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Revision as of 06:14, 17 June 2013
| Season | 2013–14 |
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← 2012–13 | |
The 2013–14 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons[1]) will be the 83rd since its establishment. The season will begin on 17 August 2013, and will end on 18 May 2014.[2] Barcelona will be the defending champions. As in the previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Incyte Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.
Teams
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.
RCD Mallorca, Deportivo de La Coruña and Real Zaragoza were relegated to 2013–14 Segunda División the previous season: Mallorca were relegated after sixteen years in La Liga, the longest period in its history and ending their golden era, Zaragoza returned to Segunda División after four-year tenure in La Liga, while Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to Segunda División after being promoted last year. All three teams were relegated in the last matchday.[3]
The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2012–13 Segunda División sides: Elche CF returned to the top level as Segunda División champion after 24 years of absence and with the last 14 seasons consecutively in Segunda División.[4] The second placing team Villarreal was also promoted to La Liga making an immediate return to La Liga[5] after win over Almería in the decisive match of the last matchday where the winner of match would promote directly to La Liga.[6] The third promoted team will be promoted on 22 June 2013 after win the play-off games between teams that placed 3-6 in Segunda División, finalists are Almería and Girona.[7]
Stadia and locations
Teams qualified for 2013–14 season of La Liga on 8 June 2013.
| Team | Location of stadium | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés Barria | 53,332 |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 54,851 |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Camp Nou | 99,354 |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín | 51,700 |
| Celta de Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos | 31,800 |
| Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero | 36,017 |
| Espanyol | Cornellà de Llobregat | Cornellà-El Prat | 40,500 |
| Getafe | Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 17,700 |
| Granada | Granada | Nuevo Los Cármenes | 22,524 |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | 25,534 |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda | 30,044 |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar | 19,553 |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Campo de Vallecas | 15,489 |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 85,454 |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Anoeta | 32,076 |
| Real Valladolid | Valladolid | Nuevo José Zorrilla | 26,512 |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla | 52,600 |
| Villarreal | Villarreal | El Madrigal | 24,890 |
Personnel and sponsorship
- 1. ^ Huawei is the sponsor for select matches.
- 2. ^ On the back of shirt.
- 3. ^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.
- 4. ^ On the shorts.
- 5. ^ Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
- 6. ^ On the sleeves.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Málaga |  Manuel Pellegrini
|
Mutual consent | 2 June 2013[8] |  Bernd Schuster
|
14 June 2013 | 6th (2012–13) |
| Real Madrid |  José Mourinho
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Mutual consent | 2 June 2013[9] | 2nd (2012–13) | ||
| Valladolid |  Miroslav Đukić
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Mutual consent | 2 June 2013[10] | 14th (2012–13) | ||
| Real Sociedad |  Philippe Montanier
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End of contract | 30 June 2013[11] |  Jagoba Arrasate
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8 June 2013[12] | 4th (2012–13) |
| Valencia | Ernesto Valverde
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End of contract | 30 June 2013[13] | Miroslav Đukić
|
4 June 2013[14] | 5th (2012–13) |
| Levante | Juan Ignacio Martínez
|
End of contract | 30 June 2013[15] | Joaquín Caparrós
|
10 June 2013 | 11th (2012–13) |
| Celta de Vigo | Abel Resino
|
End of contract | 30 June 2013[16] | Luis Enrique
|
8 June 2013[17] | 17th (2012–13) |
Number of teams by autonomous community
| Autonomous Community | Number of teams | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Andalusia |
4 | Betis, Granada, Málaga and Sevilla |
 Community of Madrid |
4 | Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid | |
 Valencian Community |
4 | Elche, Levante, Valencia and Villarreal | |
| 4 |  Basque Country |
2 | Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad |
 Catalonia |
2 | Barcelona and Espanyol | |
| 6 |  Castile and León |
1 | Valladolid |
 Galicia |
1 | Celta | |
 Navarre |
1 | Osasuna |
See also
References
- ^ "BBVA seguirá patrocinando la Liga, pero con mejoras en las contraprestaciones". Vozpópuli.com. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Proyecto de calendario para la temporada 2013/14" (in Spanish). LFP. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Mallorca, Deportivo de La Coruña y Zaragoza, pierden la categoría y descienden de la Liga BBVA" (in Spanish). LFP. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Un líder absoluto y austero" (in Spanish). El País. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "El Villarreal es de Primera" (in Spanish). As. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "La gran final por el ascenso" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Las Palmas-Almería y Alcorcón-Girona son las eliminatorias de 'playoff'" (in Spanish). Marca. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Pellegrini: "Tengo un compromiso con el City, espero que se ejecute"" (in Spanish). Marca. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Florentino Pérez: "Hemos llegado al acuerdo con José Mourinho de dar por finalizada la relación al término de la temporada"" (in Spanish). Real Madrid C.F. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Djukic no seguirá en el Pucela" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Fin de contrato de Montanier" (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Komunikatu ofiziala: Jagoba Arrasate Realaren entrenatzaile berria" (in Basque). Real Sociedad. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Valverde anuncia que se marcha y Djukic entrenará al Valencia" (in Spanish). As. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Miroslav Djukic, new manager of Valencia CF". Valencia CF. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "JIM, fin de trayecto" (in Spanish). Marca. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "O Real Club Celta e Abel Resino acordan pór fin á súa relación" (in Galician). Celta de Vigo. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Luis Enrique, new manager of Real Club Celta". Celta de Vigo. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.