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The 2025–26 La Liga, also known as LALIGA EA SPORTS due to sponsorship reasons, will be the 95th season of
La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...
, Spain's premier football competition. It commences on 17 August 2025 and is scheduled to end on 24 May 2026.
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
are the defending champions, having won their 28th title the previous season.


Teams


Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of twenty teams contest the league, including seventeen sides from the 2024–25 season and three promoted from the
2024–25 Segunda División The 2024–25 La Liga 2, also known as LALIGA HYPERMOTION due to sponsorship reasons, is the 94th season of the Segunda División since its establishment in Spain. It commenced on 15 August 2024 and is scheduled to end on 21 June 2025. Teams Te ...
. This includes the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the
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. ;Teams relegated to Segunda División The first team to be relegated from La Liga were
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, after a 1–5 loss to
Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...
on 25 April 2025, after only a single season stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated was
Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...
, after a 0–1 loss to
Sevilla Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville ...
on 14 May 2025, after two seasons in the top tier. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was
Leganés Leganés () is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area, it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most popu ...
, after
Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...
managed to survive by beating Las Palmas in the last matchday, after just one season in the top tier. ;Teams promoted from Segunda División On 25 May 2025, Levante became the first side to mathematically be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight after a three-year absence following a 3–2 victory against
Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populous municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of th ...
.
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became the second team to be promoted on the last day after defeating
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4–0, returning after a two-year absence. The final team will be determined in a playoff between
Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...
and Mirandés.


Stadiums and locations


Personnel and sponsorship

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Ernesto Valverde Ernesto Valverde Tejedor (born 9 February 1964) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. Over ten seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 264 games and 68 ...
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Yuri Berchiche Yuri Berchiche Izeta (born 10 February 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. He began his senior career at Tottenham Hotspur without making a first-team appearance, being loaned t ...
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Hansi Flick Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick (; born 24 February 1965) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of La Liga club Barcelona. Flick played for SV Sandhausen, Bayern Munich, and 1. FC Köln during his career as a fo ...
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Marc-André ter Stegen Marc-André ter Stegen (; born 30 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the German national team and captains La Liga club Barcelona. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world, he is known for ...
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Claudio Giráldez Claudio Giráldez González (born 24 February 1988) is a Spanish professional football coach and former player. He is the current manager of La Liga club Celta Vigo. Playing career Born in O Porriño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Giráldez joined Real ...
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Iago Aspas Iago Aspas Juncal (; born 1 August 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Celta, which he captains. He has spent most of his career with Celta, appearing in 524 official games across 16 seasons and ...
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Sergi Gómez Sergi Gómez Solà (born 28 March 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender. Club career Barcelona Born in Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gómez arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy at the age of 14. E ...
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Cristhian Stuani Cristhian Ricardo Stuani Curbelo (; born 12 October 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for and captain (association football), captains La Liga club Girona FC, Girona. He started ...
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Antonio Raíllo Antonio José Raíllo Arenas (born 8 October 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains La Liga club Mallorca. Club career Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Raíllo graduated from local Séneca CF's you ...
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Vicente Moreno Vicente Moreno Peris (born 26 October 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is currently the manager of La Liga club Osasuna. He spent most of his career with Xerez, appearing in 412 offici ...
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Manuel Pellegrini Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti (; ; born 16 September 1953) is a Chilean professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of Real Betis. As a coach, he has managed clubs in S ...
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Isco Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez (; born 21 April 1992), commonly known as Isco (), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for La Liga club Real Betis, which he captains and the Spain nationa ...
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Xabi Alonso Xabier Alonso Olano (, ; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid. He is regarded as o ...
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Dani Carvajal Daniel Carvajal Ramos (; born 11 January 1992) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a right back, right-back for La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and the Spain national football team, Spain national te ...
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Sergio Francisco Sergio Francisco Ramos (born 19 March 1979), known as Sergio Francisco, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently manager of La Liga club Real Sociedad. He spent the vast majority of his 15-year senior car ...
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Mikel Oyarzabal Mikel Oyarzabal Ugarte (born 21 April 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for La Liga club Real Sociedad, whom he captains, and the Spain national team. He has spent his entire professional career ...
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Matías Almeyda Matías Jesús Almeyda (; born 21 December 1973) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of La Liga club Sevilla. Nicknamed ''El Pelado'' ("bald one") despite his traditionally long hair, he ...
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Nemanja Gudelj Nemanja Gudelj ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Гудељ; born 16 November 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for La Liga side Sevilla and the Serbia national team. Club career NAC Breda Gu ...
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Carlos Corberán Carlos Corberán Vallet (born 7 April 1983) is a Spanish Association football, football Coach (sport), coach and former Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who is currently head coach of La Liga club Valencia CF, Valencia. Previously ...
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José Gayà José Luis Gayà Peña (; born 25 May 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Valencia, which he captains, and the Spain national team. An academy graduate of Valencia, he made his senior debut in ...
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Dani Parejo Daniel Parejo Muñoz (; born 16 April 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal. After starting out at Real Madrid, Parejo first made a name in La Liga with Getafe. Transferring to ...
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Managerial changes

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Xabi Alonso Xabier Alonso Olano (, ; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid. He is regarded as o ...
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Imanol Alguacil Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea (born 4 July 1971), known simply as Imanol as a player, is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back, currently a sporting dir ...
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League table

{{2025–26 La Liga table


See also

*
2025–26 Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanish f ...
* 2025–26 Segunda División * 2025–26 Primera Federación *
2025–26 Segunda Federación The 2025–26 Segunda Federación season will be the fifth for the Segunda Federación, the fourth highest level in the Spanish football league system. Ninety teams will participate, divided into five groups of eighteen clubs each based on geograp ...
*
2025–26 Tercera Federación The 2025–26 Tercera Federación season will be the fifth for the Tercera Federación, the national fifth level in the Spanish football league system. It will consist of 18 groups with 18 teams each. Competition format *The group champions will b ...


References

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External links

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