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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 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 ...
Most European, African, and Asian countries have two principal competitions: a more prestigious league which is typically a double round-robin tournament restricted to the elite clubs, and a cup which is a single-elimination tournament open to both the elite and lesser clubs.
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. Of the founding teams in La Liga, only Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona and Real Madrid have not been relegated. [2] The league was cancelled between 1936 and 1939 because of the Spanish Civil ...
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 foreign players in La Liga.The following players are included: have played at least one La Liga game for the respective club. have not been capped for the Spanish national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players of Spanish formation born abroad from Spanish parents and players who have been capped for Spanish national team and also for other ...
The 2024–25 La Liga, also known as LALIGA EA SPORTS [1] [2] due to sponsorship reasons, is the 94th season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition.It commenced on 15 August 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on 25 May 2025.
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.