La Liga 2013-14

The 2013–14 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 83rd since its establishment. The season began on 17 August 2013, and will end on 18 May 2014. Barcelona are the defending champions. As in the previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Incyte Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.
==Teams==
===Promotion and relegation (pre-season)===
A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.
RCD Mallorca, Deportivo de La Coruña and Real Zaragoza were relegated to 2013–14 Segunda División the previous season: Mallorca were relegated after sixteen years in La Liga, the longest period in its history and ending their golden era, Zaragoza returned to Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to the Segunda División after being promoted the previous year. All three teams were relegated in the last matchday.
The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2012–13 Segunda División sides: Elche CF returned to the top level as Segunda División champion after 24 years of absence and with the last 14 seasons consecutively in the Segunda División. The second placed team Villarreal was also promoted to La Liga making an immediate return to La Liga after a win over Almería in the decisive match of the last set of games where the winner would be directly promoted to La Liga. Almería returned to the Spanish top flight after spending two years in the Segunda by beating Girona in the promotion play-offs.
This was the first ever season since the 1988–89 season without any teams from the archipelagos of Spain (teams located on the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands) since RCD Mallorca was relegated and UD Las Palmas failed to be promoted after playing in the promotion play-offs later season.
===Stadia and locations===
Team 	Location of stadium	Stadium 	Capacity
Almería 	Almería 	Estadio del Mediterráneo	22,000
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao 	San Mamés 	53,332
Atlético Madrid	Madrid 	Vicente Calderón 	54,851
Barcelona 	Barcelona 	Camp Nou 	99,354
Betis 	Seville 	Benito Villamarín 	52,500
Celta de Vigo 	Vigo 	Balaídos 	31,800
Elche 	Elche 	Martínez Valero 	36,017
Espanyol 	Barcelona 	Cornellà-El Prat 	40,500
Getafe 	Getafe 	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 	17,700
Granada 	Granada 	Nuevo Los Cármenes 	22,524
Levante 	Valencia 	Ciutat de València 	25,534
Málaga 	Málaga 	La Rosaleda 	30,044
Osasuna 	Pamplona 	El Sadar 	19,553
Rayo Vallecano 	Madrid 	Campo de Vallecas 	15,489
Real Madrid 	Madrid 	Santiago Bernabéu 	85,454
Real Sociedad 	San Sebastián 	Anoeta 	32,076
Sevilla 	Seville 	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 	45,500
Valencia 	Valencia 	Mestalla 	55,000
Valladolid 	Valladolid 	Nuevo José Zorrilla 	26,512
Villarreal 	Villarreal 	El Madrigal 	24,890
===Personnel and sponsorship===
Team 	Chairman 	Head Coach 	Captain 	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Almería 	Alfonso García 	Francisco 	Corona 	Nike 	Urcisol.com
Athletic Bilbao	Josu Urrutia 	Ernesto Valverde 	Carlos Gurpegui	Nike 	Petronor
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo 	Diego Simeone 	Gabi 	Nike 	Azerbaijan and Kyocera
Barcelona 	Josep Bartomeu 	Gerardo Martino 	Carles Puyol 	Nike 	Qatar Airways and UNICEF
Betis 	Miguel Guillén 	Gabriel Calderón 	Nacho 	Macron 	Cirsa and Andalucía
Celta de Vigo 	Carlos Mouriño 	Luis Enrique 	Borja Oubiña 	Adidas 	Citroën and Estrella Galicia
Elche 	José Sepulcre 	Fran Escribá 	Sergio Mantecón	Acerbis 	Gioseppo
Espanyol 	Ramón Condal 	Javier Aguirre 	Sergio García 	Puma 	Cancún
Getafe 	Ángel Torres 	Luis García Plaza 	Jaime Gavilán 	Joma 	Confremar and IG Markets
Granada 	Quique Pina 	Lucas Alcaraz 	Diego Mainz 	Luanvi 	Caja Granada
Levante 	Quico Catalán 	Joaquín Caparrós 	Juanfran García	Kelme 	Comunitat Valenciana
Málaga 	Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani	Bernd Schuster 	Duda 	Nike 	UNESCO and BlueBay resorts
Osasuna 	Miguel Archanco 	Javi Gracia 	Patxi Puñal 	Adidas 	Lacturale and Nevir
Rayo Vallecano 	Raúl Martín Presa 	Paco Jémez 	Trashorras 	Erreà 	AE — Adquisiciones Empresariales and Nevir
Real Madrid 	Florentino Pérez 	Carlo Ancelotti 	Iker Casillas 	Adidas 	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad 	Jokin Aperribay 	Jagoba Arrasate 	Xabi Prieto 	Nike 	Canal+ and Kutxa
Real Valladolid	Carlos Suárez 	Juan Ignacio Martínez 	Javier Baraja 	Hummel 	El Norte de Castilla
Sevilla 	José María del Nido 	Unai Emery 	Ivan Rakitić 	Warrior 	Interwetten
Valencia 	Amadeo Salvo 	Juan Antonio Pizzi 	Ricardo Costa 	Joma 	JinKO Solar
Villarreal 	Fernando Roig Alfonso 	Marcelino García Toral	Bruno Soriano 	Xtep 	Pamesa Cerámica
:1. Huawei is the sponsor for select matches.
:2. On the back of shirt.
:3. Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.
:4. On the shorts.
:5. Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
===Managerial changes===
Team 	Outgoing manager 	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy 	Replaced by 	Date of appointment	Position in table
Valencia 	Ernesto Valverde 	End of contract 	30 June 2013 	Miroslav Đukić 	4 June 2013 	5th (2012–13)
Real Sociedad 	Philippe Montanier 	End of contract 	30 June 2013 	Jagoba Arrasate 	8 June 2013 	4th (2012–13)
Celta Vigo 	Abel Resino 	Mutual consent 	8 June 2013 	Luis Enrique 	8 June 2013 	17th (2012–13)
Levante 	Juan Ignacio Martínez	End of contract 	30 June 2013 	Joaquín Caparrós 	10 June 2013 	11th (2012–13)
Málaga 	Manuel Pellegrini 	Mutual consent 	2 June 2013 	Bernd Schuster 	12 June 2013 	6th (2012–13)
Real Valladolid	Miroslav Đukić 	Mutual consent 	2 June 2013 	Juan Ignacio Martínez	17 June 2013 	14th (2012–13)
Athletic Bilbao	Marcelo Bielsa 	End of contract 	30 June 2013 	Ernesto Valverde 	21 June 2013 	12th (2012–13)
Real Madrid 	José Mourinho 	Mutual consent 	2 June 2013 	Carlo Ancelotti 	25 June 2013 	2nd (2012–13)
Almería 	Javi Gracia 	Mutual consent 	28 June 2013 	Francisco 	29 June 2013 	3rd in Segunda (2012–13)
Barcelona 	Tito Vilanova 	Resigned 	19 July 2013 	Gerardo Martino 	23 July 2013 	1st (2012–13)
Osasuna 	José Luis Mendilibar 	Sacked 	3 September 2013	Javi Gracia 	4 September 2013 	20th
Real Betis 	Pepe Mel 	Sacked 	2 December 2013 	Juan Carlos Garrido 	2 December 2013 	20th
Valencia 	Miroslav Đukić 	Sacked 	16 December 2013	Juan Antonio Pizzi 	26 December 2013 	9th
Real Betis 	Juan Carlos Garrido 	Sacked 	19 January 2014 	Gabriel Calderón 	19 January 2014 	20th
==League table==
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