2015–16 La Liga

La Liga

Season	2015–16
Champions	Barcelona 24th title
Relegated	Rayo Vallecano Getafe Levante
Champions League	Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Villarreal Sevilla
Europa League	Athletic Bilbao Celta Vigo
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1043 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Suárez (40 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Jan Oblak (0.47 goals/match)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 10–2 Rayo Vallecano (20 December 2015)
Biggest away win	Deportivo La Coruña 0–8 Barcelona (20 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 10–2 Rayo Vallecano (20 December 2015)
Longest winning run	12 matches[1] Barcelona Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches[1] Barcelona
Longest winless run	13 matches[1] Deportivo La Coruña Getafe
Longest losing run	7 matches[1] Getafe
Highest attendance	98,902 Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid (2 April 2016)[1]
Lowest attendance	4,215 Eibar 5–1 Granada (18 January 2016)[1]
Total attendance	10,554,764[1]
Average attendance	27,775[1]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2016.

The 2015–16 La Liga football season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th since its establishment. Barcelona were the defending champions. It started on 21 August 2015 and concluded on 15 May 2016. Barcelona retained the title, winning it for the second consecutive season (their 24th Liga title) after beating Granada 3–0 on the final matchday.^[2]

Luis Suárez finished as top scorer, being the first player apart from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to do so since the 2008–09 season.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División (Real Betis and Sporting de Gijón), and the winners of the play-offs (Las Palmas).^[3]

Almería and Córdoba were relegated to 2015–16 Segunda División in the last season, after being two and one years, respectively in La Liga. Elche was administratively relegated despite finishing 13th.^[4] Following the competition rules, Eibar, who finished 18th, remained in the league.^[5]

Real Betis was the first team from Segunda to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on 24 May 2015 after winning 3–0 over Alcorcón.^[6]

Sporting Gijón, promoted after finishing second, qualified on 7 June 2015, after winning 3–0 against Betis and taking advantage of the draw of Girona, who could not retain the promotion spot on the last match day. Sporting returned to the top level after three years.

Las Palmas achieved promotion on 21 June 2015 after defeating Real Zaragoza in the promotion playoff final on away goals, winning the second leg at home 2–0, after losing the first leg away 3–1. Las Palmas returned to the top level after 13 years. They also became the first island team to play in La Liga since Mallorca's relegation to Segunda Division in the 2012–13 season. During those 13 years, they played two seasons in Segunda División B.

Stadiums and locations

Athletic Bilbao

Atlético Madrid

Barcelona

Betis

Celta Vigo

Deportivo La Coruña

Eibar

Espanyol

Getafe

Granada

Levante

Málaga

Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Sporting Gijón

Valencia

Villarreal

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in 2015–16 La Liga

Las Palmas

Location of teams in 2015–16 La Liga (Canary Islands)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,907
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354
Celta de Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	30,000
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Eibar	Eibar	Ipurua	6,267
Espanyol	Barcelona	RCDE Stadium	40,500
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,393
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	23,156
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria	32,150
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	26,354
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas	14,708
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	52,500
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	85,454
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,076
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	42,500
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón	29,029
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Villarreal	Villarreal	El Madrigal	24,890

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit	Shirt sponsor
Athletic Bilbao	Ernesto Valverde	Carlos Gurpegui	Nike	Kutxabank
Atlético Madrid	Diego Simeone	Gabi	Nike	Plus500, Azerbaijan,^1 Huawei^2
Barcelona	Luis Enrique	Andrés Iniesta	Nike	Qatar Airways, UNICEF,^4 Beko^2
Celta de Vigo	Eduardo Berizzo	Hugo Mallo	Adidas	Citroën, Abanca, Estrella Galicia^3
Deportivo La Coruña	Víctor Sánchez	Manuel Pablo	Lotto	Estrella Galicia, Abanca,^1 西甲欢乐多^5
Eibar	José Luis Mendilibar	Daniel García	Puma	AVIA, Wiko^1 ^3
Espanyol	Constantin Gâlcă	Javi López	Joma	Rastar
Getafe	Juan Esnáider	Pedro León	Joma	Tecnocasa Group
Granada	José González	Diego Mainz	Joma	Solver Sports Capital
Las Palmas	Quique Setién	David García	Acerbis	Gran Canaria
Levante	Rubi	Juanfran	Nike	East United
Málaga	Javi Gracia	Duda	Nike
Rayo Vallecano	Paco Jémez	David Cobeño	Kelme	QBAO.com, Nevir^1
Real Betis	Gus Poyet	Jorge Molina	Adidas	UED Sports, Wiko^1 ^3
Real Madrid	Zinedine Zidane	Sergio Ramos	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad	Eusebio Sacristán	Xabi Prieto	Adidas	QBAO.com, Kutxabank^1
Sevilla	Unai Emery	José Antonio Reyes	New Balance
Sporting Gijón	Abelardo Fernández	Alberto Lora	Kappa	Gijón, Telecable,^3 Ternera Asturiana^2
Valencia	Pako Ayestarán	Paco Alcácer	Adidas	beIN Sports^1
Villarreal	Marcelino	Bruno Soriano	Xtep	Pamesa Cerámica

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

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

5. ^ Deportivo has a Chinese characters phrase on the back of its shorts meaning "La Liga is Diverse".

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
Real Madrid	Carlo Ancelotti	Sacked	25 May 2015[7]	Pre-season	Rafael Benítez	3 June 2015[8]
Getafe	Pablo Franco		1 June 2015[9]		Fran Escribá	26 June 2015[10]
Eibar	Gaizka Garitano	Mutual consent	30 June 2015[11]		José Luis Mendilibar	30 June 2015[12]
Las Palmas	Paco Herrera	Sacked	19 October 2015[13]	19th	Quique Setién	19 October 2015[14]
Levante	Lucas Alcaraz		26 October 2015[15]	20th	Rubi	27 October 2015
Real Sociedad	David Moyes		9 November 2015[16]	16th	Eusebio Sacristán	9 November 2015
Valencia	Nuno Espírito Santo	Resigned	29 November 2015[17]	9th	Gary Neville	2 December 2015[18]
Espanyol	Sergio González	Sacked	14 December 2015	12th	Constantin Gâlcă	14 December 2015[19]
Real Madrid	Rafael Benítez		4 January 2016[20]	3rd	Zinedine Zidane	4 January 2016[20]
Real Betis	Pepe Mel		10 January 2016[21]	15th	Juan Merino	3 February 2016
Granada	José Ramón Sandoval		22 February 2016[22]	20th	José González	22 February 2016[23]
Valencia	Gary Neville		30 March 2016[24]	14th	Pako Ayestarán	30 March 2016[24]
Getafe	Fran Escribá		11 April 2016[25]	19th	Juan Esnáider	12 April 2016
Real Betis	Juan Merino	End of caretaker spell	9 May 2016[26]	14th	Gus Poyet	9 May 2016

Overview

On 14 May 2016, Barcelona won their 24th title with a win over Granada CF by 3–0 at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes.^[27] Real Madrid finished as runner-up after performing a 12-win streak until the end of the season.^[28]

The first team relegated to Segunda División was Levante UD, after losing 1–3 against Málaga CF on 2 May 2016.^[29]

On 15 May 2016, Sporting Gijón remained in La Liga after beating Villarreal by 2–0 and taking advantage of Getafe's loss against Real Betis in its separate match, who was relegated from La Liga for the first time in its history. Rayo Vallecano was also relegated despite winning its last season game.^[30]

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	29	4	5	112	29	+83	91	Qualification to Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Real Madrid	38	28	6	4	110	34	+76	90
3	Atlético Madrid	38	28	4	6	63	18	+45	88
4	Villarreal	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	64	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	Qualification to Europa League group stage
6	Celta Vigo	38	17	9	12	51	59	−8	60
7	Sevilla	38	14	10	14	51	50	+1	52	Qualification to Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
8	Málaga	38	12	12	14	38	35	+3	48[lower-alpha 3]
9	Real Sociedad	38	13	9	16	45	48	−3	48[lower-alpha 3]
10	Real Betis	38	11	12	15	34	52	−18	45
11	Las Palmas	38	12	8	18	45	53	−8	44[lower-alpha 4]
12	Valencia	38	11	11	16	46	48	−2	44[lower-alpha 4]
13	Espanyol	38	12	7	19	40	74	−34	43[lower-alpha 5]
14	Eibar	38	11	10	17	49	61	−12	43[lower-alpha 5]
15	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	18	12	45	61	−16	42
16	Granada	38	10	9	19	46	69	−23	39[lower-alpha 6]
17	Sporting Gijón	38	10	9	19	40	62	−22	39[lower-alpha 6]
18	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	9	11	18	52	73	−21	38	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Getafe (R)	38	9	9	20	37	67	−30	36
20	Levante (R)	38	8	8	22	37	70	−33	32

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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Barcelona qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Copa del Rey. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
2. Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
3. Málaga ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga–Real Sociedad 3–1, Real Sociedad–Málaga 1–1.
4. Las Palmas ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia–Las Palmas 1–1, Las Palmas–Valencia 2–1.
5. Espanyol ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar–Espanyol 2–1, Espanyol–Eibar 4–2.
6. Granada ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada–Sporting Gijón 2–0, Sporting Gijón–Granada 3–3.

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

Source: BDFutbol

	Leader
	2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2016–17 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage
	2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2016–17 Segunda División

Results

Home ╲ Away

ATH

ATM

FCB

CEL

RCD

EIB

ESP

GET

GCF

LPA

LEV

MCF

RVA

RBB

RMA

RSO

SFC

RSG

VCF

VIL

Athletic Bilbao

0–1

0–1

2–1

4–1

5–2

2–1

3–1

1–1

2–2

2–0

0–0

1–0

3–1

1–2

0–1

3–1

3–0

3–1

0–0

Atlético Madrid

2–1

1–2

2–0

3–0

3–1

1–0

2–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

5–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

Barcelona

6–0

2–1

6–1

2–2

3–1

5–0

6–0

4–0

2–1

4–1

1–0

5–2

4–0

1–2

4–0

2–1

6–0

1–2

3–0

Celta Vigo

0–1

0–2

4–1

1–1

3–2

1–0

0–0

2–1

3–3

4–3

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–3

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–5

0–0

Deportivo La Coruña

2–2

1–1

0–8

2–0

2–0

3–0

0–2

0–1

1–3

2–1

3–3

2–2

2–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

2–3

1–1

1–2

Eibar

2–0

0–2

0–4

1–1

1–1

2–1

3–1

5–1

0–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

0–2

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–2

Espanyol

2–1

1–3

0–0

1–1

1–0

4–2

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

2–1

0–3

0–6

0–5

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–2

Getafe

0–1

0–1

0–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

4–0

3–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–5

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–0

Granada

2–0

0–2

0–3

0–2

1–1

1–3

1–1

3–2

3–2

5–1

0–0

2–2

1–1

1–2

0–3

2–1

2–0

1–2

1–3

Las Palmas

0–0

0–3

1–2

2–1

0–2

0–2

4–0

4–0

4–1

0–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–2

2–0

2–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

Levante

2–2

2–1

0–2

1–2

1–1

2–2

2–1

3–0

1–2

3–2

0–1

2–1

0–1

1–3

0–4

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

Málaga

0–1

1–0

1–2

2–0

2–0

0–0

1–1

3–0

2–2

4–1

3–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

3–1

0–0

1–0

1–2

0–1

Rayo Vallecano

0–3

0–2

1–5

3–0

1–3

1–1

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–0

3–1

1–2

0–2

2–3

2–2

2–2

2–1

0–0

2–1

Real Betis

1–3

0–1

0–2

1–1

1–2

0–4

1–3

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

Real Madrid

4–2

0–1

0–4

7–1

5–0

4–0

6–0

4–1

1–0

3–1

3–0

0–0

10–2

5–0

3–1

4–0

5–1

3–2

3–0

Real Sociedad

0–0

0–2

1–0

2–3

1–1

2–1

2–3

1–2

3–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–0

0–2

Sevilla

2–0

0–3

2–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

5–0

1–4

2–0

3–1

2–1

3–2

2–0

3–2

1–2

2–0

1–0

4–2

Sporting Gijón

0–2

2–1

1–3

0–1

1–1

2–0

2–4

1–2

3–3

3–1

0–3

1–0

2–2

1–2

0–0

5–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

Valencia

0–3

1–3

1–1

0–2

1–1

4–0

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–1

3–0

3–0

2–2

0–0

2–2

0–1

2–1

0–1

0–2

Villarreal

3–1

1–0

2–2

1–2

0–2

1–1

3–1

2–0

1–0

0–1

3–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016.
Source: La Liga
1 ^{^} 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:
  Salva Sevilla for Espanyol against Getafe (22 August 2015)^[31]
• Last goal of the season:
  Álvaro Medrán for Getafe against Real Betis (15 May 2016)^[32]

Top goalscorers

As of 15 May 2016.^[33][34]

Barcelona's Luis Suárez won the Pichichi Trophy, scoring 40 goals in the season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	40
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	35
3	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	26
4	Neymar	Barcelona	24
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
6	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	22
7	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	20
8	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	19
	Rubén Castro	Real Betis
10	Borja Bastón	Eibar	18
11	Lucas Pérez	Deportivo	17

Top assists

As of 15 May 2016.^[35]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	16
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
3	Koke	Atlético de Madrid	14
4	Neymar	Barcelona	12
5	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	11
6	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	10
	Roberto Soldado	Villarreal
	Toni Kroos	Real Madrid
	Marco Asensio	Espanyol
10	Jonathan Viera	Las Palmas	9

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.^[36]

As of 15 May 2016.^[37]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals Against	Matches	Average
1	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	18	38	0.47
2	Claudio Bravo	Barcelona	22	32	0.69
3	Alphonse Areola	Villarreal	26	32	0.81
4	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid	28	34	0.82
5	Gorka Iraizoz	Athletic Bilbao	37	36	1.03

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Reference
Cristiano Ronaldo^5	Real Madrid	Espanyol	6–0 (A)	12 September 2015	Report
Imanol Agirretxe	Real Sociedad	Granada	3–0 (A)	22 September 2015	Report
Charles	Málaga	Real Sociedad	3–1 (H)	3 October 2015	Report
Neymar^4	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	5–2 (H)	17 October 2015	Report
Kévin Gameiro	Sevilla	Getafe	5–0 (H)	24 October 2015	Report
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Eibar	3–1 (H)	25 October 2015	Report
Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	Rayo Vallecano	3–0 (A)	29 November 2015	Report
Antonio Sanabria	Sporting Gijón	Las Palmas	3–1 (H)	6 December 2015	Report
Gareth Bale^4	Real Madrid	Rayo Vallecano	10–2 (H)	20 December 2015	Report
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Rayo Vallecano	10–2 (H)	20 December 2015	Report
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Granada	4–0 (H)	9 January 2016	Report
Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	5–0 (H)	9 January 2016	Report
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	6–0 (H)	17 January 2016	Report
Antonio Sanabria	Sporting Gijón	Real Sociedad	5–1 (H)	22 January 2016	Report
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Espanyol	6–0 (H)	31 January 2016	Report
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Celta Vigo	6–1 (H)	14 February 2016	Report
Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	Deportivo La Coruña	4–1 (H)	2 March 2016	Report
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	5–1 (A)	3 March 2016	Report
Cristiano Ronaldo^4	Real Madrid	Celta Vigo	7–1 (H)	5 March 2016	Report
Luis Suárez^4	Barcelona	Deportivo La Coruña	8–0 (A)	20 April 2016	Report
Paco Alcácer	Valencia	Eibar	4–0 (H)	20 April 2016	Report
Youssef El-Arabi	Granada	Levante	5–1 (H)	21 April 2016	Report
Luis Suárez^4	Barcelona	Sporting Gijón	6–0 (H)	23 April 2016	Report
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Granada	3–0 (A)	14 May 2016	Report

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

Discipline

As of 12 May 2016^[38][39]

• Most yellow cards (club): 136
  • Granada
• Most yellow cards (player): 17
  • Rubén Pérez (Granada)
• Most red cards (club): 6
  • Rayo Vallecano
• Most red cards (player): 2
  • Aythami Artiles (Las Palmas)
  • Gustavo Cabral (Celta Vigo)
  • Nacho Cases (Sporting Gijón)
  • Deyverson (Levante)
  • Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
  • Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol)
  • Simão (Levante)

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Barcelona	1,486,763	98,902	65,531	78,251	+0.7%^†
2	Real Madrid	1,286,433	80,148	61,564	67,707	−7.8%^†
3	Atlético Madrid	820,812	51,933	29,737	43,201	−7.1%^†
4	Athletic Bilbao	797,268	47,785	37,552	41,961	+3.2%^†
5	Valencia	709,329	47,217	27,876	37,333	−14.8%^†
6	Real Betis	686,700	46,061	24,879	36,142	+17.9%^1
7	Sevilla	646,007	40,395	21,915	34,000	+9.3%^†
8	Sporting Gijón	440,723	28,140	19,536	23,196	+20.0%^1
9	Deportivo La Coruña	437,148	29,666	16,185	23,008	+8.1%^†
10	Las Palmas	402,922	28,414	15,819	21,206	+32.3%^1
11	Málaga	401,292	28,290	13,909	21,121	−5.0%^†
12	Real Sociedad	386,468	27,484	12,755	20,340	−7.9%^†
13	Espanyol	348,353	27,395	12,461	18,334	−1.9%^†
14	Celta de Vigo	342,272	24,519	13,584	18,014	−5.8%^†
15	Villarreal	318,573	23,450	12,843	16,767	+5.0%^†
16	Granada	301,361	20,552	12,711	15,861	−3.7%^†
17	Levante	259,258	22,424	9,225	13,645	−10.6%^†
18	Rayo Vallecano	218,308	13,775	9,301	11,490	+8.0%^†
19	Getafe	138,861	12,772	4,532	7,308	−0.7%^†
20	Eibar	98,868	5,941	4,215	5,204	+8.9%^†
	League total	10,527,719	98,902	4,215	27,705	+3.6%^†

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016
Source:
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.^[40]

	Recipient
Best Player	Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
Best Coach	Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)
Best Goalkeeper	Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)
Best Defender	Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
Best Midfielder	Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Best Forward	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
September	Marcelino	Villarreal	Nolito	Celta Vigo	[41][42]
October	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	Borja Bastón	Eibar	[43][44]
November	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	Neymar	Barcelona	[45][46]
December	Javi Gracia	Málaga	Lucas Pérez	Deportivo La Coruña	[47][48]
January	Unai Emery	Sevilla	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	[49][50]
February	Eusebio Sacristán	Real Sociedad	Miku	Rayo Vallecano	[51][52]
March	Quique Setién	Las Palmas	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	[53][54]
April	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	Koke	Atlético Madrid	[55][56]
May	Luis Enrique	Barcelona	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	[57][58]

Number of teams by autonomous community

	Autonomous Community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	4	Granada, Málaga, Real Betis and Sevilla
	Community of Madrid		Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid
3	Basque Country	3	Athletic Bilbao, Eibar and Real Sociedad
	Valencian Community		Levante, Valencia and Villarreal
5	Catalonia	2	Barcelona and Espanyol
	Galicia		Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña
7	Asturias	1	Sporting Gijón
	Canary Islands		Las Palmas

Broadcasting rights

Telefónica purchased the exclusive television broadcasting rights to telecast the 2015–16 season in Spain. Sky Sports have exclusive rights in the United Kingdom and beIN Sports have exclusive rights to air the season in various countries, including the United States, Canada, MENA, France and the Middle East.^[59] KBSN Sports have the exclusive television broadcasting rights in South Korea except internet broadcasting.^[60]

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