The La Liga Awards, previously known as the LFP awards, are presented annually by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) to the best players and coach in La Liga, the first division of association football in Spain. Established in the 2008–09 season, they were the first official awards in the history of the Spanish competition. La Liga's best coach and player in each position—goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward—were chosen based on a voting by the captain and vice-captains of each club, while the best player overall was determined via statistical analysis. The gala events and television broadcast were produced in collaboration with audiovisual group Mediapro, whose co-founder Jaume Roures was a registered member (socio) of FC Barcelona.
The awards were discontinued after the 2015–16 season before being officially relaunched for the 2023–24 season under a partnership with EA Sports. In the original era (2008–09 to 2015–16), Barcelona players won 32 honours in the six main categories, almost triple the number of any other club. Barcelona's forward Lionel Messi was named La Liga's best player six times and La Liga's best forward seven times, both all-time records. Across all positions, the other outstanding individuals are Barcelona midfielder Andrés Iniesta with five wins, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola with four wins, Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos with four wins, and goalkeepers Iker Casillas of Real Madrid and Víctor Valdés of Barcelona with two wins each.
Annual awards Player of the season Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Lionel Messi Barcelona2009–10 Lionel Messi (2) Barcelona2010–11 Lionel Messi (3) Barcelona2011–12 Lionel Messi (4) Barcelona2012–13 Lionel Messi (5) Barcelona2013–14 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2014–15 Lionel Messi (6) Barcelona2015–16 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid2016–17 to 2022–23 Not awarded / DiscontinuedThe official LFP Awards were discontinued after the 2015–16 campaign; accolades presented during this period (such as the Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano) were independently awarded by the sports newspaper MARCA.2023–24 Jude Bellingham Real Madrid2024–25 Raphinha Barcelona2025–26 Lamine Yamal Barcelona
Manager of the season Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Pep Guardiola Barcelona2009–10 Pep Guardiola (2) Barcelona2010–11 Pep Guardiola (3) Barcelona2011–12 Pep Guardiola (4) Barcelona2012–13 Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid2013–14 Diego Simeone (2) Atlético Madrid2014–15 Luis Enrique Barcelona2015–16 Diego Simeone (3) Atlético Madrid2023–24 Míchel Girona2024–25 Hansi Flick Barcelona2025–26 Hansi Flick (2) Barcelona
African player of the season Season Recipient Club 2013–14 Yacine Brahimi Granada2014–15 Sofiane Feghouli Valencia2021–22 Yassine Bounou Sevilla2022–23 Samuel Chukwueze Villarreal2023–24 Iñaki Williams Athletic Bilbao2024–25 Iñaki Williams (2) Athletic Bilbao2025–26 Pape Gueye Villarreal
U23 Player of the season Season Recipient Club 2023–24 Lamine Yamal Barcelona2024–25 Lamine Yamal (2) Barcelona2025–26 Carlos Espí Levante
Goal of the season Season Recipient Club Score Against Date 2013–14 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2–2 Valencia 4 May 20142023–24 Jesús Areso Osasuna3–2 Getafe 21 January 20242024–25 Luka Sučić Real Sociedad1–1 Atlético Madrid 6 October 20242025–26 Arda Güler Real Madrid4–1 Elche 14 March 2026
Save of the season Season Recipient Club Against Date 2024–25 Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad 6 October 20242025–26 Joan Garcia Barcelona Espanyol 3 January 2026
Team of the season SeasonPositionGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards2013–14 Thibaut Courtois Filipe Luís Aymeric Laporte Diego Godín Juanfran Ander Iturraspe Gabi Koke Ivan Rakitić Diego Costa Cristiano Ronaldo 2014–15 Claudio Bravo Jordi Alba Nicolás Otamendi Gerard Piqué Dani Alves Grzegorz Krychowiak Ivan Rakitić James Rodríguez Cristiano Ronaldo Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi 2015–16 Jan Oblak Marcelo Diego Godín Gerard Piqué Sergio Ramos Andrés Iniesta Sergio Busquets Luka Modrić Cristiano Ronaldo Luis Suárez Lionel Messi 2021–22 Thibaut Courtois Marcos Acuña David Alaba Jules Koundé Éder Militão Ronald Araújo Sergio Canales Nabil Fekir Luka Modrić Iker Muniain Pedri Karim Benzema Raúl de Tomás João Félix Vinícius Júnior 2022–23 Marc-André ter Stegen Alejandro Balde Jules Koundé Éder Militão David García Nahuel Molina Gabri Veiga Federico Valverde Mikel Merino Pedri Luka Modrić Antoine Griezmann Karim Benzema Robert Lewandowski Vinícius Júnior 2023–24 Unai Simón Miguel Gutiérrez Antonio Rüdiger Ronald Araújo Dani Carvajal Jude Bellingham Federico Valverde Isco İlkay Gündoğan Aleix García Antoine Griezmann Artem Dovbyk Savinho Robert Lewandowski Vinícius Júnior 2024–25 Joan Garcia Antonio Rüdiger Iñigo Martínez Daniel Vivian Álex Baena Federico Valverde Jude Bellingham Pedri Raphinha Kylian Mbappé Lamine Yamal 2025–26 Joan Garcia Santiago Mouriño Eric García Marcos Llorente Carlos Romero Pedri Federico Valverde Aurélien Tchouaméni Vedat Muriqi Kylian Mbappé Lamine Yamal
Monthly awards Player of the month
U23 Player of the month
Manager of the month
Goal of the month
Save of the month
Discontinued awards Best Forward Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Lionel Messi Barcelona2009–10 Lionel Messi Barcelona2010–11 Lionel Messi Barcelona2011–12 Lionel Messi Barcelona2012–13 Lionel Messi Barcelona2013–14 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2014–15 Lionel Messi Barcelona2015–16 Lionel Messi Barcelona
Goalkeeper of the season Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Iker Casillas Real Madrid2009–10 Víctor Valdés Barcelona2010–11 Víctor Valdés Barcelona2011–12 Iker Casillas Real Madrid2012–13 Thibaut Courtois Atlético Madrid2013–14 Keylor Navas Levante2014–15 Claudio Bravo Barcelona2015–16 Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid
Best Attacking Midfielder Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona2009–10 Jesús Navas Sevilla2010–11 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona2011–12 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona2012–13 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona2013–14 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona
Best Midfielder Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Xavi Barcelona2009–10 Xavi Barcelona2010–11 Xavi Barcelona2011–12 Xabi Alonso Real Madrid2012–13 Asier Illarramendi Real Sociedad2013–14 Luka Modrić Real Madrid2014–15 James Rodríguez Real Madrid2015–16 Luka Modrić Real Madrid
Best Defender Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Dani Alves Barcelona2009–10 Gerard Piqué Barcelona2010–11 Eric Abidal Barcelona2011–12 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid2012–13 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid2013–14 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid2014–15 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid2015–16 Diego Godín Atlético Madrid
Fair Play Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Juan Carlos Valerón Deportivo La Coruña2009–10 Marcos Senna Villarreal2010–11 Alberto Rivera Sporting Gijón2011–12 Carles Puyol Barcelona2012–13 Iker Casillas Real Madrid2013–14 Ivan Rakitić Sevilla
Breakthrough Player Season Recipient Club 2008–09 Sergio Busquets Barcelona2009–10 Pedro Barcelona2010–11 Iker Muniain Athletic Bilbao2011–12 Isco Málaga2012–13 Asier Illarramendi Real Sociedad2013–14 Rafinha Celta Vigo2015–16 Marco Asensio Espanyol
Best American Player Season Recipient Club 2013–14 Carlos Bacca Sevilla2014–15 Neymar Barcelona
Fans' Five-Star Player Season Recipient Club 2014–15 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2015–16 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid
Play of the Month
+KeyItalicsHome team MonthYearPlayer(s)ClubScoreOpponentDateRef.2023.82023 Nico Williams Gorka GuruzetaAthletic Bilbao2–0Osasuna19 August 20232023.92023 Federico Valverde Fran GarcíaReal Madrid1–1Real Sociedad17 September 20232023.102023 Gerard Gumbau Bryan ZaragozaGranada2–0Barcelona8 October 20232023.112023 Alberto Moleiro Kirian RodríguezLas Palmas1–0Atlético Madrid3 November 20232023.122023 Nico Williams Iñigo LekueAthletic Bilbao2–0Atlético Madrid16 December 20232024.12024 Ferran Torres João FélixBarcelona3–2Real Betis21 January 20242024.22024 Álex Sola Samu OmorodionAlavés1–2Barcelona3 February 20242024.32024 Mikel Oyarzabal Mikel MerinoReal Sociedad2–0Cádiz15 March 20242024.42024 Isco Nabil FekirReal Betis2–1Celta Vigo12 April 2024
Others The following awards were only presented once: Season Award Recipient Club 2012–13 Most Valuable Player Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid2015–16 World Player Luis Suárez Barcelona
See also Don Balón Award Miguel Muñoz Trophy Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano Trofeo Aldo Rovira Trofeo EFE Ricardo Zamora Trophy Pichichi Trophy Zarra Trophy
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