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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.
"Lady of Spain" is a popular song composed in 1931 by Tolchard Evans with lyrics by "Erell Reaves", a pseudonym of Stanley J. Damerell [1] and Robert Hargreaves (1894–1934)I, [2] and by Henry Tilsley. [3]
Atlético Madrid were crowned La Liga champions four times in 1966, 1970, 1973, and 1977. Atlético Madrid also finished second place in 1961, 1963, and 1965. In 1971, Valencia won their fourth La Liga title in 1971 under Alfredo Di Stéfano, and the Johan Cruyff-inspired Barcelona won their ninth La Liga in 1974.
This is a comprehensive list of Atlético Madrid honours. Atlético have amassed 34 major titles so far in their history. These honours include the La Liga title on eleven occasions, including a league and cup double in 1996; the Copa del Rey on ten occasions; two Supercopas de España, one Copa Eva Duarte and Copa Presidente FEF (both trophies are official predecessor to the Supercopa de ...
Atlético's best years coincided with dominant Real Madrid teams. Between 1961 and 1980, Real Madrid dominated La Liga, winning the competition 14 times. During this era, only Atlético offered Real any serious challenge, winning La Liga titles in 1966, 1970, 1973 and 1977 and finishing runners-up in 1961, 1963 and 1965.
The Copa de la Liga was played from 1983 to 1986. CED The Copa Eva Duarte was a Spanish football super cup tournament organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Rey. [1] [2] CP The Copa Presidente FEF. A single edition played from 1941 to 1947. UCL The UEFA Champions League ...
Since the turn of the century, La Liga clubs have dominated Europe. In 2000, La Liga had three out of the four semi-finalists in the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona; Real Madrid went on to beat fellow La Liga side Valencia in an all-Spanish final, the first Champions League final between two sides from the same country.
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.