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The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, [a] commonly known as the Primera División [b] or La Liga [c] [2] and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports [d] [3] for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest level of the Spanish football league system.
The top two tiers of the male league pyramid — Primera División (a.k.a. La Liga) and Segunda División (a.k.a. La Liga 2) — are administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, a sports association with independent legal status from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the governing body of football in Spain.
The Spanish football champions are the winners of the primary football competition in Spain, La Liga. The league is contested on a round robin basis and the championship awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. La Liga, first established in 1929, originally contained ten teams.
The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional [a] (transl. National Professional Football League), also known as LALIGA (the abbreviation LFP was used until the 2015–16 season), is a sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in Spain, the Primera and Segunda Divisions, or LALIGA EA SPORTS and LALIGA HYPERMOTION for sponsorship reasons. [1]
The La Liga is a Spanish professional league for association football club. At the top of the Spanish football league system , it is the country's primary football competition and is contested by 20 clubs.
The 2023–24 La Liga, also known as LaLiga EA Sports [3] [4] due to sponsorship reasons, was the 93rd season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 11 August 2023 and ended on 26 May 2024. Barcelona were the defending champions, having won their 27th title the previous season.
Lionel Messi is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history with 474 goals. La Liga's all-time top scorer is Lionel Messi with 474 goals, all for Barcelona.He also holds the record for most goals scored in a single season with 50 in the 2011–12 campaign, [1] [2] and is the only player ever to win the league's top scorer award in eight different seasons. [3]
Currently the governing body of football in Spain is the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which is in charge of its national teams and its leagues, with the highest one being La Liga. RFEF was founded in 1909 and is a member of both FIFA and UEFA .