The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has handed Spanish clubs Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid long transfer bans for breaches relating to the registration of players under the age of 18. The ban does not cover the current transfer window, which runs until the end of this month, but will come into action from the summer transfer window.…
Real Madrid have sacked coach Rafa Benitez after less than half a season in charge, and have promoted Zinedine Zidane from the B team’s managerial position to replace him, president Florentino Perez confirmed on Monday. The club have now lost three of their last eight league games, winning four and drawing just one. Sunday night’s game against…
Thibaut Courtois wants to quit Chelsea and move to Real Madrid in the coming months, reports have suggested. According to OK Dario, Real Madrid have given up their pursuit of David de Gea and are focusing on securing a deal for Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois instead. The Belgian goalkeeper has only just returned to the Blues line-up…
Uruguay international Diego Godin has ended any talk of a move to Manchester United by stating that he’ll stay with Atletico ‘to the death’. The 29-year-old has been at Atletico Madrid since 2010 and helped the Spanish club secure the La Liga title in 2014. Having impressed at the Vicente Calderon, the Uruguay international has frequently been…
Manchester United legend Gary Neville is doing his best to take his Valencia squad out of the old times by introducing some modern technology, which he thinks can help the team secure a top-four finish in La Liga. Under Neville, Valencia lost their first game to Lyon in the Champions League, and followed it up with a…
Rafa Benitez has praised Real Madrid’s ‘BBC’ – the attacking trio of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo after the weekend’s 4-1 win over Getafe. The result came after the team was expelled out of the Copa del Rey in midweek due to the fielding of an ineligible player against Cadiz. Speaking after the game,…
La Liga News & Spanish Football Transfer news
La Liga, also known as the Primera Division, or the La Liga Santander, is the primary football competition in Spain. The first Primera Division was formed in the year 1929, and the competition has since developed into one of the biggest football tournaments in the world.
As per the UEFA's league coefficient, the La Liga has been the topmost football league in Europe for the last five years. The competition has produced Europe's top-rated clubs more number of times (18) than any other league. The major powerhouses playing in La Liga have also won the most number of UEFA Champions League (16) as well as UEFA Europa League (10) titles.
The Spanish League is currently home to two of the best football players of this generation – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. La Liga has always featured the best footballers on the planet; in fact, superstars featuring in this league have won the highest number of Ballon d'Or awards (19).
La Liga is contested by 20 of the best clubs in Spain. Each team faces the 19 others two times per season, from the month of August to May. The format of this competition is a double round-robin system, and it features 380 matches per season. The teams are awarded 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and none for defeats. Teams are placed in the table according to their total points. In case of ties, the factors that determine the tie-break are head-to-head points, followed by head-to-head goal difference, head-to-head goals scored, total goal difference, total goals scored, Fairplay score, and lastly, a play-off match in a neutral stadium.
So far, a total of 60 teams have featured in the La Liga since its formation. However, only 9 of those clubs have managed to win this prestigious competition – Real Madrid (32), Barcelona (24), Atletico Madrid (10), Athletic Bilbao (8), Valencia (6), Real Sociedad (2), Deportivo La Coruna, Sevilla, and Real Betis (1).
Here at BlameFootball, we provide a thorough coverage of La Liga news. We make available all the in-detail information of not just Spanish football news, but also the latest La Liga transfer news, along with up to date live scores, team news, match results, interviews, analysis, La Liga football rumours, La Liga football gossip, and the overall Spanish transfer news.
