The 2016–17

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' ...

season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

secured the title following their away victory at Málaga on the final matchday, finishing with 93 points and winning a record-extending 33rd championship, their first since the 2011–12 season.

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finished second, three points behind Real Madrid. Real became only the second side after Barcelona in

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to score in all 38 games of a La Liga season.

Name sponsorship

The Spanish top flight dropped the sponsorship from

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and was now called LaLiga, while the second division was called LaLiga2. The league made this change to maximize the La Liga brand. On 20 July,

Banco Santander Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group (, , Spanish: ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centr ...

was appointed as the new sponsor.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the

2015–16 Segunda División The 2015–16 Segunda División season, also known as Liga Adelante for sponsorship reasons, was the 85th since its establishment. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 22 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from th ...

. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the

play-offs The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it ...

was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Lo ...

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last match-day, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division.

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...

was the last to be promoted after beating

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

and

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

in the

. The Reds returned to La Liga two years after their last relegation. The three promoted clubs replaced

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La ...

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a fla ...

, and Levante, who were relegated at the end of the previous season after five, twelve, and six years respectively.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

:1. On the back of shirt. :2. On the sleeves. :3. On the shorts.

Managerial changes

League table

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

*First goal of the season:
Juanpi for Málaga against Osasuna (19 August 2016) *Last goal of the season:

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for

against

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants (Eustat ...

(21 May 2017)

Top goalscorers

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper '' Marca'' to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Hat-tricks

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

* Most yellow cards (club): 121 ** Alavés * Fewest yellow cards (club): 74 ** Real Madrid * Most yellow cards (player): 17 ** Fernando Amorebieta (Sporting Gijón) * Most red cards (club): 8 ** Celta Vigo * Fewest red cards (club): 1 ** Barcelona * Most red cards (player): 2 ** Uche Agbo (Granada) ** Kevin-Prince Boateng (Las Palmas) ** Zouhair Feddal (Alavés) **

Sergi Gómez Sergi Gómez Solà (born 28 March 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol as a central defender. Club career Barcelona Born in Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gómez arrived in FC Barcelona's youth aca ...

(Celta Vigo) ** Cristiano Piccini (Real Betis) ** Asier Riesgo (Eibar) ** Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal)

Overall

*Most wins -

(29) *Fewest wins - Osasuna and

Granada Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...

(4) *Most draws - Alavés (13) *Fewest draws -

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain. They are known as ''Los Le ...

and

Celta 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) ...

(6) *Most losses -

(26) *Fewest losses -

(3) *Most goals scored -

(106) *Fewest goals scored -

(30) *Most goals conceded - Osasuna (94) *Fewest goals conceded -

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...

(27)

Average attendances

LFP Awards

Seasonal

La Liga's governing body, the

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, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the

La Liga Awards The La Liga Awards, previously known as the LFP Awards, were presented annually by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) to the best players and coach in La Liga, the first division of association football in Spain. Established in the 2008–09 s ...

Monthly

Number of teams by autonomous community

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:La Liga, 2016-17 2016-17

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