2021–22 La Liga

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La Liga
Season2021–22
Dates13 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played127
Goals scored306 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerKarim Benzema
(10 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 6–1 Mallorca
(22 September 2021)
Biggest away winAlavés 1–4 Real Madrid
(14 August 2021)
Osasuna 1–4 Valencia
(12 September 2021)
Highest scoringSevilla 5–3 Levante
(24 October 2021)
Longest winning runReal Madrid
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runReal Sociedad
(12 matches)
Longest winless runLevante
(14 matches)
Longest losing runGetafe
(7 matches)
Highest attendance86,422
Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid
(24 October 2021)
Lowest attendance583
Rayo Vallecano 4–0 Granada
(29 August 2021)
Total attendance2,288,298
Average attendance18,306
2022–23
All statistics correct as of 7 November 2021.

The 2021–22 La Liga is the 91st season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and will conclude on 22 May 2022.[1] The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.[2]

On 24 June 2021, the Spanish Council of Ministers resolved that spectators could return to stadium by means of a modification of the royal decree regulating the 'new normality', in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Atlético Madrid are the defending champions, having won their eleventh title in the previous season. Espanyol, Mallorca and Rayo Vallecano join as the promoted clubs from the 2020–21 Segunda División.

This is the first La Liga season since 2003–04 that does not feature the league all-time top goalscorer Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos who spent 19 season in La Liga.

Teams[edit]

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)[edit]

A total of twenty teams contest the league, including seventeen sides from the 2020–21 season and three promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

Teams relegated to Segunda División

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Eibar, after a 1–4 loss to Valencia on 16 May 2021, ending their seven-year stay in the top tier.[4] The second team to be relegated were Valladolid, following a 1–2 home defeat against Atlético Madrid on 22 May 2021, in their final game of the season, ending their three-year stay in the top tier. The third and final team to be relegated were Huesca, after drawing 0–0 against Valencia on 22 May 2021 in their final game of the season, suffering an immediate return to the second division.

Teams promoted from Segunda División

On 8 May 2021, Espanyol became the first side to mathematically be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight following a 0–0 draw against Zaragoza.[5] The second team to earn promotion was Mallorca, following Almería's 2–3 loss to Cartagena on 18 May 2021. Both teams made an immediate return to the first division after a season away. The third and final team to be promoted were Rayo Vallecano, after winning the play-off final 3–2 against Girona on 20 June 2021, returning after a two-year absence.

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2021–22 La Liga
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorroza 19,840[6]
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 53,289[7]
Atlético Madrid Madrid Wanda Metropolitano 68,456[8]
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 99,354[9]
Cádiz Cádiz Nuevo Mirandilla 20,724[10]
Celta Vigo Vigo Abanca-Balaídos 29,000[11]
Elche Elche Martínez Valero 33,732[12]
Espanyol Barcelona RCDE Stadium 40,000[13]
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,393[14]
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 19,336[15]
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 26,354[16]
Mallorca Palma Visit Mallorca Estadi 24,262[17]
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar 23,576[18]
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas 14,708[19]
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 60,721[20]
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 81,044[21]
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 39,500[22]
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 43,883[23]
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000[24]
Villarreal Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 24,890[25]

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Alavés Spain Javier Calleja Spain Víctor Laguardia Kelme Zøtapay
Athletic Bilbao Spain Marcelino Spain Iker Muniain New Balance Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Koke Νike Plus500
Barcelona Spain Xavi Spain Sergio Busquets Nike Rakuten
Cádiz Spain Álvaro Cervera Spain Jon Ander Garrido Macron Bitce
Celta Vigo Argentina Eduardo Coudet Spain Hugo Mallo Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0
Elche Spain Fran Escribá Spain Gonzalo Verdú Νike TM Grupo Inmobiliario
Espanyol Spain Vicente Moreno Spain David López Kelme Riviera Maya
Getafe Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Togo Djené Dakonam Joma Tecnocasa Group
Granada Spain Robert Moreno Spain Víctor Díaz Νike
Levante Spain Javier Pereira Spain José Luis Morales Macron Gedesco
Mallorca Spain Luis García Spain Manolo Reina Nike αGEL
Osasuna Spain Jagoba Arrasate Spain Oier Sanjurjo Adidas Verleal
Rayo Vallecano Spain Andoni Iraola Argentina Óscar Trejo Umbro Digi Communications
Real Betis Chile Manuel Pellegrini Spain Joaquín Kappa Finetwork
Real Madrid Italy Carlo Ancelotti Brazil Marcelo Adidas Emirates
Real Sociedad Spain Imanol Alguacil Spain Asier Illarramendi Macron Finetwork
Sevilla Spain Julen Lopetegui Spain Jesús Navas Νike Naga App
Valencia Spain José Bordalás Spain José Gayà Puma Socios.com
Villarreal Spain Unai Emery Spain Mario Gaspar Joma Pamesa Cerámica
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.
3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Valencia Spain Voro[26] End of interim spell 22 May 2021 Pre-season Spain José Bordalás[27] 27 May 2021
Getafe Spain José Bordalás[28] Mutual consent 26 May 2021 Spain Míchel[29]
Real Madrid France Zinedine Zidane[30] Resigned 27 May 2021 Italy Carlo Ancelotti[31] 1 June 2021
Granada Spain Diego Martínez[32] 27 May 2021 Spain Robert Moreno[33] 18 June 2021
Levante Spain Paco López[34] Sacked 3 October 2021 18th Spain Javier Pereira[35] 7 October 2021
Getafe Spain Míchel[36] 4 October 2021 20th Spain Quique Sánchez Flores[37] 6 October 2021
Barcelona Netherlands Ronald Koeman[38] 27 October 2021 9th Spain Xavi[39] 5 November 2021

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Sociedad 13 8 4 1 19 10 +9 28 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 12 8 3 1 28 13 +15 27
3 Sevilla 12 8 3 1 21 7 +14 27
4 Atlético Madrid 12 6 5 1 21 13 +8 23
5 Real Betis 13 6 3 4 19 17 +2 21 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Rayo Vallecano 13 6 2 5 19 14 +5 20 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7 Athletic Bilbao 13 4 7 2 11 8 +3 19
8 Osasuna 13 5 4 4 14 17 −3 19
9 Barcelona 12 4 5 3 19 15 +4 17
10 Valencia 13 4 5 4 21 20 +1 17
11 Espanyol 13 4 5 4 14 13 +1 17
12 Villarreal 12 3 6 3 14 12 +2 15
13 Mallorca 13 3 6 4 13 19 −6 15
14 Alavés 12 4 1 7 8 15 −7 13
15 Celta Vigo 13 3 3 7 13 17 −4 12
16 Cádiz 13 2 6 5 12 19 −7 12
17 Granada 12 2 5 5 11 16 −5 11
18 Elche 13 2 5 6 11 17 −6 11 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Levante 14 0 7 7 12 25 −13 7
20 Getafe 13 1 3 9 6 19 −13 6
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2021. Source: LaLiga Santander
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 (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[40]

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ALA ATH ATM BAR CAD CEL ELC ESP GET GRA LEV MLL OSA RAY BET RMA RSO SEV VAL VIL
Alavés 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–4
Athletic Bilbao 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 a a 2–1
Atlético Madrid 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 a 2–2 2–2
Barcelona 1–1 a a 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 4–2 3–1
Cádiz 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0
Celta Vigo 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1
Elche 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1
Espanyol 1–0 1–1 1–2 a 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0
Getafe 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Granada 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–1
Levante 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–3 a
Mallorca 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–0
Osasuna 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–4
Rayo Vallecano 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–0
Real Betis 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–2 4–1
Real Madrid a a a 5–2 6–1 0–0 2–1 0–0
Real Sociedad 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Sevilla 2–0 5–3 2–0 3–0 a 3–1
Valencia 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 a 2–2 1–2 2–0
Villarreal 3–3 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 a
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2021. Source: MARCA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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 to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Real Madrid13111111
Atlético Madrid42532242
Real Sociedad187744323
Sevilla21266434
Osasuna141581181095
Rayo Vallecano2020101210656
Athletic Bilbao12119559107
Valencia56323588
Barcelona34477869
Real Betis710149117710
Villarreal1113111314121111
Mallorca85689111212
Espanyol1314161516131413
Elche1017151012151614
Cádiz69121613141515
Celta1616181818161316
Granada1512171717181817
Levante98131415171718
Alavés1919202020201919
Getafe171819191919202020
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Europa League group stage
Europa Conference League play-off round
Relegation to Segunda División
Source: BDFútbol

Season statistics[edit]

As of 7 November 2021

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals[41]
1 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 10
2 Spain Raúl de Tomás Espanyol 7
Brazil Vinícius Júnior Real Madrid
Uruguay Luis Suárez Atlético Madrid
5 Netherlands Memphis Depay Barcelona 6
Spain Mikel Oyarzabal Real Sociedad
7 Spain Iago Aspas Celta 5
Netherlands Arnaut Danjuma Villarreal
Colombia Radamel Falcao Rayo Vallecano
Spain Joselu Alavés

Top assists[edit]

Rank Player Club Assists[42]
1 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 7
2 Argentina Óscar Trejo Rayo Vallecano 6
3 Spain Jordi Alba Barcelona 4
4 Austria David Alaba Real Madrid 3
Argentina Ángel Correa Atlético Madrid
United States Sergiño Dest Barcelona
Portugal Gonçalo Guedes Valencia
Spain Santi Mina Celta Vigo
Spain Iker Muniain Athletic Bilbao
Spain Yeremi Pino Villarreal
Spain Rubén Rochina Granada

Zamora Trophy[edit]

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper has to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.[43][44]

Rank Player Club Goals
against
Matches Average
1 Spain Diego López Espanyol 13 13 1
2 North Macedonia Stole Dimitrievski Rayo Vallecano 14 1.08
3 Argentina Matías Dituro Celta de Vigo 17 1.31
4 Argentina Jeremías Ledesma Cádiz 19 1.46
Spain David Soria Getafe

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date Round
France Karim Benzema Real Madrid Celta Vigo 5–2 (H) 12 September 2021 4
Spain Marco Asensio Real Madrid Mallorca 6–1 (H) 22 September 2021 6
Honduras Anthony Lozano Cádiz Villarreal 3–3 (A) 26 October 2021 11

Scoring[edit]

Discipline[edit]

As of 7 November 2021[46]

Player[edit]

  • Most red cards: 1
    • 29 players

Team[edit]

Awards[edit]

Monthly[edit]

Month Player of the Month Reference
Player Club
September France Karim Benzema Real Madrid [47]
October France Robin Le Normand Real Sociedad [48]


Attendance to stadiums[edit]

Restrictions[edit]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, clubs were not allowed to use the total capacity of their stadiums. According to the progress of the pandemic, the capacity allowed each month was decided by the Government of Spain, in agreement with the Autonomous Communities.

  • August (rounds 1 to 3): 40% of capacity allowed.[49] Additionally, the Basque Country reduced it to 20%,[50] Catalonia to 30%[51] and the Valencian Community limited the attendance to a maximum of 15,000 spectators, always respecting the agreement.[52]
  • September (rounds 4 to 7): 60% of capacity allowed.[53] The Basque Country raised its own limit to 30%,[54] while Catalonia did to 40%.[55]
  • October (rounds 8 to 12): full capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose governments limited the attendance to 60%.[56]

Average attendances[edit]

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Atlético Madrid 258,028 60,594 24,926 43,005 n/a
2 Barcelona 253,278 86,422 20,384 42,213 n/a
3 Real Betis 244,725 50,534 22,590 34,961 n/a
4 Real Madrid 143,216 43,283 19,874 28,643 n/a1
5 Athletic Bilbao 145,230 38,698 9,394 24,205 n/a
6 Sevilla 112,508 30,601 13,962 22,502 n/a
7 Valencia 156,232 34,742 9,868 22,319 n/a
8 Real Sociedad 131,005 37,066 7,652 21,834 n/a
9 Espanyol 114,971 23,377 11,095 16,424 n/a
10 Osasuna 103,169 21,741 6,175 14,738 n/a
11 Levante 80,162 16,298 9,838 13,360 n/a
12 Elche 78,765 23,010 9,145 13,128 n/a
13 Villarreal 73,315 16,719 7,837 12,219 n/a
14 Cádiz 78,771 14,794 6,940 11,253 n/a
15 Granada 52,005 13,651 6,267 10,401 n/a
16 Mallorca 72,196 15,125 6,279 10,314 n/a
17 Alavés 56,949 12,176 2,896 8,136 n/a
18 Celta Vigo 56,668 13,146 5,401 8,095 n/a1
19 Getafe 41,430 8,950 4,810 6,905 n/a
20 Rayo Vallecano 35,675 9,580 583 5,946 n/a1
League total 2,288,298 86,422 583 18,306 n/a

Updated to games played on 7 November 2021
Source: World Football
Notes:
1: Their stadiums have a lower capacity due to works of renovation.

Number of teams by autonomous community[edit]

Rank Autonomous Community Number Teams
1 Andalusia Andalusia 4 Cádiz, Granada, Real Betis and Sevilla
Community of Madrid Community of Madrid Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid
Valencian Community Valencian Community Elche, Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
4 Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country 3 Alavés, Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad
5 Catalonia Catalonia 2 Barcelona and Espanyol
6  Balearic Islands 1 Mallorca
Galicia (Spain) Galicia Celta Vigo
Navarre Navarre Osasuna

Notes[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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La Liga 2021-22 Schedule, Squad

External links[edit]