The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. 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
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 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, Luckia,, 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, 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, Halcón ViajesValencia 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
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 Rank Player Club Assists1 Luis SuárezBarcelona132 Toni KroosReal Madrid123 NeymarBarcelona114 MarceloReal Madrid10 Pablo PiattiEspanyol6 Lionel MessiBarcelona97 Ángel CorreaAtlético Madrid8 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid IscoReal Madrid KokeAtlético Madrid Pablo SarabiaSevilla
Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage1 Jan OblakAtlético Madrid21290.722 Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona33360.923 Diego LópezEspanyol37331.124 Fernando PachecoAlavés42361.175 Sergio RicoSevilla45351.29
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 (116) Fewest goals scored – Granada (30) Most goals conceded – Osasuna (94) Fewest goals conceded – Atlético Madrid (27)
Average attendances
Awards
Seasonal
La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards.
RecipientBest Player (Barcelona)Best Goalkeeper Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)Best Coach José Luis Mendilibar and Asier Garitano Team of the Year
Team of the Year Goalkeeper Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Defenders Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Filipe Luís (Atlético Madrid) Midfielders Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) Manu Trigueros (Villarreal) Pablo Piatti (Espanyol) Forwards Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Luis Suárez (Barcelona) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
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
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