80th season of La Liga
Football league season
The 2010–11 La Liga (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of La Liga since its establishment. The campaign began on 28 August 2010, and concluded on 21 May 2011. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already partook in the 2009–10 season , and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División . In addition, a new match ball – the Nike Total 90 Tracer – served as the official ball for all matches.[ 6]
Defending champions Barcelona secured a third consecutive and overall 21st La Liga title following a 1–1 draw with Levante on 11 May 2011.[ 7] [ 8] The result gave Barcelona a six-point lead with two matches remaining which, combined with their superior head-to-head record against Real Madrid , ensured that they would finish top of the table.[ 9] Barcelona led the table since defeating Real Madrid 5–0 on 23 November 2010. From that point onwards, they lost only one match en route to winning the title.[ 10] Barcelona's Lionel Messi won La Liga's Award for Best Player for a third straight year.
The season was again dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, with second-place Madrid 21 points ahead of third-place Valencia .[ 11] Having also faced off in the Champions League semi-finals and the Copa del Rey final , the top two rivals met four times over seventeen days, for a total of five meetings this season.[ 12]
Teams
Real Valladolid , CD Tenerife and Xerez CD were relegated to the Segunda División after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Spanish top flight, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Segunda División champions Real Sociedad from San Sebastián , runners-up Hércules CF from Alicante and Levante UD from Valencia . Hércules returned to the highest Spanish football league for the first time after 13 years, while Real Sociedad and Levante terminated their second-level status after three and two years, respectively.
Stadia and locations
Location of teams in La Liga 2010–11
Team
Club 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
99,354
Deportivo La Coruña
A Coruña
Riazor
34,600
Espanyol
Barcelona
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
Iberostar
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
45,500
Sporting de Gijón
Gijón
El Molinón
29,800
Valencia
Valencia
Mestalla
55,000
Villarreal
Vila-real
El Madrigal
25,000
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
La Romareda
34,596
^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
Managerial changes
League table
Source:
LFP ,
sportec.es ,
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; 7th
Fair-play points (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Source:
LFP and
futbol.sportec (in Spanish) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Awards
La Liga Awards
La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , honoured the competition's best players and coach with Awards .[ 33]
Top goalscorers
This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with the LFP as organising body.
Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season, according to its own rules[ 34] (different from the ones used by FIFA) to determine the goalscorer.
Top assists
Zamora Trophy
The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.[ 35]
Fair Play award
This award was given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking took into account aspects [ 36] such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to know this aspect, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.
Rank
Club
Matches
Total Points
1
Barcelona
38
95
1
1
–
–
–
–
100
2
Mallorca
38
90
1
3
–
–
–
–
101
3
Racing Santander
38
87
2
4
–
138
–
–
108
4
Hércules
38
94
3
3
–
–
–
–
109
5
Real Sociedad
38
81
0
0
–
29, 37
4 Milds3, 14, 23, 36
–
111
6
Deportivo La Coruña
38
96
4
1
–
–
1 Mild21
–
112
7
Real Madrid
38
94
4
3
–
15
–
–
116
8
Villarreal
38
95
3
2
–
225
–
–
117
9
Almería
38
99
1
3
–
325, 29, 35
–
–
125
Athletic Bilbao
38
105
3
3
–
–
1 Mild11
–
125
11
Getafe
38
111
4
4
–
–
–
–
132
12
Sporting Gijón
38
110
2
3
–
227, 35
–
–
133
13
Atlético Madrid
38
104
0
5
–
38, 13
–
–
134
14
Espanyol
38
119
2
3
–
–
1 Mild36
–
137
15
Málaga
38
104
3
3
–
120
3 Milds18, 25, 38
–
139
16
Osasuna
38
112
4
2
–
–
3 Milds21, 36, 38
–
141
17
Sevilla
38
102
3
3
–
216, 28
4 Milds4, 6, 33, 38
–
147
18
Levante
38
125
0
3
–
236, 37
1 Mild38
–
149
Valencia
38
130
4
2
–
125
–
–
149
20
Zaragoza
38
125
3
4
–
18
1 Mild31
–
153
Source: 2010–11 Fair Play Rankings Season.[ 37]
Sources of cards and penalties: Referee's reports , Competition Committee's Sanctions , Appeal Committee Resolutions and RFEF's Directory about Fair Play Rankings
Legend: [ 36]
Icon
Term
Points of sanction
Description
Yellow Card
1 point/yellow card
Double Yellow Card/Ejection
2 points/double yellow card
Direct Red Card
3 points/red card
Games of Suspension (Player)
As many as banned games
When a player is banned for play more than 3 future games. This punishment overrides the possible red card which caused this sanction
Games of Suspension (Club's Personnel)
5 points/banned game
When some person of the club (not player) is banned for x future games. This punishment overrides the possible red card which caused this sanction
Audience Behaviour
Mild (5 points) Serious (6 points) Very Serious (7 points)
When the audience makes some altercations such as explosions, flares, throwing objects to the ground, racist chanting, etc.
Closure of Stadium
10 points/match with closured stadium
When serious incidents happen which are punished by the closure of the stadium
It also accounts cards to non-players
The number in superscript is the corresponding round to the sanction
Important note : This table is not a count of cards and sanctions resulting from the matches, this table takes into account the removal or application of some cards and sanctions by the competent bodies (Competition Committee, Appeal Committee and Spanish Sports Disciplinary Committee)
Pedro Zaballa award
Real Madrid [ 38]
Overall
Season statistics
Scoring
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Discipline
Attendances
FC Barcelona drew the highest average home attendance in the 2010-11 edition of La Liga.
#
Football club
Home games
Average attendance[ 43]
1
FC Barcelona
19
79,268
2
Real Madrid
19
71,289
3
Atlético de Madrid
19
41,526
4
Valencia CF
19
39,963
5
Athletic Club
19
36,042
6
Sevilla FC
19
35,789
7
RCD Espanyol
19
26,873
8
Real Sociedad
19
25,227
9
Málaga CF
19
24,904
10
Real Zaragoza
19
21,654
11
Hércules CF
19
21,452
12
Real Sporting de Gijón
19
21,310
13
Deportivo de La Coruña
19
19,984
14
Villarreal CF
19
18,826
15
Osasuna
19
16,109
16
Racing de Santander
19
15,228
17
RCD Mallorca
19
14,453
18
UD Almería
19
11,759
19
Levante UD
19
11,622
20
Getafe CF
19
11,132
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