The 2010–11 La Liga (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of La Liga since its establishment. The campaign began on 28 August 2010, and concluded on 21 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already partook in the 2009–10 season, and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball – the Nike Total 90 Tracer – served as the official ball for all matches.[6]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
La Liga
Season2010–11
Dates28 August 2010 – 21 May 2011
ChampionsBarcelona
21st title
RelegatedDeportivo La Coruña
Hércules
Almería
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Valencia
Villarreal
Europa LeagueSevilla
Athletic Bilbao
Atlético Madrid
Matches played380
Goals scored1,042 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerCristiano Ronaldo
(40 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 7–0 Málaga
(3 March 2011)[1]
Real Madrid 8–1 Almería
(21 May 2011)[2]
Biggest away winAlmería 0–8 Barcelona
(20 November 2010)[3]
Highest scoringValencia 3–6 Real Madrid
(23 April 2011)[4]
Real Madrid 8–1 Almería
(21 May 2011)[2]
Longest winning run16 matches
Barcelona[5]
Longest unbeaten run31 matches
Barcelona[5]
Longest winless run11 matches
Sporting Gijón[5]
Longest losing run7 matches
Almería[5]
Highest attendance98,000[5]
Barcelona 5–0 Real Madrid
(29 November 2010)
Lowest attendance5,000[5]
Almería 0–0 Villarreal
(11 May 2011)
Almería 3–1 Mallorca
(15 May 2011)
Average attendance29,099[5]
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Defending champions Barcelona secured a third consecutive and overall 21st La Liga title following a 1–1 draw with Levante on 11 May 2011.[7][8] The result gave Barcelona a six-point lead with two matches remaining which, combined with their superior head-to-head record against Real Madrid, ensured that they would finish top of the table.[9] Barcelona led the table since defeating Real Madrid 5–0 on 23 November 2010. From that point onwards, they lost only one match en route to winning the title.[10] Barcelona's Lionel Messi won La Liga's Award for Best Player for a third straight year.

The season was again dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, with second-place Madrid 21 points ahead of third-place Valencia.[11] Having also faced off in the Champions League semi-finals and the Copa del Rey final, the top two rivals met four times over seventeen days, for a total of five meetings this season.[12]

Teams

Real Valladolid, CD Tenerife and Xerez CD were relegated to the Segunda División after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Spanish top flight, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Segunda División champions Real Sociedad from San Sebastián, runners-up Hércules CF from Alicante and Levante UD from Valencia. Hércules returned to the highest Spanish football league for the first time after 13 years, while Real Sociedad and Levante terminated their second-level status after three and two years, respectively.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head Coach ...
Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Almería Spain Roberto Olabe Spain José Ortiz Rasán Urcisol.com Andalucía None None
Athletic Bilbao Spain Joaquín Caparrós Spain Pablo Orbaiz Umbro Petronor None Diputación Foral de Vizcaya None
Atlético Madrid Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Spain Antonio López Nike Kia Kyocera None Paf
Barcelona Spain Pep Guardiola Spain Carles Puyol Nike UNICEF1 None TV3 None
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Spain Manuel Pablo Lotto Estrella Galicia None None None
Espanyol Argentina Mauricio Pochettino Spain Iván de la Peña Li-Ning InterApuestas.com None TV3 None
Getafe Spain Míchel Spain Javier Casquero Joma Burger King Nevir None MisterApuestas, IG Markets
Hércules Serbia Miroslav Đukić Spain Paco Peña Nike Comunitat Valenciana None None None
Levante Spain Luis García Plaza Spain Sergio Ballesteros Luanvi Comunitat Valenciana València Terra i Mar - Diputació de València, MisterApuestas/BetVictor None Grupo Agora, MisterApuestas/BetVictor
Málaga Chile Manuel Pellegrini Spain Francesc Arnau Li Ning WilliamHill.com Andalucía None Málaga Ciudad Genial
Mallorca Denmark Michael Laudrup Portugal Nunes Macron bet-at-home.com Air Europa ib-red Meliá Hoteles, Illes Balears
Osasuna Spain José Luis Mendilibar Iran Javad Nekounam Astore None NGS Technology Caja Navarra Reyno de Navarra, NGS Technology
Racing Santander Spain Marcelino Spain Pablo Pinillos SLAM Palacios Chorizo Cantabria Infinita None None
Real Madrid Portugal José Mourinho Spain Iker Casillas Adidas Bwin.com None None None
Real Sociedad Uruguay Martín Lasarte Spain Mikel Aranburu Astore Gipuzkoa Euskararekin Bat Kutxa None None
Sevilla Spain Gregorio Manzano Spain Andrés Palop Joma 12BET.com Andalucía None 12BET.com
Sporting de Gijón Spain Manolo Preciado Spain Rafel Sastre Astore Gijón - Asturias Las Delicias Restaurante Asturias Paraíso Natural, Deporte Asturiano Asturias Paraíso Natural, Gijón, Deporte Asturiano
Valencia Spain Unai Emery Spain Vicente Kappa Unibet None None Herbalife
Villarreal Spain Juan Carlos Garrido Spain Marcos Senna Puma Aeroport Castelló Comunitat Valenciana Canal Nou None
Zaragoza Mexico Javier Aguirre Spain Gabi Adidas Proniño None Aragón TV None
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^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Mallorca Spain Gregorio Manzano End of contract 19 May 2010[13] Pre-season Denmark Michael Laudrup 2 July 2010[14]
Real Madrid Chile Manuel Pellegrini Sacked 26 May 2010[15] Portugal José Mourinho 28 May 2010[16]
Málaga Spain Juan Muñiz 16 June 2010[17] Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira 17 June 2010[18]
Sevilla Spain Antonio Álvarez 26 September 2010[19] 7th Spain Gregorio Manzano 26 September 2010[19]
Málaga Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira 2 November 2010[20] 18th Chile Manuel Pellegrini 2 November 2010[21]
Zaragoza Spain José Aurelio Gay 17 November 2010[22] 20th Mexico Javier Aguirre 17 November 2010[22]
Almería Spain Juanma Lillo 20 November 2010[23] 19th Spain José Luis Oltra 24 November 2010[24]
Racing Santander Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal 7 February 2011[25] 16th Spain Marcelino 9 February 2011[26]
Osasuna Spain José Antonio Camacho 14 February 2011[27] 18th Spain José Luis Mendilibar 14 February 2011[28]
Hércules Spain Esteban Vigo 20 March 2011[29] 20th Serbia Miroslav Đukić 23 March 2011[30]
Almería Spain José Luis Oltra 5 April 2011[31] 20th Spain Roberto Olabe 5 April 2011[32]
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 30 6 2 95 21 +74 96 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 29 5 4 102 33 +69 92
3 Valencia 38 21 8 9 64 44 +20 71
4 Villarreal 38 18 8 12 54 44 +10 62 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Sevilla 38 17 7 14 62 61 +1 58[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
6 Athletic Bilbao 38 18 4 16 59 55 +4 58[lower-alpha 1]
7 Atlético Madrid 38 17 7 14 62 53 +9 58[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
8 Espanyol 38 15 4 19 46 55 9 49
9 Osasuna 38 13 8 17 45 46 1 47[lower-alpha 3]
10 Sporting Gijón 38 11 14 13 35 42 7 47[lower-alpha 3]
11 Málaga 38 13 7 18 54 68 14 46[lower-alpha 4]
12 Racing Santander 38 12 10 16 41 56 15 46[lower-alpha 4]
13 Zaragoza 38 12 9 17 40 53 13 45[lower-alpha 5]
14 Levante 38 12 9 17 41 52 11 45[lower-alpha 5]
15 Real Sociedad 38 14 3 21 49 66 17 45[lower-alpha 5]
16 Getafe 38 12 8 18 49 60 11 44[lower-alpha 6]
17 Mallorca 38 12 8 18 41 56 15 44[lower-alpha 6]
18 Deportivo La Coruña (R) 38 10 13 15 31 47 16 43 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Hércules (R) 38 9 8 21 36 60 24 35
20 Almería (R) 38 6 12 20 36 70 34 30
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Source: LFP, sportec.es, Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. SEV: 7 pts; ATH: 6 pts; ATM: 4 pts
  2. The 2010–11 Copa del Rey champions (Real Madrid) and runners-up (Barcelona) qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, thus the 7th-placed team qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
  3. OSA 1–1 SPG; SPG 1–1 OSA
  4. MLG 4–1 RAC; RAC 1–2 MLG
  5. ZAR: 9 pts; LEV: 4 pts → LEV 2–1 RSO; RSO: 4 pts → RSO 1–1 LEV
  6. GET 3–0 MLL; MLL 2–0 GET

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALM ...
Home \ Away ALM ATH ATM FCB RCD ESP GET HÉR LEV MCF MLL OSA RAC RMA RSO SFC RSG VCF VIL ZAR
Almería 1–3 2–2 0–8 1–1 3–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1
Athletic Bilbao 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1
Atlético Madrid 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–0
Barcelona 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0
Deportivo La Coruña 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–4 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0
Espanyol 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–5 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–0
Getafe 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 4–1 1–3 3–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 1–1
Hércules 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 0–4 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1
Levante 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2
Málaga 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 2–3 1–2
Mallorca 4–1 1–0 3–4 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–4 1–2 0–0 1–0
Osasuna 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Racing Santander 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0
Real Madrid 8–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 6–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 7–0 1–0 1–0 6–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 2–3
Real Sociedad 2–0 2–0 2–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Sevilla 1–3 4–3 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–6 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–1
Sporting Gijón 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0
Valencia 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–3 1–2 3–3 1–0 3–6 3–0 0–1 0–0 5–0 1–1
Villarreal 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Zaragoza 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–5 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 0–3
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Source: LFP and futbol.sportec (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

La Liga Awards

La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with Awards.[33]

More information Award, Recipient ...
Award Recipient
Best Player Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Coach Spain Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper Spain Víctor Valdés (Barcelona)
Best Defender France Eric Abidal (Barcelona)
Best Midfielder(s) Spain Xavi (Barcelona)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Best Forward Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
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Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
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Top assists

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is 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.[35]

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
against
Matches Average
1 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 16 32 0.50
2 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 32 34 0.94
3 Spain Dani Aranzubia Deportivo La Coruña 36 32 1.13
4 Spain Diego López Villarreal 44 38 1.16
5 Spain Ricardo Osasuna 46 38 1.21
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Fair Play award

This award was given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking took into account aspects[36] such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to know this aspect, 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.

More information Rank, Club ...
Rank Club Matches 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 Behaviour Total Points
1
Barcelona
38
95
1
1
100
2
Mallorca
38
90
1
3
101
3
Racing Santander
38
87
2
4
138
108
4
Hércules
38
94
3
3
109
5
Real Sociedad
38
81
0
0
29, 37
4 Milds3, 14, 23, 36
111
6
Deportivo La Coruña
38
96
4
1
1 Mild21
112
7
Real Madrid
38
94
4
3
15
116
8
Villarreal
38
95
3
2
225
117
9
Almería
38
99
1
3
325, 29, 35
125
Athletic Bilbao
38
105
3
3
1 Mild11
125
11
Getafe
38
111
4
4
132
12
Sporting Gijón
38
110
2
3
227, 35
133
13
Atlético Madrid
38
104
0
5
38, 13
134
14
Espanyol
38
119
2
3
1 Mild36
137
15
Málaga
38
104
3
3
120
3 Milds18, 25, 38
139
16
Osasuna
38
112
4
2
3 Milds21, 36, 38
141
17
Sevilla
38
102
3
3
216, 28
4 Milds4, 6, 33, 38
147
18
Levante
38
125
0
3
236, 37
1 Mild38
149
Valencia
38
130
4
2
125
149
20
Zaragoza
38
125
3
4
18
1 Mild31
153
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  • Source: 2010–11 Fair Play Rankings Season.[37]

Sources of cards and penalties: Referee's reports, Competition Committee's Sanctions, Appeal Committee Resolutions and RFEF's Directory about Fair Play Rankings

Legend:[36]

More information Icon, Term ...
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)
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Pedro Zaballa award

Real Madrid[38]

Overall

Season statistics

Scoring

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateReference
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo4Real MadridRacing Santander6–1 (H)23 October 2010
Argentina Lionel MessiBarcelonaAlmería8–0 (A)20 November 2010
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridAthletic Bilbao5–1 (H)20 November 2010
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridVillarreal4–2 (H)9 January 2011
Brazil Luís FabianoSevillaLevante4–1 (H)22 January 2011
Argentina Lionel MessiBarcelonaAtlético Madrid3–0 (H)5 February 2011
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridMálaga7–0 (H)3 March 2011
Spain Roberto Soldado4ValenciaGetafe4–2 (A)2 April 2011
Brazil Diego CostaAtlético MadridOsasuna3–2 (A)3 April 2011
Argentina Gonzalo HiguaínReal MadridValencia6–3 (A)23 April 2011
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo4Real MadridSevilla6–2 (A)7 May 2011
Portugal Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridGetafe3–0 (H)10 May 2011
Togo Emmanuel AdebayorReal MadridAlmeria8–1 (H)21 May 2011
Argentina Sergio AgüeroAtlético MadridMallorca4–2 (A)21 May 2011
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4 Player scored four goals (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Discipline

See also

References

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