The National First Division League Championship, commonly known as First Division or LaLiga,[2] and since 2023 officially LALIGA due to its sponsorship by EA SPORTS
A professional football division of the Spanish Football League system. 20 teams compete in the match administered by the National Professional Football League.
A total of 62 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Nine teams were crowned champions, Barcelona won the opening series of La Liga and Real Madrid won a record 35 times. Barcelona is the last winner to win the 2022-23 season. In the 1940s, Valencia, Atlético de Madrid and Barcelona became the strongest clubs and won several championships. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated the title in the 1950s, each winning four La Liga titles during the decade. In the 1960s and 1970s, Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning fourteen championships, while Atlético Madrid won four.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Real Madrid dominated La Liga, but Basque clubs Athletic Club and Real Sociedad had their share of success, winning two league titles each. Since the 1990s, Barcelona has dominated La Liga, winning seventeen titles to date.
While Atlético Madrid impressively won ten titles, La Liga also saw other champions including Valencia and Deportivo La Coruña. According to UEFA and #039 League Odds Rankings, La Liga was the top league in Europe in seven years from 2013 to 2019 (calculated from the accumulated figures of the previous five seasons) and led Europe in 22 of 60. until 2019, more than in any other country. It also produced the highest-ranked club of the continent more times (22) than any other league in that period, more than twice that of second-placed Serie A (Italy), including 10 of 11 first-place finishes. seasons 2009-2019; all those peaks were achieved at either Barcelona or Real Madrid. La Liga clubs have won the most UEFA Champions League (19), UEFA Europa League (14), UEFA Super Cup (16) and FIFA Club World Cup (8) titles, and its players have collected most Ballon dand#039 titles. Or Awards (24), FIFA Best Player Awards (19) [d] and UEFA Menand#039; player of the year awards (12).[e] The League is one of the most popular professional sports leagues worldwide, with an average attendance of 26,933 for league matches during the 2018–19 season.
It is the eighth largest of all domestic professional sports leagues in the world and the third largest of all professional soccer leagues in the world, behind the other five major leagues, the Bundesliga and Premier League, and Serie A and Ligue 1.
La Liga is also the seventh richest professional sports league in the world in terms of revenue, after the NFL, MLB, NBA, Premier League, NHL and Bundesliga.
From 2008 to 2016, it was sponsored by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and was known as Liga BBVA. Then, from 2016 to 2023, it was sponsored by Banco Santander and known as LaLiga Santander. Since 2023, it is sponsored by Electronic Arts and is known as LALIGA EA SPORTS.
Organizing body National Professional Football League (LALIGA) established 1929; 94 years ago me Spain Confederation UEFA Number of teams 20 (1997-1998) Level of the pyramid 1 fall down Second division Homemade mugs King's Cup Spanish Super Cup International Cups UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA European Conference League Current champions Barcelona (27th championship) (2022-23) Most championships Real Madrid (35 games) Most performances Andoni Zubizarreta Joachim (622) High scorer Lionel Messi (474)[1]
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