2014–15 La Liga

	Leader
	2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2015–16 Segunda División

La Liga
Season	2014–15
Matches played	189
Goals scored	486 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Ronaldo (28 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Claudio Bravo; (12 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 6–0 Granada; (27 September 2014)
Biggest away win	Deportivo La Coruña 2–8 Real Madrid; (20 September 2014)
Highest scoring	Deportivo La Coruña 2–8 Real Madrid; (20 September 2014)
Longest winning run	12 games; Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run	12 games; Real Madrid
Longest winless run	15 games; Granada
Longest losing run	6 games; Celta Vigo
Highest attendance	85,450; Real Madrid 3–1 Barcelona
Lowest attendance	4,115; Eibar 2–1 Getafe
Average attendance	26,508
	← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 18 January 2015.

The 2014–15 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 84th since its establishment. The campaign began on 23 August 2014 and will end on 24 May 2015. Atlético Madrid are the defending champions.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams (Eibar and Deportivo) from the Segunda División, and the winner of the play-offs, Córdoba CF.

Eibar became the first club from Segunda División to achieve promotion to La Liga after its 1–0 victory over Deportivo Alavés on 25 May 2014. Eibar will make their La Liga debut this season.^[2]

Deportivo La Coruña won promotion back to La Liga after one season in Segunda División with a 1–0 victory over Real Jaén on 31 May 2014.^[3]

Córdoba CF won the promotion play-off against UD Las Palmas and returned to the top level after 42 years.^[4]

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2014–15 La Liga

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Almería	Almería	Juegos Mediterráneos	21,350
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,907
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,786
Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Córdoba	Córdoba	El Arcángel	21,822
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	6,000
Elche	Elche	Martínez Valero	36,017
Espanyol	Barcelona	Cornellà-El Prat	40,500
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,393
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	23,156
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas	14,708
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	81,044
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,076
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Villarreal	Villarreal	El Madrigal	25,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Almería	Alfonso García	Juan Ignacio Martínez	Corona	Nike	Urcisol.com
Athletic Bilbao	Josu Urrutia	Ernesto Valverde	Carlos Gurpegui	Nike	Petronor & BBK
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Azerbaijan: Land of Fire & Plus500
Barcelona	Josep Maria Bartomeu	Luis Enrique	Xavi	Nike	Qatar Airways & UNICEF¹ ²
Celta de Vigo	Carlos Mouriño	Eduardo Berizzo	Borja Oubiña	Adidas	Citroën & Estrella Galicia⁴
Córdoba	Carlos González	Miroslav Đukić	Abel Gómez	Acerbis	RD Impagos
Deportivo La Coruña	Constantino Fernández Pico	Víctor Fernández	Manuel Pablo	Lotto	Estrella Galicia & Abanca
Eibar	Alex Aranzabal	Gaizka Garitano	Txema Añibarro	Hummel^[5]	Hierros Servando & Wiko¹
Elche	José Sepulcre	Fran Escribá	Edu Albácar	Kelme	Gioseppo
Espanyol	Ramón Condal	Sergio González Soriano	Sergio García	Puma	Power8
Getafe	Ángel Torres	Quique Sánchez Flores	Jaime Gavilán	Joma	Tecnocasa Group
Granada	Quique Pina	Vacant	Diego Mainz	Joma	Solver Sports Capital
Levante	Quico Catalán	Lucas Alcaraz	Juanfran García	Nike	East United
Málaga	Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani	Javi Gracia	Duda	Nike	UNESCO³
Rayo Vallecano	Raúl Martín Presa	Paco Jémez	Roberto Trashorras	Erreà	QBAO.com & Nevir¹
Real Madrid	Florentino Pérez	Carlo Ancelotti	Iker Casillas	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad	Jokin Aperribay	David Moyes	Xabi Prieto	Adidas	QBAO.com & Kutxa¹
Sevilla	José Castro Carmona	Unai Emery	Fernando Navarro	Warrior	Visit Malaysia
Valencia	Amadeo Salvo	Nuno Espírito Santo	Dani Parejo	Adidas	La Caixa & Gol Televisión¹
Villarreal	Fernando Roig Alfonso	Marcelino García Toral	Bruno Soriano	Xtep	Pamesa Cerámica

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.

3. ^ Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.

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

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Celta de Vigo	Luis Enrique	Resigned	15 May 2014	Pre-season	Eduardo Berizzo	2 June 2014
Málaga	Bernd Schuster	End of contract	16 May 2014		Javi Gracia	30 May 2014
Espanyol	Javier Aguirre	End of contract	16 May 2014		Sergio González	28 May 2014
Barcelona	Gerardo Martino	Resigned	17 May 2014		Luis Enrique	19 May 2014
Granada	Lucas Alcaraz	End of contract	28 May 2014		Joaquín Caparrós	28 May 2014
Levante	Joaquín Caparrós	Signed by Granada	28 May 2014		José Luis Mendilibar	30 May 2014
Valencia	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Sacked	2 July 2014		Nuno Espírito Santo	4 July 2014
Deportivo La Coruña	Fernando Vázquez	Sacked	8 July 2014		Víctor Fernández	10 July 2014
Córdoba	Albert Ferrer	Sacked	20 October 2014	20th	Miroslav Đukić	20 October 2014^[6]
Levante	José Luis Mendilibar	Sacked	20 October 2014	19th	Lucas Alcaraz	21 October 2014^[7]
Real Sociedad	Jagoba Arrasate	Sacked	2 November 2014	19th	David Moyes	10 November 2014^[8]
Almería	Francisco	Sacked	9 December 2014^[9]	17th	Juan Ignacio Martínez	12 December 2014^[10]
Getafe	Cosmin Contra	Signed by Guangzhou R&F	18 December 2014^[11]	13th	Quique Flores	5 January 2015^[12]
Granada	Joaquín Caparrós	Sacked	13 January 2015^[13]	20th	Vacant

League table

Template:2014–15 La Liga table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team \ Round
Template:Fb team Real Madrid	3	10	13	7	5	5	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Template:Fb team Barcelona	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Template:Fb team Atlético Madrid	12	6	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Template:Fb team Sevilla	10	5	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	4	4
Template:Fb team Valencia	11	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	4	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
Template:Fb team Villarreal	4	9	8	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	6
Template:Fb team Málaga	7	13	11	10	10	13	11	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Template:Fb team Eibar	6	11	14	9	9	8	9	12	11	9	10	12	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Template:Fb team Espanyol	9	16	19	18	11	12	8	11	10	13	12	14	12	13	11	10	10	10	9
Template:Fb team Rayo Vallecano	13	14	16	17	13	9	12	9	9	12	13	11	10	11	12	13	11	11	10
Template:Fb team Celta de Vigo	2	3	5	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	11
Template:Fb team Real Sociedad	16	8	7	12	14	15	15	16	17	19	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	12
Template:Fb team Athletic Bilbao	15	7	12	15	18	16	18	17	15	11	11	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	13
Template:Fb team Córdoba	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	20	18	20	20	20	20	18	18	19	18	15	14
Template:Fb team Getafe	17	12	15	16	19	14	14	10	12	10	9	10	13	12	13	12	14	14	15
Template:Fb team Elche	20	19	10	13	16	18	16	18	19	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	16
Template:Fb team Deportivo	14	15	9	14	15	17	20	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	16	17	16	16	17
Template:Fb team Almería	8	17	17	11	12	10	10	13	13	14	16	17	17	17	19	16	15	17	18
Template:Fb team Levante	19	20	20	20	17	19	17	19	20	18	19	13	15	15	15	15	17	18	19
Template:Fb team Granada	5	4	6	5	8	11	13	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	20

Last updated: 18 January 2015
Source: Kicker

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Zamora Trophy

Hat-tricks

Scoring

Clean sheets

Discipline

Attendances

Awards

Number of teams by autonomous community

References