2014–15 La Liga

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La Liga
Season 2014–15
Champions Barcelona
23rd title
Relegated Elche
Almería
Córdoba
Champions League Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Valencia
Sevilla
Europa League Villarreal
Athletic Bilbao
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1009 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo (48 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (0.51 goals/match)
Biggest home win Real Madrid 9–1 Granada
(5 April 2015)
Biggest away win Córdoba 0–8 Barcelona
(2 May 2015)
Highest scoring Deportivo La Coruña 2–8 Real Madrid
(20 September 2014)
Real Madrid 9–1 Granada
(5 April 2015)
Real Madrid 7–3 Getafe
(23 May 2015)
Longest winning run 12 games[2]
Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run 14 games[2]
Barcelona
Longest winless run 20 games[2]
Córdoba
Longest losing run 10 games[2]
Córdoba
Highest attendance 98,760[3]
Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid
(22 March 2015)
Lowest attendance 3,500[3]
Getafe 2–1 Celta Vigo
(26 January 2015)
Total attendance 10,161,726[3]
Average attendance 26,741[3]
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2015.

The 2014–15 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of the premier association football league in Spain. The campaign began on 23 August 2014 and ended on 24 May 2015.

Barcelona won its 23rd title on 17 May 2015 after defeating defending champions Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium.[4][5]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams (Eibar and Deportivo La Coruña) from the Segunda División, and the winner of the play-offs, Córdoba.

Eibar became the first club from Segunda División to achieve promotion to La Liga after its 1–0 victory over Alavés on 25 May 2014. Eibar made their La Liga debut in the 2014–15 season.[6]

Deportivo La Coruña won promotion back to La Liga after one season in Segunda División with a 1–0 victory over Real Jaén on 31 May 2014.[7]

Córdoba won the promotion play-off against Las Palmas and returned to the top level after 42 years.[8]

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity[citation needed]
Almería Almería Juegos Mediterráneos 21,350
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 53,289
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,907
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 99,786
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 31,800
Córdoba Córdoba El Arcángel 21,822
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor 34,600
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 6,000
Elche Elche Martínez Valero 36,017
Espanyol Barcelona Power8 Stadium 40,500
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,393
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 23,156
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 26,354
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas 14,708
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 81,044
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 32,076
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Villarreal Villarreal El Madrigal 25,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Almería Alfonso García Spain Miguel Rivera Spain Corona Nike Urcisol.com
Athletic Bilbao Josu Urrutia Spain Ernesto Valverde Spain Carlos Gurpegui Nike Petronor & BBK
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Gabi Nike Azerbaijan: Land of Fire & Plus500
Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu Spain Luis Enrique Spain Xavi Nike Qatar Airways, UNICEF & Beko1 2 6
Celta Vigo Carlos Mouriño Argentina Eduardo Berizzo Spain Borja Oubiña Adidas Citroën, Abanca & Estrella Galicia4
Córdoba Carlos González Spain José Antonio Romero Spain Abel Gómez Acerbis RD Impagos
Deportivo La Coruña Constantino Fernández Pico Spain Víctor Fernández Spain Manuel Pablo Lotto Estrella Galicia & Abanca
Eibar Alex Aranzabal Spain Gaizka Garitano Spain Txema Añibarro Hummel[9] Hierros Servando & Wiko1
Elche José Sepulcre Spain Fran Escribá Spain Edu Albácar Kelme Gioseppo
Espanyol Ramón Condal Spain Sergio González Soriano Spain Sergio García Puma Power8
Getafe Ángel Torres Spain Pablo Franco Spain Jaime Gavilán Joma Tecnocasa Group
Granada Quique Pina Spain José Ramón Sandoval Spain Diego Mainz Joma Solver Sports Capital
Levante Quico Catalán Spain Lucas Alcaraz Spain Juanfran Nike East United
Málaga Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani Spain Javi Gracia Portugal Duda Nike UNESCO3
Rayo Vallecano Raúl Martín Presa Spain Paco Jémez Spain Roberto Trashorras Erreà QBAO.com & Nevir1
Real Madrid Florentino Pérez Italy Carlo Ancelotti Spain Iker Casillas Adidas Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad Jokin Aperribay Scotland David Moyes Spain Xabi Prieto Adidas QBAO.com & Kutxa1
Sevilla José Castro Carmona Spain Unai Emery Spain Fernando Navarro Warrior Visit Malaysia
Valencia Amadeo Salvo Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo Spain Dani Parejo Adidas La Caixa & Gol Televisión1
Villarreal Fernando Roig Spain Marcelino García Toral Spain Bruno Xtep Pamesa Cerámica
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.
3. ^ Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
4. ^ On the shorts.
5. Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Adidas, sponsored by Würth, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem LFP.
6. ^ On the sleeves.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Celta Vigo Spain Luis Enrique Resigned 15 May 2014 Pre-season Argentina Eduardo Berizzo 2 June 2014
Málaga Germany Bernd Schuster End of contract 16 May 2014 Spain Javi Gracia 30 May 2014
Espanyol Mexico Javier Aguirre End of contract 16 May 2014 Spain Sergio González Soriano 28 May 2014
Barcelona Argentina Gerardo Martino Resigned 17 May 2014 Spain Luis Enrique 19 May 2014
Granada Spain Lucas Alcaraz End of contract 28 May 2014 Spain Joaquín Caparrós 28 May 2014
Levante Spain Joaquín Caparrós Signed by Granada 28 May 2014 Spain José Luis Mendilibar 30 May 2014
Valencia Argentina Juan Antonio Pizzi Sacked 2 July 2014 Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo 4 July 2014
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Fernando Vázquez Sacked 8 July 2014 Spain Víctor Fernández 10 July 2014
Córdoba Spain Albert Ferrer Sacked 20 October 2014 20th Serbia Miroslav Đukić 20 October 2014[10]
Levante Spain José Luis Mendilibar Sacked 20 October 2014 19th Spain Lucas Alcaraz 21 October 2014[11]
Real Sociedad Spain Jagoba Arrasate Sacked 2 November 2014 19th Scotland David Moyes 10 November 2014[12]
Almería Spain Francisco Sacked 9 December 2014[13] 17th Spain Juan Ignacio Martínez 12 December 2014[14]
Getafe Romania Cosmin Contra Signed by Guangzhou R&F 18 December 2014[15] 13th Spain Quique Sánchez Flores 5 January 2015[16]
Granada Spain Joaquín Caparrós Sacked 13 January 2015[17] 20th Spain Abel Resino 19 January 2015[18]
Getafe Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Resigned 26 February 2015[19] 13th Spain Pablo Franco 11 March 2015[20]
Córdoba Serbia Miroslav Đukić Sacked 16 March 2015 20th Spain José Antonio Romero 16 March 2015[21]
Almería Spain Juan Ignacio Martínez Sacked 5 April 2015[22] 18th Spain Sergi Barjuán 6 April 2015[23]
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Víctor Fernández Sacked 8 April 2015 17th Spain Víctor Sánchez 8 April 2015
Granada Spain Abel Resino Sacked 1 May 2015[24] 19th Spain José Ramón Sandoval 1 May 2015[25]

Overview

On 2 May, Córdoba were relegated with three games left to play in the season, after losing 0–8 at home against Barcelona.[26] Eight days later, Villarreal confirmed sixth place and an entry into the UEFA Europa League with Joel Campbell's winning goal against Elche.[27]

Barcelona, playing with a three-man attack of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez under new manager Luis Enrique,[28] won the title on 17 May with a goal by Messi to defeat holders Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium. It came exactly a year after Atlético had won their league title at Barcelona's Camp Nou.[29] Real Madrid, with profound inconsistency in the second half of the season,[30] secured second place on the same day as Barcelona won the title, with a 1–4 win at Espanyol.[31]

The battle for the Champions League was settled in the last ten minutes of the season. Valencia, in fourth place with 74 points, went into the last match of the season at relegation-threatened Almería, facing all three possibilities of direct qualification to the group stage of the Champions League, qualification to the play-off round, or missing out on the Champions League altogether. Valencia won the match 3–2 to secure fourth place, as Atlético Madrid, three points ahead, drew at Granada. Sevilla, with a 3–2 win at Málaga, achieved a record 76 points total without Champions League qualification, finishing fifth.[32][33][34] Sevilla however qualified for the Champions League by winning the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final.

Despite finishing the season in the 13th position, on 5 June, Elche was relegated to Segunda División due to its financial struggles.[35] Newcomers Eibar, who finished the season in the 18th position, will take Elche's place in 2015–16 La Liga.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 30 4 4 110 21 +89 94 Qualification to UEFA Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Real Madrid 38 30 2 6 118 38 +80 92
3 Atlético Madrid 38 23 9 6 67 29 +38 78
4 Valencia 38 22 11 5 70 32 +38 77 Qualification to UEFA Champions League play-off round
5 Sevilla 38 23 7 8 71 45 +26 76 Qualification to UEFA Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Villarreal 38 16 12 10 48 37 +11 60 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
7 Athletic Bilbao 38 15 10 13 42 41 +1 55 Qualification to UEFA Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8 Celta Vigo 38 13 12 13 47 44 +3 51
9 Málaga 38 14 8 16 42 48 −6 50
10 Espanyol 38 13 10 15 47 51 −4 49[lower-alpha 3]
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 15 4 19 46 68 −22 49[lower-alpha 3]
12 Real Sociedad 38 11 13 14 44 51 −7 46
13 Elche[lower-alpha 4] (R) 38 11 8 19 35 62 −27 41 Relegation to Segunda División
14 Levante 38 9 10 19 34 67 −33 37[lower-alpha 5]
15 Getafe 38 10 7 21 33 64 −31 37[lower-alpha 5]
16 Deportivo La Coruña 38 7 14 17 35 60 −25 35[lower-alpha 6]
17 Granada 38 7 14 17 29 64 −35 35[lower-alpha 6]
18 Eibar 38 9 8 21 34 55 −21 35[lower-alpha 6]
19 Almería (R) 38 8 8 22 35 64 −29 32 Relegation to Segunda División
20 Córdoba (R) 38 3 11 24 22 68 −46 20
Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match[36]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
  2. 2.0 2.1 Since the winners of the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League group stage) is passed to the sixth-placed team, Villarreal, and the spot for the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the seventh-placed team, Athletic Bilbao.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Espanyol ahead on head-to-head record; Rayo Vallecano–Espanyol 1–3, Espanyol–Rayo Vallecano 1–1.
  4. Elche administratively relegated by the LFP.[35]
  5. 5.0 5.1 Levante ahead on head-to-head record; Levante–Getafe 1–1, Getafe–Levante 0–1.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Head-to-head record: Deportivo 7 pts, Granada 6 pts, Eibar 2 pts

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 \ Round 1 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 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Real Madrid 3 10 13 7 5 5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Atlético Madrid 12 6 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Valencia 11 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Sevilla 10 5 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Villarreal 4 9 8 6 7 7 7 6 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Athletic Bilbao 15 7 12 15 18 16 18 17 15 11 11 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 11 13 13 12 10 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 7 7
Celta de Vigo 2 3 5 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 11 12 10 10 9 8 8 9 11 10 11 12 10 9 9 9 10 10 11 8
Málaga 7 13 11 10 10 13 11 8 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 9
Espanyol 9 16 19 18 11 12 8 11 10 13 12 14 12 13 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 12 12 9 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 10
Rayo Vallecano 13 14 16 17 13 9 12 9 9 12 13 11 10 11 12 13 11 11 10 10 12 15 11 14 11 13 12 11 9 10 12 11 11 11 12 11 10 11
Real Sociedad 16 8 7 12 14 15 15 16 17 19 15 16 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 11 13 12 12 10 12 11 10 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 11 12 12 12
Elche 20 19 10 13 16 18 16 18 19 17 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 19 16 17 19 17 17 17 17 15 15 15 15 16 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13
Levante 19 20 20 20 17 19 17 19 20 18 19 13 15 15 15 15 17 18 19 19 20 18 19 18 18 17 18 18 16 15 18 16 15 15 15 14 15 14
Getafe 17 12 15 16 19 14 14 10 12 10 9 10 13 12 13 12 14 14 15 14 15 14 15 13 14 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 14 15
Deportivo La Coruña 14 15 9 14 15 17 20 15 16 16 17 18 18 19 16 17 16 16 17 16 14 11 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 16 18 18 18 18 17 16 16
Granada 5 4 6 5 8 11 13 14 14 15 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 20 20 18 20 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 17 17
Eibar 6 11 14 9 9 8 9 12 11 9 10 12 11 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 17 19 19 18
Almería 8 17 17 11 12 10 10 13 13 14 16 17 17 17 19 16 15 17 18 18 16 16 16 16 16 18 17 17 18 18 17 17 17 17 16 16 18 19
Córdoba 18 18 18 19 20 20 19 20 18 20 20 20 20 18 18 19 18 15 14 15 17 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Last updated: 23 May 2015
Source: Liga BBVA

Leader
2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2015–16 Segunda División

Results

Home ╲ Away ALM ATH ATM BAR CEL CÓR DEP EIB ELC ESP GET GRA LEV MLG RVA RMA RSO SEV VAL VIL
Almería 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–0
Athletic Bilbao 2–1 1–4 2–5 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0
Atlético Madrid 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–1
Barcelona 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 5–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 5–1 6–0 6–0 5–0 0–1 6–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 3–2
Celta Vigo 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 2–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3
Córdoba 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–8 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–2
Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–8 0–0 3–4 3–0 1–1
Eibar 5–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–2 0–4 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1
Elche 1–0 2–3 0–2 0–6 0–1 2–2 4–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 2–2
Espanyol 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1
Getafe 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–1
Granada 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Levante 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–5 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 0–5 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2
Málaga 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1
Rayo Vallecano 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–3 1–3 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 2–0
Real Madrid 3–0 5–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 7–3 9–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–1
Real Sociedad 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 4–3 1–1 0–0
Sevilla 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1
Valencia 3–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0
Villarreal 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 0–2 4–0 0–2 1–3

Updated to games played on 23 May 2015.
Source: La Liga
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:
    Spain Luis Alberto for Málaga against Athletic Bilbao (23 August 2014)
  • Last goal of the season:
    Brazil Marcelo for Real Madrid against Getafe (23 May 2015)

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

As of 23 May 2015[39]
Rank Name Club Goals Against Matches Average
1 Chile Claudio Bravo Barcelona 19 37 0.51
2 Brazil Diego Alves Valencia 29 37 0.78
3 Spain Sergio Asenjo Villareal 31 34 0.91
4 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 35 32 1.09
5 Spain Gorka Iraizoz Athletic Bilbao 38 34 1.12

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Reference
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Deportivo La Coruña 8–2 (A) 20 September 2014 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo4 Real Madrid Elche 5–1 (H) 23 September 2014 Report
Brazil Neymar Barcelona Granada 6–0 (H) 27 September 2014 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao 5–0 (H) 5 October 2014 Report
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Sevilla 5–1 (H) 22 November 2014 Report
Mexico Carlos Vela Real Sociedad Elche 3–0 (H) 28 November 2014 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Celta Vigo 3–0 (H) 6 December 2014 Report
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Espanyol 5–1 (H) 7 December 2014 Report
France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao 4–1 (A) 21 December 2014 Report
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña 4–0 (A) 18 January 2015 Report
Spain David Barral Levante Málaga 4–1 (H) 7 February 2015 Report
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Levante 5–0 (H) 15 February 2015 Report
Spain Alberto Bueno4 Rayo Vallecano Levante 4–2 (H) 28 February 2015 Report
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Rayo Vallecano 6–1 (H) 8 March 2015 Report
Spain David Barral Levante Almería 4–1 (A) 4 April 2015 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo5 Real Madrid Granada 9–1 (H) 5 April 2015 Report
Spain Santi Mina4 Celta Vigo Rayo Vallecano 6–1 (H) 11 April 2015 Report
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona Córdoba 8–0 (A) 2 May 2015 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Sevilla 3–2 (A) 2 May 2015 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Espanyol 4–1 (A) 17 May 2015 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Getafe 7–3 (H) 23 May 2015 Report

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

As of 26 April 2015.[40]

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Barcelona 1,475,013 98,760 60,005 77,632 0.079286518650336+7.9%
2 Real Madrid 1,395,280 85,450 63,634 73,436 0.028645067305403+2.8%
3 Atlético Madrid 884,106 54,069 37,000 46,532 0.0033638088666552+0.3%
4 Valencia 832,798 51,200 36,763 43,831 0.2473249857712+24.7%
5 Athletic Bilbao 772,054 48,437 28,000 40,634 0.20948922490773+20.9%
6 Sevilla 591,030 40,355 19,925 31,107 0.013587487781036+1.3%
7 Málaga 422,714 29,025 16,181 22,248 -0.99051689595299−0.9%
8 Real Sociedad 419,996 28,748 14,836 22,105 -0.94960907294441−5.0%
9 Elche 411,691 31,512 14,162 21,668 -0.86478288633461−13.5%
10 Deportivo La Coruña 404,223 30,334 14,167 21,275 -0.96049661399549−3.9%1
11 Celta de Vigo 363,629 25,274 14,386 19,138 -0.90938465193633−9.0%
12 Espanyol 355,128 30,253 12,710 18,691 -0.95153489792802−4.8%
13 Granada 313,151 20,848 14,338 16,482 0.073396287854119+7.3%
14 Villarreal 303,336 23,000 9,788 15,965 -0.98065110565111−1.9%
15 Córdoba 296,721 21,495 7,619 15,617 0.39176543980037+39.1%1
16 Levante 290,022 23,506 10,558 15,264 -0.99777748725324−0.2%
17 Rayo Vallecano 201,988 14,070 7,776 10,631 0.04594647776466+4.5%
18 Almería 198,238 13,950 8,575 10,434 0.02133907595928+2.1%
19 Getafe 139,854 10,591 4,570 7,361 0.078850945331965+7.8%
20 Eibar 90,754 6,065 4,008 4,777 0.58126448195962+58.1%1
League total 10,161,726 98,760 4,008 26,741 +1.4%

Updated to games played on 23 May 2015
Source: [3][41]

Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División

LFP Awards

Seasonal

La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the LFP Awards.[42]

Recipient
Best Player Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Coach Spain Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper Chile Claudio Bravo (Barcelona)
Best Defender Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Best Midfielder Colombia James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
Best Forward Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Monthly

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
September Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo Valencia Spain Nolito Celta Vigo [43]
October Italy Carlo Ancelotti Real Madrid France Karim Benzema Real Madrid [44]
November Spain Ernesto Valverde Athletic Bilbao Mexico Carlos Vela Real Sociedad [45]
December Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo Valencia Argentina Luciano Vietto Villarreal [46]
January Spain Unai Emery Sevilla France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [47]
February Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo Valencia Spain Alberto Bueno Rayo Vallecano [48][49]
March Spain Ernesto Valverde Athletic Bilbao Spain Vitolo Sevilla [50][51]
April Italy Carlo Ancelotti Real Madrid France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [52][53]
May Spain José Ramón Sandoval Granada Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid [54][55]

Number of teams by autonomous community

Autonomous Community Number of teams Teams
1  Andalusia 5 Almería, Córdoba, Granada, Málaga and Sevilla
2  Community of Madrid 4 Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid
 Valencian Community Elche, Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
4  Basque Country 3 Athletic Bilbao, Eibar and Real Sociedad
5  Catalonia 2 Barcelona and Espanyol
 Galicia Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña

References

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  6. Eibar seal stunning promotion to La Liga; Goal.com, 26 May 2014
  7. Result: Deportivo La Coruna promoted to La Liga; SportsMole, 31 May 2014
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  10. Djukic será el entrenador del Córdoba; Marca.com, 20 October 2014
  11. Lucas Alcaraz ya es el nuevo entrenador del Levante; As.com, 21 October 2014
  12. David Moyes: Ex-Man Utd boss named Real Sociedad manager; BBC Sport, 10 November 2014
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  30. http://www.espnfc.com/real-madrid/story/2461558/ancelotti-wants-to-keep-madrid-job-but-prepared-for-sacking
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  32. http://www.espnfc.com/spanish-primera-division/match/402257/almeria-valencia/report
  33. http://www.espnfc.com/spanish-primera-division/match/402249/granada-atletico-madrid/report
  34. http://www.espnfc.com/spanish-primera-division/match/402256/malaga-sevilla-fc/report
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  43. Premios BBVA a los mejores de septiembre; LFP.es 6 October 2014
  44. BBVA Awards for the best of October; LFP.es 12 November 2014
  45. BBVA Awards for the best of November; LFP.es 10 December 2014
  46. The BBVA Prizes for December's best; LFP.es 14 January 2015
  47. Antoine Griezmann, Liga BBVA player of the month for January; LFP.es, 5 February 2015
  48. Alberto Bueno named Liga BBVA player of the month for February; LFP.es, 4 March 2015
  49. BBVA Awards: Nuno, Liga BBVA Manager of the month for February; LFP.es, 5 March 2015
  50. BBVA Prizes: Vitolo, best Liga BBVA player in March; LFP.es, 1 April 2015
  51. BBVA Prizes: Ernesto Valverde, best coach in the Liga BBVA in March; LFP.es, 2 April 2015
  52. Carlo Ancelotti named Liga BBVA coach of the month for April; LFP.es, 7 May 2015
  53. Antoine Griezmann named April's Liga BBVA player of the month; LFP.es, 6 May 2015
  54. BBVA Awards: José Ramón Sandoval, Liga BBVA coach of the month for May; LFP.es, 4 June 2015
  55. BBVA Awards: Cristiano Ronaldo chosen as Liga BBVA player of the month for May; LFP.es, 3 June 2015