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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 ...
It includes all countries and territories within South America, with the exceptions of Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, which are part of CONCACAF, and the disputed British and Argentine territory of the Falkland Islands, which is not a member of any confederation. [1] Each CONMEBOL member has its own football league system. [2]
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.
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]
This category is for teams who have ever played in La Liga (the top division of association football in Spain since 1929). Pages in category "La Liga clubs" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
MLB clubs also sign many players from Latin American countries, and have also recruited many players from the Japanese leagues. Most of the NBA's talent comes from college and high school basketball , although minimum age rules have ended the NBA's practice of drafting players directly from high school beginning in 2006 .
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.
The inaugural round of La Liga matches took place on 10 February 1929 with five clubs hosting the opening fixtures. [1] El Alcoraz was the latest stadium to host its first La Liga match, and the Wanda Metropolitano is the arena that was built most recently.