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2017–18 La Liga

The 2017–18 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons,[3] was the 87th since its establishment. The season began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018.[4] The fixtures were released on 21 July 2017.[5]

La Liga
Season2017–18
Dates18 August 2017 – 20 May 2018
ChampionsBarcelona
25th title
RelegatedDeportivo La Coruña
Las Palmas
Málaga
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Atlético Madrid
Real Madrid
Valencia
Europa LeagueVillarreal
Real Betis
Sevilla
Matches played380
Goals scored1,024 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorerLionel Messi
(34 goals)
Best goalkeeperJan Oblak
(0.59 goals/match)
Biggest home winGirona 6–0 Las Palmas
(13 January 2018)
Real Madrid 7–1 Deportivo La Coruña
(21 January 2018)
Real Madrid 6–0 Celta Vigo
(12 May 2018)
Biggest away winLevante 0–5 Atlético Madrid
(25 November 2017)
Real Betis 0–5 Barcelona
(21 January 2018)
Highest scoringReal Betis 3–6 Valencia
(15 October 2017)
Real Madrid 6–3 Girona
(18 March 2018)
Levante 5–4 Barcelona
(13 May 2018)
Longest winning run8 matches[1]
Valencia
Longest unbeaten run36 matches[1]
Barcelona
Longest winless run16 matches[1]
Las Palmas
Longest losing run8 matches[1]
Las Palmas
Highest attendance97,939
Barcelona 2–2 Real Madrid
(6 May 2018)[1]
Lowest attendance0
Barcelona 3–0 Las Palmas
(1 October 2017)[2]
Total attendance10,221,182[1]
Average attendance26,968[1]

Real Madrid were the defending champions. Barcelona, under new manager Ernesto Valverde, won the league title on 29 April 2018 with four matches to spare.[6] It was the second part of a double-winning season for Barcelona, who also won the 2018 Copa del Rey Final.[7]

Levante, Girona, and Getafe were the newly promoted clubs competing in the season, with Girona entering La Liga for the first time in its history. At the end of the season, Málaga, Las Palmas, and Deportivo La Coruña were all relegated to the Segunda División.[8][9][10]

Summary

Prior to the season, several teams hired new managers, among them the previous season's runners-up Barcelona, who enlisted the services of Ernesto Valverde from Athletic Bilbao after the exit of Luis Enrique.[11] Meanwhile, Valencia, who had struggled in the previous campaign hired Marcelino.[12]

In the transfer window, Barcelona were involved in the new world record transfer, selling Brazilian forward Neymar to French club Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million.[13] They replaced him with young Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé, who signed for an initial €105 million fee that could rise to €150 million.[14] Defending champions Real Madrid sold striker Álvaro Morata to Chelsea for €80 million and lost veteran defender Pepe to Turkey's Beşiktaş on a free transfer,[15][16] while its largest fee paid during the window was €24 million for young defender Théo Hernandez from city rivals Atlético Madrid.[17]

Barcelona first topped the table on 16 September after winning 5–0 in its third match of the season against neighbours Espanyol,[18] eventually making a run of seven wins from the start of the season that ended with a 1–1 draw at Atlético Madrid.[19] Valencia improved on its previous campaign and began its new season well, with Marcelino getting the best out of players such as Italian striker Simone Zaza and on-loan Portuguese winger Gonçalo Guedes.[20] Real Madrid struggled in the first half of the season, with problems including a smaller squad, injuries and the comparatively poorer goalscoring form of Cristiano Ronaldo relative to recent seasons.[21][22]

In January 2018, Barcelona added to its attack by spending €160 million on Brazilian Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, while the end of a transfer ban allowed Atlético to register Diego Costa and Vitolo for action. Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane made no signings.[23] Málaga were the first team to be relegated, ending its ten-season stay in La Liga with its descent confirmed after a 0–1 loss against Levante on 19 April.[8] Three days later, Las Palmas' relegation was also confirmed after the Canarian team lost 0–4 at home to Alavés to end its three-year top flight status.[9]

On 29 April, Barcelona sealed its 25th league title with a 4–2 win at Deportivo La Coruña, with Lionel Messi scoring a hat-trick. Barcelona still had four matches to play, and it was the second part of its double, having earlier won the 2018 Copa del Rey Final. The result also made Deportivo the final of the three relegated teams, sending them back to Segunda División for the first time in four years.[10]

A day later, Real Betis, under new manager Quique Setién, booked its entry to the UEFA Europa League following a 2–1 win over Málaga.[24] Betis had a chance of occupying Spain's fourth UEFA Champions League spot after Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid, but that was soon taken by Valencia, which returned to the competition for the first time in three years.[25] In its second-last match of the season, Sevilla drew 2–2 with city rivals Betis to confirm seventh place and qualification for the UEFA Europa League at the expense of Getafe.[26] Barcelona were on track to complete the first unbeaten La Liga season since the Spanish Civil War (and first in a 38-match season), but surprisingly lost its 37th match 4–5 at Levante, having only conceded 24 goals all season to that point.[27]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams competed in the league: the 17 sides from the 2016–17 season and the three promoted from the 2016–17 Segunda División. This latter three included the two top teams from the Segunda División and the winners of the play-offs.

Levante was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on 29 April 2017 after winning 1–0 against Oviedo.[28] Girona were promoted as the runners-up after drawing 0–0 against Zaragoza on 4 June 2017, this was its first promotion to the top division.[29] It became the 62nd team to participate in the Spanish top level league. Getafe was the last to be promoted after defeating Huesca and Tenerife in the play-offs, one year after its relegation.[30]

The three promoted clubs replaced Sporting Gijón, Osasuna and Granada, which were relegated at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2017–18 La Liga
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Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2017–18 La Liga
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Location of teams in 2017–18 La Liga (Canary Islands)

Atlético Madrid played for the first season at their new stadium, Wanda Metropolitano, replacing the Vicente Calderón Stadium, where they played since its opening in 1966.[31]

Deportivo La Coruña signed a sponsorship contract with Abanca for renaming their stadium as Abanca-Riazor.[32]

Real Betis completed their stadium renovation and it was grown to 60,720 seats, becoming the fourth biggest stadium in Spain.[33] Meanwhile, after their first promotion ever to La Liga, Girona expanded Estadi Montilivi temporarily for hosting 13,450 spectators.[34]

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AlavésVitoria-GasteizMendizorrotza19,840[35]
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés53,289[36]
Atlético MadridMadridWanda Metropolitano67,703[37]
BarcelonaBarcelonaCamp Nou99,354[38]
Celta VigoVigoBalaídos29,000[39]
Deportivo La CoruñaA CoruñaAbanca-Riazor32,912[40]
EibarEibarIpurua7,083[41]
EspanyolCornellà de LlobregatRCDE Stadium40,500[42]
GetafeGetafeColiseum Alfonso Pérez17,000[43]
GironaGironaMontilivi13,450[34]
Las PalmasLas PalmasGran Canaria32,400[44]
LeganésLeganésButarque11,454[45]
LevanteValenciaCiutat de València26,354[46]
MálagaMálagaLa Rosaleda30,044[47]
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín60,720[33]
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu81,044[48]
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAnoeta32,000[49]
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán42,714[50]
ValenciaValenciaMestalla49,500[51]
VillarrealVillarrealEstadio de la Cerámica24,890[52]

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamManager[53]Captain[54]Kit manufacturer[55]Shirt sponsor
Alavés Abelardo Fernández Manu GarcíaKelmeLEA, Araba-Álava,1 Qubo,2 Euskaltel,3 Integra Energía3
Athletic Bilbao José Ángel Ziganda Markel SusaetaNew BalanceKutxabank
Atlético Madrid Diego Simeone GabiNikePlus500
Barcelona Ernesto Valverde Andrés IniestaNikeRakuten, UNICEF,1 Beko2
Celta Vigo Juan Carlos Unzué Hugo MalloAdidasEstrella Galicia 0,0, Luckia,1 Abanca3
Deportivo La Coruña Clarence Seedorf Pedro MosqueraMacronEstrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca,1 Luckia2
Eibar José Luis Mendilibar Dani GarcíaPumaAVIA, Wiko1
Espanyol David Gallego (caretaker) Javi LópezJomaRiviera Maya, InnJoo,13 SportyCo2
Getafe José Bordalás Jorge MolinaJomaTecnocasa Group, Granitos Buenavista3
Girona Pablo Machín Eloi AmagatUmbroOrgull Gironí, Costa Brava2
Las Palmas Paco Jémez David GarcíaAcerbisGran Canaria, Grupo DISA,1 IOC,1 Kalise Menorquina,2 beCordial Sports3, Binter Canarias,3 Volkswagen Domingo Alonso3
Leganés Asier Garitano Martín MantovaniJomaGoldenPark,1 Sambil Outlet Madrid,2 BeSoccer,3 Elephone3
Levante Paco López Pedro LópezMacronJawwy, València,1 Baleària1
Málaga José González RecioNikeMarathonbet, Benahavís,1 BeSoccer2
Real Betis Quique Setién JoaquínAdidasGreenearth, Estadio Benito Villamarín,1 Wiko,1 Reale Seguros,2 BeSoccer3
Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane Sergio RamosAdidasEmirates
Real Sociedad Imanol Alguacil Xabi PrietoAdidasEuskaltel, Kutxabank,1 Reale Seguros2
Sevilla Joaquín Caparrós (caretaker) Nicolás ParejaNew BalancePlaytika, #Cordiality2
Valencia Marcelino Dani ParejoAdidasBLU, beIN Sports,1 Sesderma,2 Alfa Romeo3
Villarreal Javier Calleja BrunoJomaPamesa Cerámica, Jawwy2
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.
3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure		Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of
appointment
Athletic Bilbao Ernesto ValverdeResigned23 May 2017[56]Pre-season José Ángel Ziganda24 May 2017[57]
Barcelona Luis EnriqueEnd of contract29 May 2017 Ernesto Valverde29 May 2017[58]
Las Palmas Quique Setién30 June 2017 Manolo Márquez3 July 2017[59]
Valencia VoroEnd of interim spell11 May 2017 Marcelino11 May 2017[60]
Real Betis Alexis Trujillo26 May 2017 Quique Setién26 May 2017[61]
Celta Vigo Eduardo BerizzoEnd of contract30 June 2017[62] Juan Carlos Unzué28 May 2017[63]
Sevilla Jorge SampaoliSigned by Argentina20 May 2017[64] Eduardo Berizzo1 June 2017[65]
Alavés Mauricio PellegrinoResigned29 May 2017[66] Luis Zubeldía17 June 2017[67]
Alavés Luis ZubeldíaSacked17 September 2017[68]20th Gianni De Biasi22 September 2017[69]
Villarreal Fran Escribá25 September 2017[70]14th Javier Calleja25 September 2017[71]
Las Palmas Manolo MárquezResigned26 September 2017[72]15th Pako Ayestarán27 September 2017[73]
Deportivo La Coruña Pepe MelSacked24 October 2017[74]17th Cristóbal Parralo24 October 2017[74]
Alavés Gianni De Biasi27 November 2017[75]20th Abelardo Fernández1 December 2017[76]
Las Palmas Pako Ayestarán30 November 2017[77]19th Paco Jémez21 December 2017[78]
Sevilla Eduardo Berizzo22 December 2017[79]5th Vincenzo Montella28 December 2017[80]
Málaga Míchel13 January 2018[81]19th José González13 January 2018[82]
Deportivo La Coruña Cristóbal Parralo4 February 2018[83]18th Clarence Seedorf5 February 2018[84]
Levante Juan Muñiz4 March 2018[85]17th Paco López4 March 2018[85]
Real Sociedad Eusebio Sacristán18 March 2018[86]15th Imanol Alguacil18 March 2018[86]
Espanyol Quique Sánchez Flores20 April 2018[87]16th David Gallego (caretaker)20 April 2018[88]
Sevilla Vincenzo Montella28 April 2018[89]7th Joaquín Caparrós (caretaker)28 April 2018[89]

League table

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Barcelona (C)3828919929+7093Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Atlético Madrid38231055822+3679
3Real Madrid38221069444+5076
4Valencia3822796538+2773
5Villarreal38187135750+761Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6Real Betis38186146061−160
7Sevilla38177144958−958Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8Getafe381510134233+955
9Eibar38149154450−651[b]
10Girona38149155059−951[b]
11Espanyol381213133642−649[c]
12Real Sociedad38147176659+749[c]
13Celta Vigo381310155960−149[c]
14Alavés38152214050−1047
15Levante381113144458−1446
16Athletic Bilbao381013154149−843[d]
17Leganés38127193451−1743[d]
18Deportivo La Coruña (R)38611213876−3829Relegation to Segunda División
19Las Palmas (R)3857262474−5022
20Málaga (R)3855282461−3720
Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[90]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayALAATHATMBARCELDEPEIBESPGETGIRLPALEGLEVMGABETRMARSOSEVVALVIL
Alavés—3–10–10–22–11–01–21–02–01–22–02–21–01–01–31–20–21–01–20–3
Athletic Bilbao2–0—1–20–21–12–31–10–10–02–00–02–01–32–12–00–00–01–01–11–1
Atlético Madrid1–02–0—1–13–01–02–20–22–01–13–04–03–01–00–00–02–12–01–01–1
Barcelona2–12–01–0—2–24–06–15–00–06–13–03–13–02–02–02–21–02–12–15–1
Celta Vigo1–03–10–12–2—1–12–02–21–13–32–11–04–20–03–22–22–34–01–10–1
Deportivo La Coruña1–02–20–12–41–3—1–10–02–11–21–11–02–23–20–10–32–40–01–22–4
Eibar0–10–10–10–20–40–0—3–10–14–11–01–02–21–15–01–20–05–12–11–0
Espanyol0–01–11–01–12–14–10–1—1–00–11–10–10–04–11–01–02–10–30–21–1
Getafe4–12–20–11–23–03–00–01–0—1–12–00–00–11–00–11–22–10–11–04–0
Girona2–32–02–20–31–02–01–40–21–0—6–03–01–11–00–12–11–10–10–11–2
Las Palmas0–41–01–51–12–51–31–22–20–11–2—0–20–21–01–00–30–11–22–10–2
Leganés1–01–00–00–31–00–00–13–21–20–00–0—0–32–03–21–31–02–10–13–1
Levante0–21–20–55–40–12–22–11–11–11–22–10–0—1–00–22–23–02–11–11–0
Málaga0–33–30–10–22–13–20–10–10–10–01–30–20–0—0–21–22–00–11–21–0
Real Betis2–00–20–10–52–12–12–03–02–22–21–03–24–02–1—3–50–02–23–62–1
Real Madrid4–01–11–10–36–07–13–02–03–16–33–02–11–13–20–1—5–25–02–20–1
Real Sociedad2–13–13–02–41–25–03–11–11–25–02–23–23–00–24–41–3—3–12–33–0
Sevilla1–02–02–52–22–12–03–01–11–11–01–02–10–02–03–53–21–0—0–22–2
Valencia3–13–20–01–12–12–10–01–01–22–11–03–03–15–02–01–42–14–0—0–1
Villarreal1–21–32–10–24–11–13–00–01–00–24–02–12–12–03–12–24–22–31–0—
Source: BDFutbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[93]
1 Lionel MessiBarcelona34
2 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid26
3 Luis SuárezBarcelona25
4 Iago AspasCelta Vigo22
5 Cristhian StuaniGirona21
6 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid19
7 Maxi GómezCelta Vigo17
8 Gareth BaleReal Madrid16
Gerard MorenoEspanyol
RodrigoValencia

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists[94]
1 Lionel MessiBarcelona12
Pablo FornalsVillarreal
Luis SuárezBarcelona
4 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid10
5 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid9
Gonçalo GuedesValencia
Pione SistoCelta Vigo
Daniel WassCelta Vigo
9 Jordi AlbaBarcelona8
José ÁngelEibar
Andrés GuardadoReal Betis
José Luis MoralesLevante

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.[95]

RankPlayerClubGoals
against		MatchesAverage
1 Jan OblakAtlético Madrid22370.59
2 Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona28370.76
3 Vicente GuaitaGetafe26330.79
4 NetoValencia33331.00
5 Pau LópezEspanyol31281.11

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound
Lionel MessiBarcelonaEspanyol5–0 (H)9 September 20173
Simone ZazaValenciaMálaga5–0 (H)19 September 20175
Lionel Messi4BarcelonaEibar6–1 (H)19 September 20175
Cédric BakambuVillarrealEibar3–0 (H)1 October 20177
Iago AspasCelta VigoLas Palmas5–2 (A)16 October 20178
Ibai GómezAlavésGirona3–2 (A)4 December 201714
Michael OlungaGironaLas Palmas6–0 (H)13 January 201819
Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridReal Sociedad5–2 (H)10 February 201823
Luis SuárezBarcelonaGirona6–1 (H)24 February 201825
Antoine GriezmannAtlético MadridSevilla5–2 (A)[permanent dead link]25 February 201825
Antoine Griezmann4Atlético MadridLeganés4–0 (H)28 February 201826
Cristiano Ronaldo4Real MadridGirona6–3 (H)18 March 201829
Iago AspasCelta VigoSevilla4–0 (H)7 April 201831
Lionel MessiBarcelonaLeganés3–1 (H)7 April 201831
Carlos BaccaVillarrealCelta Vigo4–1 (H)28 April 201835
Lionel MessiBarcelonaDeportivo La Coruña4–2 (A)29 April 201835
Emmanuel BoatengLevanteBarcelona5–4 (H)13 May 201837
Philippe CoutinhoBarcelonaLevante4–5 (A)13 May 201837
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

[96][97][98][99]

Overall

Average attendances

A match played behind closed doors is not included.

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Barcelona1,248,65797,93949,69369,370−9.9%3
2Real Madrid1,247,39880,73755,14365,653−3.5%†
3Atlético Madrid1,054,19066,59135,03355,484+24.2%2
4Real Betis881,19855,45331,31146,379+41.4%†
5Valencia735,18747,79427,93038,694+14.0%†
6Athletic Bilbao710,14845,76124,58737,376−9.1%†
7Sevilla628,28140,38522,64333,067+0.7%†
8Deportivo La Coruña392,05827,87712,90420,635−7.8%†
9Málaga387,22427,11710,09820,380−7.9%†
10Real Sociedad374,29924,67515,56219,700−8.0%†
11Levante335,93923,54212,94217,681+45.9%1
12Espanyol335,30924,83611,65917,648−12.1%†
13Villarreal317,26721,08712,39816,698−3.8%†
14Celta Vigo309,09820,89510,84016,298−1.0%†
15Las Palmas306,53526,1634,62416,133−20.9%†
16Alavés296,12319,84012,59415,585+2.7%†
17Girona194,62613,3056,39210,243+86.9%1
18Getafe194,37515,3505,09710,230+43.1%1
19Leganés177,38211,4545,9709,336+0.2%†
20Eibar101,1606,7254,0565,324+0.2%†
League total10,226,45497,9394,05626,983−2.4%†

Source: World Football
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.
2: Atlético Madrid played the previous season at Vicente Calderón Stadium.
3: Barcelona played its match against Las Palmas behind closed doors.

LFP Awards

Monthly

MonthPlayer of the MonthReference
PlayerClub
September Simone ZazaValencia[100]
October Cédric BakambuVillarreal[101]
November Iago AspasCelta Vigo[102]
December Luis SuárezBarcelona[103]
January Aritz AdurizAthletic Bilbao[104]
February Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid[105]
March RodrigoValencia[106]
April Lionel MessiBarcelona[107]

Notes

References

External links

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