Primera División 2014/15

	Primera División 2014/15
master	FC Barcelona
Champions League	FC Barcelona ; Real Madrid ; Atlético Madrid ; FC Sevilla (as Europa League winner)
Champions League ; qualification	Valencia CF
Europe League	Villarreal CF
Europa League ; qualification	Athletic Bilbao
Cup winners	FC Barcelona
Relegated	FC Elche ; UD Almería ; FC Córdoba
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1.008 (ø 2.65 per game)
spectator	10,195,976 (ø 26,832 per game)
Top scorer	Cristiano Ronaldo; (Real Madrid)
	← Primera División 2013/14 Primera División 2015/16 →
	Segunda División 2014/15 ↓

The Primera División 2014/15 (officially Liga BBVA ) was the 84th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on August 23, 2014 and ended on May 23, 2015.

The FC Barcelona was the Spanish 23-time champions.

Before the season

The 10-time champions Atlético Madrid entered the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was FC Barcelona .
Moved up from the Segunda División are SD Eibar , Deportivo La Coruna and FC Cordoba .

Attendees

In the 2014/15 season, the Spanish Primera División played in the following venues:

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 2014/15

Liga BBVA - Primera División 2014/15
Surname	city	Stadion	capacity
UD Almería	Almeria	Juegos Mediterráneos	15,000
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,851
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99.354
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Cordoba FC	Cordoba	Nuevo Arcángel	21,822
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Municipal de Riazor	34,611
SD Eibar	Eibar	Municipal de Ipurua	05,250
FC Elche	Moose	Martínez Valero	36,017
Espanyol Barcelona	Barcelona	Cornellà-El Prat	40,500
Getafe CF.	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,393
Granada CF.	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	22,524
Levant UD	Valencia	Ciudad de Valencia	25,354
Málaga CF	Málaga	La Rosaleda	28,963
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas	14,708
real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabeu	85454
Real Sociedad San Sebastian	Donostia-San Sebastian	Anoeta	32,076
Sevilla FC	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Valencia CF	Valencia	Mestalla	52,200
Villarreal CF	Villarreal	El Madrigal	22,000

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona	38	30th	4th	4th	110: 210	+89	94
2.	Real Madrid (P)	38	30th	2	6th	118: 380	+80	92
3.	Atlético Madrid (M)	38	23	9	6th	067:290	+38	78
4th	Valencia CF	38	22nd	11	5	070:320	+38	77
5.	Sevilla FC	38	23	7th	8th	071:450	+26	76
6th	Villarreal CF	38	16	12	10	048:370	+11	60
7th	Athletic Bilbao	38	15th	10	13	042:410	+1	55
8th.	Celta Vigo	38	13	12	13	047:440	+3	51
9.	Málaga CF	38	14th	8th	16	042:480	−6	50
10.	Espanyol Barcelona	38	13	10	15th	047:510	−4	49
11.	Rayo Vallecano	38	15th	4th	19th	046:680	−22	49
12.	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	38	11	13	14th	044:510	−7	46
13.	FC Elche ¹	38	11	8th	19th	035:620	−27	41
14th	Levant UD	38	9	10	19th	034:670	−33	37
15th	Getafe CF.	38	10	7th	21st	033:640	−31	37
16.	Deportivo La Coruña (N)	38	7th	14th	17th	035:600	−25	35
17th	Granada CF.	38	9	8th	21st	029:640	−35	35
18th	SD Eibar (N)	38	7th	14th	17th	034:550	−21	35
19th	UD Almería ²	38	8th	8th	22nd	035:640	−29	29
20th	Cordoba FC (N)	38	3	11	24	022:680	−46	20th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

¹ FC Elche was banished to the Segunda División for tax debts .

² UD Almería three points were deducted.

Spanish champion and participation in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2015/16 (Sevilla as Europa League winner)

Participation in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League play-offs

Participation in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	Spanish champion 2013/14
(P)	Cup winner 2013/14
(N)	Newcomers of the 2013/14 season

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2014/15
UD Almería		0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	3-0	0-0	1: 4	1: 2	1: 4	2: 2	0: 2	2: 3	0: 1	0-0
Athletic Bilbao	2: 1		1: 4	2: 5	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	3: 1	4-0	0: 1	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	4-0
Atlético Madrid	3-0	0-0		0: 1	2: 2	4: 2	2: 1	3-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	3: 1	3: 1	4-0	2-0	4-0	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1
FC Barcelona	4-0	2-0	3: 1		0: 1	5-0	3-0	3-0	5: 1	6-0	6-0	2: 2	5-0	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	5: 1	2-0	6: 1	3: 2
Celta Vigo	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	0: 1		1-0	0: 1	1: 1	3: 2	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 4	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	6: 1	1: 3
Cordoba FC	1: 2	0: 1	0: 2	0: 8	1: 1		1: 1	0: 2	0-0	1: 2	2-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3	1: 2	1: 2	0: 2
SD Eibar	5: 2	0: 1	1: 3	0: 2	0: 1	3-0		0: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	3: 3	1-0	0: 4	1-0	1: 3	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1
FC Elche	1-0	2: 3	0: 2	0: 6	0: 1	2: 2	0: 2		2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 2	0: 4	2-0	2: 2
Espanyol Barcelona	3-0	1-0	0-0	0: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1		2-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 4	2-0	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1
Getafe CF.	1-0	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1		1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 3	0: 1	2: 1	0: 3	1: 2	1: 1
Granada CF.	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 3	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1		2: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 4	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0
Deportivo La Coruña	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	0: 4	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 2		2-0	0: 1	2: 8	0-0	3: 4	3-0	2: 2	1: 1
Levant UD	2: 1	0: 2	2: 2	0: 5	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0-0		4: 1	0: 5	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2	0: 2
Málaga CF	1: 2	1-0	2: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	0: 2	3: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0-0		1: 2	1: 1	2: 3	1-0	4-0	1: 1
real Madrid	3-0	5-0	1: 2	3: 1	3-0	2-0	3-0	5: 1	3-0	7: 3	9: 1	2-0	2-0	3: 1		4: 1	2: 1	2: 2	5: 1	1: 1
Real Sociedad	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	3-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 3	2: 2	3-0	0: 1	4: 2		4: 3	1: 1	0: 1	0-0
Sevilla FC	2: 1	2-0	0-0	2: 2	1-0	3-0	0-0	3-0	3: 2	2-0	5: 1	4: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	1-0		1: 1	2-0	2: 1
Valencia CF	3: 2	0-0	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3-0	3: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1-0	4-0	2-0	3-0	3-0	2: 1	2-0	3: 1		3-0	0-0
Rayo Vallecano	2-0	2: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 3	2: 3	1: 3	2-0	3: 1	1: 2	4: 2	1-0	0: 2	2: 4	0: 1	1: 1		2-0
Villarreal CF	2-0	2-0	0: 1	0: 1	4: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 3	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	4-0	0: 2	1: 3	4: 2

After the season

International competitions

1. - FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League
2nd - Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League
3rd - Atlético Madrid - UEFA Champions League
4th - Valencia CF - UEFA Champions League, qualification
5th - Sevilla FC - UEFA Champions League group stage ( UEFA Europa League winners )
6th - Villarreal CF - UEFA Europa League, group stage
7th - Athletic Bilbao - UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round

Relegated to the Segunda División

13.- FC Elche (forced relegation)
19th - UD Almería
20 - Córdoba CF

Promoted to the Primera División

The championship team of FC Barcelona

1.	FC Barcelona
	Goal : Claudio Bravo (37 / -); Jordi Masip (1 / -) Defense : Dani Alves (30 / -); Jérémy Mathieu (28/2); Javier Mascherano (28 / -); Gerard Piqué (27/5); Jordi Alba (27/1); Adriano (16 / -); Marc Bartra (14/1); Martin Montoya (8 / -); Douglas (2 / -); Thomas Vermaelen (1 / -) Midfield : Sergio Busquets (33/1); Ivan Rakitić (32/5); Xavi (31/2); Rafinha (24/1); Andrés Iniesta (24 / -); Sergi Roberto (12 / -)(C) Forward : Lionel Messi (38/43); Pedro (35/6); Neymar (33/22); Luis Suarez (27/16); Munir (10/1); Sandro (7/2) Coach : Luis Enrique

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season by Marca magazine .

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1	Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	real Madrid	48
2	Argentina Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	43
3	France Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	22nd
3	Brazil Neymar	FC Barcelona	22nd
5	Colombia Carlos Bacca	Sevilla FC	20th
6th	Spain Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	18th
7th	Spain Alberto Bueno	Rayo Vallecano	17th
8th	Uruguay Luis Suarez	FC Barcelona	16
9	France Karim Benzema	real Madrid	15th

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ FC Elche's tax debts . In: spiegel.de . Retrieved March 13, 2016.
↑ FIFA punishes Spanish first division clubs with deduction of points. In: spiegel.de. February 28, 2015, accessed June 21, 2019 .
↑ List of goalscorers on weltfussball.de.

[1] FC Elche's tax debts . In: spiegel.de . Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[2] FIFA punishes Spanish first division clubs with deduction of points. In: spiegel.de. February 28, 2015, accessed June 21, 2019 .

[3] List of goalscorers on weltfussball.de.

Primera División 2014/15

master	FC Barcelona
Champions League	FC Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid FC Sevilla (as Europa League winner)
Champions League qualification	Valencia CF
Europe League	Villarreal CF
Europa League qualification	Athletic Bilbao
Cup winners	FC Barcelona
Relegated	FC Elche UD Almería FC Córdoba
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1.008 (ø 2.65 per game)
spectator	10,195,976 (ø 26,832 per game)
Top scorer	Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
← Primera División 2013/14 Primera División 2015/16 →
Segunda División 2014/15 ↓