2016–17 La Liga


The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.
The title was won by Real Madrid, for a record extending 33rd time; this was the first time they became champions since the 2011–12 season. Real Madrid also became only the second side to score in every match of their Liga campaign.

Name sponsorship

The Spanish top flight dropped the sponsorship from BBVA and was now called LaLiga, while the second division was called LaLiga2. The league made this change to maximize the La Liga brand. On 20 July, Banco Santander was appointed as the new sponsor.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.
Deportivo Alavés was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against CD Numancia. CD Leganés was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last match-day, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division. CA Osasuna was the last to be promoted after beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Girona FC in the play-offs. The Reds returned to La Liga two years after their last relegation.
The three promoted clubs replaced Rayo Vallecano, Getafe, and Levante, who were relegated at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AlavésVitoria-GasteizMendizorrotza
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridVicente Calderón
BarcelonaBarcelonaCamp Nou
Celta VigoVigoBalaídos
Deportivo La CoruñaA CoruñaRiazor
EibarEibarIpurua
EspanyolBarcelonaRCDE Stadium
GranadaGranadaNuevo Los Cármenes
Las PalmasLas PalmasGran Canaria
LeganésLeganésButarque
MálagaMálagaLa Rosaleda
OsasunaPamplonaEl Sadar
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAnoeta
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting GijónGijónEl Molinón
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
VillarrealVillarrealEstadio de la Cerámica

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Standings

Positions by round

Source: ESPN FC, LaLiga
Leader
2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage
2017–18 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage
2017–18 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2017–18 Segunda División

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Juanpi for Málaga against Osasuna
Lionel Messi for Barcelona against Eibar

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Lionel MessiBarcelona37
2 Luis SuárezBarcelona29
3 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid25
4 Iago AspasCelta Vigo19
5 Aritz AdurizAthletic Bilbao16
5 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid16
7 Álvaro MorataReal Madrid15
8 Sandro RamírezMálaga14
9 Rubén CastroReal Betis13
9 Gerard MorenoEspanyol13
9 NeymarBarcelona13

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 NeymarBarcelona15
2 Luis SuárezBarcelona14
3 Toni KroosReal Madrid12
4 MarceloReal Madrid10
4 Pablo PiattiEspanyol10
6 Lionel MessiBarcelona9
7 Ángel CorreaAtlético Madrid8
7 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid8
7 IscoReal Madrid8
7 KokeAtlético Madrid8
7 Pablo SarabiaSevilla8

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
RankNameClubGoals
Against
MatchesAverage
1 Jan OblakAtlético Madrid21290.72
2 Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona33360.92
3 Diego LópezEspanyol37331.12
4 Fernando PachecoAlavés42361.17
5 Sergio RicoSevilla45351.29

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRoundReference
Luis SuárezBarcelonaReal Betis6–2 20 August 20161
Yannick CarrascoAtlético MadridGranada7–1 15 October 20168
Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridAlavés4–1 29 October 201610
Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridAtlético Madrid3–0 19 November 201612
Vicente IborraSevillaCelta Vigo3–0 11 December 201615
Wissam Ben YedderSevillaReal Sociedad4–0 7 January 201717
Kevin GameiroAtlético MadridSporting Gijón4–1 18 February 201723
Giuseppe RossiCelta VigoLas Palmas3–1 3 April 201729
Álvaro MorataReal MadridLeganés4–2 5 April 201730
NeymarBarcelonaLas Palmas4–1 14 May 201737

– Home ; – Away

Discipline

LFP Awards

Seasonal

La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards.
Recipient
Best Player
Best Goalkeeper Jan Oblak
Best Coach José Luis Mendilibar and Asier Garitano

Monthly

Number of teams by autonomous community