980s: The Real Madrid years[edit]
Between 1961 and 1980, Real Madrid dominated the Primera División, being crowned champions 14 times, including five-in-a-row from 1961 to 1965 and two three-in-a-row sequences (1967–1969 and 1978–1980). However, their only European Cup triumph during this period came in 1966, a sharp contrast to their five successive victories in the competition from 1956.
During this era, only Atlético Madrid offered Real Madrid any serious challenge, adding four more titles to their tally in 1966, 1970, 1973, and 1977. Of the other clubs, only Valencia in 1971 and the Johan Cruyff-inspired Barcelona of 1974 managed to break the dominance of Real Madrid.
The Madrid winning sequence was interrupted more significantly in 1981 when Real Sociedad won their first-ever title. They retained it in 1982, and their two in a row was followed by fellow Basque team Athletic Bilbao, who won back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984. Terry Venables led Barcelona to a solitary title in 1985 before Real Madrid put together another five in a row sequence (1986–1990) with a team guided by Leo Beenhakker and including Hugo Sánchez and the legendary La Quinta del Buitre – Emilio Butragueño, Manolo Sanchís, Martín Vázquez, Míchel and Miguel Pardeza.[citation needed]
The 1990s: Barcelona's dream team[edit]
Johan Cruyff returned to Barcelona as manager in 1988, and assembled the legendary Dream Team. When Cruyff took hold of this Barcelona side they had only managed to win one La Liga title in the past 14 years. Cruyff, who knew the history of FC Barcelona as a player, did not want history to repeat itself. He decided to build a team composed of international stars and La Masia graduates in order to restore Barcelona to their former glorious days. This team was formed by international stars such as Brazilian legend Romario, Denmark’s magician Michael Laudrup, Bulgarian forward Hristo Stoichkov, Dutchman Ronald Koeman, and Spaniards Andoni Zubizarreta and Jose Mari Bakero. Cruyff’s Dream Team also consisted of La Masia graduates Pep Guardiola, Albert Ferrer, and Guillermo Amor.
Johan Cruyff changed the way modern football was played and incorporated the principles of ‘Total Football’ into this team. The success of possession based football was revolutionary and Johan Cruyff’s team won their first European Cup in 1992 and four consecutive La Liga titles between 1991 and 1994. In total, Cruyff won 11 trophies in eight years, making him the most successful manager in Barcelona’s history until the record was broken by his protege Pep Guardiola two decades later.
Barcelona's run ended with Real Madrid winning La Liga in 1995. Atlético Madrid won their ninth Primera División title in 1996 before Real Madrid added another Liga trophy to their cabinet in 1997. After the success of Cruyff, another Dutchman – Ajax manager Louis van Gaal – arrived at the Camp Nou, and with the talents of Luís Figo, Luis Enrique, and Rivaldo, Barcelona won La Liga title in 1998 and 1999, which included their fourth double of Liga and Copa Del Rey in 1998.
The 2000s[edit]
As Primera División entered a new century, the two giants of Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona, found themselves facing new challengers. Between 1999/00 and 2004, Deportivo La Coruña finished in the top three on ten occasions, a better record than either Real Madrid or Barcelona, and in 2000, under Javier Irureta, Deportivo became the ninth team to be crowned champions. Valencia were also a fierce team in the 2000s and under the management of Héctor Cúper, Valencia finished as Champions League runners-up in 2000 and 2001. His successor, Rafael Benítez, built on this and led the club to a Liga title in 2002, as well as winning the UEFA Cup and La Liga in 2004.
Real Madrid won two Liga titles in 2001 and 2003 and also the UEFA Champions League in 2000 and 2002. With world-class players like Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gonzalo Higuaín, Real Madrid won back-to-back La Liga titles in 2006–07 and 2007–08. All in all, Madrid won 4 La Liga's and two champions league from 2000-2010.
The 2000s also continued the success of FC Barcelona. In the 2004–05 season, Barcelona won their first title of the new century under the brilliance of Ronaldinho. Barcelona retained the title and won it again in the 2005-2006 season, as well as winning the UEFA Champions League against Arsenal, achieving their second European Double. Under the era of Pep Guardiola, powered by La Masia's talent, such as Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona added three straight Liga titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010. FC Barcelona also became the first team in Spain to achieve the Treble in the 2008/09 season, winning all three major competitions in a single season consisting of La Liga, Copa Del Rey and the Champions League. From 2000-2010, FC Barcelona won 5 La Liga titles and 3 Champions League.
The 2010s[edit]
Match between Deportivo de La Coruña and FC Barcelona in 2016–17 season.
In the 2011–12 season, Real Madrid won its 32nd title under the management of José Mourinho with a then, record-breaking 100 points, a then record of 118 number of goals scored, most overall (32) and away (16) wins in a single season in La Liga. A year later, Barcelona replicated the same feat under coach Tito Vilanova matching the 100-point record. Atlético Madrid won the 2013–14 title, their first in 18 years, and the first title in ten years that Real Madrid or Barcelona had not won.
In the 2014/2015 season, under the deadly trio of Messi, Neymar, Suarez, Barcelona made history yet again by becoming the first team in history in achieving a second Treble. The trio of Messi, Suarez and Neymar, nicknamed 'MSN', hit a record breaking 122 goals in a season, eclipsing the 118 goals scored by Madrid in the 2011-12 season. Barcelona continued the dominance the following season winning the Liga/ Copa Del Rey double in the 2015–16 season resulting in 4 titles in 6 years.
Real Madrid brought back the La Liga title under the management of Zinedine Zidane for the 2016–17, but Barcelona won the title yet again in the 2017-18 season, as well as winning their eight double, for a total of 5 La Liga titles in 8 years.
Teams[edit]
Community of Madrid
Alavés
Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona
Celta Vigo
Eibar
Espanyol
Girona
Huesca
Levante
Real Betis
Real Sociedad
Sevilla
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 Madrid teams in 2018–19 La Liga
20 teams contest the league in its current season, including the top 17 sides from the 2017–18 season and three promoted from the 2017–18 Segunda División. Rayo Vallecano and Huesca are the two clubs promoted directly from the second division, and the winner of the play-offs, Valladolid.
Stadiums and locations[edit]
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 7004198400000000000♠19,840[6]
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 7004532890000000000♠53,289[7]
Atlético Madrid Madrid Wanda Metropolitano 7004677030000000000♠67,703[8]
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 7004993540000000000♠99,354[9]
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 7004290000000000000♠29,000[10]
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 7003708300000000000♠7,083[11]
Espanyol Barcelona RCDE Stadium 7004405000000000000♠40,500[12]
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 7004173930000000000♠17,393[13]
Girona Girona Montilivi 7004135000000000000♠13,500[14]
Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz 7003550000000000000♠5,500[15]
Leganés Leganés Butarque 7004114540000000000♠11,454[16]
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 7004263540000000000♠26,354[17]
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas 7004147080000000000♠14,708
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 7004607200000000000♠60,720[18]
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 7004810440000000000♠81,044[19]
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 7004250000000000000♠25,000[20]
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 7004425000000000000♠42,500[21]
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 7004550000000000000♠55,000[22]
Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla 7004265120000000000♠26,512[23]
Villarreal Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 7004235000000000000♠23,500[24]
La Liga clubs in Europe[edit]
Main article: Spanish football clubs in international competitions
Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League in 2013
The Primera División is currently first in the UEFA rankings of European leagues based on their performances in European competitions over a five-year period, ahead of England's Premier League, Italy's Serie A, and Germany's Bundesliga in fourth.[25]
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia are in the top ten most successful clubs in European football in terms of total European trophies.[citation needed] These three clubs, along with Sevilla and Atlético Madrid, are five of the most successful teams in European competition history; these five are the only Spanish clubs to have won five or more international trophies. Deportivo La Coruña are the sixth-most participating Spanish team in the Champions League — after Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla FC — with five Champions League appearances in a row, including a semifinal appearance in 2003–04.[26]
In 2005–06, Barcelona won the Champions League and Sevilla won the UEFA Cup, making the La Liga the first league to do the European "double" since 1997. On 25 August 2015, La Liga became the first league to classify five teams for the UEFA Champions League group stage (Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia).
Champions[edit]
Main article: List of Spanish football champions
Performance by club[edit]
Performance by individual clubs in Primera División hide
Teams
Winners
Runners-up
Winning seasons
Real Madrid
33
23
1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17
Barcelona
25
25
1929, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
Atlético Madrid
10
10
1939–40, 1940–41, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1995–96, 2013–14
Athletic Bilbao
8
7
1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1955–56, 1982–83, 1983–84
Valencia
6
6
1941–42, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1970–71, 2001–02, 2003–04
Real Sociedad
2
3
1980–81, 1981–82
Deportivo La Coruña
1
5
1999–00
Sevilla
1
4
1945–46
Real Betis
1
0
1934–35
Performance comparison[edit]
Teams
99–00
00–01
01–02
02–03
03–04
04–05
05–06
06–07
07–08
08–09
09–10
10–11
11–12
12–13
13–14
14–15
15–16
16–17
17–18
RMA 5 1 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 3
BAR 2 4 4 6 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1
ATH 11 12 9 7 5 9 12 17 11 13 8 6 10 12 4 7 5 7 16
ATM 19 - - 12 7 11 10 7 4 4 9 7 5 3 1 3 3 3 2
VAL 3 5 1 5 1 7 3 4 10 6 3 3 3 5 8 4 12 12 4
ESP 14 9 14 17 16 5 15 11 12 10 11 8 14 13 14 10 13 8 11
SEV 20 - 8 10 6 6 5 3 5 3 4 5 9 9 5 5 7 4 7
RSO 13 13 13 2 15 14 16 19 - - - 15 12 4 7 12 9 6 12
ZAR 4 17 20 - 12 12 11 6 18 - 14 13 16 20 - - - - -
BET 18 - 6 8 9 4 14 16 13 18 - - 13 7 20 - 10 15 6
DEP 1 2 2 3 3 8 8 13 9 7 10 18 - 19 - 16 15 16 18
League champions
Champions League
Europa League
Relegation
All-time La Liga table[edit]
The All-time La Liga table[27] is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in La Liga since its inception in 1929. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2017–18 season.[28] Teams in bold are part of the 2018–19 La Liga.
All-time La Liga table hide
Pos
Team
S
Pts
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
T
Debut
Since/
Last App
Best
1 Real Madrid 86 4461 2800 1669 562 569 6041 3184 33 23 9 8 3 4 80 1929 1929 1
2 Barcelona 86 4355 2800 1609 582 609 5999 3143 25 25 12 12 4 6 84 1929 1929 1
3 Atlético Madrid 81 3521 2652 1264 608 780 4592 3331 10 10 16 9 7 6 57 1929 2002–03 1
4 Valencia 83 3459 2702 1209 623 870 4463 3507 6 6 10 12 10 7 51 1931–32 1987–88 1
5 Athletic Bilbao 86 3411 2800 1219 646 935 4672 3749 8 7 10 5 8 10 49 1929 1929 1
6 Sevilla 74 2877 2446 1007 538 901 3729 3431 1 4 4 5 12 6 32 1934–35 2001–02 1
7 Espanyol 83 2841 2664 960 621 1083 3645 3926 – – 4 5 2 5 16 1929 1994–95 3
8 Real Sociedad 71 2622 2340 878 584 878 3294 3289 2 3 2 5 4 3 19 1929 2010–11 1
9 Zaragoza 58 2109 1986 698 522 766 2683 2847 – 1 4 5 4 4 18 1939–40 2012–13 2
10 Real Betis 52 1945 1766 624 446 696 2222 2552 1 – 2 3 4 5 15 1932–33 2015–16 1
11 Deportivo La Coruña 46 1843 1568 569 403 596 2090 2269 1 5 4 1 – 1 12 1941–42 2017–18 1
12 Celta Vigo 52 1838 1736 599 399 738 2337 2685 – – – 2 4 5 11 1939–40 2012–13 4
13 Valladolid 42 1471 1466 463 384 619 1767 2180 – – – 1 1 1 3 1948–49 2013–14 4
14 Racing Santander 44 1416 1428 453 336 639 1843 2368 – 1 1 2 – 1 5 1929 2011–12 2
15 Sporting Gijón 43 1389 1458 471 358 629 1753 2152 – 1 1 2 2 1 7 1944–45 2016–17 2
16 Osasuna 37 1351 1318 426 327 565 1497 1833 – – – 2 2 2 6 1935–36 2016–17 4
17 Málaga 37 1334 1293 395 335 563 1445 1824 – – – 1 – 1 2 1949–50 2017–18 4
18 Oviedo 38 1174 1192 408 292 492 1642 1951 – – 3 2 2 4 11 1933–34 2000–01 3
19 Mallorca 27 1148 988 333 256 399 1182 1371 – – 2 – 2 1 5 1960–61 2012–13 3
20 Las Palmas 34 1042 1134 372 249 513 1371 1820 – 1 1 1 1 1 5 1951–52 2017–18 2
21 Villarreal 18 1031 684 284 179 221 949 839 – 1 1 2 4 2 10 1998–99 2013–14 2
22 Granada 23 667 742 218 175 349 819 1158 – – – – – 2 2 1941–42 2016–17 6
23 Rayo Vallecano 17 662 652 189 148 305 760 1088 – – – – – – – 1977–78 2015–16 8
24 Getafe 13 608 494 162 122 210 562 662 – – – – – 1 1 2004–05 2017–18 6
25 Elche 21 606 678 203 180 295 750 1022 – – – – 1 1 2 1959–60 2014–15 5
26 Hércules 20 538 628 184 149 295 716 1050 – – – – 1 4 5 1935–36 2010–11 5
27 Tenerife 13 510 494 155 128 211 619 744 – – – – 2 – 2 1961–62 2009–10 5
28 Alavés 13 468 418 140 83 195 498 673 – – – – – 1 1 1930–31 2016–17 6
29 Levante 12 462 440 124 108 208 474 690 – – – – – 1 1 1963–64 2017–18 6
30 Murcia 18 445 586 145 143 298 607 992 – – – – – – – 1940–41 2007–08 11
31 Salamanca 12 375 423 123 102 198 422 581 – – – – – – – 1974–75 1998–99 7
32 Sabadell 14 353 426 129 95 202 492 720 – – – 1 1 – 2 1943–44 1987–88 4
33 Cádiz 12 343 448 104 127 217 393 662 – – – – – – – 1977–78 2005–06 12
34 Logroñés 9 293 346 96 92 158 291 489 – – – – – – – 1987–88 1996–97 7
35 Castellón 11 285 334 103 79 152 419 588 – – – 1 2 – 3 1941–42 1990–91 4
36 Albacete 7 277 270 76 76 118 320 410 – – – – – – – 1991–92 2004–05 7
37 Almería 6 242 228 62 56 110 244 366 – – – – – – – 2007–08 2014–15 8
38 Córdoba 9 230 282 82 63 137 285 430 – – – – 1 – 1 1962–63 2014–15 5
39 Compostela 4 190 160 52 45 63 199 241 – – – – – – – 1994–95 1997–98 10
40 Recreativo 5 188 186 50 46 90 202 296 – – – – – – – 1978–79 2008–09 8
41 Eibar 4 183 152 49 36 67 183 217 – – – – – – – 2014–15 2014–15 9[29]
42 Burgos CF 6 168 204 59 50 95 216 310 – – – – – – – 1971–72 1979–80 12
43 Pontevedra 6 150 180 53 44 83 165 221 – – – – – – – 1963–64 1969–70 7
44 Numancia 4 148 152 37 37 78 155 253 – – – – – – – 1999–00 2008–09 17
45 Arenas 7 107 130 43 21 66 227 308 – – 1 – 3 – 4 1929 1934–35 3
46 Real Burgos 3 96 114 26 44 44 101 139 – – – – – – – 1990–91 1992–93 9
47 Gimnàstic 4 91 116 34 16 66 181 295 – – – – – – – 1947–48 2006–07 7
48 Extremadura 2 83 80 20 23 37 62 117 – – – – – – – 1996–97 1998–99 17
49 Mérida 2 81 80 19 24 37 70 115 – – – – – – – 1995–96 1997–98 19
50 Leganés 2 78 76 20 18 38 70 106 – – – – – – – 2016–17 2016–17 17
51 Alcoyano 4 76 108 30 16 62 145 252 – – – – – – – 1945–46 1950–51 10
52 Jaén 3 71 90 29 13 48 121 183 – – – – – – – 1953–54 1957–58 14
53 Real Unión 4 56 72 21 14 37 153 184 – – – – – 1 1 1929 1931–32 6
54 AD Almería 2 52 68 17 18 33 71 116 – – – – – – – 1979–80 1980–81 10
55 Girona 1 51 38 14 9 15 50 59 – – – – – – – 2017–18 2017–18 9
56 Europa 3 42 54 18 6 30 97 131 – – – – – – – 1929 1930–31 8
57 Lleida 2 40 68 13 14 41 70 182 – – – – – – – 1950–51 1993–94 16
58 Xerez 1 34 38 8 10 20 38 66 – – – – – – – 2009–10 2009–10 20
59 Condal 1 22 30 7 8 15 37 57 – – – – – – – 1956–57 1956–57 16
60 Atlético Tetuán 1 19 30 7 5 18 51 85 – – – – – – – 1951–52 1951–52 16
61 Cultural Leonesa 1 14 30 5 4 21 34 65 – – – – – – – 1955–56 1955–56 15
62 Huesca – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2018–19 2018–19 –
Notes
Note: Despite finishing the season in the 13th position in the 2014-15 La Liga, on 5 June, Elche was relegated to Segunda División due to its financial struggles, Newcomers Eibar, who finished the season in the 18th position, took Elche's place in 2015–16 La Liga.
League or status for 2017–18 season hide
2017–18 La Liga
2017–18 Segunda División
2017–18 Segunda División B
2017–18 Tercera División
2017–18 Divisiones Regionales
To be determined
No longer exists
All-time La Liga table (3 pts. since 1995)[edit]
All-time La Liga table (wins, 3 points) hide
Pos
Team
GP
W
D
L
GD
Pts
1 FC Barcelona 882 568 175 139 1.201 1.879
2 Real Madrid CF 882 561 166 155 1.041 1.849
3 Valencia CF 882 418 207 257 364 1.461
4 Atlético de Madrid 806 385 192 229 381 1.347
5 Athletic Club 882 327 242 313 -29 1.223
6 Sevilla FC 768 325 177 266 130 1.152
7 RCD Espanyol 882 300 237 345 -112 1.137
8 Deportivo de La Coruña 806 302 227 277 12 1.133
9 Real Sociedad 768 282 202 284 -1 1.048
10 Villarreal CF 684 284 179 221 110 1.031
11 Real Betis 730 251 206 273 -102 959
12 Celta de Vigo 654 241 168 245 -8 891
13 RCD Mallorca 608 226 151 231 -39 829
14 Málaga CF 646 208 165 273 -121 789
15 Real Zaragoza 616 191 181 244 -114 754
16 Racing de Santander 616 175 184 257 -181 709
17 CA Osasuna 570 172 153 245 -183 669
18 Real Valladolid CF 540 161 159 220 -139 642
19 Getafe CF 494 162 122 210 -104 608
20 Rayo Vallecano 426 136 83 207 -211 491
21 Levante UD 380 106 96 178 -189 414
22 Deportivo Alavés 304 105 65 134 -88 380
23 R. Sporting 350 89 79 182 -209 346
24 CD Tenerife 236 72 65 99 -68 281
25 Real Oviedo 236 66 69 101 -98 267
26 UD Almería 228 62 56 110 -123 242
27 Granada CF 228 56 51 121 -172 219
28 UD Las Palmas 190 49 44 97 -109 191
29 SD Eibar 152 49 36 67 -34 183
30 Recreativo 152 42 41 69 -67 167
31 SD Compostela 122 41 33 48 -30 156
32 CD Numancia 152 37 37 78 -98 148
33 Albacete 118 29 30 59 -57 117
34 UD Salamanca 118 27 24 67 -66 105
35 CF Extremadura 80 20 23 37 -55 83
36 CP Mérida 80 19 24 37 -45 81
37 Elche CF 76 20 21 35 -47 81
38 CD Leganés 76 20 18 38 -36 78
39 Hércules CF 80 21 13 46 -61 76
40 Real Murcia CF 76 12 20 44 -57 56
41 Girona FC 38 14 9 15 -9 51
42 Cádiz CF 38 8 12 18 -16 36
43 Xerez CD 38 8 10 20 -28 34
44 CD Logroñés 42 9 6 27 -52 33
45 Gimnàstic 38 7 7 24 -35 28
46 Córdoba CF 38 3 11 24 -46 20
Players[edit]
Eligibility of non-EU players[edit]
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 five years. Sometimes, this can lead to a triple-citizenship situation; for example, Leo Franco, who was born in Argentina, is of Italian heritage yet can claim a Spanish passport, having played in La Liga for over five years.
In addition, players from the ACP countries — countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement — are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.
Individual awards[edit]
Until the season 2008–09, no official awards for individuals in La Liga existed. Following[clarification needed] the 2008–09 season, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) governing body sanctioned LFP Awards to player individuals. Additional awards relating to La Liga are distributed, some are sanctioned by the LFP or the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and therefore not regarded as official.[clarification needed]
The most notable of these are four 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; the Trofeo Alfredo di Stéfano, for the player judged to be the best overall player in the division; and the Zarra Trophy, awarded to the Spanish domestic player with the highest goal total in La Liga.
Since the 2013–14 season, La Liga also awards the monthly manager of the month and player of the month awards.
Transfers[edit]
The first La Liga player to be involved in a transfer which broke the world record was Luis Suárez in 1961, who moved from Barcelona to Internazionale for £152,000. Twelve years later, Johan Cruyff was the first player to join a La Liga club for a record fee, £922,000 from Ajax to Barcelona. In 1982, Barcelona again set the record by signing Diego Maradona from Boca Juniors for £5 million.[30] Real Betis set the world record in 1998 when they signed Denílson from São Paulo for £21.5 million.[31]
Four of the last six world transfer records (in euro) have been set by Real Madrid, signing Luís Figo,[32] Zinedine Zidane,[33] Cristiano Ronaldo[34] (plus a deal for Kaká days before Ronaldo[35] which fell just below a world record due to the way the fee was calculated)[36] and finally Gareth Bale, who was bought for £85.3 million (€103.4 million / $140 million) from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013.[37]
The Brazilian forward Neymar was the subject of an expensive and complicated transfer arrangement when he joined Barcelona from Santos in 2013,[38][39] and his outgoing transfer to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 set a new world record fee at €222m (via his 'buyout clause').[40] Barcelona soon invested a large chunk of this money in a replacement, Ousmane Dembélé, whose deal – €105m – was the second most expensive ever before Philippe Coutinho's transfer to Barcelona for €142m.[41] [42]
Player records[edit]
Top scorers[edit]
As of matches played 29 April 2018
Rank
Nat
Name
Club
Years
Goals
Apps
Ratio
1 Lionel Messi Barcelona 2004– 383 418 0.92
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 2009–2018 311 292 1.07
3 Telmo Zarra Athletic Bilbao 1940–1955 251 278 0.9
4 Hugo Sánchez Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid & Rayo Vallecano 1981–1994 234 347 0.67
5 Raúl Real Madrid 1994–2010 228 550 0.41
6 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid & Espanyol 1953–1966 227 329 0.69
7 César Rodríguez Granada, Barcelona, Cultural Leonesa & Elche 1939–1955 223 353 0.63
8 Quini Sporting Gijón & Barcelona 1970–1987 219 448 0.49
9 Pahiño Celta, Real Madrid & Deportivo 1943–1956 210 278 0.76
10 Edmundo Suárez Valencia & Alcoyano 1939–1950 195 231 0.84
Most appearances[edit]
See also: List of La Liga players
As of 16 May 2016
Rank
Nat
Name
Years
Apps
Goals
1 Andoni Zubizarreta 1981–1998 622 0
2 Raúl 1994–2010 550 228
3 Eusebio Sacristán 1983–2002 543 36
4 Francisco Buyo 1980–1997 542 0
5 Manuel Sanchís 1983–2001 523 32
6 Iker Casillas 1999–2015 510 0
7 Xavi 1998–2015 505 58
8 Miquel Soler 1983–2003 504 12
9 Fernando Hierro 1987–2003 497 104
10 José Mari Bakero 1980–1997 483 139
Sponsors[edit]
Banco Santander
Nike, Inc
El Corte Inglés
TAG Heuer
EA Sports
Samsung
Sportium
STIHL
Mazda
Mahou
Allianz
Groupe Danone
Marqués del Atrio
Kalise Menorquina
Solán de Cabras
See also[edit]
Association football portal
Spain portal
Football records in Spain
List of football clubs in Spain
List of foreign La Liga players
List of La Liga broadcasters
List of La Liga stadiums
List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
Sports broadcasting contracts in Spain
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Spanish: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon]; "First Division"
Jump up ^ /læ ˈliːɡə/, Spanish: [la ˈliɣa]; "The League"
References[edit]
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