2009–10 La Liga

La Liga
Season2009–10
Dates29 August 2009 – 16 May 2010
ChampionsBarcelona
20th title
RelegatedValladolid
Tenerife
Xerez
Champions LeagueBarcelona (group stage)
Real Madrid (group stage)
Valencia (group stage)
Sevilla (playoff round)
Europa LeagueAtlético Madrid (group stage (via UEFA Europa League)
Getafe (playoff round)
Villarreal (playoff round)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,031 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerLionel Messi
(34 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 6–0 Zaragoza
(19 December 2009)
Biggest away winTenerife 0–5 Barcelona
(10 January 2010)
Highest scoringReal Madrid 6–2 Villarreal
(21 February 2010)

The 2009–10 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th La Liga since its establishment. Barcelona were the defending champions, having won their 19th La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on 29 August 2009 ended on 16 May 2010 due to all top-flight European leagues ending earlier than the previous season because of 2010 FIFA World Cup. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2008–09 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball – the Nike T90 Ascente – served as the official ball for all matches.

On 16 May 2010, Barcelona won their 20th La Liga title with a home 4–0 victory over Valladolid. Lionel Messi won the La Liga award for Best Player for the second consecutive time.

Real Madrid's 96 points made them the runners-up with the highest points total in the history of Europe's top five leagues, until surpassed by Liverpool's 97 points in the 2018–19 Premier League.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2009–10 Segunda División

Team information

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in La Liga 2009–10 (Canary Islands)
Team Club home city Venue Capacity
Almería Almería Estadio del Mediterráneo 22,000
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,851
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor 34,600
Espanyol Barcelona Estadi Cornellà-El Prat 40,500
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,700
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 28,963
Mallorca Palma de Mallorca ONO Estadi 23,142
Osasuna Pamplona Estadio Reyno de Navarra 19,800
Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero 22,271
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Sevilla Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 48,649
Sporting Gijón El Molinón 25,885
Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López 24,000
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Valladolid Valladolid Estadio José Zorrilla 26,512
Villarreal Vila-real El Madrigal 25,000
Xerez Jerez de la Frontera Chapín 20,523
Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Almería Spain Alfonso García Spain Juanma Lillo UDA
Athletic Bilbao Spain Fernando García Macua Spain Joaquín Caparrós Umbro Petronor
Atlético Madrid Spain Enrique Cerezo Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Nike Kia
Barcelona Spain Joan Laporta Spain Pep Guardiola Nike UNICEF
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Augusto Lendoiro Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Lotto Estrella Galicia
Espanyol Spain Daniel Sánchez Llibre Argentina Mauricio Pochettino Uhlsport Interapuestas.com
Getafe Spain Ángel Torres Spain Míchel Joma Burger King
Málaga Spain Fernando Sanz Spain Juan Muñiz Umbro William Hill
Mallorca Spain Tomeu Vidal Spain Gregorio Manzano Macron Air Europa
Osasuna Spain Patxi Izco Spain José Antonio Camacho Diadora Yingli Solar
Racing Santander Spain Francisco Pernía Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal Joma
Real Madrid Spain Florentino Pérez Chile Manuel Pellegrini adidas bwin.com
Sevilla Spain José María del Nido Spain Antonio Álvarez Joma 12BET
Sporting Spain Manuel Vega-Arango Spain Manolo Preciado Astore Gijón, Asturias
Tenerife Spain Miguel Concepción Spain José Luis Oltra Puma CajaCanarias
Valencia Spain Manuel Llorente Spain Unai Emery Kappa Unibet
Valladolid Spain Carlos Suárez Sureda Spain Javier Clemente Puma Caja Duero
Villarreal Spain Fernando Roig Spain Juan Carlos Garrido Puma Aeroport Castelló
Xerez Argentina Federico Souza Argentina Néstor Gorosito Legea Cajasol
Zaragoza Spain Agapito Iglesias Spain José Aurelio Gay adidas Telefónica

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Málaga Spain Antonio Tapia Mutual consent 1 June 2009 Spain Juan Muñiz 13 June 2009 8th (2008–09)
Real Madrid Spain Juande Ramos End of contract 1 June 2009 Chile Manuel Pellegrini 2 June 2009 2nd (2008–09)
Villarreal Chile Manuel Pellegrini Signed for Real Madrid and thus purchased rights for €4m 2 June 2009 Spain Ernesto Valverde 2 June 2009 5th (2008–09)
Racing Santander Spain Juan Muñiz Mutual consent 13 June 2009 Spain Juan Carlos Mandiá 26 June 2009 12th (2008–09)
Xerez Spain Esteban Vigo Mutual consent 28 June 2009 Spain José Ángel Ziganda 8 July 2009 1st in Segunda División (2008–09)
Atlético Madrid Spain Abel Resino Sacked 23 October 2009 Spain Quique Sánchez Flores 23 October 2009 15th
Racing Santander Spain Juan Carlos Mandiá Sacked 9 November 2009 Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal 19 November 2009 17th
Zaragoza Spain Marcelino Sacked 12 December 2009 Spain José Aurelio Gay 23 December 2009 17th
Almería Mexico Hugo Sánchez Sacked 20 December 2009 Spain Juanma Lillo 23 December 2009 17th
Xerez Spain José Ángel Ziganda Sacked 12 January 2010 Argentina Néstor Gorosito 19 January 2010 20th
Villarreal Spain Ernesto Valverde Sacked 31 January 2010 Spain Juan Carlos Garrido 1 February 2010 9th
Valladolid Spain José Luis Mendilibar Sacked 1 February 2010 Spain Onésimo Sánchez 1 February 2010 17th
Sevilla Spain Manolo Jiménez Sacked 23 March 2010 Spain Antonio Álvarez 26 March 2010 5th
Valladolid Spain Onésimo Sánchez Sacked 5 April 2010 Spain Javier Clemente 6 April 2010 19th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 31 6 1 98 24 +74 99 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 31 3 4 102 35 +67 96
3 Valencia 38 21 8 9 59 40 +19 71
4 Sevilla 38 19 6 13 65 49 +16 63 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Mallorca 38 18 8 12 59 44 +15 62
6 Getafe 38 17 7 14 58 48 +10 58 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
7 Villarreal 38 16 8 14 58 57 +1 56
8 Athletic Bilbao 38 15 9 14 50 53 −3 54
9 Atlético Madrid 38 13 8 17 57 61 −4 47 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
10 Deportivo La Coruña 38 13 8 17 35 49 −14 47
11 Espanyol 38 11 11 16 29 46 −17 44
12 Osasuna 38 11 10 17 37 46 −9 43
13 Almería 38 10 12 16 43 55 −12 42
14 Zaragoza 38 10 11 17 46 64 −18 41
15 Sporting Gijón 38 9 13 16 36 51 −15 40
16 Racing Santander 38 9 12 17 42 59 −17 39
17 Málaga 38 7 16 15 42 48 −6 37
18 Valladolid (R) 38 7 15 16 37 62 −25 36 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Tenerife (R) 38 9 9 20 40 74 −34 36
20 Xerez (R) 38 8 10 20 38 66 −28 34
Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Mallorca could not qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League due to being immersed in a creditor contest, a situation against UEFA criteria. Then, Villarreal was invited to replace this spot.
  2. ^ a b DEP 2–1 ATM; ATM 3–0 DEP
  3. ^ Since Atlético Madrid won the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League they earned a spot in the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
  4. ^ a b VLD 3–3 TEN; TEN 0–0 VLD. As the aggregate score is a draw (3–3), the team with the higher goal difference between these two teams qualifies first and over the other one (Valladolid 18th, with −25; Tenerife 19th with −34)

Results

Home \ Away ALM ATH ATM FCB RCD ESP GET MCF MLL OSA RAC RMA SFC RSG TEN VCF VLD VIL XER ZAR
Almería 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–3 3–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–0
Athletic Bilbao 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 4–3 1–0 0–4 1–2 4–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 3–2 0–0
Atlético Madrid 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–2 3–1 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–1
Barcelona 1–0 4–1 5–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 6–1
Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1
Espanyol 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1
Getafe 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–4 4–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 0–2
Málaga 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–4 1–1
Mallorca 3–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–3 3–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–1
Osasuna 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
Racing Santander 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–0
Real Madrid 4–2 5–1 3–2 0–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–2 6–2 5–0 6–0
Sevilla 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–1
Sporting Gijón 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1
Tenerife 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–5 0–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–5 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–3
Valencia 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–1
Valladolid 1–1 2–2 0–4 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 3–3 2–4 0–2 0–0 1–1
Villarreal 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–2
Xerez 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 3–2
Zaragoza 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–3 0–0
Source: LFP and futbol.sportec (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

LaLiga Awards

La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the LaLiga Awards.

Recipient
Best Player Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Coach Spain Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper Spain Víctor Valdés (Barcelona)
Best Defender Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Best Midfielder(s) Spain Xavi (Barcelona)
Spain Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
Best Forward Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 34
2 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid 27
3 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 26
4 Spain David Villa Valencia 21
5 Uruguay Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid 18
6 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Barcelona 16
Spain Roberto Soldado Getafe 16
8 Brazil Luís Fabiano Sevilla 15
9 Spain Fernando Llorente Athletic Bilbao 14
Spain Nino Tenerife 14

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.

Rank Name Club Goals
Against
Matches Average
1 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 24 38 0.63
2 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 36 38 0.95
3 Spain César Sánchez Valencia 29 30 0.97
4 Spain Daniel Aranzubia Deportivo 42 36 1.17
5 Spain Ricardo Osasuna 45 37 1.22

Assists table

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Xavi Barcelona 14
2 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 10
Brazil Dani Alves Barcelona 10
4 Spain Guti Real Madrid 9
Brazil Marcelo Real Madrid 9
Spain Pedro León Getafe 9
Spain Jesús Navas Sevilla 9
8 Spain Momo Xerez 8
Uruguay Chory Castro Mallorca 8
Argentina Éver Banega Valencia 8
Spain Pedro Munitis Racing Santander 8
Spain Borja Valero Mallorca 8

Fair Play award

This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to determine the best fair play, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.

Rank Team Games Yellow card Double Yellow Card/Ejection Double Yellow Card/Ejection Direct Red Card Games of Suspension (Player, only when +3) Games of Suspension (Club's Personnel) Audience Behavior Points
1 Real Madrid 38 85 2 3 98
2 Tenerife 38 86 2 2 113 101
3 Deportivo 38 68 1 3 410, 21, 28, 28 1 Mild17 104
4 Barcelona 38 73 2 3 45, 18, 21, 25 106
5 Mallorca 38 93 1 2 26, 11 111
6 Almería 38 98 3 2 1 Mild36 115
7 Atlético Madrid 38 90 4 3 21, 23 1 Mild10 122
8 Osasuna 38 83 3 6 2 Milds7, 11, 1 Serious14 123
Sporting de Gijón 38 98 2 2 134 2 Milds20, 34 123
10 Espanyol 38 110 6 1 125
11 Racing Santander 38 104 1 1 45, 20, 24, 29 129
12 Villarreal 38 95 5 4 15 2 Milds8, 37 132
13 Athletic Bilbao 38 96 4 5 122 2 Milds7, 11 134
Getafe 38 107 2 1 35, 27, 28 1 Mild22 134
Valladolid 38 100 3 6 210, 20 134
16 Valencia 38 113 3 4 124 2 Milds3, 23 146
17 Sevilla 38 101 4 6 21 2 Milds12, 19 147
18 Xerez 38 100 4 5 510, 23, 25, 31, 32 1 Mild22 153
19 Zaragoza 38 129 2 2 210, 27 1 Mild34 154
20 Málaga 38 135 1 8 1 Mild23 166

Source: RFEF Referee's reports, Competition Committee's Sanctions, Appeal Committee Resolutions, Spanish Sports Disciplinary Committee Resolutions and RFEF's Directory about Fair Play Rankings Legend:

Icon Term Points of sanction Description
Yellow Card 1 point/yellow card
Double Yellow Card/Ejection 2 points/double yellow card
Direct Red Card 3 points/red card
Games of Suspension (Player) As many as banned games When a player is banned for play more than 3 future games. This punishment overrides the possible red card which caused this sanction
Games of Suspension (Club's Personnel) 5 points/banned game When some person of the club (not player) is banned for x future games. This punishment overrides the possible red card which caused this sanction
Audience Behaviour Mild (5 points)
Serious (6 points)
Very Serious (7 points)
When the audience makes some altercations such as explosions, flares, throwing objects to the ground, racist chanting, etc.
Closure of Stadium 10 points/match with closured stadium When serious incidents happen which are punished by the closure of the stadium
It also accounts cards to non-players
The number in superscript is the corresponding round to the sanction
Important note: This table is not a count of cards and sanctions resulting from the matches, this table takes into account the removal or application of some cards and sanctions by the competent bodies (Competition Committee, Appeal Committee and Spanish Sports Disciplinary Committee)

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Sevilla supporters

Season statistics

Scoring

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Reference
Spain Roberto Soldado Getafe Racing Santander 4–1 (A) 30 August 2009 [1]
Mali Seydou Keita Barcelona Zaragoza 6–1 (H) 25 October 2009 [2]
Spain Roberto Soldado Getafe Xerez 5–1 (H) 29 November 2009 [3]
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Tenerife 5–0 (A) 10 January 2010 [4]
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Valencia 3–0 (H) 14 March 2010 [5]
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid Valladolid 4–1 (A) 14 March 2010 [6]
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Zaragoza 4–2 (A) 21 March 2010 [7]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Mallorca 4–1 (A) 5 May 2010 [8]

Discipline

See also


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