The 2012–13

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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 Real Madrid's points record from the previous season. As in previous years, Nike 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. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs. Villarreal CF, Sporting de Gijón and

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were relegated to 2012–13 Segunda División 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 2011–12 Segunda División sides:

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

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

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues ...

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

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

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 Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper ''

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'' to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper ''

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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 for Málaga against Celta de Vigo (''18 August 2012'') *Last goal of the season: Piti for Rayo Vallecano against Athletic Bilbao (''1 June 2013'')

Hat-tricks

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

Clean sheets

*Most clean sheets: 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 ** Cristian Săpunaru (Zaragoza) *Most red cards (club): 12 **Sevilla * Fewest red cards (club): 2 ** Barcelona ** Real Sociedad *Most red cards (player): 4 ** Alejandro Arribas (Osasuna)

Number of teams by autonomous community

References

External links

LFP.esLigaBBVA.comsportYou.esInside Spanish Football
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