2015–16 La Liga

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La Liga
Season 2015–16
Matches played 120
Goals scored 311 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer Neymar Jr
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeper Keylor Navas
(6 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Real Madrid 5–0 Real Betis
(29 August 2015)
Sevilla 5–0 Getafe
(24 October 2015)
Biggest away win Espanyol 0–6 Real Madrid
(12 September 2015)
Highest scoring Barcelona 5–2 Rayo Vallecano
(17 October 2015)
Longest winning run 5 games[1]
Villarreal
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run 10 games[1]
Real Madrid
Longest winless run 9 games[1]
Granada
Longest losing run 4 games[1]
Granada
Highest attendance 80,500
Real Madrid 0–4 Barcelona
(21 November 2015)[1]
Lowest attendance 4,532
Getafe 1–2 Granada
(30 August 2015)[1]
Average attendance 27,716[1]
2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 23 November 2015.

The 2015–16 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 85th since its establishment. Barcelona are the defending champions. The season started on 22 August 2015 and will conclude on 15 May 2016.

Teams[edit]

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)[edit]

A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda División. This will include the two top teams from the Segunda División (Real Betis and Sporting de Gijón), and the winners of the play-offs (Las Palmas).[2]

Almería and Córdoba were relegated to 2015–16 Segunda División last season, after being two and one years, respectively in La Liga. Elche was administratively relegated despite finishing in the 13th position.[3] Following the competition rules, Eibar, who finished in the 18th position, will remain in the league.[4]

Real Betis was the first team from Segunda to achieve promotion after a one-year absence from La Liga on May 24, 2015 after winning 3–0 over Alcorcón.[5]

Sporting Gijón promoted as second qualified on June 7, 2015, after winning 3–0 over Real Betis and taking advantage of the draw of Girona, who could not retain the promotion spot in the last match day. Sporting returned to the top level after 3 years.

Las Palmas achieved promotion on June 21, 2015 after defeating Real Zaragoza in the promotion playoff final on away goals after winning the second leg at home 2–0, after losing the first leg away 3–1. Las Palmas returned to the top level after 13 years. They also became the first island team to play in La Liga since Mallorca's relegation to Segunda Division in 2012–13 season. During those 13 years,they played two seasons in Segunda División B.

Stadia and locations[edit]

Location of teams in 2015–16 La Liga
Location of teams in 2015–16 La Liga (Canary Islands)
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 53,289
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,907
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 99,354
Celta de Vigo Vigo Balaídos 31,800
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor 34,600
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 6,267
Espanyol Barcelona Power8 Stadium 40,500
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,393
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 23,156
Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria 32,150
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 26,354
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas 14,708
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 52,500
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 85,454
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 32,076
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón 29,029
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Villarreal Villarreal El Madrigal 24,890

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain[6] Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Athletic Bilbao Josu Urrutia Spain Ernesto Valverde Spain Carlos Gurpegui Nike Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Gabi Nike Plus500, Azerbaijan1, Huawei3
Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu Spain Luis Enrique Spain Andrés Iniesta Nike Qatar Airways, UNICEF,1 2 Beko3
Celta de Vigo Carlos Mouriño Argentina Eduardo Berizzo Argentina Augusto Fernández Adidas Citroën, Abanca, Estrella Galicia4
Deportivo La Coruña Constantino Fernández Pico Spain Víctor Sánchez del Amo Spain Manuel Pablo Lotto Estrella Galicia, Abanca, La Liga es Divertida4
Eibar Alex Aranzabal Spain José Luis Mendilibar Spain Daniel García Puma AVIA, Wiko1
Espanyol Ramón Condal Spain Sergio González Soriano Spain Javi López Joma Power8
Getafe Ángel Torres Spain Fran Escribá Spain Pedro León Joma Tecnocasa Group
Granada Quique Pina Spain José Ramón Sandoval Spain Diego Mainz Joma Solver Sports Capital
Las Palmas Miguel Ángel Ramírez Spain Quique Setién Spain David García Acerbis Gran Canaria
Levante Quico Catalán Spain Rubi Spain Juanfran García Nike East United
Málaga Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani Spain Javi Gracia Portugal Duda Nike
Rayo Vallecano Raúl Martín Presa Spain Paco Jémez Spain David Cobeño Kelme QBAO.com, Nevir1
Real Betis Manuel Domínguez Spain Pepe Mel Spain Jorge Molina Adidas
Real Madrid Florentino Pérez Spain Rafael Benítez Spain Sergio Ramos Adidas Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad Jokin Aperribay Spain Eusebio Sacristán Spain Xabi Prieto Adidas QBAO.com, Kutxabank1
Sevilla José Castro Carmona Spain Unai Emery Spain José Antonio Reyes New Balance
Sporting Gijón Antonio Veiga Spain Abelardo Fernández Spain Alberto Lora Kappa Gijón, Telecable,4 Ternera Asturiana3
Valencia Lay Hoon Chan Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo Spain Dani Parejo Adidas Gol Televisión1
Villarreal Fernando Roig Alfonso Spain Marcelino García Toral Spain Bruno Soriano Xtep Pamesa Cerámica
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.
3. ^ On the sleeves.
4. ^ On the shorts.
5. Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Adidas, sponsored by Würth, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem LFP.

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Real Madrid Italy Carlo Ancelotti Sacked 25 May 2015[7] Pre-season Spain Rafael Benítez 3 June 2015[8]
Getafe Spain Pablo Franco Sacked 1 June 2015[9] Spain Fran Escribá 26 June 2015[10]
Eibar Spain Gaizka Garitano Mutual consent 30 June 2015[11] Spain José Luis Mendilibar 30 June 2015[12]
Las Palmas Spain Paco Herrera Sacked 19 October 2015[13] 19th Spain Quique Setién 19 October 2015[14]
Levante Spain Lucas Alcaraz Sacked 26 October 2015[15] 20th Spain Rubi 27 October 2015
Real Sociedad Scotland David Moyes Sacked 9 November 2015[16] 16th Spain Eusebio Sacristán 9 November 2015

League table[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona 12 10 0 2 29 12 +17 30 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Atlético Madrid 12 8 2 2 17 6 +11 26
3 Real Madrid 12 7 3 2 26 11 +15 24
4 Villarreal 12 6 3 3 16 12 +4 21 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Celta Vigo 12 6 3 3 22 20 +2 21 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Eibar 12 5 5 2 17 12 +5 20 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7 Valencia 12 5 4 3 17 9 +8 19
8 Deportivo La Coruña 12 4 6 2 18 13 +5 18
9 Athletic Bilbao 12 5 2 5 18 16 +2 17
10 Espanyol 12 5 1 6 14 23 −9 16
11 Sevilla 12 4 3 5 17 18 −1 15
12 Betis 12 4 3 5 11 17 −6 15
13 Rayo Vallecano 12 4 2 6 14 20 −6 14
14 Real Sociedad 12 3 3 6 14 14 0 12
15 Sporting Gijón 12 3 3 6 11 18 −7 12
16 Getafe 12 3 2 7 12 19 −7 11
17 Granada 12 2 4 6 13 20 −7 10
18 Las Palmas 12 2 4 6 10 17 −7 10 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Levante 12 2 4 6 10 23 −13 10
20 Málaga 12 2 3 7 5 11 −6 9
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2015. Source: La Liga
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.

Positions by round[edit]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Barcelona 5 4 1 1 5 2 4 3 2 2 1 1 1
Atlético Madrid 3 3 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 3 2
Real Madrid 10 5 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3
Villarreal 7 6 4 3 3 1 1 5 5 5 5 4
Celta de Vigo 2 1 3 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 5
Eibar 1 2 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Valencia 15 10 8 7 10 8 9 8 9 7 7 7
Deportivo La Coruña 8 9 7 9 7 6 6 6 6 9 9 8
Athletic Bilbao 17 20 10 13 15 17 13 14 12 8 8 9
Espanyol 4 8 12 8 6 9 10 9 11 10 13
Sevilla 13 17 18 20 20 16 12 13 8 11 10
Real Betis 6 18 9 11 14 10 8 10 10 13 11
Rayo Vallecano 12 16 19 12 9 11 15 15 14 15 12
Real Sociedad 11 11 16 17 11 12 16 16 15 16 16
Sporting de Gijón 14 12 17 10 13 15 11 12 17 12 14
Getafe 18 19 20 14 17 13 14 11 13 14 15
Granada 20 7 11 15 18 20 20 20 19 18 19
Las Palmas 19 14 13 16 12 14 19 19 18 19 18
Levante 16 13 14 19 16 19 18 18 20 20 20
Málaga 9 15 15 18 19 18 17 17 16 17 17 20

Source: Liga BBVA

Leader
2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage
2016–17 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2016–17 Segunda División

Results[edit]

Home ╲ Away ATH ATM BAR CEL DEP EIB ESP GET GRA LPA LEV MLG RVA RBS RMA RSO SEV SPG VAL VIL
Athletic Bilbao 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 a 3–0 3–1
Atlético Madrid 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Barcelona 3–1 a 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–2 a 3–0
Celta Vigo 4–1 a 0–0 3–3 3–0 1–3 1–5
Deportivo La Coruña 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–3
Eibar 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Espanyol a 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–6 1–2 1–0
Getafe 0–2 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Granada 2–0 1–1 1–3 a 1–3 0–3 1–3
Las Palmas 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0
Levante 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–0
Málaga 2–0 0–0 a 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–1
Rayo Vallecano 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0
Real Betis 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 a 1–1
Real Madrid a 0–4 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 5–0
Real Sociedad 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–0
Sevilla 0–3 2–1 1–2 5–0 3–2 a 3–2
Sporting de Gijón 3–3 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1
Valencia 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0
Villarreal 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1

Source: La Liga
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 21 November 2015.[17][18]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Neymar Barcelona 12
2 Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona 11
3 Spain Imanol Agirretxe Real Sociedad 9
4 Spain Javi Guerra Rayo Vallecano 8
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid
Spain Lucas Deportivo La Coruña
7 Spain Rubén Castro Real Betis 7
Spain Nolito Celta de Vigo
Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao
10 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 6
Spain Borja Bastón Eibar
Spain Iago Aspas Celta de Vigo
Spain Paco Alcácer Valencia

Top assists[edit]

As of 21 November 2015.[19]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Marco Asensio Espanyol 5
2 Spain Alberto Lora Sporting Gijón 4
Spain Sergi Roberto Barcelona
Spain Nolito Celta de Vigo
Brazil Neymar Barcelona
Spain Roberto Soldado Villarreal
Wales Gareth Bale Real Madrid

Zamora Trophy[edit]

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

As of 8 November 2015. [20]
Rank Name Club Goals Against Matches Average
1 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid 6 12 0.50
2 Chile Claudio Bravo Barcelona 5 8 0.60
3 Costa Rica Keylor Navas Real Madrid 7 10 0.70
4 Cameroon Carlos Kameni Málaga 9 11 0.80
5 France Alphonse Areola Villarreal 12 12 1.00

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo5 Real Madrid Espanyol 6–0 (A) 12 September 2015 [1]
Spain Imanol Agirretxe Real Sociedad Granada 3–0 (A) 22 September 2015 [2]
Brazil Charles Málaga Real Sociedad 3–1 (H) 3 October 2015 [3]
Brazil Neymar4 Barcelona Rayo Vallecano 5–2 (H) 17 October 2015 [4]
France Kévin Gameiro Sevilla Getafe 5–0 (H) 24 October 2015 [5]
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona Eibar 3–1 (H) 25 October 2015 [6]

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
(H) - Home ; (A) - Away

Discipline[edit]

As of 22 November 2015
  • Most yellow cards (club): 42
    • Espanyol
    • Granada
    • Eibar
  • Most yellow cards (player): 8
  • Most red cards (club): 2
    • Rayo Vallecano
    • Las Palmas
  • Most red cards (player): 1
    • 11 players

Attendances[edit]

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Barcelona 449,480 79,068 73,017 74,913 -0.96497578318219−3.5%†
2 Real Madrid 417,333 80,500 61,946 69,556 -0.94716487826134−5.2%†
3 Atlético Madrid 272,369 51,933 37,077 45,395 -0.97556520244133−2.4%†
4 Athletic Bilbao 251,555 44,772 39,107 41,926 0.03179603287887+3.1%†
5 Valencia 225,592 40,734 32,078 37,599 -0.85781752640825−14.2%†
6 Sevilla 223,004 40,395 33,779 37,167 0.19481145722828+19.4%†
7 Real Betis 209,040 41,976 25,872 34,840 0.13707571801567+13.7%1
8 Deportivo La Coruña 147,364 30,666 20,750 24,561 0.1544535840188+15.4%†
9 Sporting de Gijón 136,529 27,691 19,749 22,755 0.17791696863029+17.7%1
10 Real Sociedad 130,612 26,114 17,433 21,769 -0.98479981904546−1.5%†
11 Málaga 124,202 23,803 17,315 20,700 -0.93042071197411−6.9%†
12 Celta de Vigo 121,759 24,519 16,344 20,293 0.060351133869788+6.0%†
13 Las Palmas 112,513 19,942 17,796 18,752 0.17060990074287+17.0%1
14 Espanyol 104,181 27,395 13,293 17,364 -0.9290032636028−7.0%†
15 Villarreal 103,454 18,443 15,918 17,242 0.079987472596304+7.9%†
16 Granada 87,031 18,284 12,711 14,505 -0.88005096468875−11.9%†
17 Levante 80,116 16,059 10,346 13,353 -0.8748034591195−12.5%†
18 Rayo Vallecano 64,194 11,719 9,442 10,699 0.0063963879221145+0.6%†
19 Getafe 37,032 10,009 4,532 6,172 -0.83847303355522−16.1%†
20 Eibar 31,659 5,511 4,862 5,277 0.10466820180029+10.4%†
League total 3,329,019 79,068 4,532 27,742 +3.7%†

Updated to games played on 23 November 2015
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.

Awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
September Spain Marcelino García Toral Villarreal Spain Nolito Celta Vigo [21][22]
October Spain Ernesto Valverde Athletic Bilbao Spain Borja Bastón Eibar [23][24]

Number of teams by autonomous community[edit]

Autonomous Community Number of teams Teams
1  Andalusia 4 Granada, Málaga, Real Betis and Sevilla
 Community of Madrid Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid
3  Basque Country 3 Athletic Bilbao, Eibar and Real Sociedad
 Valencian Community Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
5  Catalonia 2 Barcelona and Espanyol
 Galicia Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña
7  Asturias 1 Sporting Gijón
 Canary Islands Las Palmas

Broadcasting rights[edit]

Telefónica purchased the exclusive television broadcasting rights to telecast the 2015–16 season in Spain. Sky Sports have exclusive rights in the United Kingdom and beIN Sports have exclusive rights to air the season in various countries, including the United States, Canada, MENA, and France.[25] KBSN Sports have the exclusive television broadcasting rights in South Korea except internet broadcasting.[26]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "La Liga Statistics – 2015–16". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). Retrieved 26 September 2015. 
  2. ^ "Segunda División:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015. 
  3. ^ "Official statement". LFP.es. 5 June 2015. 
  4. ^ "Javier Tebas: "We are certain the Royal Decree will soon be signed"". LFP.es. 25 March 2015. 
  5. ^ "(In Spanish) A Primera por la puerta grande". MARCA.com. Retrieved 24 March 2015. 
  6. ^ "The twenty skippers of Liga BBVA". LFP.es. 19 August 2015. 
  7. ^ "Real Madrid sack Carlo Ancelotti; Rafael Benitez tipped to take over". BBC. 25 May 2015. 
  8. ^ "Rafa Benitez named new coach of Real Madrid". Sky Sports. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015. 
  9. ^ "Pablo Franco no entrenará al Getafe la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). LFP.es. 1 June 2015. 
  10. ^ "Fran Escriba named new Getafe head coach as Spaniard agrees three-year deal". Daily Mail. 26 June 2015. 
  11. ^ "SD Eibar y Gaizka Garitano rescinden el contrato" (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 30 June 2015. 
  12. ^ "José Luis Mendilibar nuevo entrenador de SD Eibar" (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 30 June 2015. 
  13. ^ "Las Palmas sack Paco Herrera as manager after poor start". ESPN. 19 October 2015. 
  14. ^ "Quique Setién toma el mando en la UD Las Palmas" (in Spanish). LFP. 19 October 2015. 
  15. ^ "Lucas Alcaraz says goodbye at Levante training ground". As. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015. 
  16. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/09/david-moyes-sacked-real-sociedad
  17. ^ "2015–16 La Liga top goalscorers". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 1 November 2015. 
  18. ^ "Pichichi 2015-16". Pichichi (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2015. 
  19. ^ "Assists at ESPN". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. 
  20. ^ http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/trofeos/2015-2016/zamora/primera.html
  21. ^ Marcelino wins Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for September; LFP.es 5 October 2015
  22. ^ : Nolito named liga BBVA player of the month for September; LFP.es 1 October 2015
  23. ^ "Ernesto Valverde named Liga BBVA manager of the Month for October". La Liga. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015. 
  24. ^ : Borja Bastón named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for October; LFP.es 5 November 2015
  25. ^ "Spanish La Liga 2015-16 TV Channels Broadcast, Coverage". Sports Mirchi. Retrieved 13 July 2015. 
  26. ^ "프로그램 소개" (in Korean). KBSN. 
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