La Liga 2010-11

The 2010-11 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 80th since its establishment. Barcelona are the defending champions, having won their 20th La Liga title in the previous season for the second time in a row. The campaign will begin on 28 August 2010 and end on 22 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contest the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2009-10 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball - the Nike T90 Tracer - serves as the official ball for all matches.
==Promotion and relegation==
===Start of season===
Teams promoted from Segunda 2009-10
*Real Sociedad
*Hércules CF
*Levante UD
===End of season===
Teams relegated to Segunda 2011-12
* TBA
* TBA
* TBA
==Teams==
Real Valladolid, CD Tenerife and Xerez CD were relegated to the Segunda División after finishing the 2009-10 season in the bottom three places. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Spanish top flight, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2009-10 Segunda División champions Real Sociedad from San Sebastián, runners-up Hércules CF from Alicante and Levante UD. Hércules returned to the highest Spanish football league for the first time after 13 years, while Real Sociedad and Levante terminated their second-level status after three and two years, respectively.
===Stadia===
Team 	Home city 	Stadium 	Capacity
Almería 	Almería 	Estadio del Mediterráneo 	22,000
Athletic Bilbao 	Bilbao 	San Mamés 	39,750
Atlético Madrid 	Madrid 	Vicente Calderón 	54,851
Barcelona 	Barcelona 	Camp Nou 	98,772
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña 	Riazor 	34,600
Espanyol 	Cornellà de Llobregat	Estadi Cornellà-El Prat 	40,500
Getafe 	Getafe 	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 	17,700
Hércules 	Alicante 	Estadio José Rico Pérez 	30,000
Levante 	Valencia 	Estadi Ciutat de València	25,534
Málaga 	Málaga 	La Rosaleda 	28,963
Mallorca 	Palma de Mallorca 	Iberostar Estadio 	23,142
Osasuna 	Pamplona 	Estadio Reyno de Navarra 	19,800
Racing Santander 	Santander 	El Sardinero 	22,271
Real Madrid 	Madrid 	Santiago Bernabéu 	80,354
Real Sociedad 	San Sebastián 	Estadio Anoeta 	32,076
Sevilla 	Sevilla 	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 	45,500
Sporting 	Gijón 	El Molinón 	29,800
Valencia 	Valencia 	Mestalla 	55,000
Villarreal 	Vila-real 	El Madrigal 	25,000
Zaragoza 	Zaragoza 	La Romareda 	34,596
===Personnel and sponsoring===
Team 	Chairman 	Head Coach 	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Almería 	Alfonso García 	Juan Manuel Lillo 	Rasán 	Urcisol.com
Athletic Bilbao 	Fernando García Macua 	Joaquín Caparrós 	Umbro 	Petronor
Atlético Madrid 	Enrique Cerezo 	Quique Sánchez 	Nike 	Kia
Barcelona 	Sandro Rosell 	Josep Guardiola 	Nike 	UNICEF
Deportivo La Coruña	Augusto Lendoiro 	Miguel Ángel Lotina 	Lotto 	Estrella Galicia
Espanyol 	Daniel Sánchez Llibre 	Mauricio Pochettino 	Li Ning 	Interwetten
Getafe 	Ángel Torres Sánchez 	Míchel 	Joma 	Burger King
Hércules 	Valentín Botella Ros 	Esteban Vigo 	Nike 	
Levante 	Quico Catalán 	Luis García Plaza 	Luanvi 	Comunitat Valenciana
Málaga 	Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani	Jesualdo Ferreira 	Li Ning 	William Hill
Mallorca 	Josep Pons 	Michael Laudrup 	Macron 	Air Europa
Osasuna 	Patxi Izco 	José Antonio Camacho 	Astore 	Yingli Solar
Racing Santander 	Francisco Pernía 	Miguel Ángel Portugal	Slam 	
Real Madrid 	Florentino Pérez 	José Mourinho 	Adidas 	Bwin
Real Sociedad 	Jokin Aperribay 	Martín Lasarte 	Astore 	Gipuzkoa
Sevilla 	José María del Nido 	Antonio Álvarez 	Joma 	12bet.com
Sporting 	Manuel Vega-Arango 	Manolo Preciado 	Astore 	GijónAsturias
Valencia 	Manuel Llorente 	Unai Emery 	Kappa 	Unibet
Villarreal 	Fernando Roig 	Juan Carlos Garrido 	Puma 	Aéroport Castelló
Zaragoza 	Agapito Iglesias 	José Aurelio Gay 	Adidas 	Telefónica
==Managerial changes==
===Before the start of the season===
Team 	Outgoing manager 	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by 	Date of appointment	Position in table
Mallorca 	Gregorio Manzano 	End of contract 	19 May 2010 	Michael Laudrup 	2 July 2010 	5th (2009-10)
Real Madrid	Manuel Pellegrini 	Sacked 	26 May 2010 	José Mourinho 	28 May 2010 	2nd (2009-10)
Málaga 	Juan R. López Muñiz	Sacked 	16 June 2010 	Jesualdo Ferreira	17 June 2010 	17th (2009-10)
==League table==
 
===Positions by round===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	Leader
	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2011–12 Segunda División
== Results ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Awards and season statistics==
===Pichichi Trophy===
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Position	Player 	Club 	Goals
1 	Abdoulay Konko 	Sevilla 	2
1 	Joaquín Sánchez 	Valencia 	2
3 	Álvaro Negredo 	Sevilla 	1
3 	Aritz Aduriz 	Valencia 	1
3 	Fernando Llorente 	Athletic Bilbao	1
3 	Renato 	Sevilla 	1
3 	Rubén Suárez 	Levante 	1
3 	Sebastián Fernández	Málaga 	1
 
*Source: futbol.sportec
*Last updated: 28 August 2010
==See also==
* List of Spanish football transfers summer 2010
* 2010-11 Segunda División
==External links==
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