2020–21 La Liga

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La Liga
Season2020–21
Dates12 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
Matches played210
Goals scored507 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerLuis Suárez
(14 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Madrid 6−1 Granada
(27 September 2020)
Biggest away winCelta Vigo 0–4 Villarreal
(8 January 2021)
Granada 0–4 Barcelona
(9 January 2021)
Highest scoringAtlético Madrid 6−1 Granada
(27 September 2020)
Barcelona 5–2 Real Betis
(7 November 2020)
Levante 4–3 Real Betis
(29 December 2020)
Longest winning runAtlético Madrid
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runVillarreal
(12 matches)
Longest winless runElche
(14 matches)
Longest losing runAlavés
Huesca
Osasuna
(4 matches)
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 31 January 2021.

The 2020–21 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, is the 90th since its establishment. The season began on 12 September 2020 and is scheduled to conclude on 23 May 2021.[1]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2019–20 season and three promoted from the 2019–20 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

Teams relegated to Segunda Division

The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Espanyol. They were relegated on 8 July 2020, after losing 1−0 in the Derbi Barceloní, ending their 26-year stay in the top tier.[2] The second team to be relegated were Mallorca, who were relegated on 16 July 2020 after a 1−2 home defeat against Granada, suffering an immediate return to the second division.[3] The third and final team to be relegated were Leganés on 19 July 2020 after drawing 2−2 against Real Madrid in the final game of the season. This ended Lega's four-year stint in the first tier.[4]

Teams promoted from Segunda Division

On 12 July 2020, Cádiz were the first to be promoted, after a 14-year absence, following Oviedo's 4−2 win against Zaragoza.[5] The second team to earn promotion was Huesca after their 3−0 win against Numancia on 17 July 2020. This marks an immediate return to the first division.[6] The final team to achieve promotion were play-off winners Elche after defeating Girona 1−0 on aggregate, returning to La Liga after a five-year absence.[7]

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2020–21 La Liga
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Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2020–21 La Liga
Teams Locations Stadiums Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 19,840[8]
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 53,289[9]
Atlético Madrid Madrid Wanda Metropolitano 68,456[10]
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 99,354[11]
Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza 20,724[12]
Celta Vigo Vigo Abanca-Balaídos 29,000[13]
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 8,164[14]
Elche Elche Martínez Valero 33,732[15]
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,393[16]
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 19,336[17]
Huesca Huesca El Alcoraz 7,638[18]
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 26,354[19]
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar 23,576[20]
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 60,721[21]
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 81,044[22]
Alfredo Di Stéfano[a] 6,000
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Reale Arena 39,500[23]
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 43,883[24]
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000[25]
Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla 28,012[26]
Villarreal Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 24,890[27]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Alavés Spain Abelardo Spain Manu García Spain Kelme Betway, AVIA,3 Integra Energía3
Athletic Bilbao Spain Marcelino Spain Iker Muniain United States New Balance Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Koke United States Νike Plus500, Ria Money Transfer,1 Hyundai2
Barcelona Netherlands Ronald Koeman Argentina Lionel Messi United States Νike Rakuten, UNICEF,1 Beko2
Cádiz Spain Álvaro Cervera Spain Jon Ander Garrido Germany Adidas Dafabet
Celta Vigo Argentina Eduardo Coudet Spain Hugo Mallo Germany Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca,1 Visit Maldives,2 Grupo Recalvi3
Eibar Spain José Luis Mendilibar Spain Sergi Enrich Spain Joma AVIA
Elche Argentina Jorge Almirón Spain Nino Denmark Hummel TM Grupo Inmobiliario
Getafe Spain José Bordalás Togo Djené Dakonam Spain Joma Tecnocasa Group, Reale Seguros,2 El Brillante,3 Tejada's Forever3
Granada Spain Diego Martínez Spain Víctor Díaz United States Νike Winamax, Caja Rural Granada,2 Coviran3
Huesca Spain Pacheta Spain Jorge Pulido Spain Kelme Huesca La Magia, Apisa,1 Bodega Sommos,1 Grupo Cosehisa,2 Ambar 0,03
Levante Spain Paco López Spain José Luis Morales Italy Macron Betway, Baleària1
Osasuna Spain Jagoba Arrasate Spain Oier Sanjurjo Germany Adidas Victorino Vicente,1 Selk,2 Clínica Universidad de Navarra3
Real Betis Chile Manuel Pellegrini Spain Joaquín Italy Kappa Betway, #welcometoSeville,1 Reale Seguros2
Real Madrid France Zinedine Zidane Spain Sergio Ramos Germany Adidas Emirates
Real Sociedad Spain Imanol Alguacil Spain Asier Illarramendi Italy Macron Betway, Winamax,1 Reale Seguros2
Sevilla Spain Julen Lopetegui Spain Jesús Navas United States Νike Plus5002
Valencia Spain Javi Gracia Spain José Gayà Germany Puma bwin, Libertex,1 Sailun Tyres,2 Škoda3
Valladolid Spain Sergio González Spain Míchel Herrero Germany Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0, Integra Energía,2 Inexo3
Villarreal Spain Unai Emery Spain Mario Gaspar Spain Joma Ria Money Transfer
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.
3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Villarreal Spain Javier Calleja[28] Sacked 20 July 2020 Pre-season Spain Unai Emery[29] 23 July 2020
Alavés Spain Juan Muñiz[30] End of contract Spain Pablo Machín[31] 5 August 2020
Real Betis Spain Alexis Trujillo[32] End of interim spell Chile Manuel Pellegrini[33] 9 July 2020
Valencia Spain Voro[34] Spain Javi Gracia[35] 27 July 2020
Barcelona Spain Quique Setién[36] Sacked 17 August 2020 Netherlands Ronald Koeman[37] 19 August 2020
Elche Spain Pacheta[38] Resigned 25 August 2020 Argentina Jorge Almirón[39] 26 August 2020
Celta Vigo Spain Óscar García Sacked 9 November 2020 17th Argentina Eduardo Coudet 12 November 2020
Athletic Bilbao Spain Gaizka Garitano 3 January 2021 9th Spain Marcelino[40] 4 January 2021
Huesca Spain Míchel[41] 12 January 2021 20th Spain Pacheta[42] 12 January 2021
Alavés Spain Pablo Machín[43] 16th Spain Abelardo[44]

League table

Standings

Template:2020–21 La Liga table

Results

Home \ Away ALA ATH ATM BAR CAD CEL EIB ELC GET GRA HUE LEV OSA BET RMA RSO SEV VAL VLD VIL
Alavés — 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 2–2
Athletic Bilbao — 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 a 0–1 2–1
Atlético Madrid — 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 a 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0
Barcelona 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 4–0 5–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 4–0
Cádiz 3–1 2–4 2–1 — 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0
Celta Vigo 2–0 0–2 0–3 4–0 — 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 0–4
Eibar 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0
Elche 0–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–1
Getafe 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–3
Granada 2–1 2–0 0–4 0–0 — 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–3
Huesca 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–0
Levante 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 — 4–3 0–2 2–1 a 2–2
Osasuna 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 — 0–2 0–0 1–3
Real Betis 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 — 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1
Real Madrid 1–2 3–1 2–0 a 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 — 1–0
Real Sociedad a 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 0–1 1–1
Sevilla 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 a 0–1 3–2 — 1–1 2–0
Valencia 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 0–1 — a
Valladolid 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 —
Villarreal 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2021. Source: La Liga, Soccerway
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

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Atlético Madrid111491212854322121111111111
Barcelona121510559121281379855653332
Real Madrid15106313224444322222223
Sevilla1617116610131612756576466544
Villarreal838442432333444544455
Real Sociedad6931031111112133335666
Granada212910636568766777777
Real Betis4217271077121581012910111088
Athletic Bilbao191914151914161114891413101012912139
Celta Vigo9441113171717172018169888891110
Cádiz2081589565656579119108911
Levante1818121318201918181819171815151113111212
Getafe147717498101111151611121416131013
Valencia155281314139914131213141717141414
Eibar1011181914151115161612111114171612151515
Valladolid713171820192020191717191718181815171616
Osasuna361314111179131416182020201919191917
Alavés1720192017181514151513121517131314161718
Elche131620171612810111010101416161518181819
Huesca51216161516181920192020191919202020202020
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Champions League Group stage
UEFA Europa League Group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round
Relegation to Segunda División
Source: La Liga

Season statistics

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:
    Venezuela Yangel Herrera for Granada against Athletic Bilbao (12 September 2020)[45]

Top goalscorers

As of 31 January 2021[46]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Luis Suárez Atlético Madrid 14
2 Morocco Youssef En-Nesyri Sevilla 12
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona
4 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 10
Spain Gerard Moreno Villarreal
6 Spain Iago Aspas Celta Vigo 9
Spain Roger Levante
8 Spain José Luis Morales Levante 8
Spain Mikel Oyarzabal Real Sociedad
10 Spain Sergio Canales Real Betis 7

Top assists

As of 31 January 2021[47]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Iago Aspas Celta Vigo 6
Argentina Ángel Correa Atlético Madrid
3 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 5
Spain Jorge de Frutos Levante
Spain Marcos Llorente Atlético Madrid
England Kieran Trippier Atlético Madrid
7 Spain Sergio Canales Real Betis 4
Belgium Yannick Carrasco Atlético Madrid
France Nabil Fekir Real Betis
Portugal João Félix Atlético Madrid
Spain José Gayà Valencia
France Antoine Griezmann Barcelona
Spain Pablo Hervías Valladolid
Germany Toni Kroos Real Madrid
Spain Jesús Navas Sevilla
Argentina Lucas Ocampos Sevilla
Spain Mikel Oyarzabal Real Sociedad
Spain Óscar Plano Valladolid
Brazil Rodrygo Real Madrid
Spain Carlos Soler Valencia
Spain Manu Trigueros Villareal

Zamora Trophy

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.[48]

As of 22 January 2021[49]
Rank Name Club Goals
against 		Matches Average
1 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atletico Madrid 10 19 0.53
2 Belgium Thibaut Courtois Real Madrid 18 20 0.90
3 Spain Álex Remiro Real Sociedad 19 21 0.90
4 Spain Sergio Asenjo Villarreal 20 21 0.95
5 Serbia Marko Dmitrović Eibar 23 21 1.09

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round
Spain Carlos Soler Valencia Real Madrid 4–1 (H) 8 November 2020 9
Morocco Youssef En-Nesyri Sevilla Real Sociedad 3–2 (H) 9 January 2021 18
Morocco Youssef En-Nesyri Sevilla Cádiz 3–0 (H) 23 January 2021 20
Spain Rafa Mir Huesca Valladolid 3–1 (A) 29 January 2021 21

Discipline

As of 31 January 2021[50][51][52]

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 65
    • Getafe
  • Most red cards: 6
    • Alavés
  • Fewest yellow cards: 35
    • Levante
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Atlético Madrid
    • Villarreal

LFP Awards

Monthly

Month Player of the Month Reference
Player Club
September Spain Ansu Fati Barcelona [53]
October Spain Mikel Oyarzabal Real Sociedad [54]
November Portugal João Félix Atlético Madrid [55]
December Spain Iago Aspas Celta Vigo [56]

Number of teams by autonomous community

Rank Autonomous Community Number Teams
1 Andalusia Andalusia 4 Cádiz, Granada, Betis and Sevilla
Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country Alavés, Athletic Bilbao, Eibar and Real Sociedad
Valencian Community Valencian Community Elche, Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
4 Community of Madrid Community of Madrid 3 Atlético Madrid, Getafe and Real Madrid
5 Aragon Aragon 1 Huesca
Castile and León Castile and León Valladolid
Catalonia Catalonia Barcelona
Galicia (Spain) Galicia Celta Vigo
Navarre Navarre Osasuna

Notes and references

  1. ^ Stadium used for games behind closed doors.
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  2. ^ "European roundup: Suárez's winner for Barça condemns Espanyol to relegation". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Mallorca Set For Relegation With Loss To Granada". beIN Sports USA. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Leganés relegated after holding champions Real Madrid". AS. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Cadiz return to LaLiga Santander". La Liga. 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Huesca returns to the First Division a year later". Sportsfinding. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Elche Secure Promotion To LaLiga With 1-0 Win Over Girona". beIN Sports USA. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Mendizorroza" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  9. ^ "The Stadium". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Official Atlético de Madrid Website - Features". en.atleticodemadrid.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  11. ^ "Facilities - Camp Nou". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Estadio Ramón de Carranza" (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Facilities". Celta Vigo. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. ^ "El Eibar inicia la próxima semana la reubicación de los abonados para la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 21 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Estadio Martínez Valero" (in Spanish). Elche CF. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Datos Generales" (in Spanish). Getafe CF. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Datos del Club" (in Spanish). Granada CF. 1 July 2019.
  18. ^ "El Alcoraz" (in Spanish). SD Huesca. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Estadi Ciutat de Valencia". StadiumDB. 20 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Instalaciones - Estadio El Sadar" (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Estadio Benito Villamarín" (in Spanish). Real Betis. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Santiago Bernabéu Stadium". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Facilities - Anoeta". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  24. ^ "Sevilla F.C." (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  25. ^ "Facilities - Mestalla". Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  26. ^ "Estadio José Zorrilla" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  27. ^ "Estadio de la Cerámica" (in Spanish). Estadio de la Cerámica. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  28. ^ "Villarreal dismiss Calleja and opt for Emery". Marca. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  29. ^ "¡BIENVENIDO, UNAI EMERY!". Villarreal Official Website. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  30. ^ "López Muñiz cierra su etapa en el Glorioso" [López Muñiz closes his stage at the Glorioso] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  31. ^ "Pablo Machín nuevo entrenador del Deportivo Alavés" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  32. ^ "Alexis Trujillo, entrenador del primer equipo" [Alexis Trujillo, first team coach] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  33. ^ "Manuel Pellegrini appointed Real Betis manager". BBC Sport. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  34. ^ "Valencia sack Albert Celades". MARCA in English. 29 June 2020.
  35. ^ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT | JAVI GRACIA". Valencia CF. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  36. ^ "Barcelona sack Setien, Koeman favourite to take charge". sports.yahoo.com. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  37. ^ "Ronald Koeman is the new FC Barcelona coach". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  38. ^ "Pacheta y el Elche CF separan sus caminos tras un ciclo glorioso" [Pacheta and Elche CF part ways after a glorious cycle]. Elche CF (in Spanish). 25 August 2020.
  39. ^ "Jorge Almirón, nuevo entrenador del Elche CF" [Jorge Almirón, new Elche CF manager]. Elche CF (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  40. ^ "Marcelino García Toral, nuevo entrenador del Athletic Club" [Marcelino García Toral, new Athletic Club coach]. Athletic Club (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  41. ^ "Míchel deja de ser entrenador de la SD Huesca | SD Huesca". Míchel deja de ser entrenador de la SD Huesca | SD Huesca.
  42. ^ "Pacheta, nuevo entrenador de la SD Huesca" [Pacheta, new manager of SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  43. ^ "Pablo Machín deja de ser entrenador del Deportivo Alavés" [Pablo Machín leaves Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  44. ^ "Abelardo, nuevo entrenador del Deportivo Alavés" [Abelardo, new manager of Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  45. ^ "Granada 2-0 Athletic: results, summary and goals". AS. 12 September 2020.
  46. ^ "All leaders in Goals". La Liga. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  47. ^ "All leaders in Assists". La Liga.
  48. ^ "Trofeo Zamora". EcuRed.
  49. ^ "Trofeo Zamora La Liga Santander - MARCA.com". MARCA.com.
  50. ^ "Leaderboard Yellow Cards | Liga de Fútbol Profesional". La Liga.
  51. ^ "Leaderboard Red Cards | Liga de Fútbol Profesional". La Liga.
  52. ^ "Generals | Liga de Fútbol Profesional". La Liga.
  53. ^ "Ansu Fati named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for September". La Liga. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  54. ^ "Mikel Oyarzabal named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for October". La Liga. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  55. ^ "Joao Felix named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for November". La Liga. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  56. ^ "Iago Aspas named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for December". La Liga. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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