Primera División 2017/18

La Liga 2017/18
master	FC Barcelona
Champions League	FC Barcelona Atlético Madrid Real Madrid FC Valencia
Europe League	Villarreal CF Betis Sevilla
Europa League qualification	Sevilla FC
Cup winners	FC Barcelona
Relegated	Deportivo La Coruña UD Las Palmas FC Málaga
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,024  (ø 2.69 per game)
spectator	10,224,314  (ø 26,906 per game)
Top scorer	Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
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The Primera División 2017/18 (officially LaLiga Santander ) was the 87th season of the top Spanish division in football . It started on August 18, 2017 and ended on May 20, 2018.

The FC Barcelona was the Spanish champions for the 25th time.

Before the season

Real Madrid started the season as defending champions .

Newcomers from the Segunda División were UD Levante and Getafe FC , who managed to get promoted again after relegation in 2015/16 , as well as Girona FC, which was represented in the Primera División for the first time this season .

Season course

The FC Barcelona won for the 25th time the championship and beyond the Spanish Cup . Four game days before the end of the season, the Catalans could not be ousted from first place and ended the season 14 points ahead of Atlético Madrid .

In the Champions League , the club failed in the quarter-finals at AS Roma , Atlético Madrid won the Europa League .

The relegation battle was decided three game days before the end of the season. In addition to FC Málaga and UD Las Palmas , the champions of the 1999/2000 season , Deportivo La Coruña , had to make their way to the second division.

Attendees

In the 2017/18 season, the Spanish Primera División played in the following venues:

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid CD Leganés Getafe CF. FC Barcelona Espanyol Barcelona Valencia CF Levante UD Deport. Alavés Sevilla FC Betis Seville SD Eibar ↓ Villarreal CF Dep. La Coruña CD Málaga Celta Vigo FC Girona Real Sociedad UD Las Palmas Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 2017/18

Surname	city	Stadion	capacity
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	53,289
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,851
Betis Seville	Seville	Benito Villamarín	60,720
CD Leganés	Leganés	Estadio Municipal de Butarque	11,454
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Deportivo Alavés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Estadio Mendizorrotza	19,840
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Municipal de Riazor	34,611
Espanyol Barcelona	Barcelona	Cornellà-El Prat	40,500
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99.354
Getafe CF.	Madrid	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,000
FC Girona	Girona	Montilivi	09,500
Málaga CF	Málaga	La Rosaleda	28,963
Sevilla FC	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Valencia CF	Valencia	Mestalla	52,200
Villarreal CF	Villarreal	El Madrigal	22,000
real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabeu	85,454
Real Sociedad San Sebastian	Donostia-San Sebastian	Anoeta	32,076
SD Eibar	Eibar	Municipal de Ipurua	05,250
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Estadio de Gran Canaria	32,392
Levante UD	Valencia	Estadio Ciudad	26,354

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Barcelona (P)	38	28	9	1	099:290	+70	93
2.	Atlético Madrid	38	23	10	5	058:220	+36	79
3.	Real Madrid (M)	38	22nd	10	6th	094:440	+50	76
4th	Valencia CF	38	22nd	7th	9	065:380	+27	73
5.	Villarreal CF	38	18th	7th	13	058:500	+8	61
6th	Betis Seville	38	18th	6th	14th	060:610	−1	60
7th	Sevilla FC	38	17th	7th	14th	049:580	−9	58
8th.	Getafe CF (N)	38	15th	10	13	042:330	+9	55
9.	SD Eibar	38	14th	9	15th	044:500	−6	51
10.	FC Girona (N)	38	14th	9	15th	050:590	−9	51
11.	Espanyol Barcelona	38	12	13	13	036:420	−6	49
12.	Real Sociedad	38	14th	7th	17th	066:590	+7	49
13.	Celta Vigo	38	13	10	15th	059:600	−1	49
14th	Deportivo Alavés	38	15th	2	21st	040:500	−10	47
15th	Levante UD (N)	38	11	13	14th	044:580	−14	46
16.	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	13	15th	041:490	−8	43
17th	CD Leganés	38	12	7th	19th	034:510	−17	43
18th	Deportivo La Coruña	38	6th	11	21st	038:760	−38	29
19th	UD Las Palmas	38	5	7th	26th	024:740	−50	22nd
20th	Málaga CF	38	5	5	28	024:610	−37	20th

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

Spanish champions and participation in the group stage of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the group stage of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League instead of the cup winner

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	Spanish champion 2016/17
(P)	Cup winner 2016/17
(N)	Newcomers of the 2016/17 season

Crosstab

2017/18
Deportivo Alavés		3: 1	0: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	1: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 2	2-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 3	1: 2	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	0: 3
Athletic Bilbao	2-0		1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	1: 3	2: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1
Atlético Madrid	1-0	2-0		1: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 2	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	3-0	4-0	3-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1
FC Barcelona	2: 1	2-0	1-0		2: 2	4-0	6: 1	5-0	0-0	6: 1	3-0	3: 1	3-0	2-0	2-0	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	5: 1
Celta Vigo	1-0	3: 1	0: 1	2: 2		1: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	3: 3	2: 1	1-0	4: 2	0-0	3: 2	2: 2	2: 3	4-0	1: 1	0: 1
Deportivo La Coruña	1-0	2: 2	0: 1	2: 4	1: 3		1: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	3: 2	0: 1	0: 3	2: 4	0-0	1: 2	2: 4
SD Eibar	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 4	0-0		3: 1	0: 1	4: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	5-0	1: 2	0-0	5: 1	2: 1	1-0
Espanyol Barcelona	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	4: 1	0: 1		1-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	4: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 3	0: 2	1: 1
Getafe CF.	4: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1: 2	3-0	3-0	0-0	1-0		1: 1	2-0	0-0	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	4-0
FC Girona	2: 3	2-0	2: 2	0: 3	1-0	2-0	1: 4	0: 2	1-0		6-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2
UD Las Palmas	0: 4	1-0	1: 5	1: 1	2: 5	1: 3	1: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1: 2		0: 2	0: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 3	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2
CD Leganés	1-0	1-0	0-0	0: 3	1-0	0-0	0: 1	3: 2	1: 2	0-0	0-0		0: 3	2-0	3: 2	1: 3	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	3: 1
Levante UD	0: 2	1: 2	0: 5	5: 4	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0-0		1-0	0: 2	2: 2	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0
Málaga CF	0: 3	3: 3	0: 1	0: 2	2: 1	3: 2	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 3	0: 2	0-0		0: 2	1: 2	2-0	0: 1	1: 2	1-0
Betis Seville	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	0: 5	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	3-0	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	4-0	2: 1		3: 5	0-0	2: 2	3: 6	2: 1
real Madrid	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 3	6-0	7: 1	3-0	2-0	3: 1	6: 3	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	0: 1		5: 2	5-0	2: 2	0: 1
Real Sociedad	2: 1	3: 1	3-0	2: 4	1: 2	5-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	5-0	2: 2	3: 2	3-0	0: 2	4: 4	1: 3		3: 1	2: 3	3-0
Sevilla FC	1-0	2-0	2: 5	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2-0	3: 5	3: 2	1-0		0: 2	2: 2
Valencia CF	3: 1	3: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 1	5-0	2-0	1: 4	2: 1	4-0		0: 1
Villarreal CF	1: 2	1: 3	2: 1	0: 2	4: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	1-0	0: 2	4-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 1	2: 2	4: 2	2: 3	1-0	'

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League
• 2. - Atlético Madrid - UEFA Champions League
• 3rd - Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League
• 4th - Valencia CF - UEFA Champions League
• 5th - Villarreal CF - UEFA Europa League , group stage
• 6th - Betis Sevilla - UEFA Europa League, group stage
• 7th - Sevilla FC - UEFA Europa League, Second Qualifying Round

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 18 - Deportivo La Coruna
• 19th - UD Las Palmas
• 20 - FC Málaga

Promoted to the Primera División

• Rayo Vallecano
• SD Huesca
• Real Valladolid

The championship team of FC Barcelona

1.

FC Barcelona

Goal: Marc-André ter Stegen (37 / -); Jasper Cillessen (1 / -) Defense: Jordi Alba (33/2); Gerard Piqué (30/2); Sergi Roberto (30/1); Samuel Umtiti (25/1); Nélson Semedo (24 / -); Thomas Vermaelen (14 / -); Lucas Digne (12 / -); Yerry Mina (5 / -) Midfield: Ivan Rakitić (35/1); Paulinho (34/9); Sergio Busquets (31/1); Andrés Iniesta (30/1); Philippe Coutinho (18/8); Denis Suarez (18/2); André Gomes (16 / -); Aleix Vidal (15/1) Forward: Lionel Messi (36/34); Luis Suarez (33/25); Paco Alcácer (17/4); Ousmane Dembélé (17/3); José Arnáiz (1 / -) Coach: Ernesto Valverde

• Gerard Deulofeu (10 / -) and Javier Mascherano (7 / -) left the club during the season.

Goalscorer lists

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season by Marca magazine .
If the number of goals is the same, the players are listed alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	34
02.	Cristiano Ronaldo	real Madrid	26th
03.	Luis Suarez	FC Barcelona	25th
04th	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	22nd
05.	Christian Stuani	FC Girona	21st
06th	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	19th
07th	Maxi Gomez	Celta Vigo	17th
08th.	Gareth Bale	real Madrid	16
	Gerard Moreno	Espanyol Barcelona
	Rodrigo	Valencia CF

Zarra trophy

The Zarra trophy is awarded annually to the best Spanish goalscorer of the season by Marca magazine.
If the number of goals is the same, the players are listed alphabetically.

Pl.	player	Region of birth	team	Gates
01.	Iago Aspas	Galicia	Celta Vigo	22nd
02.	Gerard Moreno	Catalonia	Espanyol Barcelona	16
	Rodrigo	( naturalized )	Valencia CF
04th	Fishing rod	Canary Islands	Getafe CF.	13
05.	Mikel Oyarzabal	Basque Country	Real Sociedad	12
	Santi Mina	Galicia	Valencia CF
07th	Sergio León	Andalusia	Betis Seville	11
	Portu	Murcia	FC Girona

Web links

• Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com
• Season 2017/18 laliga.es
• Spanish football league site

Individual evidence

1. ^ Competition LaLiga Santander
2. ↑ Season rules. In: scoresway.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018 . 
3. ↑ [1] on kicker.de, accessed on May 22, 2018
4. ↑ La Liga Santander 2017/18 goalscorer. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .