The 2009–10 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 79th since its establishment. Barcelona are the defending champions, having won their 19th La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on 29 August 2009 and will end on 16 May 2010. A total of 20 teams contest the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2008–09 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball - the Nike T90 Ascente - serves as the official ball for all matches.

[edit] Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Segunda División

• Xerez CD
• Real Zaragoza
• CD Tenerife

Teams relegated to 2009–10 Segunda División

• Real Betis
• CD Numancia
• Recreativo de Huelva

[edit] Team Information

Last updated: 3 December 2009

[edit] Stadia and locations

Almería

Athletic Bilbao

Atlético Madrid

Barcelona

Deportivo

Espanyol

Getafe

Málaga

Mallorca

Osasuna

Racing    

Real Madrid

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Xerez

Zaragoza

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in La Liga 2009–10

Tenerife

Location of teams in La Liga 2009–10 (Canary Islands)

[edit] Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Almería	Alfonso García	Hugo Sánchez	UDA
Athletic Bilbao	Fernando García Macua	Joaquín Caparrós	Umbro	Petronor
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo	Quique Flores	Nike	Kia
Barcelona	Joan Laporta	Pep Guardiola	Nike	None(*)
Deportivo	Augusto Lendoiro	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Lotto	Estrella Galicia
Espanyol	Daniel Sánchez Llibre	Mauricio Pochettino	Uhlsport	Interapuestas.com
Getafe	Ángel Torres Sánchez	Míchel	Joma	Burger King
Málaga	Fernando Sanz	Juan R. López Muñiz	Umbro	William Hill
Mallorca	Tomeu Vidal	Gregorio Manzano	Macron	Air Europa
Osasuna	Patxi Izco	José Antonio Camacho	Diadora	Yingli Solar
Racing Santander	Francisco Pernía	Miguel Ángel Portugal	Slam
Real Madrid	Florentino Pérez	Manuel Pellegrini	Adidas	bwin.com
Sevilla	José María del Nido	Manolo Jiménez	Joma	12Bet
Sporting	Manuel Vega-Arango	Manolo Preciado	Astore	Gijón Asturias
Tenerife	Miguel Concepción	José Luis Oltra	Puma	CajaCanarias
Valencia	Manuel Llorente	Unai Emery	Kappa	Unibet
Valladolid	Carlos Suárez Sureda	José Luis Mendilibar	Puma	Caja Duero
Villarreal	Fernando Roig Alfonso	Ernesto Valverde	Puma	Aeroport Castelló
Xerez	TBD	José Ángel Ziganda	Legea	Cajasol
Zaragoza	Eduardo Bandrés	Marcelino García Toral	Adidas	Telefónica

^(*) FC Barcelona have no shirt sponsors, instead choosing to sport the logo of humanitarian organisation, UNICEF. Barcelona donates five million euros every year to the organisation and wears the organisation's logo on its jersey.^[7]

[edit] Managerial changes

[edit] Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Málaga	Antonio Tapia	Mutual consent	1 June 2009[8]	Juan R. López Muñiz	13 June 2009[9]	8th (2008–09)
Real Madrid	Juande Ramos	End of contract	1 June 2009[10]	Manuel Pellegrini	2 June 2009[11]	2nd (2008–09)
Villarreal	Manuel Pellegrini	Real Madrid purchased rights for €4m	2 June 2009[12]	Ernesto Valverde	2 June 2009[13]	5th (2008–09)
Racing Santander	Juan R. López Muñiz	Mutual consent	13 June 2009[14]	Juan Carlos Mandiá	26 June 2009[15]	12th (2008–09)
Xerez	Esteban Vigo	Mutual consent	28 June 2009[16]	José Ángel Ziganda	8 July 2009[17]	1st in Segunda División (2008–09)

[edit] During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Atlético Madrid	Abel Resino	Sacked	23 October 2009[18]	Quique Flores	23 October 2009[19]	15th
Racing Santander	Juan Carlos Mandiá	Sacked	9 November 2009[20]	Miguel Ángel Portugal	19 November 2009[21]	17th

[edit] League table

Updated to games played on 6 December 2009
Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

[edit] Positions by round

Last updated: 6 December 2009
Source: kicker.de (German)

[edit] Results

Updated to games played on 6 December 2009
Source: LFP and futbol.sportec (Spanish)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

[edit] Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Villa	Valencia	11
2	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Barcelona	10
3	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	9
4	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla	8
	Roberto Soldado	Getafe
6	Aritz Aduriz	Mallorca	7
	Sergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid
8	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	6
	Diego Costa	Valladolid
	Diego Forlán	Atlético Madrid
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid
	Seydou Keita	Barcelona
	Walter Pandiani	Osasuna
14	10 players		4
24	22 players		3
46	41 players		2
87	78 players		1
Own goals			4
Total goals			366
Total games			131
Average per game			2.79

Last updated: 6 December 2009
Source: futbol.sportec and Yahoo! Sport

[edit] Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to top goalkeepers. It is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Víctor Valdés	9	14	0.64	Barcelona
Renan Brito	25	14	1.79	Xerez
Iker Casillas	11	13	0.85	Real Madrid
Juan Pablo Colinas	12	13	0.92	Sporting de Gijón
Daniel Aranzubia	15	13	1.15	Deportivo
Ricardo López	16	13	1.23	Osasuna
Gorka Iraizoz	17	13	1.31	Athletic Bilbao
Diego López	18	13	1.38	Villarreal
Gustavo Munúa	19	13	1.46	Málaga
Carlos Kameni	20	13	1.54	Espanyol
Óscar Ustari	20	13	1.54	Getafe

Last updated: 6 December 2009
Source: futbol.sportec

[edit] Season statistics

[edit] Scoring

• First goal of the season: Raúl González for Real Madrid against Deportivo, 24 minutes and 53 seconds (29 August 2009).^[22]
• First penalty kick of the season: 33 minutes and 48 seconds – Cristiano Ronaldo (scored) for Real Madrid against Deportivo (29 August 2009).^[22]
• Fastest goal in a match: 45 seconds – Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid against Xerez (20 September 2009).^[1]
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+5 minutes and 44 seconds – Andrés Guardado for Deportivo against Atlético Madrid (21 November 2009).^[23]
• Widest winning margin: 5 Goals
  • Real Madrid 5–0 Xerez (20 September 2009).^[1]
  • Barcelona 6–1 Zaragoza (25 October 2009).^[2]
  • Villarreal 5–0 Tenerife (1 November 2009).^[3]
• Most goals in a match: 7 Goals
  • Barcelona 5–2 Atlético Madrid (19 September 2009).^[6]
  • Barcelona 6–1 Zaragoza (25 October 2009).^[2]
• Most goals in a match by one team: 6 Goals – Barcelona 6–1 Zaragoza (25 October 2009).^[2]
• Most goals scored by losing team: 2 goals
  • Real Madrid 3–2 Deportivo (29 August 2009).^[22]
  • Real Valladolid 2–4 Valencia (13 September 2009).^[24]
  • Deportivo 2–3 Espanyol (19 September 2009).^[25]
  • Barcelona 5–2 Atlético Madrid (19 September 2009).^[6]
  • Athletic Bilbao 3–2 Villarreal (20 September 2009).^[26]
  • Real Madrid 4–2 Valladolid (17 October 2009).^[27]
  • Barcelona 4–2 Mallorca (7 November 2009).^[28]
  • Atlético Madrid 2–3 Real Madrid (7 November 2009).^[29]
  • Sevilla 3–2 Villarreal (8 November 2009).^[30]
  • Real Madrid 4–2 Almería (5 December 2009).^[31]
  • Villarreal 3–2 Getafe (6 December 2009).^[32]
• Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
  • Roberto Soldado for Getafe against Racing Santander (30 August 2009).^[33]
  • Seydou Keita for Barcelona against Zaragoza (25 October 2009)^[2]
  • Roberto Soldado for Getafe against Xerez (29 November 2009).^[34]
• First own goal of the season: David Prieto (Xerez) for Athletic Bilbao, 31 minutes and 41 seconds (13 September 2009).^[35]
• First hat-trick of the season: Roberto Soldado for Getafe against Racing Santander (30 August 2009)^[33]

[edit] Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Daniel Aranzubia for Deportivo against Real Madrid, 33 minutes (29 August 2009).^[22]
• First red card of the season: Leandro Gioda for Xerez against Mallorca, 41 minutes and 39 seconds (30 August 2009).^[36]
• Card given at latest point in a game: Cléber Santana (red) at 90+5 minutes and 10 seconds for Atlético Madrid against Deportivo (21 November 2009).^[23]

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Longest first half injury time: 5 minutes and 2 seconds – Valladolid against Athletic Bilbao (4 October 2009).^[37]
• Longest second half injury time: 7 minutes and 10 seconds – Málaga against Zaragoza (22 November 2009).^[38]

[edit] See also

• List of Spanish football transfers summer 2009
• List of Spanish football transfers winter 2009–10
• 2009–10 Segunda División
• 2009–10 Copa del Rey

[edit] References