The 2026–27 La Liga, also known as La Liga EA Sports due to sponsorship reasons, is the 96th season of La Liga, Spain's top-flight football competition. Barcelona are the two-time defending champions, having won their 29th title the previous season.
Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of twenty teams contest the league, including seventeen sides from the 2025–26 season and three promoted from the 2025–26 Segunda División. This includes 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 was Oviedo, after Girona earned a point in a 1–1 draw against Rayo Vallecano on 11 May 2026, after only a single season in the top tier. The second and third team to be relegated were Girona and Mallorca on 23 May 2026, after four and five years in top division respectively. Teams promoted from Segunda División On 16 May 2026, Racing Santander became the first side to mathematically be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight after a 14-year absence, following a 4–1 win against Real Valladolid. Deportivo A Coruña became the second team to be promoted on the penultimate day after defeating Real Valladolid 2–0, returning to La Liga after an eight-year absence. Málaga, absent for a similar duration from La Liga, was the final promoted team by defeating Almería 2–1 in the promotion play-offs.
Promoted from2025–26 Segunda División Relegated from2025–26 La Liga Racing SantanderDeportivo A CoruñaMálaga MallorcaGironaOviedo
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity AlavésVitoria-Gasteiz Campo de Fútbol de Mendizorrotza Athletic BilbaoBilbaoEstadio San Mamés Atlético Madrid Madrid Estadio Riyadh Air Metropolitano Barcelona Barcelona Spotify Camp Nou Celta Vigo Vigo Estadio ABANCA Balaídos Deportivo A Coruña A Coruña Estadio ABANCA-Riazor Elche Elche Estadio Martínez Valero EspanyolCornellà de LlobregatEstadi Cornellà-El PratGetafeGetafeEstadio Coliseum Levante Valencia Estadi Ciutat de València Málaga Málaga Estadio La Rosaleda OsasunaPamplonaEstadio El Sadar Racing Santander Santander Campos de Sport de El Sardinero Rayo Vallecano Madrid Estadio Ontime ButarqueCampo de Fútbol de Vallecas Real BetisSevilleEstadio La Cartuja de SevillaReal MadridMadridBernabéuReal SociedadSan SebastiánReale ArenaSevillaSeville Estadio Ramón Sánchez-PizjuánValenciaValenciaCamp de MestallaVillarrealVillarrealEstadio de la Cerámica
Personnel and sponsorship
+ Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s)FlexicarArctempusFundación 1890
Notes Puma is the official ball supplier for La Liga. Macron is the official uniform supplier of the Referee's Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Würth and BKT are the official sponsor of the Referee's Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Duracell is the official sponsor for La Liga for the fourth official boards to indicate additional time at the end of a match, as well as player substitutions.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentAthletic Bilbao Ernesto ValverdeEnd of contract24 May 2026Pre-season Edin Terzić1 July 2026Villarreal Marcelino Iñigo Pérez1 June 2026Osasuna Alessio LisciSacked25 May 2026 Luis Miguel Ramis10 June 2026Elche Eder SarabiaResigned27 May 2026 Martín Anselmi13 June 2026Rayo Vallecano Iñigo PérezEnd of contract29 May 2026 Beñat San José18 June 2026Real Madrid Álvaro ArbeloaMutual consent9 June 2026 José Mourinho13 June 2026Valencia Carlos CorberánSacked13 September 202620th Óscar Sánchez (caretaker)13 September 2026 Óscar SánchezEnd of caretaker spell23 September 202619th Javier Aguirre23 September 2026
League table
Results
Season statistics
First goal of the season: Nahuel Tenaglia (Alavés) against Getafe (15 August 2026)
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 RaphinhaBarcelona122 Sergio CamelloRayo Vallecano7 Kylian MbappéReal Madrid Lamine YamalBarcelona5 Roberto FernándezEspanyol6 Yassir ZabiriRacing Santander7 Pierre-Emerick AubameyangDeportivo A Coruña5 Ante BudimirOsasuna Fer NiñoElche10 Álex Baena4 Lucas BoyéAlavés Fermín LópezBarcelona
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Kylian MbappéReal MadridReal Sociedad4–1 (H)26 August 20262 Yassir ZabiriRacing SantanderElche3–2 (H)28 August 20263 Lucas BoyéAlavésOsasuna5–2 (H)6 September 20264 RaphinhaBarcelonaRacing Santander7–2 (H)16 September 20266Sevilla3–1 (A)19 September 20267
Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper has to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. RankPlayerClubMatchesGoals againstAverage1 Ionuț RaduCelta Vigo760.86 Antonio SiveraAlavés3 Joan GarciaBarcelona551.003 Unai SimonAthletic Bilbao661.003 David SoriaGetafe771.00 Álvaro VallesReal Betis Jan OblakAtletico Madrid
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 4 Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano) Yassir Zabiri (Racing Santander)
Most red cards: 1 Eighteen players
Team Most yellow cards: 20 Espanyol Getafe
Fewest yellow cards: 6 Levante
Most red cards: 3 Getafe
Fewest red cards: 0 Eight teams
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthU23 Player of the MonthGoal of the MonthSave of the MonthReferencesManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubAgainstPlayerClubAgainst August Quique Sánchez Flores Alavés Raphinha Barcelona Javi Hernández Espanyol Lee Kang-in Atlético Madrid Málaga Unai Simón Athletic Bilbao Barcelona September Hansi Flick Barcelona Yassir Zabiri Racing Santander João Cancelo Barcelona Racing Santander Álvaro Valles Real Betis Villarreal
See also 2026–27 Copa del Rey 2026–27 Segunda División 2026–27 Primera Federación 2026–27 Segunda Federación 2026–27 Tercera Federación
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