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Spanish football champions
	Founded
	1928
	Number of teams
	20
	Current champions
	Barcelona
	Country
	Spain
	Most successful club
	Real Madrid; (31-time champions)

The Spanish football champions are the winners of the primary football competition in Spain, La Liga. The league is contested on a round robin basis and the championship awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. La Liga, first established in 1929, originally contained ten teams. Before La Liga's organization, the Copa del Rey—a regionalised cup competition—was effectively the national championship.^[1] La Liga is contested in by 20 teams; the three lowest-placed teams are relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three teams in that division. Of the founding teams in La Liga, only Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao have not been relegated.^[2] The league was cancelled between 1936 and 1939 because of the Spanish Civil War.^[3]

Real Madrid and Barcelona are the most successful clubs; they have won 31 and 19 titles, respectively, as of 2009^[update]. No other club has won the title on more than nine occasions; the most recent club other than Real Madrid and Barcelona to win the league is Valencia in the 2003–04 season. Athletic Bilbao has won the Spanish version of The Double the most, having won the league and cup in the same year five times in its history.^[4] Barcelona is the only Spanish team that has won The Treble, which includes the UEFA Champions League along with the league and Copa del Rey. The current champions are Barcelona, who won the 2008–09 competition.^[5]

[edit] Champions

Key

†	Champions also won the Copa del Rey that season
*	Champions also won the Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League that season
Goals	Refers to the number of goals scored by the top scorer in the league in that season

Season	Winner^[3]	Runner-up^[6]^[7]	Third place^[6]^[7]	Top scorers^[8]	Top scorer's club(s)^[8]	Goals^[8]^[9]
1929	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Bienzobas, PacoPaco Bienzobas	Real Sociedad	14
1929–30	Athletic Bilbao^†	Barcelona	Arenas Club de Getxo	Gorostiza, GuillermoGuillermo Gorostiza	Athletic Bilbao	19
1930–31	Athletic Bilbao^†	Racing de Santander	Real Sociedad	Arana, Agustín SautoAgustín Sauto Arana	Athletic Bilbao	27
1931–32	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona	Gorostiza, GuillermoGuillermo Gorostiza	Athletic Bilbao	12
1932–33	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Espanyol	Olivares, ManuelManuel Olivares	Real Madrid	16
1933–34	Athletic Bilbao	Real Madrid	Racing de Santander	Lángara, IsidroIsidro Lángara	Real Oviedo	27
1934–35	Real Betis	Real Madrid	Real Oviedo	Lángara, IsidroIsidro Lángara	Real Oviedo	26
1935–36	Athletic Bilbao	Real Madrid	Real Oviedo	Lángara, IsidroIsidro Lángara	Real Oviedo	27
1936–37	—	—	—	—	—	0 —
1937–38	—	—	—	—	—	0 —
1938–39	—	—	—	—	—	0 —
1939–40	Atlético Aviación^[A]	Sevilla	Athletic Bilbao	Unamuno, VíctorVíctor Unamuno	Athletic Bilbao	22
1940–41	Atlético Aviación	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia	Pruden	Atlético Aviación	30
1941–42	Valencia	Real Madrid	Atlético Aviación	Suárez, EdmundoEdmundo Suárez	Valencia	27
1942–43	Athletic Bilbao^†	Sevilla	Barcelona	Martín, MarianoMariano Martín	Barcelona	32
1943–44	Valencia	Atlético Aviación	Sevilla	Suárez, EdmundoEdmundo Suárez	Valencia	27
1944–45	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Atlético Aviación	Zarra, TelmoTelmo Zarra	Atlético Bilbao	19
1945–46	Sevilla	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	Zarra, TelmoTelmo Zarra	Atlético Bilbao	24
1946–47	Valencia	Athletic Bilbao	Atlético Aviación	Zarra, TelmoTelmo Zarra	Atlético Bilbao	34
1947–48	Barcelona	Valencia	Atlético Madrid	Pahiño	Celta de Vigo	23
1948–49	Barcelona	Valencia	Real Madrid	AlvarezCésar Rodríguez Álvarez	Barcelona	28
1949–50	Atlético Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia	Zarra, TelmoTelmo Zarra	Athletic Bilbao	25
1950–51	Atlético Madrid	Sevilla	Valencia	Zarra, TelmoTelmo Zarra	Athletic Bilbao	38
1951–52	Barcelona^†	Athletic Bilbao	Real Madrid	Pahiño	Real Madrid	28
1952–53	Barcelona^†	Valencia	Real Madrid	Zarra, TelmoTelmo Zarra	Athletic Bilbao	24
1953–54	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Valencia	Stéfano, Alfredo diAlfredo di Stéfano	Real Madrid	27
1954–55	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	Arza, JuanJuan Arza	Sevilla	28
1955–56	Athletic Bilbao^†	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Stéfano, Alfredo diAlfredo di Stéfano	Real Madrid	24
1956–57	Real Madrid	Sevilla	Barcelona	Stéfano, Alfredo diAlfredo di Stéfano	Real Madrid	31
1957–58	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona	Badenes, ManuelManuel Badenes Alfredo di Stéfano Ricardo	Real Valladolid Real Madrid Valencia	19
1958–59	Barcelona^†	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Stéfano, Alfredo diAlfredo di Stéfano	Real Madrid	23
1959–60	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Puskás, FerencFerenc Puskás	Real Madrid	26
1960–61	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona	Puskás, FerencFerenc Puskás	Real Madrid	27
1961–62	Real Madrid^†	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Seminario, JuanJuan Seminario	Real Zaragoza	25
1962–63	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	Real Oviedo	Puskás, FerencFerenc Puskás	Real Madrid	26
1963–64	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Real Betis	Puskás, FerencFerenc Puskás	Real Madrid	20
1964–65	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	Real Zaragoza	Ré, CayetanoCayetano Ré	Barcelona	25
1965–66	Atlético Madrid	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Vavá	Elche	19
1966–67	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Espanyol	Machado, WaldoWaldo Machado	Valencia	24
1967–68	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Las Palmas	Uriate, FidelFidel Uriate	Athletic Bilbao	22
1968–69	Real Madrid	Las Palmas	Barcelona	Amaro, AmancioAmancio Amaro José Eulogio Gárate	Real Madrid Atlético Madrid	14
1969–70	Atlético Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Sevilla	Amaro, AmancioAmancio Amaro Luis Aragonés José Eulogio Gárate	Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid	16
1970–71	Valencia	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Gárate, José EulogioJosé Eulogio Gárate Carles Rexach	Atlético Madrid Barcelona	17
1971–72	Real Madrid	Valencia	Barcelona	Porta, EnriqueEnrique Porta	Granada	20
1972–73	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona	Espanyol	Marianín	Real Oviedo	19
1973–74	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Real Zaragoza	Quini	Sporting de Gijón	20
1974–75	Real Madrid^†	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona	Herrero, Carlos RuizCarlos Ruiz Herrero	Athletic Bilbao	19
1975–76	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Quini	Sporting de Gijón	18
1976–77	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	Kempes, MarioMario Kempes	Valencia	24
1977–78	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	Kempes, MarioMario Kempes	Valencia	28
1978–79	Real Madrid	Sporting de Gijón	Atlético Madrid	Krankl, HansHans Krankl	Barcelona	26
1979–80	Real Madrid^†	Real Sociedad	Sporting de Gijón	Quini	Sporting de Gijón	24
1980–81	Real Sociedad	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	Quini	Barcelona	20
1981–82	Real Sociedad	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Quini	Barcelona	26
1982–83	Athletic Bilbao	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	Rincón, HipólitoHipólito Rincón	Real Betis	20
1983–84	Athletic Bilbao^†	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Silva, Jorge daJorge da Silva Juanito	Real Valladolid Real Madrid	17
1984–85	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Athletic Bilbao	Sánchez, HugoHugo Sánchez	Atlético Madrid	19
1985–86	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	Sánchez, HugoHugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	22
1986–87	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Espanyol	Sánchez, HugoHugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	34
1987–88	Real Madrid	Real Sociedad	Atlético Madrid	Sánchez, HugoHugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	29
1988–89	Real Madrid^†	Barcelona	Valencia	Baltazar	Atlético Madrid	35
1989–90	Real Madrid	Valencia	Barcelona	Sánchez, HugoHugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	38
1990–91	Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Real Madrid	Butragueño, EmilioEmilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	19
1991–92	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	Manolo	Atlético Madrid	27
1992–93	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	Bebeto	Deportivo La Coruña	29
1993–94	Barcelona	Deportivo La Coruña	Real Zaragoza	Romário	Barcelona	30
1994–95	Real Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	Real Betis	Zamorano, IvánIván Zamorano	Real Madrid	28
1995–96	Atlético Madrid^†	Valencia	Barcelona	Pizzi, Juan AntonioJuan Antonio Pizzi	Tenerife	31
1996–97	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Deportivo La Coruña	Ronaldo	Barcelona	34
1997–98	Barcelona^†	Athletic Bilbao	Real Sociedad	Vieri, ChristianChristian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	24
1998–99	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Real Mallorca	Raúl	Real Madrid	25
1999–2000	Deportivo La Coruña	Barcelona	Valencia	Salva	Racing Santander	27
2000–01	Real Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	Real Mallorca	Raúl	Real Madrid	24
2001–02	Valencia	Deportivo La Coruña	Real Madrid	Tristán, DiegoDiego Tristán	Deportivo La Coruña	21
2002–03	Real Madrid	Real Sociedad	Deportivo La Coruña	Makaay, RoyRoy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	29
2003–04	Valencia	Barcelona	Deportivo La Coruña	Ronaldo	Real Madrid	25
2004–05	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Villarreal	Forlán, DiegoDiego Forlán	Villarreal	25
2005–06	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Valencia	Eto'o, SamuelSamuel Eto'o	Barcelona	26
2006–07	Real Madrid	Barcelona	Sevilla	van Nistelrooy, RuudRuud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid	25
2007–08	Real Madrid	Villarreal	Barcelona	Güiza, DaniDani Güiza	Real Mallorca	27
2008–09	Barcelona*	Real Madrid	Sevilla	Forlán, DiegoDiego Forlán	Atlético Madrid	32

[edit] Total titles won

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Real Madrid	31	18	7
Barcelona	19	22	13
Atlético Madrid	9	8	12
Athletic Bilbao	8	7	10
Valencia	6	6	7
Real Sociedad	2	3	2
Deportivo La Coruña	1	5	4
Sevilla	1	4	4
Real Betis	1	0	2

[edit] Total titles won by town or city

Nine clubs from a total of seven towns and cities have been champions.

Town or city	Number of titles	Clubs
Madrid	40	Real Madrid (31), Atlético Madrid (9)
Barcelona	19	Barcelona (19)
Bilbao	8	Athletic Bilbao (8)
Valencia	6	Valencia (6)
San Sebastián	2	Real Sociedad (2)
Seville	2	Sevilla (1), Real Betis (1)
A Coruña	1	Deportivo La Coruña

[edit] Notes

A. ^a Atlético Madrid were known as Atlético Aviacion from 1939 until 1947.

[edit] References

Bibliography

Cresswell, Peterjon; Simon Evans (1997). European Football, A Fan's Handbook. Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-256-X.

Citations

^ Cresswell. p. 489.
^ Hughes, Rob (8 April 2007). "Athletic Bilbao gets an Easter gift". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/sports/08iht-SOCCER.4.5190989.html?_r=1. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Spain - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 September 2008. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spanchamp.html. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
^ "Doing the Double!". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 27 November 2008. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/doublerec.html#span. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
^ Ashby, Kevin (27 May 2009). "Guardiola salutes his treble winners". Union of European Football Associations. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15280/match=302813/report=rw.html. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Spain , Final tables 1928–". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 28 September 2000. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spanhist.html. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Latest Spanish Primera Liga Table". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=21. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Spain - List of topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 12 June 2009. http://rsssf.com/tabless/spantops.html. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
^ "Laws of the game (Law 10)". Federation Internationale de Futbol Associacion. http://www.fifa.com/flash/lotg/football/en/Laws10_01.htm. Retrieved 29 April 2008.

[0] Cresswell. p. 489.

[1] Hughes, Rob (8 April 2007). "Athletic Bilbao gets an Easter gift". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/sports/08iht-SOCCER.4.5190989.html?_r=1. Retrieved 4 December 2008.

[champions-2] "Spain - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 September 2008. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spanchamp.html. Retrieved 29 November 2008.

[3] "Doing the Double!". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 27 November 2008. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/doublerec.html#span. Retrieved 29 November 2008.

[4] Ashby, Kevin (27 May 2009). "Guardiola salutes his treble winners". Union of European Football Associations. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15280/match=302813/report=rw.html. Retrieved 28 May 2009.

[table-5] "Spain , Final tables 1928–". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 28 September 2000. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spanhist.html. Retrieved 24 August 2009.

[soccerbase-6] "Latest Spanish Primera Liga Table". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=21. Retrieved 29 August 2009.

[scorers-7] "Spain - List of topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 12 June 2009. http://rsssf.com/tabless/spantops.html. Retrieved 29 August 2009.

[8] "Laws of the game (Law 10)". Federation Internationale de Futbol Associacion. http://www.fifa.com/flash/lotg/football/en/Laws10_01.htm. Retrieved 29 April 2008.

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Contents

[edit] Champions

[edit] Total titles won

[edit] Total titles won by town or city

[edit] Notes

[edit] References