| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 August 2019 – 19 July 2020 |
| Champions | Real Madrid 34th title |
| Relegated | Leganés Mallorca Espanyol |
| Champions League | Real Madrid Barcelona Atlético Madrid Sevilla |
| Europa League | Villarreal Real Sociedad Granada |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 942 (2.48 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Lionel Messi (25 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Thibaut Courtois (0.59 goals/match) |
| Biggest home win | Celta Vigo 6–0Alavés (21 June 2020) |
| Biggest away win | Osasuna 0–5 Atlético Madrid (17 June 2020) Alavés 0–5 Barcelona (19 July 2020) |
| Highest scoring | Villarreal 4–4 Granada (17 August 2019) |
| Longest winning run | Real Madrid (10 matches)[1] |
| Longest unbeaten run | Atlético Madrid (16 matches)[1] |
| Longest winless run | Athletic Bilbao Espanyol (10 matches)[1] |
| Longest losing run | Espanyol (8 matches)[1] |
| Highest attendance | 93,426[1] Barcelona 0–0 Real Madrid (18 December 2019) |
| Lowest attendance | 5,341[1] Eibar 3–0Granada (20 December 2019) |
| Attendance | 4,630,608 (12,186 per match) |
2020–21 → | |
The2019–20 La Liga season, also known asLaLigaSantander for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th since its establishment. The season began on 16 August 2019 and was originally scheduled to conclude on 24 May 2020.
Barcelona were the two-time defending champions, after winning their 26th title in the previous season.Osasuna,Granada andMallorca joined as the promoted clubs from the2018–19 Segunda División. They replacedRayo Vallecano,Huesca andGirona, who were relegated to the2019–20 Segunda División.
On 12 March 2020, both La Liga and theSegunda División were suspended for at least two weeks due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The league became suspended indefinitely on 23 March.[2] The season recommenced on 11 June, with matches being played every single day until 13 July; all games in the penultimate round were held on 16 July, with all final round matches being played on 19 July.[3][4]
On 16 July,Real Madrid secured a record-extending 34th league title in their penultimate match of the season, following their 2-1 victory againstVillarreal.[5]
A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the2018–19 season and three promoted from the2018–19 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of theplay-offs.
The first team to be relegated fromLa Liga wereRayo Vallecano. Their relegation was ensured on 5 May 2019, afterValladolid beatAthletic Bilbao 1−0, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda División.[6] The second team to be relegated wereHuesca, who were also relegated on 5 May 2019 after a 2−6 home defeat toValencia, also suffering an immediate return to the second tier.[7] The third and final relegated club wereGirona, who concluded their two-year stay in La Liga in a 1−2 away loss atAlavés on 18 May 2019.[8]
Osasuna (on 20 May 2019) andGranada (on 4 June 2019) were the two teams directly promoted fromSegunda División, both after a two-year absence.[9][10] The third and final team to earn promotion to La Liga wasplay-offs winner Mallorca, after coming back from a 2-goal deficit againstDeportivo La Coruña on 23 June 2019. Mallorca returned after a six-year absence from Spain's top flight, spending one of those years in theSegunda División B and achieving two consecutive promotions.[11]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alavés | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | 19,840[12] |
| Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés | 53,289[13] |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Wanda Metropolitano | 68,456[14] |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Camp Nou | 99,354[15] |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Abanca-Balaídos | 29,000[16] |
| Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua | 8,164[17] |
| Espanyol | Barcelona | RCDE Stadium | 40,000[18] |
| Getafe | Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 17,393[19] |
| Granada | Granada | Nuevo Los Cármenes | 19,336[20] |
| Leganés | Leganés | Butarque | 12,450[21] |
| Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | 26,354[22] |
| Camilo Cano, atLa Nucía[a] | 3,000 | ||
| Mallorca | Palma | Visit Mallorca Stadium | 24,262[23] |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar | 18,570[24] |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín | 60,721[25] |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 81,044[26] |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano[a] | 6,000 | ||
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Reale Arena | 39,500[27] |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 43,883[28] |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000[29] |
| Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla | 28,012[30] |
| Villarreal | Villarreal | Estadio de la Cerámica | 24,890[31] |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Betis | Mutual consent | 19 May 2019 | Pre-season | 6 June 2019 | ||
| Alavés | Resigned | 20 May 2019 | 21 May 2019 | |||
| Sevilla | End of contract | 23 May 2019 | 4 June 2019 | |||
| Espanyol | Signed forReal Betis | 6 June 2019 | 6 June 2019 | |||
| Valencia | Sacked | 11 September 2019 | 10th | 11 September 2019 | ||
| Espanyol | 7 October 2019 | 19th | 7 October 2019 | |||
| Leganés | Resigned | 21 October 2019 | 20th | 4 November 2019 | ||
| Celta Vigo | Sacked | 3 November 2019 | 18th | 4 November 2019 | ||
| Espanyol | 23 December 2019 | 20th | 27 December 2019 | |||
| Barcelona | 13 January 2020 | 2nd | 13 January 2020 | |||
| Real Betis | 21 June 2020 | 14th | 21 June 2020 | |||
| Espanyol | 27 June 2020 | 20th | 27 June 2020 | |||
| Valencia | 29 June 2020 | 8th | 29 June 2020 | |||
| Alavés | 5 July 2020 | 15th | 5 July 2020 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid(C) | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 87 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 86 | 38 | +48 | 82 | |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 70 | |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 70 | |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 60 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 56 | |
| 7 | Granada | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 56 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 8 | Getafe | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 54 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 53 | |
| 10 | Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 52 | |
| 11 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 51 | |
| 12 | Levante | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 49 | |
| 13 | Valladolid | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 42 | |
| 14 | Eibar | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | |
| 15 | Real Betis | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 41 | |
| 16 | Alavés | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 39 | |
| 17 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 37 | |
| 18 | Leganés(R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 36 | Relegation toSegunda División |
| 19 | Mallorca(R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 33 | |
| 20 | Espanyol(R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 25 |
| Home \ Away | ALA | ATH | ATM | BAR | CEL | EIB | ESP | GET | GRA | LEG | LEV | MLL | OSA | BET | RMA | RSO | SEV | VAL | VLL | VIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alavés | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Barcelona | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Celta Vigo | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Eibar | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Espanyol | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Getafe | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Granada | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Leganés | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Levante | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Mallorca | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Osasuna | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Real Betis | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sevilla | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Valencia | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Valladolid | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Villarreal | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[62] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 25 | |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 21 | |
| 3 | Villarreal | 18 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 16 | |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 15 | |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 14 | |
| Sevilla | |||
| 8 | Mallorca | 13 | |
| 9 | Atlético Madrid | 12 | |
| 10 | Villarreal | 11 | |
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Alavés | |||
| Getafe | |||
| Alavés | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Levante |
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[63] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 21 | |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 11 | |
| 3 | Villarreal | 9 | |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 8 | |
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Barcelona | |||
| Osasuna | |||
| 8 | Sevilla | 7 | |
| Levante | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Sevilla | |||
| Eibar | |||
| Valencia |
TheRicardo Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaperMarca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.[64]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 20 | 34 | 0.59 | |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 27 | 38 | 0.71 | |
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 29 | 33 | 0.88 | |
| 4 | Getafe | 37 | 38 | 0.97 | |
| Sevilla | 31 | 32 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | Celta Vigo | 4–1 (H) | 9 November 2019 | 13 | |
| Barcelona | Mallorca | 5–2 (H) | 7 December 2019 | 16 | |
| Real Betis | Athletic Bilbao | 3–2 (H) | 8 December 2019 | 16 | |
| Barcelona | Eibar | 5–0 (H) | 22 February 2020 | 25 |
4 – Player scored four goals.
On 15 April 2019,Puma announced their official partnership withLa Liga to manufacture the official match ball for theLiga de Fútbol Profesional. This ended La Liga's 23-year partnership withNike.[68]
Matches played under closed doors are not included in the table.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 1,014,604 | 93,426 | 58,198 | 72,472 | −3.6%† |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 867,570 | 78,237 | 53,870 | 66,736 | +10.1%† |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 801,127 | 67,942 | 45,944 | 57,223 | +2.1%† |
| 4 | Real Betis | 671,130 | 54,426 | 42,578 | 47,938 | +8.6%† |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 533,364 | 47,693 | 33,364 | 41,028 | +0.6%† |
| 6 | Valencia | 566,772 | 45,961 | 37,570 | 40,484 | +2.3%† |
| 7 | Sevilla | 475,811 | 42,375 | 31,453 | 36,601 | +1.4%† |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 398,165 | 36,730 | 26,446 | 30,628 | +37.6%† |
| 9 | Espanyol | 296,935 | 32,084 | 17,390 | 22,841 | +19.8%† |
| 10 | Valladolid | 260,496 | 23,680 | 16,333 | 20,038 | +6.3%† |
| 11 | Levante | 243,632 | 22,543 | 14,886 | 18,741 | −4.7%† |
| 12 | Celta Vigo | 229,137 | 23,614 | 11,983 | 17,626 | −0.4%† |
| 13 | Villarreal | 213,788 | 19,753 | 12,067 | 16,445 | −1.3%† |
| 14 | Granada | 212,074 | 18,895 | 14,127 | 16,313 | +41.0%1 |
| 15 | Osasuna | 218,165 | 17,000 | 13,993 | 15,583 | +5.0%1 |
| 16 | Mallorca | 198,228 | 19,503 | 8,174 | 14,159 | +58.6%1 |
| 17 | Alavés | 188,205 | 17,089 | 10,053 | 13,443 | −8.6%† |
| 18 | Getafe | 157,601 | 15,426 | 6,536 | 11,257 | +3.9%† |
| 19 | Leganés | 139,569 | 11,742 | 6,404 | 9,969 | −0.5%† |
| 20 | Eibar | 78,992 | 7,222 | 5,350 | 6,076 | +24.6%† |
| League total | 7,765,365 | 93,426 | 5,341 | 28,868 | +7.6%† |
Updated to games played on 8 March 2020
Source:World Football
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.
| Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
| September | Real Sociedad | [69] | |
| October | Villarreal | [70] | |
| November | Barcelona | [71] | |
| December | Barcelona | [72] | |
| January | Real Madrid | [73] | |
| February | Barcelona | [74] | |
| June | Real Madrid | [75] | |