La Liga, is the top of Spanish 🇪🇸 football. Contested by 20 teams, the 3 lowest teams are relegated, and replaced by the top 2 plus the winner of a play-off ⚽️. Explore our predictions for Spanish football – generated from our machine learning algorithm, updated daily 🔥.
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A total of 60 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the title a record 32 times and Barcelona 24 times. Real Madrid dominated the championship from the 1950s through the 1980s. From the 1990s onwards, Barcelona (14) and Real Madrid (7) dominated, though La Liga also saw other champions, including Atlético Madrid, Valencia, and Deportivo de La Coruña. Recently, Atlético Madrid has joined a coalition of now three teams dominating La Liga alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona.
According to UEFA’s league coefficient, La Liga has been the top league in Europe over the last five years. It has produced the continent’s top-rated club more times (18) than any other league, double that of second-placed Serie A. Its clubs have won the most UEFA Champions League (16), UEFA Europa League (10), UEFA Super Cup (13), and FIFA Club World Cup (5) titles, and its players have accumulated the highest number of (FIFA) Ballon d’Or awards (19).
La Liga is one of the most popular sports leagues globally, with average attendance of 26,741 in the 2015 season. This is fourth-highest of football leagues globally, behind the Bundesliga, the Premier League, and the Indian Super League.
