2015–16 La Liga

The **2015–16 La Liga** season (known as the _Liga BBVA_ for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th since its establishment. Barcelona were the defending champions. The season started on 22 August 2015 and concluded on 15 May 2016.

### Standings

|width=30|Pos|width=200|Team|width=25|Pld|width=25|W|width=25|D|width=25|L|width=30|GF|width=30|GA|width=30|GD|width=30|**Pts**|width=300|Qualification or relegation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Barcelona **(C)**|38|29|4|5|112|29|+83|**91**|bgcolor="#ace1af" rowspan="3"|Qualification to Champions League group stage|||||||||||
|2|Real Madrid|38|28|6|4|110|34|+76|**90**|||||||||||||
|3|Atlético Madrid|38|28|4|6|63|18|+45|**88**|||||||||||||
|4|Villarreal|38|18|10|10|44|33|+11|**64**|bgcolor="#d0f0c0" rowspan="1"|Qualification to Champions League play-offs|||||||||||
|5|Athletic Bilbao|38|18|8|12|58|45|+13|**62**|style="background:#97DEFF" rowspan="2"|Qualification to Europa League group stage|||||||||||
|6|Celta de Vigo|38|17|9|12|50|58|-8|**60**|||||||||||||
|7|Sevilla|38|14|10|14|51|50|+1|**52**|bgcolor="#ace1af"|Qualification to Champions League group stage (As winner of the 2015-16 Europa League)|||||||||||
|8|Málaga|38|12|12|14|38|35|+3|**48**|||||||||||||
|9|Real Sociedad|38|13|9|16|45|48|-3|**48**|||||||||||||
|10|Real Betis|38|11|12|15|31|50|-19|**45**|||||||||||||
|11|Las Palmas|38|12|8|18|45|53|-8|**44**|||||||||||||
|12|Valencia|38|11|11|16|46|48|-2|**44**|||||||||||||
|13|Espanyol|38|12|7|19|36|72|-36|**43**|||||||||||||
|14|Eibar|38|11|10|17|47|57|-10|**43**|||||||||||||
|15|Deportivo La Coruña|38|8|18|12|45|62|-17|**42**|||||||||||||
|16|Granada|38|10|9|19|46|68|-22|**39**|||||||||||||
|17|Sporting Gijón|38|10|9|19|38|62|-24|**39**|||||||||||||
|18|Rayo Vallecano|38|9|11|18|49|72|-23|**38**|bgcolor="#ffcccc" rowspan="3"|Relegation to Segunda División|||||||||||
|19|Getafe|38|9|9|20|36|65|-29|**36**|||||||||||||
|20|Levante **(R)**|38|8|8|22|36|67|-31|**32**|||||||||||||

## Results

- 2015–16 La Liga - Results of first round
- 2015–16 La Liga - Results of second round

### Top goalscorers

|Rank|Player|Team|Goals|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|**1**|align="left"|Luis Suárez|align="left"|Barcelona|40||
|rowspan="1"|**2**|align="left"|Cristiano Ronaldo|align="left"|Real Madrid|35||
|rowspan="1"|**3**|align="left"|Lionel Messi|align="left"|Barcelona|26||
|rowspan="2"|**4**|align="left"|Karim Benzema|align="left"|Real Madrid|rowspan="2"|24|
|align="left"|Neymar|align="left"|Barcelona|||||
|rowspan="1"|**6**|align="left"|Antoine Griezmann|align="left"|Atlético Madrid|22||
|rowspan="1"|**7**|align="left"|Aritz Aduriz|align="left"|Athletic Bilbao|20||
|rowspan="1"|**8**|align="left"|Gareth Bale|align="left"|Real Madrid|19||
|rowspan="1"|**9**|align="left"|Rubén Castro|align="left"|Real Betis|18||
|rowspan="2"|**10**|align="left"|Borja Bastón|align="left"|Eibar|rowspan="2"|17|
|align="left"|Lucas Pérez|align="left"|Deportivo La Coruña|||||

### Top assists

|Rank|Player|Team|Assists|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|**1**|align="left"|Lionel Messi|align="left"|Barcelona|rowspan="2"|16|
|align="left"|Luis Suárez|align="left"|Barcelona|||||
|rowspan="2"|**3**|align="left"|Koke|align="left"|Atlético Madrid|rowspan="2"|14|
|align="left"|Neymar|align="left"|Barcelona|||||
|rowspan="2"|**4**|align="left"|Cristiano Ronaldo|align="left"|Real Madrid|rowspan="2"|11|
|align="left"|Gareth Bale|align="left"|Real Madrid|||||
|rowspan="1"|**6**|align="left"|Roberto Soldado|align="left"|Villarreal|rowspan="1"|10|
|rowspan="3"|**7**|align="left"|Marco Asensio|align="left"|Espanyol|rowspan="3"|9|
|align="left"|Toni Kroos|align="left"|Real Madrid|||||
|align="left"|Jonathan Viera|align="left"|Las Palmas|||||
|rowspan="2"|**11**|align="left"|James Rodríguez|align="left"|Real Madrid|rowspan="2"|8|
|align="left"|Lucas Pérez|align="left"|Deportivo La Coruña|||||

### Zamora Trophy

|Rank|Name|Club|Goals Against|Matches|Average|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Jan Oblak|align="left"|Atlético de Madrid|18|37|0.49|
|2|align="left"|Claudio Bravo|align="left"|Barcelona|22|32|0.69|
|3|align="left"|Alphonse Areola|align="left"|Villarreal|26|32|0.81|
|4|align="left"|Keylor Navas|align="left"|Real Madrid|28|33|0.85|
|5|align="left"|Gorka Iraizoz|align="left"|Athletic Bilbao|36|35|1.03|

### Hat-tricks

|Player|For|Against|Result|Date|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Cristiano Ronaldo<sup>5</sup>|Real Madrid|Espanyol|6–0 (A)|12 September 2015|
|Imanol Agirretxe|Real Sociedad|Granada|3–0 (A)|22 September 2015|
|Charles|Málaga|Real Sociedad|3–1 (H)|3 October 2015|
|Neymar<sup>4</sup>|Barcelona|Rayo Vallecano|5–2 (H)|17 October 2015|
|Kévin Gameiro|Sevilla|Getafe|5–0 (H)|24 October 2015|
|Luis Suárez|Barcelona|Eibar|3–1 (H)|25 October 2015|
|Aritz Aduriz|Athletic Bilbao|Rayo Vallecano|3–0 (A)|29 November 2015|
|Antonio Sanabria|Sporting Gijón|Las Palmas|3–1 (H)|6 December 2015|
|Gareth Bale<sup>4</sup>|Real Madrid|Rayo Vallecano|10–2 (H)|20 December 2015|
|Karim Benzema|Real Madrid|Rayo Vallecano|10–2 (H)|20 December 2015|
|Lionel Messi|Barcelona|Granada|4–0 (H)|9 January 2016|
|Gareth Bale|Real Madrid|Deportivo La Coruña|5–0 (H)|9 January 2016|
|Luis Suárez|Barcelona|Athletic Bilbao|6–0 (H)|17 January 2016|
|Antonio Sanabria|Sporting Gijón|Real Sociedad|5–1 (H)|22 January 2016|
|Cristiano Ronaldo|Real Madrid|Espanyol|6–0 (H)|31 January 2016|
|Luis Suárez|Barcelona|Celta de Vigo|6–1 (H)|14 February 2016|
|Aritz Aduriz|Athletic Bilbao|Deportivo La Coruña|4–1 (H)|2 March 2016|
|Lionel Messi|Barcelona|Rayo Vallecano|5–1 (A)|3 March 2016|
|Cristiano Ronaldo<sup>4</sup>|Real Madrid|Celta de Vigo|7–1 (H)|5 March 2016|
|Luis Suárez<sup>4</sup>|Barcelona|Deportivo La Coruña|8–0 (A)|20 April 2016|
|Paco Alcácer|Valencia|Eibar|4–0 (H)|20 April 2016|
|Youssef El-Arabi|Granada|Levante|5–1 (H)|21 April 2016|
|Luis Suárez<sup>4</sup>|Barcelona|Sporting Gijón|6–0 (H)|23 April 2016|
|Luis Suárez|Barcelona|Granada|3–0 (A)|14 May 2016|
<sup>4</sup> <small>Player scored four goals</small>
<sup>5</sup> <small>Player scored five goals</small>
<small>(H) - Home ; (A) - Away</small>

### Discipline

- Most yellow cards (club): **131**
    - Granada
- Most yellow cards (player): **16**
    - Rubén Pérez (Granada)
    - Recio (Málaga)

- Most red cards (club): **6**
    - Rayo Vallecano
- Most red cards (player): **1**
    - _31 players_

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: La Liga
- **season**: 2015–16
- **image**: Liga BBVA.svg
- **relegated**: Rayo Vallecano
 Getafe C.F., Getafe
 Levante U.D., Levante
- **continentalcup1**: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, Champions League
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Villarreal C.F., Villarreal
- **continentalcup2**: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Europa League
- **continentalcup2 qualifiers**: Athletic Bilbao
Celta de Vigo
Sevilla F.C., Sevilla
- **league topscorer**: Luis Suárez
(40 goals)
- **biggest home win**:
(20 December 2015)
- **biggest away win**: R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña, Deportivo La Coruña 0–8 FC Barcelona, Barcelona
(20 April 2016)
- **highest scoring**: Real Madrid 10–2 Rayo Vallecano
(20 December 2015)
- **matches**: 380
- **total goals**: 1041
- **longest wins**: 12 games
FC Barcelona, Barcelona
Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid
- **longest unbeaten**: 23 games
FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **longest winless**: 13 games
R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña, Deportivo La Coruña
 Getafe CF, Getafe
- **longest losses**: 7 games
Getafe CF, Getafe
- **highest attendance**: 98,902

(2 April 2016)
- **lowest attendance**: 4,215
SD Eibar, Eibar 5–1 Granada C.F., Granada
(18 January 2016)
- **average attendance**: 27,658
- **prevseason**: 2014–15 La Liga, 2014–15
- **nextseason**: 2016–17 La Liga, 2016–17
- **updated**: 14 May 2016