2014–15 La Liga

La Liga
Season	2014–15
Dates	23 August 2014 – 23 May 2015
Champions	Barcelona; 23rd title
Relegated	Elche; Almería; Córdoba
Champions League	Barcelona; Real Madrid; Atlético Madrid; Valencia; Sevilla (as Europa League champions)
Europa League	Villarreal; Athletic Bilbao
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,009 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Ronaldo; (48 goals)
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 matches; Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches; Barcelona
Longest winless run	20 matches; Córdoba
Longest losing run	10 matches; Córdoba
Highest attendance	98,760; Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid; (22 March 2015)
Lowest attendance	3,500; Getafe 2–1 Celta Vigo; (26 January 2015)
Total attendance	10,161,726
Average attendance	26,741
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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, and also equalled the all-time record goal difference of +89 (110 goals scored and 21 conceded), originally set by Real Madrid in the 2011–12 season. Barcelona won the title with 94 points, two more than Real Madrid.

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.

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.

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

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2014–15 La Liga

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	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Almería	Miguel Rivera	Corona	Nike	Urcisol.com, Costa de Almería¹, Vita Hoteliers³
Athletic Bilbao	Ernesto Valverde	Carlos Gurpegui	Nike	Petronor/BBK (only in UEFA matches), BBK²
Atlético Madrid	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Azerbaijan Land of Fire, Plus500¹, Huawei²
Barcelona	Luis Enrique	Xavi	Nike	Qatar Airways, UNICEF¹ ⁴, Beko²
Celta Vigo	Eduardo Berizzo	Borja Oubiña	Adidas	Citroën, Estrella Galicia 0,0¹ ³, Abanca³
Córdoba	José Antonio Romero	Abel Gómez	Acerbis	RD Impagos, Supermercados Piedra¹, Diputación de Córdoba³
Deportivo La Coruña	Víctor Fernández	Manuel Pablo	Lotto	Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca¹
Eibar	Gaizka Garitano	Txema Añibarro	Hummel	Hierros Servando, Gipuzkoa¹/Wiko¹ ³, Eibar Innovación Berrikuntza²
Elche	Fran Escribá	Edu Albácar	Kelme	Gioseppo, Amix¹, Modalia³
Espanyol	Sergio González	Sergio García	Puma	Power8, Riviera Maya² ³
Getafe	Pablo Franco	Jaime Gavilán	Joma	Tecnocasa Group, UEDBet/UED¹ ³
Granada	José Ramón Sandoval	Diego Mainz	Joma	Solver Sports Capital, Banco Mare Nostrum¹, Doyen Sports¹ ³, Coviran¹, Caja Rural Granada², Herogra³, Tejidos Malagón³
Levante	Lucas Alcaraz	Juanfran	Nike	East United, Diputació de València¹
Málaga	Javi Gracia	Duda	Nike	UNESCO⁵, Benahavis¹
Rayo Vallecano	Paco Jémez	Roberto Trashorras	Erreà	Qbao.com, Nevir¹, Halcon Viajes³
Real Madrid	Carlo Ancelotti	Iker Casillas	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad	David Moyes	Xabi Prieto	Adidas	Qbao.com, Kutxa¹, Canal+²
Sevilla	Unai Emery	Fernando Navarro	Warrior	Visit Malaysia
Valencia	Nuno Espírito Santo	Dani Parejo	Adidas	Gol Televisión¹
Villarreal	Marcelino	Bruno	Xtep	Pamesa Cerámica, Endavant

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

4. ^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.

5. ^ Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.

6. Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Adidas, sponsored by Würth, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem LFP

Managerial changes

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

Overview

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

Barcelona, playing with a three-man attack of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez under new manager Luis Enrique, 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. Real Madrid secured second place on the same day as Barcelona won the title, with a 1–4 win at Espanyol. In the end, Barcelona amassed 94 points, while Real Madrid finished just two points behind, with 92.

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. Sevilla however qualified for the Champions League by winning the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final.

Earlier in the season, on 7 February, Atlético Madrid achieved a 4–0 victory over city rivals Real Madrid. It was Real's biggest loss since a 5–0 loss to Barcelona in November 2010.

Despite finishing the season in the 13th position, on 5 June, Elche was relegated to Segunda División due to its financial struggles. Newcomers Eibar, who finished the season in the 18th position, took 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 for the Champions League group stage
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 for the Champions League play-off round
5	Sevilla	38	23	7	8	71	45	+26	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
6	Villarreal	38	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	10	13	42	41	+1	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
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
11	Rayo Vallecano	38	15	4	19	46	68	−22	49
12	Real Sociedad	38	11	13	14	44	51	−7	46
13	Elche (R)	38	11	8	19	35	62	−27	41	Relegation to Segunda División
14	Levante	38	9	10	19	34	67	−33	37
15	Getafe	38	10	7	21	33	64	−31	37
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	7	14	17	35	60	−25	35
17	Granada	38	7	14	17	29	64	−35	35
18	Eibar	38	9	8	21	34	55	−21	35
19	Almería (R)	38	8	8	22	35	64	−29	29	Relegation to Segunda División
20	Córdoba (R)	38	3	11	24	22	68	−46	20	Relegation to Segunda División

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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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Home \ Away	ALM	ATH	ATM	FCB	CEL	CÓR	RCD	EIB	ELC	ESP	GET	GCF	LEV	MCF	RVA	RMA	RSO	SFC	VCF	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

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

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Barcelona	1,475,013	98,760	60,005	77,632	+7.9%^†
2	Real Madrid	1,395,280	85,450	63,634	73,436	+2.9%^†
3	Atlético Madrid	884,106	54,069	37,000	46,532	+0.3%^†
4	Valencia	832,798	51,200	36,763	43,831	+24.7%^†
5	Athletic Bilbao	772,054	48,437	28,000	40,634	+20.9%^†
6	Sevilla	591,030	40,355	19,925	31,107	+1.4%^†
7	Málaga	422,714	29,025	16,181	22,248	−0.9%^†
8	Real Sociedad	419,996	28,748	14,836	22,105	−5.0%^†
9	Elche	411,691	31,512	14,162	21,668	−13.5%^†
10	Deportivo La Coruña	404,223	30,334	14,167	21,275	−4.0%¹
11	Celta de Vigo	363,629	25,274	14,386	19,138	−9.1%^†
12	Espanyol	355,128	30,253	12,710	18,691	−4.8%^†
13	Granada	313,151	20,848	14,338	16,482	+7.3%^†
14	Villarreal	303,336	23,000	9,788	15,965	−1.9%^†
15	Córdoba	296,721	21,495	7,619	15,617	+39.2%¹
16	Levante	290,022	23,506	10,558	15,264	−0.2%^†
17	Rayo Vallecano	201,988	14,070	7,776	10,631	+4.6%^†
18	Almería	198,238	13,950	8,575	10,434	+2.1%^†
19	Getafe	139,854	10,591	4,570	7,361	+7.9%^†
20	Eibar	90,754	6,065	4,008	4,777	+58.1%¹
	League total	10,161,726	98,760	4,008	26,741	+1.5%^†

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

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Claudio Bravo (Barça)
Defence	Dani Alves (Barça)	Gerard Piqué (Barça)		Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia)		Jordi Alba (Barça)
Midfield	Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla)		James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)		Ivan Rakitić (Barça)
Attack	Lionel Messi (Barça)		Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)		Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

2014–15 La Liga

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

Overview

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Attendances

LaLiga Awards

Seasonal

Team of the Year

Monthly

References

External links

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Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Reference
September	Nuno Espírito Santo	Valencia	Nolito	Celta Vigo
October	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
November	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	Carlos Vela	Real Sociedad
December	Nuno Espírito Santo	Valencia	Luciano Vietto	Villarreal
January	Unai Emery	Sevilla	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid
February	Nuno Espírito Santo	Valencia	Alberto Bueno	Rayo Vallecano
March	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	Vitolo	Sevilla
April	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid
May	José Ramón Sandoval	Granada	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid