2015–16 La Liga

The 2015–16 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 85th since its establishment. Barcelona are the defending champions. The season started on 22 August 2015 and will conclude on 15 May 2016.

La Liga

Season	2015–16
Relegated	Rayo Vallecano Getafe Levante
Champions League	Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Villarreal
Europa League	Athletic Bilbao Celta de Vigo Sevilla
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,041 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Suárez (40 goals)
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 games[1] Barcelona Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run	23 games[1] Barcelona
Longest winless run	13 games[1] Deportivo La Coruña Getafe
Longest losing run	7 games[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]
Average attendance	27,658[1]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2016.

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
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	33	+11	64	Qualification to Champions League play-offs
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	Qualification to Europa League group stage
6	Celta de Vigo	38	17	9	12	50	58	-8	60
7	Sevilla	38	14	10	14	51	50	+1	52	Qualification to Champions League group stage (As winner of the 2015-16 Europa League)
8	Málaga	38	12	12	14	38	35	+3	48
9	Real Sociedad	38	13	9	16	45	48	-3	48
10	Real Betis	38	11	12	15	31	50	-19	45
11	Las Palmas	38	12	8	18	45	53	-8	44
12	Valencia	38	11	11	16	46	48	-2	44
13	Espanyol	38	12	7	19	36	72	-36	43
14	Eibar	38	11	10	17	47	57	-10	43
15	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	18	12	45	62	-17	42
16	Granada	38	10	9	19	46	68	-22	39
17	Sporting Gijón	38	10	9	19	38	62	-24	39
18	Rayo Vallecano	38	9	11	18	49	72	-23	38	Relegation to Segunda División
19	Getafe	38	9	9	20	36	65	-29	36
20	Levante (R)	38	8	8	22	36	67	-31	32

Results

• 2015–16 La Liga - Results of first round
• 2015–16 La Liga - Results of second round

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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

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

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	16
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
3	Koke	Atlético Madrid	14
	Neymar	Barcelona
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	11
	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid
6	Roberto Soldado	Villarreal	10
7	Marco Asensio	Espanyol	9
	Toni Kroos	Real Madrid
	Jonathan Viera	Las Palmas
11	James Rodríguez	Real Madrid	8
	Lucas Pérez	Deportivo La Coruña

Zamora Trophy

Rank	Name	Club	Goals Against	Matches	Average
1	Jan Oblak	Atlético de Madrid	18	37	0.49
2	Claudio Bravo	Barcelona	22	32	0.69
3	Alphonse Areola	Villarreal	26	32	0.81
4	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid	28	33	0.85
5	Gorka Iraizoz	Athletic Bilbao	36	35	1.03

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Cristiano Ronaldo5	Real Madrid	Espanyol	6–0 (A)	12 September 2015
Imanol Agirretxe	Real Sociedad	Granada	3–0 (A)	22 September 2015
Charles	Málaga	Real Sociedad	3–1 (H)	3 October 2015
Neymar4	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	5–2 (H)	17 October 2015
Kévin Gameiro	Sevilla	Getafe	5–0 (H)	24 October 2015
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Eibar	3–1 (H)	25 October 2015
Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	Rayo Vallecano	3–0 (A)	29 November 2015
Antonio Sanabria	Sporting Gijón	Las Palmas	3–1 (H)	6 December 2015
Gareth Bale4	Real Madrid	Rayo Vallecano	10–2 (H)	20 December 2015
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Rayo Vallecano	10–2 (H)	20 December 2015
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Granada	4–0 (H)	9 January 2016
Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	Deportivo La Coruña	5–0 (H)	9 January 2016
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Athletic Bilbao	6–0 (H)	17 January 2016
Antonio Sanabria	Sporting Gijón	Real Sociedad	5–1 (H)	22 January 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Espanyol	6–0 (H)	31 January 2016
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Celta de Vigo	6–1 (H)	14 February 2016
Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	Deportivo La Coruña	4–1 (H)	2 March 2016
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Rayo Vallecano	5–1 (A)	3 March 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo4	Real Madrid	Celta de Vigo	7–1 (H)	5 March 2016
Luis Suárez4	Barcelona	Deportivo La Coruña	8–0 (A)	20 April 2016
Paco Alcácer	Valencia	Eibar	4–0 (H)	20 April 2016
Youssef El-Arabi	Granada	Levante	5–1 (H)	21 April 2016
Luis Suárez4	Barcelona	Sporting Gijón	6–0 (H)	23 April 2016
Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Granada	3–0 (A)	14 May 2016

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

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 131
  • Granada
• Most yellow cards (player): 16
  • Rubén Pérez (Granada)
  • Recio (Málaga)
• Most red cards (club): 6
  • Rayo Vallecano
• Most red cards (player): 1
  • 31 players

References

1. "La Liga Statistics – 2015–16". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). Retrieved 26 September 2015.