The Spanish LA LIGA concluded this week. All 20 teams have played their 36 matches, so we know which club are campeones de la Liga, which teams have qualified for Europe and which have been relegated.
Here's a summary.
[Image courtesy of ESPN Deportes]
Champions and European qualifiers
Winners of the primera division for the 28th time are FC Barcelona under their 60-year-old German trainer Hansi Flick. Seven points adrift were Real Madrid under their Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti, 65, who is leaving to be head coach of the Brazilian national team.
[Photo of El Barça courtesy of MARCA]
Real Madrid have qualified for the Champions League, along with Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Villareal.
Real Betis and Celta Vigo have made it into the Europa League and Rayo Vallecano will go into the Conference League.
Carlo Ancelotti [YouTube] Hansi Flick [Sportschau]
Relegated clubs
Leganes, Las Palmas and Valladolid face the drop into segunda division.
History of La Liga
In its 93-year history only six teams have ever won the league, and of these, two have won just a total of three titles.
Way out in front is Real Madrid with 36, second is Barcelona with 28. Atletico Madrid comes in third with 11 and Valencia has six.
Real Sociedad (San Sebastian) won two years running in the early 1980s and Deportivo La Coruña sneaked a solitary victory in the 1999-2000 season.
[Image courtesy of Amazon]
The question has to be asked .....
Is Spanish football the most boring of all European soccer leagues? No that "honour" surely goes to the Bundesliga with the utter dominance of Bayern Munich.
© Sporty Sam
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AS, Wikipedia
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