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were the two-time defending champions, after winning their 26th title in the previous season.

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and

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joined as the promoted clubs from the

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. They replaced

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and

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, who were relegated to the

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. On 12 March 2020, both La Liga and the

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were suspended for at least two weeks due to the

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. The league became suspended indefinitely on 23 March. 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. On 16 July,

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secured a record-extending 34th league title in their penultimate match of the season, following their 2-1 victory against

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Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the

. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs. ;Teams relegated to Segunda Division The first team to be relegated from

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were

. Their relegation was ensured on 5 May 2019, after

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beat

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1−0, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda División. The second team to be relegated were

, who were also relegated on 5 May 2019 after a 2−6 home defeat to

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, also suffering an immediate return to the second tier. The third and final relegated club were

, who concluded their two-year stay in La Liga in a 1−2 away loss at Alavés on 18 May 2019. ;Teams promoted from Segunda División

(on 20 May 2019) and

(on 4 June 2019) were the two teams directly promoted from

, both after a two-year absence. The third and final team to earn promotion to La Liga was play-offs winner Mallorca, after coming back from a 2-goal deficit against

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on 23 June 2019. Mallorca returned after a six-year absence from Spain's top flight, spending one of those years in the

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and achieving two consecutive promotions.

Stadiums 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:
Aritz Aduriz for Athletic Bilbao against Barcelona (16 August 2019) *Last goal of the season:
Coke for Levante against Getafe (19 July 2020)

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy was 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.

Hat-tricks

⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 15 ** Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) ** Damián Suárez (Getafe) * Most red cards: 2 ** Zouhair Feddal (Real Betis) ** Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) ** Lee Kang-in (Valencia) ** Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) ** Allan Nyom (Getafe) ** Facundo Roncaglia (Osasuna)

Team

* Most yellow cards: 130 ** Getafe * Most red cards: 9 ** Espanyol ** Real Betis * Fewest yellow cards: 71 ** Levante * Fewest red cards: 0 ** Valladolid

Match ball

On 15 April 2019, Puma announced their official partnership with

to manufacture the official match ball for the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. This ended La Liga's 23-year partnership with Nike.

Average attendances

Matches played under closed doors are not included in the table.

Awards

Monthly

Notes

References

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