2016–17 La Liga

La Liga
Season	2016–17
Dates	20 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
Champions	Real Madrid; 33rd title
Relegated	Sporting Gijón; Osasuna; Granada
Champions League	Real Madrid; Barcelona; Atlético Madrid; Sevilla
Europa League	Villarreal; Real Sociedad; Athletic Bilbao
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,118 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi; (37 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Jan Oblak; (0.72 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 7–1 Granada; (15 October 2016); Barcelona 7–1 Osasuna; (26 April 2017)
Biggest away win	Alavés 0–6 Barcelona; (11 February 2017)
Highest scoring	Sevilla 6–4 Espanyol; (20 August 2016)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Barcelona
Longest winless run	21 matches; Osasuna
Longest losing run	8 matches; Granada
Highest attendance	95,961; Barcelona 1–1 Real Madrid; (3 December 2016)
Lowest attendance	3,576; Eibar 1–0 Valencia; (27 August 2016)
Total attendance	10,557,782
Average attendance	27,859
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.

Real Madrid secured the title following their away victory at Málaga on the final matchday, finishing with 93 points and winning a record-extending 33rd championship, their first since the 2011–12 season. Barcelona finished second, three points behind Real Madrid. Real became only the second side after Barcelona in 2012–13 to score in all 38 games of a La Liga season.

Name sponsorship

The Spanish top flight dropped the sponsorship from BBVA and was now called LaLiga, while the second division was called LaLiga2. The league made this change to maximize the La Liga brand. On 20 July, Banco Santander was appointed as the new sponsor.

Teams

Canary Islands (see below)

Community of Madrid teams:
Atlético Madrid
Leganés
Real Madrid

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Location of teams in 2016–17 La Liga

Location of Community of Madrid teams in 2016–17 La Liga

Las Palmas

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Location of teams in 2016–17 La Liga (Canary Islands)

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

Deportivo Alavés was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against CD Numancia. CD Leganés was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last match-day, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division. CA Osasuna was the last to be promoted after beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Girona FC in the play-offs. The Reds returned to La Liga two years after their last relegation.

The three promoted clubs replaced Rayo Vallecano, Getafe, and Levante, who 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	19,840
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,907
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	29,000
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	32,912
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	7,083
Espanyol	Barcelona	RCDE Stadium	40,500
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	22,094
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria	33,111
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	10,922
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar	18,761
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	51,700
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	85,454
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,000
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	42,714
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	29,029
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Villarreal	Villarreal	Estadio de la Cerámica	24,890

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alavés	Mauricio Pellegrino	Manu García	Hummel	LEA, Álava,¹, Kutxabank², Euskaltel³, Heraclio Fournier ³
Athletic Bilbao	Ernesto Valverde	Gorka Iraizoz	Nike	Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Plus500
Barcelona	Luis Enrique	Andrés Iniesta	Nike	Qatar Airways, UNICEF,¹ Beko²
Celta Vigo	Eduardo Berizzo	Hugo Mallo	Adidas	Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca³
Deportivo La Coruña	Pepe Mel	Laure	Lotto	Estrella Galicia 0,0
Eibar	José Luis Mendilibar	Dani García	Puma	AVIA, Wiko¹³
Espanyol	Quique Sánchez Flores	Javi López	Joma	Rastar Group, Riviera Maya³
Granada	Tony Adams	Dimitri Foulquier	Joma	Energy King, Covirán¹
Las Palmas	Quique Setién	David García	Acerbis	Gran Canaria, IOC,¹ beCordial Sports,³ Volkswagen,³ Domingo Alonso³
Leganés	Asier Garitano	Martín Mantovani	Joma	Royal Jordanian, MBuzz Sport, GoldenPark¹
Málaga	Míchel	Duda	Nike	Marathonbet, Benahavís¹
Osasuna	Petar Vasiljević	Miguel Flaño	Adidas	Victorino Vicente²
Real Betis	Alexis Trujillo (interim)	Joaquín	Adidas	Wiko¹³
Real Madrid	Zinedine Zidane	Sergio Ramos	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad	Eusebio Sacristán	Xabi Prieto	Adidas	Qbao.com
Sevilla	Jorge Sampaoli	Vicente Iborra	New Balance	SeePuertoRico.com
Sporting Gijón	Rubi	Alberto Lora	Nike	Gijón, Nissan,³ Telecable,³ CMP,¹ Halcón Viajes²
Valencia	Voro	Enzo Pérez	Adidas	beIN Sports¹
Villarreal	Fran Escribá	Bruno	Joma	Pamesa Cerámica

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Málaga	Javi Gracia	Signed by Rubin Kazan	24 May 2016	Pre-season	Juande Ramos	28 May 2016
Espanyol	Constantin Gâlcă	Sacked	27 May 2016		Quique Sánchez Flores	9 June 2016
Deportivo La Coruña	Víctor Sánchez	Sacked	30 May 2016		Gaizka Garitano	10 June 2016
Sevilla	Unai Emery	Resigned	12 June 2016		Jorge Sampaoli	13 June 2016
Granada	José González	End of contract	20 June 2016		Paco Jémez	20 June 2016
Alavés	José Bordalás	Sacked	21 June 2016		Mauricio Pellegrino	26 June 2016
Villarreal	Marcelino		10 August 2016		Fran Escribá	11 August 2016
Valencia	Pako Ayestarán		20 September 2016	20th	Cesare Prandelli	28 September 2016
Granada	Paco Jémez		28 September 2016	19th	Lucas Alcaraz	3 October 2016
Osasuna	Enrique Martín		7 November 2016	19th	Joaquín Caparrós	8 November 2016
Real Betis	Gustavo Poyet		11 November 2016	14th	Víctor Sánchez	11 November 2016
Málaga	Juande Ramos	Resigned	22 December 2016	11th	Marcelo Romero	28 December 2016
Valencia	Cesare Prandelli	Resigned	30 December 2016	17th	Voro	10 January 2017
Osasuna	Joaquín Caparrós	Sacked	5 January 2017	20th	Petar Vasiljević	5 January 2017
Sporting Gijón	Abelardo Fernández	Mutual consent	17 January 2017	18th	Rubi	17 January 2017
Deportivo La Coruña	Gaizka Garitano	Sacked	27 February 2017	17th	Pepe Mel	27 February 2017
Málaga	Marcelo Romero		7 March 2017	15th	Míchel	7 March 2017
Granada	Lucas Alcaraz		10 April 2017	19th	Tony Adams	10 April 2017
Real Betis	Víctor Sánchez		9 May 2017	15th	Alexis Trujillo (interim)	9 May 2017

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	29	6	3	106	41	+65	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	28	6	4	116	37	+79	90
3	Atlético Madrid	38	23	9	6	70	27	+43	78
4	Sevilla	38	21	9	8	69	49	+20	72	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Villarreal	38	19	10	9	56	33	+23	67	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Real Sociedad	38	19	7	12	59	53	+6	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	19	6	13	53	43	+10	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
8	Espanyol	38	15	11	12	49	50	−1	56
9	Alavés	38	14	13	11	41	43	−2	55
10	Eibar	38	15	9	14	56	51	+5	54
11	Málaga	38	12	10	16	49	55	−6	46
12	Valencia	38	13	7	18	56	65	−9	46
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	6	19	53	69	−16	45
14	Las Palmas	38	10	9	19	53	74	−21	39
15	Real Betis	38	10	9	19	41	64	−23	39
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	12	18	43	61	−18	36
17	Leganés	38	8	11	19	36	55	−19	35
18	Sporting Gijón (R)	38	7	10	21	42	72	−30	31	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Osasuna (R)	38	4	10	24	40	94	−54	22
20	Granada (R)	38	4	8	26	30	82	−52	20

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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Home \ Away	ALV	ATH	ATM	FCB	CEL	RCD	EIB	ESP	GCF	LPA	LEG	MCF	OSA	RBB	RMA	RSO	SFC	RSG	VCF	VIL
Alavés	—	1–0	0–0	0–6	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Athletic Bilbao	0–0	—	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Atlético Madrid	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	7–1	1–0	2–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–1	5–0	3–0	0–1
Barcelona	1–2	3–0	1–1	—	5–0	4–0	4–2	4–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	7–1	6–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	6–1	4–2	4–1
Celta Vigo	1–0	0–3	0–4	4–3	—	4–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–4	2–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–1
Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	—	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–6	5–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–0
Eibar	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–4	1–0	3–1	—	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1
Espanyol	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	3–3	—	3–1	4–3	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0
Granada	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–2	—	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	0–4	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1
Las Palmas	1–1	3–1	0–5	1–4	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–1	—	1–1	1–0	5–2	4–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0
Leganés	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–5	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	—	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–4	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–0
Málaga	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	4–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	—	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	4–2	3–2	2–0	0–2
Osasuna	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	—	1–2	1–3	0–2	3–4	2–2	3–3	1–4
Real Betis	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	—	1–6	2–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1
Real Madrid	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	3–3	3–0	2–1	5–2	2–1	—	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1
Real Sociedad	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–3	—	0–4	3–1	3–2	0–1
Sevilla	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	2–0	6–4	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	0–0
Sporting Gijón	2–4	2–1	1–4	0–5	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	—	1–2	1–3
Valencia	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	3–2	3–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	—	1–3
Villarreal	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	—

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round	Reference
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Real Betis	6–2 (H)	20 August 2016	1	[1]
Yannick Carrasco	Atlético Madrid	Granada	7–1 (H)	15 October 2016	8	[2]
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Alavés	4–1 (A)	29 October 2016	10	[3]
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Atlético Madrid	3–0 (A)	19 November 2016	12	[4]
Vicente Iborra	Sevilla	Celta Vigo	3–0 (A)	11 December 2016	15	[5]
Wissam Ben Yedder	Sevilla	Real Sociedad	4–0 (A)	7 January 2017	17	[6]
Kevin Gameiro	Atlético Madrid	Sporting Gijón	4–1 (A)	18 February 2017	23	[7]
Giuseppe Rossi	Celta Vigo	Las Palmas	3–1 (H)	3 April 2017	29	[8]
Álvaro Morata	Real Madrid	Leganés	4–2 (A)	5 April 2017	30	[9]
Neymar	Barcelona	Las Palmas	4–1 (A)	14 May 2017	37	[10]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Barcelona	1,463,653	95,961	55,029	77,034	−1.6%^†
2	Real Madrid	1,292,537	82,297	59,575	68,028	+0.5%^†
3	Atlético Madrid	848,754	53,668	31,059	44,671	+3.4%^†
4	Athletic Bilbao	781,285	49,164	33,625	41,120	−2.0%^†
5	Valencia	645,032	46,804	23,156	33,949	−9.1%^†
6	Sevilla	623,953	40,835	26,100	32,840	−3.4%^†
7	Real Betis	623,333	41,714	22,270	32,807	−9.2%^†
8	Sporting Gijón	428,313	25,899	15,365	22,543	−2.8%^†
9	Deportivo La Coruña	425,077	30,810	18,466	22,372	−2.8%^†
10	Málaga	420,630	28,486	12,996	22,138	+4.8%^†
11	Real Sociedad	406,832	27,653	10,927	21,412	+5.3%^†
12	Las Palmas	387,416	27,724	15,946	20,390	−3.8%^†
13	Espanyol	381,428	31,082	14,813	20,075	+9.5%^†
14	Villarreal	329,951	22,110	14,757	17,366	+3.6%^†
15	Celta Vigo	312,773	20,034	11,391	16,462	−8.6%^†
16	Alavés	288,310	19,540	12,628	15,174	+34.1%¹
17	Granada	284,890	19,161	10,706	14,994	−5.5%^†
18	Osasuna	281,445	17,802	11,332	14,813	+7.2%¹
19	Leganés	177,029	10,599	7,903	9,317	+81.6%¹
20	Eibar	100,922	6,694	3,576	5,312	+2.1%^†
	League total	10,503,563	95,961	3,576	27,641	−0.2%^†

	Recipient
Best Player	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper	Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)
Best Coach	José Luis Mendilibar (Eibar) and Asier Garitano (Leganés)

2016–17 La Liga

Name sponsorship

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Zamora Trophy

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Overall

Average attendances

LFP Awards

Seasonal

Monthly

References

External links

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	37
2	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	29
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	25
4	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	19
5	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	16
5	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	16
7	Álvaro Morata	Real Madrid	15
8	Sandro Ramírez	Málaga	14
9	Rubén Castro	Real Betis	13
	Gerard Moreno	Espanyol
	Neymar	Barcelona
12	Florin Andone	Deportivo la Coruna	12
	Willian Jose	Real Sociedad
	Kevin Gameiro	Sevilla

Rank	Name	Club	Goals Against	Matches	Average
1	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	21	29	0.72
2	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	33	36	0.92
3	Diego López	Espanyol	37	33	1.12
4	Fernando Pacheco	Alavés	42	36	1.17
5	Sergio Rico	Sevilla	45	35	1.29

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Reference
August	Quique Setién	Las Palmas	Jon Ander Serantes	Leganés
September	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid
October	Jorge Sampaoli	Sevilla	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo
November	Eusebio Sacristán	Real Sociedad	Diego López	Espanyol
December	Fran Escribá	Villarreal	Florin Andone	Deportivo La Coruña
January	Eduardo Berizzo	Celta Vigo	Steven Nzonzi	Sevilla
February	José Luis Mendilibar	Eibar	Sergi Enrich	Eibar
March	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid
April	Míchel	Málaga	Lionel Messi	Barcelona
May	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid