2017–18 La Liga

The 2017–18 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th La Liga season. The season began on 18 August 2017 and ended on 20 May 2018. The fixtures were released on 21 July 2017.

Real Madrid were the defending champions. Barcelona, won the league title on 29 April 2018 with four matches left. 

Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 20 teams competed in the league: the 17 teams from the 2016–17 season and the 3 promoted teams from the 2016–17 Segunda División. The three promoted teams included the two top teams from the Segunda División and the winners of the play-offs.

Stadia and locations

 Team  Location  Stadium  Capacity Alavés  Vitoria-Gasteiz  Mendizorrotza  Athletic Bilbao  Bilbao  San Mamés  Atlético Madrid  Madrid  Wanda Metropolitano  Barcelona  Barcelona  Camp Nou   Celta Vigo  Vigo  Balaídos  Deportivo La Coruña  A Coruña  Abanca-Riazor  Eibar  Eibar  Ipurua  Espanyol  Cornellà de Llobregat RCDE Stadium  Getafe  Getafe  Coliseum Alfonso Pérez  Girona  Girona  Montilivi  Las Palmas  Las Palmas  Gran Canaria  Leganés Leganés  Butarque  Levante  Valencia  Ciutat de València  Málaga  Málaga  La Rosaleda  Real Betis  Seville  Benito Villamarín  Real Madrid  Madrid  Santiago Bernabéu   Real Sociedad  San Sebastián  Anoeta  Sevilla  Seville  Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán  Valencia  Valencia  Mestalla  Villarreal  Villarreal  Estadio de la Cerámica 

Personnel and sponsorship
 Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (caretaker), Granitos Buenavista    David García Acerbis Gran Canaria, Grupo DISA, IOC, Kalise Menorquina, beCordial Sports, Binter Canarias, Volkswagen Domingo AlonsoGreenearth, Estadio Benito Villamarín, Wiko, Reale Seguros, BeSoccer (caretaker), Jawwy
1. On the back of shirt.
2. On the sleeves.
3. On the shorts.

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointmentAthletic Bilbao Ernesto ValverdeResigned23 May 2017Pre-season José Ángel Ziganda24 May 2017Barcelona Luis EnriqueEnd of contract29 May 2017 Ernesto Valverde29 May 2017Las Palmas Quique Setién30 June 2017 Manolo Márquez3 July 2017Valencia VoroEnd of interim spell 11 May 2017 11 May 2017Real Betis Alexis Trujillo26 May 2017 Quique Setién26 May 2017Celta Vigo Eduardo BerizzoEnd of contract30 June 2017 Juan Carlos Unzué28 May 2017Sevilla Jorge SampaoliSigned by Argentina20 May 2017 Eduardo Berizzo1 June 2017Alavés Mauricio PellegrinoResigned29 May 2017 Luis Zubeldía17 June 2017Alavés Luis ZubeldíaSacked17 September 201720th Gianni De Biasi22 September 2017Villarreal Fran Escribá25 September 201714th Javier Calleja25 September 2017Las Palmas  Manolo MárquezResigned26 September 201715th Pako Ayestarán27 September 2017Deportivo La Coruña  Pepe MelSacked24 October 201717th Cristóbal Parralo24 October 2017Alavés Gianni De Biasi27 November 201720th Abelardo Fernández1 December 2017Las Palmas Pako Ayestarán30 November 201719th 21 December 2017Sevilla Eduardo Berizzo22 December 20175th 28 December 2017Málaga Míchel13 January 201819th 13 January 2018Deportivo La Coruña Cristóbal Parralo4 February 201818th 5 February 2018Levante Juan Muñiz4 March 201817th Paco López4 March 2018Real Sociedad Eusebio Sacristán18 March 201815th Imanol Alguacil18 March 2018Espanyol Quique Sánchez Flores20 April 201816th David Gallego (caretaker)20 April 2018Sevilla Vincenzo Montella28 April 20187th Joaquín Caparrós (caretaker)28 April 2018

League table
Standings

Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38                                     Barcelona 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Atlético Madrid  8 4 6 5 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Real Madrid 1 5 7 4 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Valencia  7 8 9 9 4 4 3 2 2  2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4Villarreal 18 19 13 7 9 14 9 8 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5Real Betis 19 12 15 12 7 5 6 9 7 8 8 9 8 11 12 8 14 10 7 11 13 10 8 10 7 9 10 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6Sevilla 11 9 3 2 2 3 2 5 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7Getafe  13 14 10 14 14 10 12 14 14 11 12 10 128 7 10 8 11 9 9 9 11 11 9 11 10 11 11 9 11 11 10 9 9 7 8 8 8Eibar 4 11 16 13 13 16 18 16 17 17 17 17 1513 13 9 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 7 8 9 11 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 9Girona 9 6 11 15 15 17 16 17 15 13 10 11 1012 9 7 10 13 10 10 10 9 10 8 10 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 11 10Espanyol  10 13 18 16 16 12 14 13 13 10 13 14 1315 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 16 15 13 15 13 14 13 15 16 16 16 15 15 14 11Real Sociedad 3 1 2 3 6 8 8 7 9 9 7 7 7 9 10 11 9 12 15 15 15 14 14 12 14 15 12 14 15 15 13 11 11 11 10 11 10 12Celta Vigo  14 16 12 17 17 13 11 10 10 14 11 13 9 10 11 13 11 14 11 7 7 8 9 11 8 11 9 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 13Alavés  15 18 20 20 19 20 19 19 19 20 18 19 20 19 18 18 17 18 17 16 17 16 16 15 16 14 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 13 13 13 12 14Levante 6 7 8 8 5 9 10 12 12 12 14 12 1414 15 15 16 16 16 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 15Athletic Bilbao  12 10 4 6 10 11 13 11 11 15 15 15 1616 14 14 12 8 12 12 12 13 13 14 12 12 14 12 13 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 16 16Leganés5 3 5 10 11 7 7 6 5 7 9 8 117 8 12 13 9 13 13 11 12 12 13 13 16 13 15 12 14 14 14 14 15 16 17 17 17Deportivo La Coruña 20  15 17 18 18 18 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18Las Palmas  16 20 14 11 12 15 17 18 18 18 19 20 19 18 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19Málaga  17 17 19 19 20 19 20 20 20 19 20 18 18 20 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
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 Leader and 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round Relegation to 2018–19 Segunda División

 Results 

Season statistics

Scoring
First goal of the season:   Gabriel for Leganés against Alavés (18 August 2017)
Last goal of the season:   Philippe Coutinho for Barcelona against Real Sociedad (20 May 2018)

Top goalscorers
 Rank Player Club Goals1 Lionel MessiBarcelona342 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid263 Luis SuárezBarcelona254 Iago AspasCelta Vigo225 Cristhian StuaniGirona216 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid197 Maxi GómezCelta Vigo178 Gareth BaleReal Madrid16 GerardEspanyol RodrigoValencia

Top assists
 Rank Player Club Assists1 Lionel MessiBarcelona12 Pablo FornalsVillarreal Luis SuárezBarcelona4 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid105 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid9 Gonçalo GuedesValencia Pione SistoCelta Vigo Daniel WassCelta Vigo9 Jordi AlbaBarcelona8 José ÁngelEibar Andrés GuardadoReal Betis José Luis MoralesLevante

Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper has to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

RankNameClubGoals  againstMatchesAverage1 Jan OblakAtlético Madrid22370.592 Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona28370.763 Vicente GuaitaGetafe26330.794 NetoValencia33331.005 Pau LópezEspanyol31281.11

Hat-tricks

 Player  For  Against  Result  Date  Round Lionel MessiBarcelonaEspanyol5–0 (H)9 September 20173 Simone ZazaValenciaMálaga5–0 (H)19 September 20175 Lionel Messi4BarcelonaEibar6–1 (H)19 September 20175 Cédric BakambuVillarrealEibar3–0 (H)1 October 20177 Iago AspasCelta VigoLas Palmas5–2 (A)16 October 20178 Ibai GómezAlavésGirona3–2 (A)4 December 201714 Michael OlungaGironaLas Palmas6–0 (H)13 January 201819 Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridReal Sociedad5–2 (H)10 February 201823 Luis SuárezBarcelonaGirona6–1 (H)24 February 201825 Antoine GriezmannAtlético MadridSevilla5–2 (A)25 February 201825 Antoine Griezmann4Atlético MadridLeganés4–0 (H)28 February 201826 Cristiano Ronaldo4Real MadridGirona6–3 (H)18 March 201829 Iago AspasCelta VigoSevilla4–0 (H)7 April 201831 Lionel MessiBarcelonaLeganés3–1 (H)7 April 201831 Carlos BaccaVillarrealCelta Vigo4–1 (H)28 April 201835 Lionel MessiBarcelonaDeportivo La Coruña4–2 (A)29 April 201835 Emmanuel BoatengLevanteBarcelona5–4 (H)13 May 201837 Philippe CoutinhoBarcelonaLevante4–5 (A)13 May 201837

Note
4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

 Most yellow cards (club): 134
 Getafe
 Fewest yellow cards (club): 62
 Real Sociedad
 Most yellow cards (player): 16
  Jefferson Lerma (Levante)
 Most red cards (club): 8
 Málaga
 Fewest red cards (club): 0
 Athletic Bilbao
 Girona
 Most red cards (player): 2
  Jordi Amat (Real Betis)
  Zdravko Kuzmanović (Málaga)
  Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
  Sergi Roberto (Barcelona)

Overall
Most wins - Barcelona (28)
Fewest wins - Las Palmas and Malaga (5)
Most draws - Espanyol, Levante and Bilbao (13)
Fewest draws - Alavés (2)
Most losses - Malaga (28)
Fewest losses - Barcelona (1)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (99)
Fewest goals scored - Las Palmas and Malaga (24)
Most goals conceded - Deportivo La Coruña (76)
Fewest goals conceded - Atlético Madrid (22)

 LFP Awards 
 Monthly 

MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencePlayerClubSeptember Simone ZazaValenciaOctober Cédric BakambuVillarrealNovember Iago AspasCelta VigoDecember Luis SuárezBarcelonaJanuary Aritz AdurizAthletic BilbaoFebruary Antoine GriezmannAtlético MadridMarch RodrigoValenciaApril Lionel MessiBarcelona

 Notes 

References

Other websites

LaLiga 2017-2018  Estadísticas, noticias, informaciones sobre el fútbol en España

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