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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 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.
This is a list of men's association football clubs in Spain.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.
Before La Liga's organisation, the Copa del Rey—a regionalised cup competition—was effectively the national championship. [1] La Liga is contested by 20 teams; the three lowest-placed teams are relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three teams in that division.
Fastest goal scored in La Liga history: 7.22 seconds, Joseba Llorente (for Real Valladolid v. Espanyol, 20 January 2008) Fastest to score first goal in La Liga: 29 seconds, Jorge Galán (for Osasuna v. Real Valladolid, 23 September 2009) Fastest to score 20 La Liga goals in a single season: 12 games, Cristiano Ronaldo (2014–15) [92]
The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Eibar, after a 1–4 loss to Valencia on 16 May 2021, ending their seven-year stay in the top tier. [5] The second team to be relegated were Valladolid , following a 1–2 home defeat against Atlético Madrid on 22 May 2021, in their final game of the season, ending their three-year stay in the ...
The first La Liga player to be involved in a transfer which broke the world record was Luis Suárez in 1961, who moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152,000 (£4.3 million in 2023). 12 years later, Johan Cruyff was the first player to join a club in La Liga for a record fee of £922,000 (£14.1 million in 2023), when he moved from Ajax to ...
In 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the creation of three new divisions, two semi-professional and one amateur: [1] the Primera División RFEF as the new third tier of the Spanish system; [2] the Segunda División RFEF as the new fourth tier, broadly using the same format as the Segunda División B created in 1977; and the Tercera División RFEF as the fifth tier, along ...