The 2010–11 La Liga (known as the ''Liga BBVA'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of
La Liga
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since its establishment. The campaign began on 28 August 2010, and concluded on 21 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already partook in the
2009–10 season, and three of which were promoted from the
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
. In addition, a new match ball – the Nike Total 90 Tracer – served as the official ball for all matches.
Defending champions
Barcelona
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secured a third consecutive and overall 21st La Liga title following a 1–1 draw with
Levante on 11 May 2011. The result gave Barcelona a six-point lead with two matches remaining which, combined with their superior head-to-head record against
Real Madrid, ensured that they would finish top of the table. Barcelona led the table since defeating Real Madrid 5–0 on 23 November 2010. From that point onwards, they lost only one match en route to winning the title. Barcelona's
Lionel Messi
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won La Liga's
Award for Best Player for a third straight year.
The season was again dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, with second-place Madrid 21 points ahead of third-place
Valencia
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. Having also faced off in the
Champions League semi-finals and the
Copa del Rey final, the top two
rivals
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met four times over seventeen days, for a total of five meetings this season.
Teams
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the .
The club ...
,
CD Tenerife and
Xerez CD were relegated to the
Segunda División
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after finishing the
2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Spanish top flight, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga.
The relegated teams were replaced by
2009–10 Segunda División champions
Real Sociedad from
San Sebastián, runners-up
Hércules CF from
Alicante
Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean port. The population ...
and
Levante UD from
Valencia
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. Hércules returned to the highest Spanish football league for the first time after 13 years, while Real Sociedad and Levante terminated their second-level status after three and two years, respectively.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Awards
La Liga Awards
La Liga's governing body, the
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with
Awards.
Top goalscorers
This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with the LFP as organising body.
*
Source
LFP
ESPN
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Pichichi Trophy
The
Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper ''
Marca'' to the player who scores the most goals in a season, according to its own rules (different from the ones used by FIFA) to determine the goalscorer.
*
Source
Marca
Top assists
*
Source
ESPN Soccernet
Zamora Trophy
The
Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper ''
Marca'' 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.
*
Source
futbol.sportec
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Fair Play award
This award was given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking took into account
aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to know this aspect, 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: 2010–11 Fair Play Rankings Season.
Sources of cards and penalties
Referee's reports
Competition Committee's Sanctions
Appeal Committee Resolutions
an
RFEF's Directory about Fair Play Rankings
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Pedro Zaballa award
Real Madrid
Overall
*Most wins -
Barcelona
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(30)
*Fewest wins -
Almería (6)
*Most draws -
Sporting Gijón (14)
*Fewest draws -
Real Sociedad (3)
*Most losses -
Real Sociedad and
Hércules (21)
*Fewest losses -
Barcelona
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(2)
*Most goals scored -
Real Madrid (102)
*Fewest goals scored -
Deportivo La Coruña (31)
*Most goals conceded -
Almería (70)
*Fewest goals conceded -
Barcelona
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(21)
Season statistics
Scoring
* First goal of the season:
Fernando Llorente for
Athletic Bilbao against
Hércules (28 August 2010).
* Last goal of the season:
Kennedy Bakircioglu for
Racing Santander against
Athletic Bilbao (21 May 2011).
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Discipline
* First yellow card of the season:
Noé Pamarot for
Hércules against
Athletic Bilbao (28 August 2010)
* First red card of the season:
Matías Fritzler for
Hércules against
Athletic Bilbao (28 August 2010)
Attendances
FC Barcelona
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drew the highest average home attendance in the 2010-11 edition of La Liga.
See also
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List of Spanish football transfers summer 2010
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List of Spanish football transfers winter 2010–11
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2010–11 Segunda División
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2010–11 Copa del Rey
The 2010–11 Copa del Rey was the 109th staging of the Copa del Rey (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The competition began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 20 April 2011 with the final, held at the Estadio Mestalla in ...
References
External links
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