La Liga is the premier division tournament in Spanish football.
Founded in 1929, the La Liga is competed by 20 teams with the three lowest placed teams being relegated to the Segunda Division at the end of every season. The three relegated teams are replaced by two top-placed teams in Segunda Division and a play-off winner in the second division league.
Meanwhile, the top-four placed teams in La Liga directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League every season.
Since the inception of La Liga, as many as 62 teams have contested in the La Liga. Interestingly, there have been only nine different winners of the top-tier league of Spanish football.
Between 1936 and 1939, La Liga was cancelled due to the Spanish civil war.
Real Madrid hold the record for winning the most consecutive titles in La Liga. The Los Blancos won five consecutive La Liga titles from 1960 to 1965 before again repeating the feat from 1985 to 1990.
Who won the first La Liga?
FC Barcelona won the inaugural edition of La Liga in 1929. The inaugural edition of La Liga was a 10-team affair. The Blaugrana bagged the title after beating Real Union in the final round of the Liga. Barcelona secured 25 points from 18 matches, two points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid.
Since then, the Catalan giants have won the title on 27 occasions.
Who has won the most La Liga titles?
Real Madrid are the most decorated team in La Liga, having won the title a record 36 times. The Los Blancos are also the reigning champions of La Liga, having clinched the 2023-24 edition of the league.
La Liga winners List
2023–2024: Real Madrid
2022-23: FC Barcelona
2021–2022: Real Madrid
2020–2021: Atlético Madrid
2019–2020: Real Madrid
2018–2019: FC Barcelona
2017–2018: FC Barcelona
2016–2017: Real Madrid
2015–2016: FC Barcelona
2014–2015: FC Barcelona
2013–2014: Atlético Madrid
2012–2013: FC Barcelona
2011–2012: Real Madrid
2010–2011: FC Barcelona
2009–2010: FC Barcelona
2008–2009: FC Barcelona
2007–2008: Real Madrid
2006–2007: Real Madrid
2005–2006: FC Barcelona
2004–2005: FC Barcelona
2003–2004: Valencia
2002–2003: Real Madrid
2001–2002: Valencia
2000–2001: Real Madrid
1999–2000: Deportivo La Coruña
1998–1999: FC Barcelona
1997–1998: FC Barcelona
1996–1997: Real Madrid
1995–1996: Atlético Madrid
1994–1995: Real Madrid
1993–1994: FC Barcelona
1992–1993: FC Barcelona
1991–1992: FC Barcelona
1990–1991: FC Barcelona
1989–1990: Real Madrid
1988–1989: Real Madrid
1987–1988: Real Madrid
1986–1987: Real Madrid
1985–1986: Real Madrid
1984–1985: FC Barcelona
1983–1984: Athletic Bilbao
1982–1983: Athletic Bilbao
1981–1982: Real Sociedad
1980–1981: Real Sociedad
1979–1980: Real Madrid
1978–1979: Real Madrid
1977–1978: Real Madrid
1976–1977: Atlético Madrid
1975–1976: Real Madrid
1974–1975: Real Madrid
1973–1974: FC Barcelona
1972–1973: Atlético Madrid
1971–1972: Real Madrid
1970–1971: Valencia
1969–1970: Atlético Madrid
1968–1969: Real Madrid
1967–1968: Real Madrid
1966–1967: Real Madrid
1965–1966: Atlético Madrid
1964–1965: Real Madrid
1963–1964: Real Madrid
1962–1963: Real Madrid
1961–1962: Real Madrid
1960–1961: Real Madrid
1959–1960: FC Barcelona
1958–1959: FC Barcelona
1957–1958: Real Madrid
1956–1957: Real Madrid
1955–1956: Athletic Bilbao
1954–1955: Real Madrid
1953–1954: Real Madrid
1952–1953: FC Barcelona
1951–1952: FC Barcelona
1950–1951: Atlético Madrid
1949–1950: Atlético Madrid
1948–1949: FC Barcelona
1947–1948: FC Barcelona
1946–1947: Valencia
1945–1946: Sevilla
1944-1945: FC Barcelona
1943-1944: Valencia
1942-1943: Athletic Bilbao
1941-1942: Valencia
1940-1941: Atlético Madrid
1939-1940: Atlético Madrid
1935–1936: Athletic Bilbao
1934–1935: Real Betis
1933–1934: Athletic Bilbao
1932–1933: Real Madrid
1931–1932: Real Madrid
1930–1931: Athletic Bilbao
1929–1930: Athletic Bilbao
1929: FC Barcelona
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