2016–17 La Liga

The 2016–17 La Liga season was the 86th season of La Liga. It was also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 19 August 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017.

Real Madrid won the title after their victory against Málaga on the final matchday. This win gave Them their record 33rd title, and their first since the 2011–12 season. They also became only the second side, after Barcelona in 2012–13, to score in all 38 games of a La Liga season.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 teams from the 2015–16 season and 3 promoted teams from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

The three promoted clubs replaced Rayo Vallecano, Getafe, and Levante. Those teams were relegated at the end of the previous season after five, twelve, and six years respectively.

Stadia and locations

 Team Location Stadium Capacity Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza  Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés  Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón  Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou  Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos  Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor  Eibar Eibar Ipurua  Espanyol Barcelona RCDE Stadium  Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes  Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria  Leganés Leganés Butarque Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín  Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta  Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán  Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón Podcast Gijón Ser Deportivos; 9 March 2015Valencia Valencia Mestalla  Villarreal Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 

Personnel and sponsorship
 Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAlavés  Mauricio Pellegrino  Manu García Hummel LEA, Álava,, Kutxabank, Euskaltel, Heraclio Fournier Athletic Bilbao  Ernesto Valverde  Gorka Iraizoz Nike KutxabankAtlético Madrid  Diego Simeone  Gabi Nike Plus500Barcelona  Luis Enrique Nike Celta Vigo  Eduardo Berizzo  Hugo Mallo Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca  Pepe Mel  Laure Lotto Estrella Galicia 0,0Eibar  Dani García Puma AVIA, WikoEspanyol  Javi López Joma Rastar Group, Riviera MayaGranada  Dimitri Foulquier Joma Energy King, CoviránLas Palmas  Quique Setién  David García Acerbis Gran Canaria, IOC, beCordial Sports, Volkswagen, Domingo AlonsoLeganés  Asier Garitano JomaMálaga  Míchel  Duda Nike Marathonbet, BenahavísOsasuna Petar Vasiljević Miguel FlañoAdidasVictorino VicenteReal Betis  Alexis Trujillo (interim)  Joaquín Adidas WikoReal Madrid  Zinedine Zidane  Sergio Ramos Adidas Fly EmiratesReal Sociedad  Eusebio Sacristán  Xabi Prieto Adidas Qbao.comSevilla  Jorge Sampaoli  Vicente Iborra New Balance SeePuertoRico.comSporting Gijón  Rubi  Alberto Lora Nike Gijón, Nissan, Telecable, CMP, Ternera AsturianaValencia  Voro  Enzo Pérez Adidas beIN SportsVillarreal  Fran Escribá  Bruno Joma Pamesa Cerámica
1. On the back of shirt.
2. On the sleeves.
3. On the shorts.

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointment Málaga  Signed by Rubin Kazan 24 May 2016Pre-season  28 May 2016 Espanyol Sacked 27 May 2016 Quique Sánchez Flores9 June 2016 Deportivo La Coruña  30 May 2016 Gaizka Garitano 10 June 2016 Sevilla  Resigned 12 June 2016    13 June 2016 Granada  End of contract 20 June 2016  20 June 2016 Alavés Sacked 21 June 2016  26 June 2016 Villarreal  10 August 2016  11 August 2016 Valencia  20 September 201620th  Cesare Prandelli 28 September 2016 Granada  28 September 201619th Lucas Alcaraz 3 October 2016 Osasuna  7 November 201619th Joaquín Caparrós 8 November 2016 Real Betis  11 November 201614th Víctor Sánchez 11 November 2016 Málaga Resigned 22 December 201611th  28 December 2016  Valencia  30 December 201617th  Voro 10 January 2017Osasuna  Sacked 5 January 201720th 5 January 2017 Sporting Gijón Abelardo Fernández Mutual consent 17 January 201718th Rubi 17 January 2017 Deportivo La Coruña Gaizka GaritanoSacked 27 February 201717th  Pepe Mel 27 February 2017 Málaga  7 March 201715th  7 March 2017 Granada  10 April 201719th  10 April 2017 Real Betis   9 May 201715th  (interim) 9 May 2017

League table

Standings

Positions by round
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 38Real Madrid 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1  1 2 2 2 2 1 1Barcelona 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2Atlético Madrid  9  12  7 4 4 3 1 1 5 3 4 6 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Sevilla 3 4 2 5 2 6 3 3 2 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4Villarreal  13  13  8 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 3 4 6 5 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Real Sociedad 19  9  12  13  8  11  9  10  7 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5  7 6  7  7  7 7  7  7 6Athletic Bilbao  14 18  14  10  7 5 6 6 6  7  7  7  8  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  9  8  8  8  8  7  7  7  7 6  8 6 6 6 6 6 6  7Espanyol  17  14  15  16  15 18  17  17  16  12  13  12  12  12  9  9  11  11  9  9  8  9  10  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  9  10  8Alavés  8  11  9  9  12  9  12  9  13  15  12  14  13  13  13  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  11  11  11  11  10  10  11  11  11  11  11  10  10  10  9  9Eibar  15  8 6  7  9  8  8  8  11  8  11  8  7  8  8  8  10  9  10  10  7  7  7  7  7  8  8  8  8  8  7  8  8  8  8  8  8  10Málaga  11  10  16  15  14  17  14  13  10  11  10  11  11  11  11  11  13  13  14  14  14  14  13  13  15  15  16  15  15  15  14  15  15  14  12  11 11  11Valencia 18 20 19 20 18  15 18  14  15  14  15  16  16  17  17  17  17  17  15  15  15  15  14  14  13  13  13  14  13  12  12  12  12  12  13  13 12  12Celta Vigo  16 19 20 19  17  12  10  12  8  9  8  9  9  9  12  13  9  8  8  8  10  10  9  10  10  10  11  11  10  10  10  10  10  11  11  12 13  13Las Palmas 4 1 4 3 5  7  7  7  9  10  9  10  10  10  10  10  8  10  11  11  11  11  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  13  13  13  13  13  14  14  14  14Real Betis 20  17  13  12  16  10  15  16  12  13  14  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  13  13  13  13  15  15  14  14  14  13  14  14 15  14  14  15  15  15  15  15Deportivo La Coruña 5 5  10  11  13  16  13  15  17  17  16  17  17  16  16  15  15  15  16  16  16  16  16  17  17  16  15  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  16  17  17  16Leganés  7  7  11  14  10  13  11  11  14  16  17  15  15  15  15  16  16  16  17  17  17  17  17  16  16  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  17  16  16  17Sporting Gijón 6 6 3  8  11  14  16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18Osasuna  12  15 18 18 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 Granada  10  16  17  17 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20
Source: LaLiga
 Leader 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Play-off round 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Relegation to 2017–18 Segunda División

Results

Season statistics

Scoring
First goal of the season:   Juanpi for Málaga against Osasuna (19 August 2016)
Last goal of the season:   Lionel Messi for Barcelona against Eibar (21 May 2017)

Top goalscorers
 Rank Player Club Goals1 Lionel MessiBarcelona372 Luis SuárezBarcelona293 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid254 Iago AspasCelta Vigo195 Aritz AdurizAthletic Bilbao16 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid7 Álvaro MorataReal Madrid158 Sandro RamírezMálaga149 Rubén CastroReal Betis13 Gerard MorenoEspanyol NeymarBarcelona

Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 NeymarBarcelona152 Luis Suárez Barcelona143 Toni KroosReal Madrid124 MarceloReal Madrid10 Pablo PiattiEspanyol6 Lionel MessiBarcelona97 Ángel CorreaAtlético Madrid8 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid IscoReal Madrid KokeAtlético Madrid Pablo SarabiaSevilla

Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
RankNameClubGoals  AgainstMatchesAverage1 Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid21290.722 Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona33360.923 Diego López Espanyol37331.124 Fernando Pacheco Alavés42361.175 Sergio Rico Sevilla45351.29

Hat-tricks

 Player For  Against  Result  Date  Round  Reference Luis SuárezBarcelonaReal Betis6–2 (H)20 August 20161 Yannick CarrascoAtlético MadridGranada7–1 (H)15 October 20168 Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridAlavés4–1 (A)29 October 201610 Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridAtlético Madrid3–0 (A)19 November 201612 Vicente IborraSevillaCelta Vigo3–0 (A)11 December 201615 Wissam Ben YedderSevillaReal Sociedad4–0 (A)7 January 201717 Kevin GameiroAtlético MadridSporting Gijón4–1 (A)18 February 201723 Giuseppe RossiCelta VigoLas Palmas3–1 (H)3 April 201729 Álvaro MorataReal Madrid Leganés4–2 (A)5 April 201730 NeymarBarcelonaLas Palmas4–1 (A)14 May 201737
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

 Most yellow cards (club): 121
 Alavés
 Fewest yellow cards (club): 74
 Real Madrid
 Most yellow cards (player): 17
 Fernando Amorebieta (Sporting Gijón)
 Most red cards (club): 8
 Celta Vigo
 Fewest red cards (club): 1
 Barcelona
 Most red cards (player): 2
 Uche Agbo (Granada)
 Kevin-Prince Boateng (Las Palmas)
 Zouhair Feddal (Alavés)
 Sergi Gómez (Celta Vigo)
 Cristiano Piccini (Real Betis)
 Asier Riesgo (Eibar)
 Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal)

Overall
Most wins - Real Madrid (29)
Fewest wins - Osasuna and Granada (4)
Most draws - Alavés (13)
Fewest draws - Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Celta Vigo (6)
Most losses - Granada (26)
Fewest losses - Real Madrid (3)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (106)
Fewest goals scored - Granada (30)
Most goals conceded - Osasuna (94)
Fewest goals conceded - Atlético Madrid (27)

 LFP Awards 

Seasonal

The league's best players and coaches were honoured with the La Liga Awards. The awards were run by La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 

RecipientBest Player (Barcelona)Best Goalkeeper Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)Best Coach José Luis Mendilibar  and  Asier Garitano 

Monthly
MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Quique SetiénLas Palmas Jon Ander SerantesLeganésSeptember Ernesto ValverdeAthletic Bilbao Antoine GriezmannAtlético MadridOctober Jorge SampaoliSevilla Iago AspasCelta VigoNovember Eusebio SacristánReal Sociedad Diego LópezEspanyolDecember Fran EscribáVillarreal Florin AndoneDeportivo La CoruñaJanuary Eduardo BerizzoCelta Vigo Steven NzonziSevillaFebruary José Luis MendilibarEibar Sergi EnrichEibarMarch Diego SimeoneAtlético Madrid Antoine GriezmannAtlético MadridApril MíchelMálaga Lionel MessiBarcelonaMay Zinedine ZidaneReal Madrid Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid

References

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