After 2018-19 season LA Liga increased the salaries of their match officials, according to the … During the 1960s and 1970s, only Atlético Madrid offered Real Madrid any serious challenge. Under the era of Pep Guardiola, powered by La Masia's talent, such as Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona added two straight Liga titles in 2009 and 2010. On Wednesday, though, La Liga stood firmly behind the referees and the technology, thereby ruling out any kind of bias towards the Los Blancos. Designations of table`s columns on "Cards" tab are: From the 1990s onward, Barcelona have dominated La Liga winning 16 titles to date. Barcelona won their tenth La Liga title in 1985 under coach Terry Venables, their first La Liga win since 1974. Former referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez claimed 90% of match officials in Spain support Real Madrid and the other 10% lean towards Barcelona. [5] Although Real Madrid has been prominent, winning nine titles, La Liga has also seen other champions, including Atlético Madrid, Valencia, and Deportivo La Coruña. Espanyol was the first team in Primera to be dropped to Segunda División in the 2019/20 season. Video assistant referee help the match official during the game for offside, penalty, handball, and fould made in … In 2005–06, Barcelona won the Champions League and Sevilla won the UEFA Cup, making La Liga the first league to do the European "double" since 1997. 20 teams contest the league in its current season, including the top 17 sides from the 2019–20 season and three promoted from the 2019–20 Segunda División. Match officials for Matchweek 32 VAR - Frequently Asked Questions Preview: Liverpool v Newcastle Newcastle target a rare hat-trick of victories. After much debate about the size of the league and who would take part, the Real Federación Española de Fútbol eventually agreed on the ten teams who would form the first Primera División in 1929. The most notable of these are four awarded by Spain's largest sports paper, Marca, namely the Pichichi Trophy, awarded to the top scorer of the season; the Ricardo Zamora Trophy, for the goalkeeper with the fewest goals allowed per game (minimum 28 games); the Alfredo Di Stéfano Trophy, for the player judged to be the best overall player in the division; and the Zarra Trophy, for the top scorer among Spanish domestic players. This is a list of current and past FIFA international referees. Nangyali Sadat (2017-) Mohd. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia have been in the top ten most successful clubs in European football in terms of total European trophies. [16] Real Madrid won five La Liga titles in a row from 1961 to 1965 as well as winning three doubles between 1960 and 1980. [19] When Cruyff took hold of this Barcelona side they had won only two La Liga titles in the past 11 years. Nevertheless, the governing body of Spanish football has not made an outright decision yet. This article is about the top division in Spanish football. Cruyff decided to build a team composed of international stars and La Masia graduates in order to restore Barcelona to their former glorious days. 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The Primera División is currently first in the UEFA rankings of European leagues based on their performances in European competitions over a five-year period, ahead of England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, and Italy's Serie A in fourth. The club subsequently won their first Liga title and retained it in 1941. Real Madrid won their 32nd La Liga title with a record at the time of 100 points. Years in brackets indicate when the referee was designated as the FIFA International Referees List Afghanistan Current referees Men's Referees. Real Madrid won their third La Liga in 1954, 21 years later since 1933, and retained its title in 1955. All the information of LaLiga Santander, LaLiga SmartBank, and Primera División Femenina: schedules, results, classification, news, statistics, and much more During the 1960s and 1970s Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning 14 titles, with Atlético Madrid winning four. Former referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez has claimed 90% of match officials in Spain support Real Madrid and the other 10% lean towards Barcelona. Competition. 12 years later, Johan Cruyff was the first player to join a club in La Liga for a record fee of £922,000 (£11.2 million in 2019), when he moved from Ajax to Barcelona. Atlético Madrid, under the management of Diego Simeone won their tenth La Liga title in 2013–14, their first since 1996. The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División,[a] commonly known simply as La Liga[b] and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons,[2] stylized as LaLiga, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. La Liga 17/18 Referee yellow cards; Referee P FH(AM) SH (AM) H A /Match Cards/Match More; Mario Melero Lopez: 19: 26(29) 87(75) 49: 64: 113: 4-5.95: 6.16: More: David Fernandez Borbalan If this means 6 La Liga teams qualify, then the 4th place team in La Liga instead plays in the UEFA Europa League, as any single nation is limited to a maximum of 5 teams. Primera División was suspended during the Spanish Civil War. by BeSoccer @besoccer_com - 23 Sep 2019 0 441. Video referees are expected to be used in Spanish soccer by the 2018-19 season when they are fully approved by FIFA, La Liga president Javier Tebas has said. Barcelona retained the title yet again and won their 26th La Liga title in the 2018–19 season, for 8 La Liga titles in 11 years. The success of possession-based football was revolutionary,[21] and Cruyff's team won their first European Cup in 1992 and four consecutive La Liga titles between 1991 and 1994. The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as La Liga (LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons with Santander), stylized as LaLiga, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. In addition, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling. During his playing career with them, he scored 333 goals, won the inaugural La Liga title and five Copa Del Rey. Barcelona won a third straight La Liga title in the 2010–11 season, but Real Madrid ended their winning streak in the 2011–2012 season under the management of José Mourinho. [28] Barça finished second, making it their twelfth consecutive placing in the top two, with eight victories[citation needed]. [55], Four of the last six world transfer records have been set by Real Madrid, signing Luís Figo,[56] Zinedine Zidane,[57] Cristiano Ronaldo[58] (plus a deal for Kaká days before Ronaldo[59] which fell just below a world record due to the way the fee was calculated)[60] and finally Gareth Bale, who was bought in 2013 for £85.3m (€103.4m or $140m at the time; £98.5m in 2019) from Tottenham Hotspur. The Catalan whistler Xavier Estrada Fernández will be in charge of the Villarreal v Betis game, Javier Alberola will be in the middle for Sevilla v Real Sociedad, and Adrián Cordero Vega will be the referee for Granada v Leganés. Their title wins were followed by fellow Basque club Athletic Club, who won back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984, with Athletic Club winning their fifth La Liga and Copa Del Rey double in 1984. Meanwhile, on the other side of Spain, FC Barcelona began to emerge as a force under the legendary Josep Samitier. Real Madrid's monopoly in La Liga was interrupted significantly in the 1980s. The top four teams in La Liga qualify for the subsequent season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Free referee stats for the La Liga season 2018/19 includes appearances and cards issued. Barcelona defender Gerard Pique rarely shies away from courting controversy and he has once again sparked debate by claiming that referees in Spain must favour Real Madrid.. Barcelona's run ended with Real Madrid winning La Liga in 1995. The first La Liga player to be involved in a transfer which broke the world record was Luis Suárez in 1961, who moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152,000 (£3.4 million in 2019). Their success in winning five trophies in one year earned them the name 'L’equip de les cinc Copes'[15] or The Team of The Five Cups. This action was taken after RFEF was asked to recognise Levante FC's Copa de la España Libre win as equivalent to Copa del Rey trophy. In 1982, Barcelona again set the record by signing Diego Maradona from Boca Juniors for £5 million (£18 million in 2019). Currently the ranking of Spain (and de facto La Liga) is 1st. All in all, Barcelona won six La Liga titles in the 1990s and continued their success throughout the 2000s. After the success of Cruyff, another Dutchman – Ajax manager, Louis van Gaal – arrived at the Camp Nou, and with the talents of Luís Figo, Luis Enrique, and Rivaldo, Barcelona won the La Liga title in 1998 and 1999, including their fourth double of Liga and Copa Del Rey in 1998. Sometimes, this can lead to a triple-citizenship situation; for example, Leo Franco, who was born in Argentina, is of Italian heritage yet can claim a Spanish passport, having played in La Liga for over five years. This page shows all referees who were active in the LaLiga in the 20/21 season, in order of matches led. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for 38 matches. Real Madrid dominated La Liga between 1960 and 1980, being crowned champions 14 times. Number of key incidents reviewed by VAR this season: 364 Number of incidents correctly overturned after review:10 overturned. A total of 62 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Do La Liga officials favour Real Madrid, particularly at the Santiago Bernabeu? In 1937, the teams in the Republican area of Spain, with the notable exception of the two Madrid clubs, competed in the Mediterranean League and Barcelona emerged as champions. [24] In the 2014–15 season, under the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Suarez nicknamed 'MSN', Barcelona made history by becoming the first team to achieve a second treble, and winning a sixth Liga/Copa Del Rey double. In 1959, FC Barcelona also won another double of La Liga / Copa Del Rey, conquering three doubles in the 1950s. Free online betting tips, place your football bet today. Valencia were also a very strong team in the early 2000s; they were crowned La Liga champions in 2002 and 2004 under Rafael Benítez. Under Samitier and legendary players César Rodríguez, Josep Escolà, Estanislau Basora and Mariano Gonzalvo, Barcelona dominated La Liga in the late 1940s,[14] winning back to back La Liga titles in 1948 and 1949. Atlético Madrid also finished second place in 1961, 1963 and 1965. 354 decisions approved (97.2 percent) VAR has been used in all 29 [22] Although Real Madrid have been prominent, Barcelona have created a hegemony in Spain not seen since the Real Madrid of the 1960s-1970s. Real Madrid enjoyed temporary respite from their European Super League humiliaton by thrashing Cadiz 3-0 on Wednesday to keep the pressure on Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga… This page was last edited on 28 April 2021, at 17:27. La liga match officials development program helping the league to find best referees for the future. [64] Barcelona soon invested a large amount of the money received from this transfer in a replacement, Ousmane Dembélé, whose deal – €105m – was the second most expensive ever before Philippe Coutinho's transfer to Barcelona for €142m in January 2018.[65][66]. The Referee's Technical Committee (CTA) has announced the refereeing appointments for the 19th round of fixtures in Liga BBVA, to be played between Friday the 10th and Monday the 13th of January 2014. Johan Cruyff returned to Barcelona as manager in 1988, and assembled the legendary Dream Team. Since the 2013–14 season, La Liga has also bestowed the monthly manager of the month and player of the month awards. [23] Since the start of the new century, Barcelona have won 10 La Ligas, including two trebles and four doubles. The central defender claimed that it was a natural occurrence that if the referees supported the club before they entered the game, they would favour the club on the pitch if they were officiating those games. Cruyff's Dream Team also consisted of La Masia graduates Pep Guardiola, Albert Ferrer, and Guillermo Amor, as well as Spaniard Andoni Zubizarreta. During the 1940s Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs, winning several titles. The NBA playoffs start in less than a month, and the league is dealing with its worst referee shortage to date. The winner of the Copa del Rey also qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League group stage, but if the winner also finished in the top 5 places in La Liga, then this place reverts to the team that finished 6th in La Liga. The number of places allocated to Spanish clubs in UEFA competitions is dependent upon the position a country holds in the UEFA country coefficients, which are calculated based upon the performance of teams in UEFA competitions in the previous 5 years. For Madrid, it was only their third title since the start of Barcelona's dominance in 2008–09[citation needed]. Unsurprisingly, out of the European leagues La Liga pays the highest match rate with referees getting €6,000 a game, which is just over £5,200. In most cases, clubs could have only three foreign players in their squads, meaning that at least eight local players had to play in every game. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. In 1935, Real Betis, then known as Betis Balompié, won their only title to date. When the Primera División resumed after the Spanish Civil War, it was Atlético Aviación (nowadays Atlético Madrid), Valencia, and FC Barcelona that emerged as the strongest clubs. Reports on Monday have revealed that La Liga giants Real Madrid have Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez 'on their priority list’ ahead of the summer transfer window. Until the 2008–09 season, no official individual awards existed in La Liga. Only three of the founding clubs, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Club, have never been relegated from the Primera División. Referee Del Cerro Grande Goals 54:38 Messi 0-1 65:12 Messi 0-2 Yellow cards [2-3] 30:53 Umtiti (Barcelona) for foul on Sobrino (Alaves) 35:40 Wakaso (Alaves) for foul on Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) 37:24 Ely (Alaves) for foul on Pique (Barcelona) 40:26 Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) for foul on Manu Garcia (Alaves) 44:15 Pique (Barcelona) for handball Penalty Performance comparison of top teams since 2010. Barcelona retained the title and won it again in the 2005–2006 season. [53] Additional awards relating to La Liga are distributed, some not sanctioned by the Liga de Futbol Profesional or RFEF and therefore not regarded as official. Referee page. Boldface indicates a player still active in La Liga. While other clubs lost players to exile, execution, and as casualties of the war, the Atlético team was reinforced by a merger. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Club, Real Sociedad, Getxo, and Real Unión were all selected as previous winners of the Copa del Rey. Real Madrid won their first Liga titles of the century in 2001 and 2003. This team, composed of László Kubala, Mariano Gonzalvo, César Rodríguez and Joan Segarra won La Liga, Copa Del Rey, Copa Eva Duarte (predecessor of Spanish Super Cup), The Latin Cup and The Copa Martini Rossi. Atlético were only awarded a place during the 1939–40 season as a replacement for Real Oviedo, whose ground had been damaged during the war. LA Liga match officials development program helping the league to find best referees for the future. FC Barcelona also became the first team in Spain to achieve the Treble in the 2008–09 season, consisting of winning the La Liga/Copa del Rey double and the UEFA Champions League. The young, pre-war squad of Valencia had also remained intact and in the post-war years matured into champions, gaining three Liga titles in 1942, 1944, and 1947. … [18] Real Sociedad won back-to-back La Liga titles in 1981 and 1982, after leaving both Real Madrid and Barcelona as runner ups. In 1956, Athletic Club won their sixth La Liga title, but Real Madrid won La Liga again in 1957 and 1958. [3] Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional,[c] is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division. According to UEFA's league coefficient rankings, La Liga has been the top league in Europe in each of the seven years from 2013 to 2019 (calculated using accumulated figures from five preceding seasons), and has led Europe for 22 of the 60 ranked years up to 2019, more than any other country. If a player does not have European ancestry, he can claim Spanish citizenship after playing in Spain for five years. It has also produced the continent's top-rated club more times (22) than any other league in that period, more than double that of second-placed Serie A (Italy), including the top club in 10 of the 11 seasons between 2009 and 2019; each of these pinnacles was achieved by either Barcelona or Real Madrid. Sevilla also enjoyed a brief golden era, finishing as runners-up in 1940 and 1942 before winning their only title to date in 1946. The Valencian referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz will whistle Granada-Athletic de la first day of LaLiga, in which the Asturian Pablo González Fuertes will direct Alavés Betis and the Castilian-Manchego Isidro Díaz de Mera, Cádiz-Osasuna, according to the arbitration appointments made public this Thursday by the RFEF. Di Stéfano, Puskás, Raymond Kopa and Francisco Gento formed the nucleus of the Real Madrid team that dominated the second half of the 1950s. Here are the complete list of the champions of La Liga listed from the present winners to the year when it was founded. In the latter parts of the 1950s, coached by Helenio Herrera and featuring Luis Suárez, Barcelona won yet again their third set of back to back La Liga, winning them in 1959 and 1960. In 1971, Valencia won their fourth La Liga title in 1971 under Alfredo Di Stéfano, and the Johan Cruyff-inspired Barcelona won their ninth La Liga in 1974. Former La Liga referee Eduardo Iturralde González has claimed that 90% of referees in Spain are from Real Madrid, while the other 10% are from Barcelona. Atlético Madrid were crowned La Liga champions four times in 1966, 1970, 1973, and 1977. Atlético Madrid, Espanyol, and Europa qualified as Copa del Rey runners-up and Racing de Santander qualified through a knockout competition. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history; If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:[10]. [51] Teams in bold are part of the 2020–21 La Liga season. During the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, there were strict limits imposed on foreign players. The teams participating in La Liga 2020/21 are Athletic Club de Bilbao, Atlético de Madrid, Barcelona, Betis, Cádiz, Eibar, Getafe, Huesca, Levante, Osasuna, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Sevilla, Valencia, Valladolid, Villarreal, Elche, Alavés, Eibar and Celta Vigo. ... La Liga … In 1944, Samitier returned to Barcelona as a coach and guided them in winning their second La Liga title in 1945. If all clubs involved have played each other twice: If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other: If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using: If the tie is still not broken, the winner will be determined by, if the Competition Committee removes a penalty, the points are also removed. In 1952, FC Barcelona made history yet again by winning five distinctive trophies in one year. Atlético Madrid became the first team since Valencia in 2004 to win La Liga and break Barcelona and Real Madrid's dominion over the league. This feat was repeated in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. Referees Match officials for Matchweek 33. 2014-15 La Liga. La Liga KC Rules and Referees REFEREES Resources for La Liga KC Referees are provided below: Referee Schedule (updated 09/09/2019) TRAINING Coaches Information USA Soccer Referee Grade 9 … Although Barcelona won the very first Liga in 1929 and Real Madrid won their first titles in 1932 and 1933, it was Athletic Club that set the early pace winning Primera División in 1930, 1931, 1934 and 1936. Click on referee name or select referee from the drop-down list on the left of the site to analyze in details the stats of his results. This statistic show the goal scorer list of the laliga in the 20/21, sorted by the amount of goals. FC Barcelona won their first title of the new century under the brilliance of Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o in the 2004–2005 season. The 2020–21 season started on September 12. The 5th place team in La Liga qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League group stage. [6] This is the eighth-highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third-highest of any professional association football league in the world, behind the Bundesliga and the Premier League, and above the other two so-called "Big Five" European leagues, Serie A and Ligue 1. In la liga, only barcelona, real madrid and atletico madrid have deep enough pockets to spend millions in the transfer market. 48:07 Montoya (Valencia) for foul on Marcelo (Real Madrid), 52:53 Nacho (Real Madrid) for foul on Zaza (Valencia), 59:29 Casemiro (Real Madrid) for foul on Carlos Soler (Valencia), 65:52 Parejo (Valencia) for foul on Kroos (Real Madrid), [71:04] Carvajal (Real Madrid) for dissent, 80:35 Rodrigo (Valencia) for foul on Kovacic (Real Madrid), 83:37 Carlos Soler (Valencia) for foul on Kovacic (Real Madrid), 90:00+01:22 Zaza (Valencia) for foul on Casemiro (Real Madrid), _______________________________________________________________________, [free-kick correct, Kondogbia could have been booked], [free-kick correct, Carlos Soler could have been booked], [free-kick correct, Casemiro could have been sent off], [advantage correct but should have called it back], [advantage correct but should have called it back, Kovacic should have been booked], 30:53 Umtiti (Barcelona) for foul on Sobrino (Alaves), 35:40 Wakaso (Alaves) for foul on Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), 37:24 Ely (Alaves) for foul on Pique (Barcelona), 40:26 Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) for foul on Manu Garcia (Alaves), ______________________________________________________________________, [free-kick correct, Romero could have been booked], [should have been free-kick Barcelona, Sobrino should have been booked, yellow card Umtiti unclear], [free-kick correct, Iniesta could have been booked], 67:36 Free-kick for possible foul Alba (Barcelona) on Romero (Alaves), no yellow card, [free-kick correct, Alba could have been booked], Referee Analysis : Real Madrid 2-2 Valencia, Referee Analysis : Deportivo 0-3 Real Madrid. Jota available, Phillips out, Jones and Henderson latest External Link. In total, Cruyff won 11 trophies in eight years, making him the most successful manager in Barcelona's history until the record was broken by his protégé Pep Guardiola two decades later. Italics indicates a player still active outside La Liga. VAR is the latest technology that introduce in LA Liga to review the fouls and goals. Barcelona continued their dominance and in the 2015–16 season, won back-to-back Liga/Copa Del Rey double, something that has not been achieved since the 1950s. By default on the referee page all referee's matches of current season are shown in 2 tabs: "Cards" and "Fouls". Champion: FC Barcelona Runner-up: Real Madrid Top scorer of the season: Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid with 48 goals Date: August 23, 2015 to May 24, 2015. A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Primera División and the Segunda División. Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division. La Liga Sevilla set up La Liga title race for the ages on day the clock stopped Sevilla and Granada players return to the pitch to play one more minute after referee … [54] Real Betis set the world record in 1998 when they signed Denílson from São Paulo for £21.5 million (£38.1 million in 2019). Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated the championship in the 1950s, each winning four La Liga titles during the decade. They were also runners-up in 1948 and 1949. If the tie is still not broken, it will be resolved with a tie-break match in a neutral stadium. 2013-14 La Liga. During the 1950s, however, these rules were circumvented by Real Madrid who naturalized Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion. La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 26,933 for league matches in the 2018–19 season. Mallorca and Leganés were also downgraded later.[29]. The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. S alary rises will see Spanish referees becoming the highest-paid in Europe, as LaLiga plan to increase their income by more than 50 percent in the upcoming seasons.. Commencing this … Furthermore, the 6th place (or 7th if 6th already qualifies) team qualifies for the subsequent season's UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.[12]. The referees in charge for matchday 7 of La Liga. In 2008–09 season, the governing body created the LFP Awards (now called La Liga Awards), awarded each season to individual players and coaches. During this decade, Barcelona's first golden era emerged. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the title a record 34 times and Barcelona 26 times. With world-class players like Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gonzalo Higuaín, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Figo, Real Madrid won back-to-back La Liga titles in 2006–07 and 2007–08. Between 1999–2000 and 2004, Deportivo La Coruña finished in the top three on five occasions, a better record than either Real Madrid or Barcelona, and in 2000, under Javier Irureta, Deportivo became the ninth team to be crowned champions. The 1940s proved to be a successful season for Barcelona, winning three La Liga titles and one Copa Del Rey, but the 1950s proved to be a decade of dominance, not just from Barcelona, but from Real Madrid. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced that La Liga will introduce video assistant referees (VAR) for the 2018-19 season. 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