2016–17 La Liga

La Liga season

The 2016–17 La Liga season was the 86th season of La Liga. It was also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons.[2] The season began on 19 August 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017.

La Liga
Dates20 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
ChampionsReal Madrid
33rd title
RelegatedSporting Gijón
Osasuna
Granada
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
Sevilla
Europa LeagueVillarreal
Real Sociedad
Athletic Bilbao
Matches played380
Goals scored1,118 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerLionel Messi
(37 goals)
Best goalkeeperMarc-André ter Stegen
(0.72 goals/match)
Biggest home winAtlético Madrid 7–1 Granada
(15 October 2016)
Barcelona 7–1 Osasuna
(26 April 2017)
Biggest away winAlavés 0–6 Barcelona
(11 February 2017)
Highest scoringSevilla 6–4 Espanyol
(20 August 2016)
Longest winning run7 matches[1]
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run19 matches[1]
Barcelona
Longest winless run21 matches[1]
Osasuna
Longest losing run8 matches[1]
Granada
Highest attendance95,961
Barcelona 1–1 Real Madrid
(3 December 2016)[1]
Lowest attendance3,576
Eibar 1–0 Valencia
(27 August 2016)[1]
Total attendance10,557,782[1]
Average attendance27,859[1]

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.[3] They also became only the second side, after Barcelona in 2012–13, to score in all 38 games of a La Liga season.[4]

Teams change

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

Promotion and relegation (pre-season) change

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 change

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Alavés Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza 19,840[5]
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 53,289[6]
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,907[7]
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 99,354[8]
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 29,000[9]
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor 32,912[10]
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 7,083[11]
Espanyol Barcelona RCDE Stadium 40,500[12]
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 22,094[13]
Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria 33,111[14]
Leganés Leganés Butarque 10,922[15]
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044[16]
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar 18,761[17]
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 51,700[18]
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 85,454[19]
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 32,000[20]
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 42,714[21]
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón 29,029[22]
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000[23]
Villarreal Villarreal Estadio de la Cerámica 24,890[24]

Personnel and sponsorship change

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, GoldenPark[25]1
Málaga   Míchel   Duda Nike Marathonbet,[26] 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 Ternera Asturiana2
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 change

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[27] Pre-season   Juande Ramos 28 May 2016[28]
Espanyol   Constantin Gâlcă Sacked 27 May 2016[29]   Quique Sánchez Flores 9 June 2016[30]
Deportivo La Coruña   Víctor Sánchez 30 May 2016[31]   Gaizka Garitano 10 June 2016[32]
Sevilla   Unai Emery Resigned 12 June 2016[33]   Jorge Sampaoli 13 June 2016
Granada   José González End of contract 20 June 2016   Paco Jémez 20 June 2016[34]
Alavés   José Bordalás Sacked 21 June 2016[35]   Mauricio Pellegrino 26 June 2016[36]
Villarreal   Marcelino 10 August 2016[37]   Fran Escribá 11 August 2016[38]
Valencia   Pako Ayestarán 20 September 2016[39] 20th   Cesare Prandelli 28 September 2016[40]
Granada   Paco Jémez 28 September 2016[41] 19th   Lucas Alcaraz 3 October 2016[42]
Osasuna   Enrique Martín 7 November 2016[43] 19th   Joaquín Caparrós 8 November 2016[44]
Real Betis   Gustavo Poyet 11 November 2016[45] 14th   Víctor Sánchez 11 November 2016[45]
Málaga   Juande Ramos Resigned 22 December 2016[46] 11th   Marcelo Romero 28 December 2016
Valencia   Cesare Prandelli 30 December 2016[47] 17th   Voro 10 January 2017[48]
Osasuna   Joaquín Caparrós Sacked 5 January 2017[49] 20th   Petar Vasiljević 5 January 2017
Sporting Gijón   Abelardo Fernández Mutual consent 17 January 2017[50] 18th   Rubi 17 January 2017
Deportivo La Coruña   Gaizka Garitano Sacked 27 February 2017[51] 17th   Pepe Mel 27 February 2017[52]
Málaga   Marcelo Romero 7 March 2017[53] 15th   Míchel 7 March 2017[54]
Granada   Lucas Alcaraz 10 April 2017[55] 19th   Tony Adams 10 April 2017[55]
Real Betis   Víctor Sánchez 9 May 2017[56] 15th   Alexis Trujillo (interim) 9 May 2017[56]

League table change

Standings change

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[a]
6 Real Sociedad 38 19 7 12 59 53 +6 64
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[b]
12 Valencia 38 13 7 18 56 65 −9 46[b]
13 Celta Vigo 38 13 6 19 53 69 −16 45
14 Las Palmas 38 10 9 19 53 74 −21 39[c]
15 Real Betis 38 10 9 19 41 64 −23 39[c]
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 the 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.[57]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Málaga ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Valencia–Málaga 2–2, Málaga–Valencia 2–0
  3. 3.0 3.1 Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

Positions by round change

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
Real 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 1
Barcelona 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 2
Atlético 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 3
Sevilla 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 4
Villarreal 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 5
Real 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 6
Athletic 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 7
Espanyol 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 8
Alavés 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 9
Eibar 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 10
Málaga 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 11
Valencia 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 12
Celta 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 13
Las 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 14
Real 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 15
Deportivo 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 16
Leganés 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 17
Sporting 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 18
Osasuna 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[58]

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 change

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
Source: La Liga, RFEF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics change

 
La Liga champions Real Madrid celebrate their win with Community of Madrid President Cristina Cifuentes.

Scoring change

Top goalscorers change

Rank Player Club Goals[61][62]
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
  Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid
7   Álvaro Morata Real Madrid 15
8   Sandro Ramírez Málaga 14
9   Rubén Castro Real Betis 13
  Gerard Moreno Espanyol
  Neymar Barcelona

Top assists change

Rank Player Club Assists[63]
1   Neymar Barcelona 15
2   Luis Suárez Barcelona 14
3   Toni Kroos Real Madrid 12
4   Marcelo Real Madrid 10
  Pablo Piatti Espanyol
6   Lionel Messi Barcelona 9
7   Ángel Correa Atlético Madrid 8
  Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid
  Isco Real Madrid
  Koke Atlético Madrid
  Pablo Sarabia Sevilla

Zamora Trophy change

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.[64][65]

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

Hat-tricks change

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]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline change

[66][67]

Overall change

LFP Awards change

 
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and Community of Madrid President Cristina Cifuentes with the Primera División trophy during celebrations in Madrid.

Seasonal change

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.[68]

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

Monthly change

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August   Quique Setién Las Palmas   Jon Ander Serantes Leganés [69][70]
September   Ernesto Valverde Athletic Bilbao   Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [71][72]
October   Jorge Sampaoli Sevilla   Iago Aspas Celta Vigo [73][74]
November   Eusebio Sacristán Real Sociedad   Diego López Espanyol [75][76]
December   Fran Escribá Villarreal   Florin Andone Deportivo La Coruña [77][78]
January   Eduardo Berizzo Celta Vigo   Steven Nzonzi Sevilla [79][80]
February   José Luis Mendilibar Eibar   Sergi Enrich Eibar [81][82]
March   Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid   Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [83][84]
April   Míchel Málaga   Lionel Messi Barcelona [85][86]
May   Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid   Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid [87][88]

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