The 2019–20 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th since its establishment. The season began on 16 August 2019 and was originally scheduled to conclude on 24 May 2020.
Barcelona were the two-time defending champions, after winning their 26th title in the previous season. Osasuna, Granada and Mallorca joined as the promoted clubs from the 2018–19 Segunda División. They replaced Rayo Vallecano, Huesca and Girona, who were relegated to the 2019–20 Segunda División.
On 12 March 2020, both La Liga and the Segunda División were suspended for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league became suspended indefinitely on 23 March. The season recommenced on 11 June, with matches being played every single day until 13 July; all games in the penultimate round were held on 16 July, with all final round matches being played on 19 July.
On 16 July, Real Madrid secured a record-extending 34th league title in their penultimate match of the season, following their 2–1 victory against Villarreal.
Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.
Teams relegated to Segunda Division
The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Rayo Vallecano. Their relegation was ensured on 5 May 2019, after Valladolid beat Athletic Bilbao 1–0, suffering an immediate return to the Segunda División. The second team to be relegated were Huesca, who were also relegated on 5 May 2019 after a 2–6 home defeat to Valencia, also suffering an immediate return to the second tier. The third and final relegated club were Girona, who concluded their two-year stay in La Liga in a 1–2 away loss at Alavés on 18 May 2019.
Teams promoted from Segunda División
Osasuna (on 20 May 2019) and Granada (on 4 June 2019) were the two teams directly promoted from Segunda División, both after a two-year absence. The third and final team to earn promotion to La Liga was play-offs winner Mallorca, after coming back from a 2-goal deficit against Deportivo La Coruña on 23 June 2019. Mallorca returned after a six-year absence from Spain's top flight, spending one of those years in the Segunda División B and achieving two consecutive promotions.
Stadiums and locations
+ Team Location Stadium CapacityAlavésVitoria-GasteizMendizorrotzaAthletic BilbaoBilbaoSan MamésAtlético MadridMadridWanda MetropolitanoBarcelonaBarcelonaCamp NouCelta VigoVigoAbanca-BalaídosEibarEibarIpuruaEspanyolBarcelonaRCDE StadiumGetafeGetafeColiseum Alfonso PérezGranadaGranadaNuevo Los Cármenes LeganésLeganésButarqueLevanteValenciaCiutat de ValènciaCamilo Cano, at La NucíaMallorcaPalmaVisit Mallorca Stadium OsasunaPamplonaEl SadarReal BetisSevilleBenito VillamarínReal MadridMadridSantiago BernabéuAlfredo Di Stéfano Real SociedadSan SebastiánReale ArenaSevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez PizjuánValenciaValenciaMestallaValladolidValladolidJosé ZorrillaVillarrealVillarrealEstadio de la Cerámica
Personnel and sponsorship
+ Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) , BOJ (interim) Javier AguirreBetfred, Blau Hotels, Roc Hotels, OK Cars, Air Europa, Juaneda (interim) Škoda 1. On the back of shirt. 2. On the sleeves. 3. On the shorts.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentReal Betis Quique SetiénMutual consent19 May 2019Pre-season Rubi6 June 2019Alavés AbelardoResigned20 May 2019 Asier Garitano21 May 2019Sevilla Joaquín CaparrósEnd of contract23 May 2019 Julen Lopetegui4 June 2019Espanyol RubiSigned for Real Betis6 June 2019 David Gallego6 June 2019Valencia MarcelinoSacked11 September 201910th Albert Celades11 September 2019Espanyol David Gallego7 October 201919th Pablo Machín7 October 2019Leganés Mauricio PellegrinoResigned21 October 201920th Javier Aguirre4 November 2019Celta Vigo Fran EscribáSacked3 November 201918th Óscar García4 November 2019Espanyol Pablo Machín23 December 201920th Abelardo27 December 2019Barcelona Ernesto Valverde13 January 20202nd Quique Setién13 January 2020Real Betis Rubi 21 June 202014th Alexis Trujillo (interim) 21 June 2020Espanyol Abelardo 27 June 202020th Francisco Rufete (interim) 27 June 2020Valencia Albert Celades 29 June 20208th Voro (interim) 29 June 2020Alavés Asier Garitano 5 July 202015th Juan Muñiz 5 July 2020
League table Standings
Results
Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Aritz Aduriz for Athletic Bilbao against Barcelona (16 August 2019) Last goal of the season: Coke for Levante against Getafe (19 July 2020)
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Lionel MessiBarcelona252 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid213 Gerard MorenoVillarreal184 Luis SuárezBarcelona165 Raúl GarcíaAthletic Bilbao156 Iago AspasCelta Vigo14 Lucas OcamposSevilla8 Ante BudimirMallorca139 Álvaro MorataAtlético Madrid1210 Santi CazorlaVillarreal11 Willian JoséReal Sociedad JoseluAlavés Jaime MataGetafe Lucas PérezAlavés Sergio RamosReal Madrid RogerLevante
Top assists Rank Player Club Assists1 Lionel MessiBarcelona212 Mikel OyarzabalReal Sociedad113 Santi CazorlaVillarreal94 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid8 PortuReal Sociedad Luis SuárezBarcelona Roberto TorresOsasuna8 Éver BanegaSevilla7 José CampañaLevante Luka ModrićReal Madrid Jesús NavasSevilla Fabián OrellanaEibar RodrigoValencia
Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
RankPlayerClubGoalsagainstMatchesAverage1 Thibaut CourtoisReal Madrid20340.592 Jan OblakAtlético Madrid27380.713 Unai SimónAthletic Bilbao29330.884 David SoriaGetafe37380.97 Tomáš VaclíkSevilla3132
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Lionel MessiBarcelonaCelta Vigo4–1 (H)9 November 201913 Lionel MessiBarcelonaMallorca 5–2 (H)7 December 201916 JoaquínReal BetisAthletic Bilbao 3–2 (H)8 December 201916 Lionel Messi4BarcelonaEibar5–0 (H)22 February 202025
4 – Player scored four goals.
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 15 Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Damián Suárez (Getafe) Most red cards: 2 Zouhair Feddal (Real Betis) Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) Lee Kang-in (Valencia) Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) Allan Nyom (Getafe) Facundo Roncaglia (Osasuna)
Team Most yellow cards: 130 Getafe Most red cards: 9 Espanyol Real Betis Fewest yellow cards: 71 Levante Fewest red cards: 0 Valladolid
Match ball On 15 April 2019, Puma announced their official partnership with La Liga to manufacture the official match ball for the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. This ended La Liga's 23-year partnership with Nike.
Average attendances Matches played under closed doors are not included in the table.
Awards Seasonal Award Recipient Best Player (Real Madrid) Best Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) Best Coach Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid) Team of the Year
Team of the Year Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) Defenders Jesús Navas (Sevilla) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Diego Carlos (Sevilla) Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Bilbao) Midfielders Casemiro (Real Madrid) Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) Santi Cazorla (Villarreal) Forwards Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)
EA Sports PlayerClub Jan OblakAtlético Madrid Raphaël VaraneReal Madrid Sergio RamosReal Madrid MarceloReal Madrid Dani CarvajalReal Madrid Toni KroosReal Madrid Santi CazorlaVillarreal Nabil FekirReal Betis Lionel MessiBarcelona Luis SuárezBarcelona Karim BenzemaReal Madrid Monthly
MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencePlayerClubSeptember Martin ØdegaardReal SociedadOctober Karl Toko EkambiVillarrealNovember Lionel MessiBarcelonaDecember Luis SuárezBarcelonaJanuary Thibaut CourtoisReal MadridFebruary Lionel MessiBarcelonaJune Karim BenzemaReal Madrid
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