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.

League table
Standings
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation1 Barcelona (C)38294511229+8391Qualification to Champions League group stage2 Real Madrid38286411034+76903 Atlético Madrid3828466318+45884 Villarreal381810104433+1164Qualification to Champions League play-offs5 Athletic Bilbao38188125845+1362 Qualification to Europa League group stage6 Celta de Vigo38179125058-8607 Sevilla381410145150+152Qualification to Champions League group stage(As winner of the 2015-16 Europa League)8 Málaga381212143835+3489 Real Sociedad38139164548-34810 Real Betis381112153150-194511 Las Palmas38128184553-84412 Valencia381111164648-24413 Espanyol38127193672-364314 Eibar381110174757-104315 Deportivo La Coruña38818124562-174216 Granada38109194668-223917 Sporting Gijón38109193862-243918 Rayo Vallecano38911184972-2338 Relegation to Segunda División19 Getafe3899203665-2936  20 Levante (R)3888223667-3132

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

Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Luis SuárezBarcelona402 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid353 Lionel MessiBarcelona264 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid24 NeymarBarcelona6 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid227 Aritz AdurizAthletic Bilbao208 Gareth BaleReal Madrid199 Rubén CastroReal Betis1810 Borja BastónEibar17 Lucas PérezDeportivo La Coruña

Top assists
RankPlayerTeamAssists1 Lionel MessiBarcelona16 Luis SuárezBarcelona3 KokeAtlético Madrid14 NeymarBarcelona4 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid11 Gareth BaleReal Madrid6 Roberto SoldadoVillarreal107 Marco AsensioEspanyol9 Toni KroosReal Madrid Jonathan VieraLas Palmas11 James RodríguezReal Madrid8 Lucas PérezDeportivo La Coruña

Zamora Trophy
RankNameClubGoals  AgainstMatchesAverage1 Jan Oblak  Atlético de Madrid 18370.492 Claudio Bravo Barcelona22320.693 Alphonse Areola Villarreal26320.814 Keylor Navas Real Madrid28330.855 Gorka Iraizoz Athletic Bilbao36351.03

Hat-tricks
 Player For  Against  Result  Date  Cristiano Ronaldo5  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  Neymar4  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 Bale4  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 Ronaldo4  Real Madrid  Celta de Vigo  7–1 (H)  5 March 2016  Luis Suárez4  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 Suárez4  Barcelona  Sporting Gijón  6–0 (H)  23 April 2016  Luis Suárez  Barcelona  Granada  3–0 (A)  14 May 2016
4 Player scored four goals5 Player scored five goals(H) - Home ; (A) - Away

 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

References

Category:2015–16 in European football

Category:Football in Spain
Category:2010s in Spanish sport
Category:La Liga seasons