Liga BBVA (La Liga) 2010-2011

La Liga Season 2010–11 ← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) will be the 80th since its establishment. Barcelona are the defending champions, having won their 20th La Liga title in the previous season for the second time in a row. The campaign will begin on 28 August 2010 and end on 22 May 2011. A total of 20 teams will contest the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2009–10 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball - the Nike T90 Tracer - will serve as the official ball for all matches.

Almería Athletic Atlético Barcelona Deportivo Espanyol Getafe Hércules Levante Málaga Mallorca Osasuna Racing Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting Valencia Villarreal Zaragoza Location of teams in La Liga 2010–11

Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2009–10 Segunda División Real Sociedad Hércules CF Levante UD Teams relegated to 2010–11 Segunda División Real Valladolid CD Tenerife Xerez CD Team Information Stadia and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity Almería Almería Estadio del Mediterráneo 22,000 Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,851 Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor 34,600 Espanyol Cornellà de Llobregat Estadi Cornellà-El Prat 40,500 Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,700 Hércules Alicante Estadio José Rico Pérez 30,000 Levante Valencia Estadi Ciutat de València 25,534 Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 28,963 Mallorca Palma de Mallorca ONO Estadi 23,142 Osasuna Pamplona Estadio Reyno de Navarra 19,800 Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero 22,271 Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Real Sociedad San Sebastián Estadio Anoeta 32,076 Sevilla Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 48,649 Sporting Gijón El Molinón 25,885 Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Villarreal Vila-real El Madrigal 25,000 Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596 Personnel and sponsoring Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor Almería Alfonso García Juan Manuel Lillo Rasán Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Macua Joaquín Caparrós Umbro Petronor Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Quique Sánchez Nike Kia Barcelona Sandro Rosell Josep Guardiola Nike UNICEF Deportivo La Coruña Augusto Lendoiro Miguel Ángel Lotina Lotto Estrella Galicia Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Mauricio Pochettino Li Ning Interwetten Getafe Ángel Torres Sánchez Míchel Joma Burger King Hércules Valentín Botella Ros Esteban Vigo Nike Comunitat Valenciana Levante Quico Catalán Luis García Plaza Luanvi Diputación de Valencia Málaga Fernando Sanz Jesualdo Ferreira Li Ning William Hill Mallorca Josep Pons Michael Laudrup Macron Air Europa Osasuna Patxi Izco José Antonio Camacho Astore Yingli Solar Racing Santander Francisco Pernía Miguel Ángel Portugal Slam Real Madrid Florentino Pérez José Mourinho Adidas Bwin Real Sociedad Jokin Aperribay Martín Lasarte Astore Belca Sevilla José María del Nido Antonio Álvarez Joma 12bet.com Sporting Manuel Vega-Arango Manolo Preciado Astore Gijón Asturias Valencia Manuel Llorente Unai Emery Kappa Unibet Villarreal Fernando Roig Juan Carlos Garrido Puma Aéroport Castelló Zaragoza Agapito Iglesias José Aurelio Gay Adidas Telefónica Before the start of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Mallorca Gregorio Manzano End of contract 19 May 2010 Michael Laudrup 2 July 2010 5th (2009–10) Real Madrid Manuel Pellegrini Sacked 26 May 2010 José Mourinho 28 May 2010 2nd (2009–10) Málaga Juan R. López Muñiz Sacked 16 June 2010 Jesualdo Ferreira 17 June 2010 17th (2009–10) League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Almería 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage 2 Athletic Bilbao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Atlético Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Play-off round 5 Deportivo La Coruña 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 6 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 7 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Hércules 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Málaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Racing Santander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Sporting de Gijón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Segunda División 19 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Updated to games played on start of season Source: 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. (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams. Positions by round Team \ Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Almería Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña Espanyol Getafe Hércules Levante Málaga Mallorca Osasuna Racing Santander Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting de Gijón Valencia Villarreal Zaragoza Leader 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Play-off round 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Relegation to 2011–12 Segunda División Results Home \ Away1 ALM ATH ATM BAR DEP ESP GET HÉR LEV MLG MAL OSA RAC RMA RSO SEV SPG VAL VILL ZAR Almería Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid a Barcelona a a Deportivo La Coruña Espanyol a Getafe Hércules Levante Málaga Mallorca Osasuna Racing Santander Real Madrid a a Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting de Gijón Valencia Villarreal Zaragoza Source: LFP and futbol.sportec (Spanish) 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match. Source : wikipedia