List of Spanish football champions - wikipedia List of Spanish football champions List of Spanish football champions Founded 1929 - 1930 Country Spain Confederation UEFA Number of teams 20 Current champions Real Madrid ( 33rd title ) ( 2016 -- 17 ) Most championships Real Madrid ( 33 titles ) 2016 -- 17 season 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. Before La Liga 's organization, the Copa del Rey -- a regionalised cup competition -- was effectively the national championship. La Liga is contested in 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 Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao have not been relegated. The league was cancelled between 1936 and 1939 because of the Spanish Civil War. Real Madrid is the most successful club ; they have won 33 titles, as of 2017. The most recent club other than Real Madrid and Barcelona to win the league is Atlético Madrid in the 2013 -- 14 season. With their 30 May Copa del Rey defeat of Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona has won the Spanish version of The Double the most times, having won the league and cup in the same year six times in its history, breaking its tie with Athletic 's five. Barcelona is the only Spanish team that has won the Treble, which includes the UEFA Champions League along with the league and Copa del Rey, and the only UEFA club to have won the treble twice after accomplishing that feat in 2015. The current champions are Real Madrid, who won the 2016 -- 17 competition. Contents 1 Champions 2 Total titles won 2.1 By city 2.2 By Autonomous Community 3 Notes 4 References Champions Key Champions also won the Copa del Rey that season * Champions also won the Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League that season † Champions also won the European Cup / UEFA Champions League that season ‡ Champions also won the UEFA Cup that season The `` Top scorer ( s ) '' column refers to the player who scored the most goals during that season The `` Goals '' column refers to the number of goals scored by the top scorer in the league in that season Season Winner Runner - up Third place Top scorer ( s ) Top scorer 's club ( s ) Goals 1929 Barcelona Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Bienzobas, Paco Paco Bienzobas Real Sociedad 14 1929 -- 30 Athletic Bilbao Barcelona Arenas Gorostiza, Guillermo Guillermo Gorostiza Athletic Bilbao 19 1930 -- 31 Athletic Bilbao Racing Santander Real Sociedad Arana, Agustín Sauto Agustín Sauto Arana Athletic Bilbao 27 1931 -- 32 Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Barcelona Gorostiza, Guillermo Guillermo Gorostiza Athletic Bilbao 12 1932 -- 33 Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Espanyol Olivares, Manuel Manuel Olivares Real Madrid 16 1933 -- 34 Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid Racing Santander Langara, Isidro Isidro Lángara Real Oviedo 27 1934 -- 35 Real Betis Real Madrid Real Oviedo Langara, Isidro Isidro Lángara Real Oviedo 26 1935 -- 36 Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid Real Oviedo Langara, Isidro Isidro Lángara Real Oviedo 27 1936 -- 37 Spanish Civil War ( League Cancelled ) 1937 -- 38 1938 -- 39 1939 -- 40 Atlético Aviación Sevilla Athletic Bilbao Unamuno, Victor Víctor Unamuno Athletic Bilbao 22 1940 -- 41 Atlético Aviación Athletic Bilbao Valencia Pruden, Pruden Atlético Aviación 30 1941 -- 42 Valencia Real Madrid Atlético Aviación Suarez, Edmundo Edmundo Suárez Valencia 27 1942 -- 43 Athletic Bilbao Sevilla Barcelona Martin, Mariano Mariano Martín Barcelona 32 1943 -- 44 Valencia Atlético Aviación Sevilla Suarez, Edmundo Edmundo Suárez Valencia 27 1944 -- 45 Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Aviación Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra Atlético Bilbao 19 1945 -- 46 Sevilla Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra Atlético Bilbao 24 1946 -- 47 Valencia Athletic Bilbao Atlético Aviación Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra Atlético Bilbao 34 1947 -- 48 Barcelona Valencia Atlético Madrid Pahino Pahiño Celta de Vigo 23 1948 -- 49 Barcelona Valencia Real Madrid Alvarez César Rodríguez Álvarez Barcelona 28 1949 -- 50 Atlético Madrid Deportivo La Coruña Valencia Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra Athletic Bilbao 25 1950 -- 51 Atlético Madrid Sevilla Valencia Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra Athletic Bilbao 38 1951 -- 52 Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid Pahino Pahiño Real Madrid 28 1952 -- 53 Barcelona Valencia Real Madrid Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra Athletic Bilbao 24 1953 -- 54 Real Madrid Barcelona Valencia Stefano, Alfredo Di Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 27 1954 -- 55 Real Madrid Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Arza, Juan Juan Arza Sevilla 28 1955 -- 56 Athletic Bilbao Barcelona Real Madrid Stefano, Alfredo Di Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 24 1956 -- 57 Real Madrid Sevilla Barcelona Stefano, Alfredo Di Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 31 1957 -- 58 Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Barcelona Badenes, Manuel Manuel Badenes Alfredo Di Stéfano Ricardo Valladolid Real Madrid Valencia 19 1958 -- 59 Barcelona Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Stefano, Alfredo Di Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 23 1959 -- 60 Barcelona Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Puskas, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 26 1960 -- 61 Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Zaragoza Puskas, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 27 1961 -- 62 Real Madrid Barcelona Atlético Madrid Seminario, Juan Juan Seminario Zaragoza 25 1962 -- 63 Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Oviedo Puskas, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 26 1963 -- 64 Real Madrid Barcelona Real Betis Puskas, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 20 1964 -- 65 Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Zaragoza Re, Cayetano Cayetano Ré Barcelona 25 1965 -- 66 Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Barcelona Vava Vavá Elche 19 1966 -- 67 Real Madrid Barcelona Espanyol Machado, Waldo Waldo Machado Valencia 24 1967 -- 68 Real Madrid Barcelona Las Palmas Uriarte, Fidel Fidel Uriarte Athletic Bilbao 22 1968 -- 69 Real Madrid Las Palmas Barcelona Amaro, Amancio Amancio Amaro José Eulogio Gárate Real Madrid Atlético Madrid 14 1969 -- 70 Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao Sevilla Amaro, Amancio Amancio Amaro Luis Aragonés José Eulogio Gárate Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid 16 1970 -- 71 Valencia Barcelona Atlético Madrid Garate, Jose Eulogio José Eulogio Gárate Carles Rexach Atlético Madrid Barcelona 17 1971 -- 72 Real Madrid Valencia Barcelona Porta, Enrique Enrique Porta Granada 20 1972 -- 73 Atlético Madrid Barcelona Espanyol Marianin Marianín Real Oviedo 19 1973 -- 74 Barcelona Atlético Madrid Zaragoza Quini, Quini Sporting de Gijón 20 1974 -- 75 Real Madrid Zaragoza Barcelona Herrero, Carlos Ruiz Carlos Ruiz Herrero Athletic Bilbao 19 1975 -- 76 Real Madrid Barcelona Atlético Madrid Quini, Quini Sporting de Gijón 21 1976 -- 77 Atlético Madrid Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Kempes, Mario Mario Kempes Valencia 24 1977 -- 78 Real Madrid Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Kempes, Mario Mario Kempes Valencia 28 1978 -- 79 Real Madrid Sporting de Gijón Atlético Madrid Krankl, Hans Hans Krankl Barcelona 29 1979 -- 80 Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sporting de Gijón Quini, Quini Sporting de Gijón 24 1980 -- 81 Real Sociedad Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Quini, Quini Barcelona 20 1981 -- 82 Real Sociedad Barcelona Real Madrid Quini, Quini Barcelona 26 1982 -- 83 Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Rincon, Hipolito Hipólito Rincón Real Betis 20 1983 -- 84 Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid Barcelona Silva, Jorge da Jorge da Silva Juanito Valladolid Real Madrid 17 1984 -- 85 Barcelona Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao Sanchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez Atlético Madrid 19 1985 -- 86 Real Madrid ‡ Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Sanchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid 22 1986 -- 87 Real Madrid Barcelona Espanyol Sanchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid 34 1987 -- 88 Real Madrid Real Sociedad Atlético Madrid Sanchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid 29 1988 -- 89 Real Madrid Barcelona Valencia Baltazar, Baltazar Atlético Madrid 35 1989 -- 90 Real Madrid Valencia Barcelona Sanchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid 38 1990 -- 91 Barcelona Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Butragueno, Emilio Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid 19 1991 -- 92 Barcelona † Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Manolo, Manolo Atlético Madrid 27 1992 -- 93 Barcelona Real Madrid Deportivo La Coruña Bebeto, Bebeto Deportivo La Coruña 29 1993 -- 94 Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña Zaragoza Romario Romário Barcelona 30 1994 -- 95 Real Madrid Deportivo La Coruña Real Betis Zamorano, Ivan Iván Zamorano Real Madrid 28 1995 -- 96 Atlético Madrid Valencia Barcelona Pizzi, Juan Antonio Juan Antonio Pizzi Tenerife 31 1996 -- 97 Real Madrid Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña Ronaldo Ronaldo Barcelona 34 1997 -- 98 Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Real Sociedad Vieri, Christian Christian Vieri Atlético Madrid 24 1998 -- 99 Barcelona Real Madrid Mallorca Raul Raúl Real Madrid 25 1999 -- 2000 Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona Valencia, Salva ( footballer ) Salva ( footballer ) Racing Santander 27 2000 -- 01 Real Madrid Deportivo La Coruña Mallorca Raul Raúl Real Madrid 24 2001 -- 02 Valencia Deportivo La Coruña Real Madrid Tristan, Diego Diego Tristán Deportivo La Coruña 21 2002 -- 03 Real Madrid Real Sociedad Deportivo La Coruña Makaay, Roy Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña 29 2003 -- 04 Valencia ‡ Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña Ronaldo Ronaldo Real Madrid 25 2004 -- 05 Barcelona Real Madrid Villarreal Forlan, Diego Diego Forlán Villarreal 25 2005 -- 06 Barcelona † Real Madrid Valencia Eto'o, Samuel Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 26 2006 -- 07 Real Madrid Barcelona Sevilla van Nistelrooy, Ruud Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 25 2007 -- 08 Real Madrid Villarreal Barcelona Guiza, Daniel Daniel Güiza Mallorca 27 2008 -- 09 Barcelona * Real Madrid Sevilla Forlan, Diego Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 32 2009 -- 10 Barcelona Real Madrid Valencia Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi Barcelona 34 2010 -- 11 Barcelona † Real Madrid Valencia Ronaldo, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 40 2011 -- 12 Real Madrid Barcelona Valencia Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi Barcelona 50 2012 -- 13 Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi Barcelona 46 2013 -- 14 Atlético Madrid Barcelona Real Madrid Ronaldo, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 31 2014 -- 15 Barcelona * Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Ronaldo, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 48 2015 -- 16 Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Suarez, Luis Luis Suárez Barcelona 40 2016 -- 17 Real Madrid † Barcelona Atlético Madrid Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi Barcelona 37 Total titles won Real Betis Sevilla FC Deportivo de La Coruña Real Sociedad Valencia CF Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Real Madrid Location of Spanish football champions Club Winners Runners - up Real Madrid 33 23 Barcelona 24 24 Atlético Madrid 10 8 Athletic Bilbao 8 7 Valencia 6 6 Real Sociedad Deportivo La Coruña Sevilla Real Betis 0 Titles won by club ( % ) Real Madrid -- 33 ( 38 % ) Barcelona -- 24 ( 28 % ) Atlético Madrid -- 10 ( 12 % ) Athletic Bilbao -- 8 ( 9 % ) Valencia -- 6 ( 7 % ) Other clubs ( 6 % ) By city City Championships Clubs Madrid 43 Real Madrid ( 33 ), Atlético Madrid ( 10 ) Barcelona 24 Barcelona ( 24 ) Bilbao 8 Athletic Bilbao ( 8 ) Valencia 6 Valencia ( 6 ) San Sebastián Real Sociedad ( 2 ) Seville Real Betis ( 1 ), Sevilla ( 1 ) A Coruña Deportivo La Coruña ( 1 ) By Autonomous Community Community Championships Clubs Madrid 43 Real Madrid ( 33 ), Atlético Madrid ( 10 ) Catalonia 24 Barcelona ( 24 ) Basque Country 10 Athletic Bilbao ( 8 ), Real Sociedad ( 2 ) Valencia 6 Valencia ( 6 ) Andalusia Real Betis ( 1 ), Sevilla ( 1 ) Galicia Deportivo La Coruña ( 1 ) Notes A. Atlético Madrid were known as Atlético Aviación from 1939 until 1947. References Bibliography Cresswell, Peterjon ; Simon Evans ( 1997 ). European Football, A Fan 's Handbook. Rough Guides. ISBN 1 - 85828 - 256 - X. Citations Jump up ^ Cresswell. European Football, A Fan 's Handbook. p. 489. Jump up ^ Hughes, Rob ( 8 April 2007 ). `` Athletic Bilbao gets an Easter gift ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2008. ^ Jump up to : `` Spain - List of Champions ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` Doing the Double ! ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008. Jump up ^ Ashby, Kevin ( 27 May 2009 ). `` Guardiola salutes his treble winners ''. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 May 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Spain, Final tables 1928 -- ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Latest Spanish Primera Liga Table ''. Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 August 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Spain - List of topscorers ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009. Jump up ^ `` Laws of the game ( Law 10 ) ''. Federation Internationale de Futbol Associacion. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008. 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Question: when did atletico madrid last win la liga
Answer: 2016–17 competition