The 2012–13

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

season (known as the ''Liga BBVA'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd since its establishment. The campaign began on 18 August 2012, and ended on 1 June 2013.

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won the league for a 22nd time, after leading the league the entire season and amassing 100 points, equalling

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's points record from the previous season. As in previous years,

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provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the

2011–12 Segunda División The 2011–12 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 26 August 2011 after the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) ca ...

. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

and

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

were relegated to

2012–13 Segunda División The 2012–13 Segunda División season (known as the Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd since its establishment. The season started on 17 August 2012 and the league phase of 42 rounds ended on 9 June 2013. The entire season ende ...

the previous season: Villarreal were relegated after twelve years in

, Sporting de Gijón returned to Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Racing de Santander ended ten consecutive seasons in La Liga, the longest period in its history. The three teams that were relegated were replaced by three

sides:

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

made an immediate return to the top level as Segunda División champion. The second-placing team

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was also promoted to La Liga after a five-year absence. The third promoted team was decided in the

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where

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returned to La Liga after two seasons in Segunda División.

Stadia and locations

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

League table

Results

Awards

LaLiga Awards

La Liga's governing body, the

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, honoured the competition's best players and coach with LaLiga Awards.

Top goalscorers

The

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is awarded by newspaper '' Marca'' to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Zamora Trophy

The

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is awarded by newspaper '' Marca'' to the goalkeeper with fewest goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. Source
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Fair Play award

This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to determine the best fair play, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored. Source: 2012–13 Fair Play Rankings Season Sources of cards and penalties
Referee's reportsCompetition Committee's SanctionsAppeal Committee Resolutions
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RFEF section about Fair Play

Season statistics

Scoring

*First goal of the season:

Fabrice Olinga Fabrice Olinga Essono (born 12 May 1996), known as Olinga, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward. He became the youngest ever player to score in La Liga at the age of 16, at the service of Málaga. Released shortly after, he went ...

for Málaga against Celta de Vigo (''18 August 2012'') *Last goal of the season:

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for Rayo Vallecano against Athletic Bilbao (''1 June 2013'')

Hat-tricks

* ⁴ Player scored 4 goals * ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

*Most

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: 20 **Atlético Madrid *Fewest clean sheets: 5 **Mallorca

Discipline

*Most yellow cards (club): 139 **Espanyol * Fewest yellow cards (club): 56 ** Barcelona *Most yellow cards (player): 19 **

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(Zaragoza) *Most red cards (club): 12 **Sevilla * Fewest red cards (club): 2 ** Barcelona ** Real Sociedad *Most red cards (player): 4 **

Alejandro Arribas Alejandro Arribas Garrido (born 1 May 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Juárez as a centre-back. He made 172 appearances in La Liga for Rayo Vallecano, Osasuna, Sevilla and Deportivo, also winning the Eu ...

(Osasuna)

Number of teams by autonomous community

References

External links

LFP.esLigaBBVA.comsportYou.esInside Spanish Football
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