The 2022–23 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, was the 92nd season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 12 August 2022 and concluded on 4 June 2023. Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won their 35th title the previous season.
On 14 May, Barcelona were confirmed as champions with four matches to spare following a 4–2 away victory against Espanyol, clinching the club's 27th league title and first since the 2018–19 season.
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup having commenced on 20 November, there was a mid-season hiatus in the league. The last round before the break was held from 8–10 November, with the league resuming on 29 December. This season was the first since 2012–13 to conclude in June.
Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of twenty teams contested the league, including seventeen sides from the 2021–22 season and three promoted from the 2021–22 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the promotion play-offs.
Teams relegated to Segunda División The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Levante, after a 6–0 loss to Real Madrid on 12 May 2022, ending their five-year stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated was Alavés, after a defeat of 1–3 by Levante on 15 May 2022, ending their six-year stay in the top tier. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was Granada, who drew against Espanyol, which was coupled with wins of Cádiz and Mallorca on 22 May 2022, the final match day. Granada ended a three-year stay in the top level.
Teams promoted from Segunda División The first two teams to earn promotion from Segunda División were Almería and Real Valladolid, who mathematically secured first and second positions, respectively, on the very last match day of the season. Almería returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence, while Valladolid came back after one year. The third and final team to be promoted were Girona after winning the play-off final 3–1 against Tenerife, returning after a three-year absence.
Promoted from2021–22 Segunda División Relegated from2021–22 La Liga AlmeríaValladolidGirona GranadaLevanteAlavés
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityAlmeríaAlmeríaPower Horse StadiumAthletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés Atlético Madrid Madrid Cívitas MetropolitanoBarcelonaBarcelonaSpotify Camp NouCádizCádizNuevo MirandillaCelta VigoVigoAbanca-Balaídos Elche Elche Martínez Valero EspanyolCornellà de LlobregatRCDE StadiumGetafeGetafeColiseum Alfonso PérezGironaGironaMontilivi MallorcaPalmaSon Moix OsasunaPamplonaEl SadarRayo VallecanoMadridVallecasReal BetisSevilleBenito VillamarínReal MadridMadridSantiago BernabéuReal SociedadSan SebastiánReale ArenaSevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez PizjuánValenciaValenciaMestallaValladolidValladolidJosé ZorrillaVillarrealVillarrealEstadio de la Cerámica
Personnel and sponsorship
+ Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s), B2BinPay 1. On the back of shirt. 2. On the sleeves. 3. On the shorts.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentEspanyol Luis BlancoEnd of caretaker spell13 May 2022Pre-season Diego Martínez31 May 2022Valencia José BordalásSacked22 May 2022 Gennaro Gattuso9 June 2022Athletic Bilbao MarcelinoResigned24 May 2022 Ernesto Valverde30 June 2022Elche FranciscoSacked4 October 202220th Alberto Gallego (caretaker)7 October 2022Sevilla Julen Lopetegui5 October 202217th Jorge Sampaoli6 October 2022Elche Alberto GallegoEnd of caretaker spell12 October 202220th Jorge Almirón12 October 2022Villarreal Unai Emery Signed by Aston Villa 24 October 2022 7th Quique Setién25 October 2022Celta Vigo Eduardo Coudet Sacked 2 November 2022 16th Carlos Carvalhal 2 November 2022Elche Jorge Almirón 7 November 2022 20th Pablo Machín 17 November 2022Valencia Gennaro Gattuso Mutual consent 31 January 2023 14th Voro (interim) 31 January 2023 Voro (interim) End of caretaker spell 14 February 2023 18th Rubén Baraja 14 February 2023Elche Pablo Machín Sacked 20 March 2023 20th Sebastián Beccacece 21 March 2023Sevilla Jorge Sampaoli 21 March 2023 14th José Luis MendilibarValladolid Pacheta 3 April 2023 15th Paulo Pezzolano 4 April 2023Espanyol Diego Martínez 17th Luis García 3 April 2023Getafe Quique Sánchez Flores 27 April 2023 18th José Bordalás 29 April 2023
League table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Ezequiel Ávila for Osasuna against Sevilla (12 August 2022)
Final goal of the season: Adri Embarba for Almería against Espanyol (4 June 2023)
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Robert LewandowskiBarcelona232 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid193 JoseluEspanyol164 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid15 Borja IglesiasReal Betis Vedat MuriqiMallorca7 Enes ÜnalGetafe148 Taty CastellanosGirona13 Álvaro MorataAtlético Madrid10 Iago AspasCelta Vigo12 Nicolas JacksonVillarreal Alexander SørlothReal Sociedad
Top assists Rank Player Club Assists1 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid162 Vinícius JúniorReal Madrid103 Mikel MerinoReal Sociedad94 Robert LewandowskiBarcelona8 RodrygoReal Madrid6 Ousmane DembéléBarcelona7 Rodrigo De PaulAtlético Madrid Brian OlivánEspanyol Isi PalazónRayo Vallecano Yeremy PinoVillarreal RaphinhaBarcelona Lucas RobertoneAlmería Dani RodríguezMallorca
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 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. RankPlayerClubMatchesGoalsagainstAverage1 Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona37180.492 Jan OblakAtlético Madrid28200.713 Álex RemiroReal Sociedad38350.924 Thibaut CourtoisReal Madrid31290.945 Predrag RajkovićMallorca36401.11
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Oihan SancetAthletic BilbaoCádiz4–1 (H)3 February 202320 Pere MillaElcheVillarreal3–1 (H)4 February 2023 Karim BenzemaReal MadridValladolid6–0 (H)2 April 202327 Taty Castellanos4GironaReal Madrid4–2 (H)25 April 202331 Karim BenzemaReal MadridAlmería4–2 (H)29 April 202332 LázaroAlmeríaMallorca3–0 (H)20 May 202335
4 – Player scored four goals.
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 14 Fede San Emeterio (Cádiz) Óscar Gil (Espanyol)
Most red cards: 3 Florian Lejeune (Rayo Vallecano) Germán Pezzella (Real Betis) Isaac Carcelén (Cádiz) Luiz Felipe (Real Betis) Marcos Acuna (Sevilla) Pape Gueye (Sevilla)
Team Most yellow cards: 121 Mallorca Most red cards: 15 Betis Fewest yellow cards: 68 Real Madrid Fewest red cards: 2 Real Sociedad
Awards Player of the Season
PlayerClub Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona
Player of the Month MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencePlayerClubAugust Borja IglesiasReal BetisSeptember Federico ValverdeReal MadridOctober Robert LewandowskiBarcelonaJanuary Alexander SørlothReal SociedadFebruary Gabri VeigaCelta VigoMarch Antoine GriezmannAtlético MadridApril Youssef En-NesyriSevilla May Nicolas JacksonVillarreal
Team of the season Team of the Season Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) Defenders Nahuel Molina (Atlético Madrid) Jules Koundé (Barcelona) Éder Militão (Real Madrid) David García (Osasuna) Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) Midfielders Gabri Veiga (Celta Vigo) Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad) Pedri (Barcelona) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Forwards Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
Attendances
See also 2022–23 Segunda División 2022–23 Primera Federación 2022–23 Segunda Federación 2022–23 Tercera Federación
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