2011–12 La Liga
The 2011–12 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 81st since its establishment. Barcelona are the defending champions, having won their 21st La Liga title in the previous season for the third time in a row. The campaign began on 27 August 2011, and will end on 13 May 2012. The season was scheduled to start on 20 August 2011, but was delayed due to a strike called by the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE).[7]
Teams
Deportivo La Coruña, Hércules CF from Alicante and UD Almería were relegated to the 2011–12 Segunda División after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2010–11 season. Deportivo were relegated to the Segunda División after twenty seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Spain, while Almería ended a four-year tenure in La Liga and Hércules made their immediate return to the second level.
The three relegated teams were replaced by three 2010–11 Segunda División sides. Champions Betis, who terminated their second-level status after two years, runners-up Rayo Vallecano, who returned to the top flight after eight seasons at lower levels, earned direct promotion.
The third promoted team was decided in the promotion play-offs where Granada returned to the league for the first time in 35 years, having spent 26 of them in Segunda División B and Tercera División.
Stadia and locations
Location of (qualified) teams in La Liga 2011–12
Team |
Home city |
Stadium |
Stadium capacity |
Athletic Bilbao |
Bilbao |
San Mamés |
39,750 |
Atlético Madrid |
Madrid |
Vicente Calderón |
54,851 |
Barcelona |
Barcelona |
Camp Nou |
99,354 |
Betis |
Seville |
Benito Villamarín |
52,745 |
Espanyol |
Cornellà de Llobregat |
Estadi Cornellà-El Prat |
40,500 |
Getafe |
Getafe |
Coliseum Alfonso Pérez |
17,700 |
Granada |
Granada |
Nuevo Los Cármenes |
22,524 |
Levante |
Valencia |
Estadi Ciutat de València |
25,534 |
Málaga |
Málaga |
La Rosaleda |
28,963 |
Mallorca |
Palma |
Iberostar Estadio |
23,142 |
Osasuna |
Pamplona |
Estadio Reyno de Navarra |
19,553 |
Racing Santander |
Santander |
El Sardinero |
22,271 |
Rayo Vallecano |
Madrid |
Estadio de Vallecas |
15,489 |
Real Madrid |
Madrid |
Santiago Bernabéu |
80,354 |
Real Sociedad |
San Sebastián |
Estadio Anoeta |
32,076 |
Sevilla |
Seville |
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
45,500 |
Sporting de Gijón |
Gijón |
El Molinón |
29,800 |
Valencia |
Valencia |
Mestalla |
55,000 |
Villarreal |
Villarreal |
El Madrigal |
25,000 |
Zaragoza |
Zaragoza |
La Romareda |
34,596 |
Personnel and sponsorship
As in the previous years, Nike will provide the official ball for all matches, with a new T90 Seitiro model to be used throughout the season.[8]
- 1. ^ Back of shirt only, no sponsor on the front.
- 2. ^ Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
- 3. ^ Club's own brand.
- 4. ^ Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
- 5. ^ On the shoulders only, no sponsor on the front.
- 6. ^ On the shorts only, no sponsor on the front.
- 7. ^ On the sleeves only, no sponsor on the front.[11]
Managerial changes
League table
2011–12 La Liga Table
Updated to games played on 18 December 2011
Source: ESPN
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) = 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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
Note: Due to the change in the order of rounds[38] caused by the strike[7] in which Round 1 was moved between Rounds 19 and 21, and Round 20 between the Rounds 36 and 37, this section is ordered until the celebration of matchday 20 (2 May 2012) with the order of rounds by its chronological order. At the end of matchday 20, another table of Positions by round will be added in number order as it will be the official in many publications.
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Barcelona |
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Valencia |
3 |
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Levante |
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11 |
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Osasuna |
12 |
7 |
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11 |
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Sevilla |
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6 |
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Málaga |
15 |
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Espanyol |
18 |
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Athletic Bilbao |
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16 |
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19 |
16 |
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11 |
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Atlético Madrid |
13 |
15 |
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12 |
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11 |
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11 |
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Betis |
6 |
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10 |
12 |
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15 |
17 |
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Getafe |
9 |
16 |
17 |
19 |
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17 |
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20 |
14 |
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12 |
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Granada |
17 |
20 |
15 |
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18 |
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20 |
19 |
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16 |
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Mallorca |
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10 |
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15 |
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Real Sociedad |
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10 |
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15 |
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Rayo Vallecano |
11 |
12 |
7 |
11 |
14 |
13 |
16 |
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11 |
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Villarreal |
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Sporting de Gijón |
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Racing Santander |
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Zaragoza |
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Last updated: 18 December 2011
Source: kicker.de, AllTimeSoccer.com
Results
Updated to games played on 18 December 2011
Source: LFP, Sportec
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Awards and season statistics
Top goalscorers
This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with LFP as organising body.
Source: LFP, ESPN, SPORTEC and Liga BBVA
Last updated: 18 December 2011
Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.
Assists table
Fair Play award
This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects[39] 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.
Source: Fair Play standings after matchday 17
Sources of cards and penalties: Referee's reports, Competition Committee's Sanctions, Appeal Committee Resolutions and RFEF's Directory about Fair Play Rankings
Last updated: 1 January 2012
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)
Notes:
- Yellow Card: 1 point/yellow card
- Double Yellow Card/Ejection: 2 points/double yellow card
- Direct Red Card: 3 points/red card
- It also accounts cards to non players
- Games of Suspension (Player): when a player is banned for play next x future games, x may be more than 3. Points: as many as x banned games
- Games of Suspension (Club's Personnel): when some person of the club (not player) is banned for x future games. If previously there was some card it's overridden by this punishment. Points: 5 points/banned game
- Audience Behaviour: when audience makes some altercations such as explosions, flares, throwing objects to the ground, racist chanting... etc. Can be Mild (5 points), Serious (6 points), Very Serious (7 points)
- Closure of Stadium: when serious incidents happen which are punished by the closure of the stadium. 10 points/match with closured stadium
The number in superscript is the correspondent round to the sanction. If there were sanctions in the same round to different people, the number of round is repeated as many times as different people were imposed
Scoring
Discipline
Miscellaneous
See also
External Links
References
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2011–12 teams |
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Former teams |
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Competition |
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Statistics and awards |
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Finances |
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Associated competitions |
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Domestic leagues |
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Domestic cups |
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European competitions |
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Related to national team |
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Club seasons
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La Liga |
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Segunda División |
Alcorcón · Alcoyano · Almería · Barcelona B · Cartagena · Celta de Vigo · Córdoba · Deportivo La Coruña · Elche · Gimnàstic · Girona · Guadalajara · Hércules · Huesca · Las Palmas · Murcia · Numancia · Recreativo · Sabadell · Valladolid · Villarreal B · Xerez
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Segunda División B |
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Albacete · Alcalá · Atlético Madrid B · Celta B · Conquense · Coruxo · Getafe B · La Roda · Leganés · Lugo · Marino de Luanco · Montañeros · Real Oviedo · Rayo B · R.M. Castilla · S.S. Reyes · Sporting de Gijón B · Tenerife · Toledo · Vecindario
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Alavés · Amorebieta · Arandina · Bilbao Athletic · Burgos · Eibar · Gimn. Segoviana · Gimn. Torrelavega · Guijuelo · Lemona · Logroñés · Mirandés · Osasuna B · Palencia · Ponferradina · Real Sociedad B · Real Unión · Salamanca · Sestao River · Zamora
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Andorra · Atlético Baleares · Badalona · Dénia · Gandía · Huracán Valencia · L'Hospitalet · Llagostera · Lleida Esportiu · Mallorca B · Manacor · Olímpic de Xàtiva · Ontinyent · Orihuela · Reus Deportiu · Sant Andreu · Sporting Mahonés · Teruel · Valencia Mestalla · Zaragoza B
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Almería B · Badajoz · Betis B · Cacereño · Cádiz · Ceuta · Écija · Real Jaén · La Unión · Linense · Lorca Atlético · Lucena · Melilla · Poli Ejido · Puertollano · Roquetas · San Roque · Sevilla Atlético · Sporting Villanueva · Villanovense
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Domestic leagues |
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Domestic cups |
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