Liga de Fútbol Profesional
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| Abbreviation | LFP |
|---|---|
| Formation | July 27, 1984 |
| Type | Sports association |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
Region served |
 Spain |
Membership | 42 football clubs |
President | Javier Tebas |
Secretary-General | Carlos del Campo Colás |
Main organ | General Assembly |
| Affiliations | European Professional Football Leagues |
| Website |
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The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional[lower-alpha 1] (National Professional Football League), more commonly known as the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) is a national sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in Spain - the Primera and Segunda División. The organisation was founded in 1984.
Competition
The 42 member clubs of the LFP are grouped into two divisions: the Liga BBVA (20 clubs) and Liga Adelante (22 clubs). In any given season a club plays each of the others in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. This makes for a total of 38 games played each season in Liga BBVA and 42 in Liga Adelante.
Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a defeat. At the end of each season, the club with the most points in the Liga BBVA is crowned champion. If points are equal, the head-to-head records determine the winner. If still equal, the goal difference and then goals scored become the deciding factors. As for Liga Adelante, at the top end three clubs win promotion to Liga BBVA, with the bottom three Liga BBVA clubs taking their places. At the lower end, four club are relegated to the Segunda División B, while four teams from the 2ªB join the Liga Adelante in their stead.
Organisation
General Assembly
The General Assembly is the deliberative assembly of the LFP. It is composed of the 42 football clubs and public limited sports companies (Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D.) that make up the Primera and Segunda División. Each club/S.A.D. is usually represented by its respective president.
President
The President, along with the other members of the Executive Committee, is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. The current president is José Luis Astiazarán, who was elected to the post on July 15, 2005 and re-elected in 2009.
| President | Club | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Manuel Vega-Arango Alvaré | Sporting Gijón | 1983 – 1984 |
| Antonio Baró Armengol | Espanyol | 11 December 1984 – 11 February 2001 |
| Pedro Tomás Marqués | Espanyol | 2001 – 9 June 2004 |
| José Luis Astiazarán (interim) | Real Sociedad | 2004 – 2005 |
| Guillermo Cabello Valero (interim) | Terrassa | 22 June 2005 |
| Carlos del Campo Cola (interim) | N/A | 2005 |
| José Luis Astiazarán | Real Sociedad | 15 July 2005 – 26 April 2013 |
| Javier Tebas Medrano | N/A | 26 April 2013 – present |
Television rights
In February 2011 the LFP threatened strike action if the Spanish government did not lift the ruling that one game per week must be shown free. The ruling was introduced in 1997 and the LFP want it lifted for the 2012–13 season. Spain's LFP threatens to halt games over TV row. Recently (2015) RFEF announced that they would stop the games from 16 May onwards, following a row with Spanish Authorities where RFEF is demanding Spanish Authorities to stop interrupting in LFP's financial issues. They said in a statement: "Regarding the decision adopted by the RFEF's General Assembly to indefinitely suspend all football competitions at every level, the LFP states that it has taken the corresponding legal actions in defence of the rights and legitimate interests of the clubs, as well as the rights of the competitions that it organises and that have been grossly affected by the aforementioned decision by the RFEF. "The RFEF's decision is null and void by law... given that the sports law and the current co-ordination agreement attributes to the LFP the right to organise professional competitions and approve the sporting calendar of those competitions. "The LFP expressly reserves the right to take legal action to claim for the serious damages as well as any financial, sporting, social or any other type of harm that may arise from the RFEF's decision." [1]
Sponsorship
On 22 November 2013, Huawei became the global partner of Liga de Fútbol Profesional.[2]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Spanish pronunciation: [ˈliɣa naθjoˈnal de ˈfuðβol pɾofesjoˈnal].
References
- ↑ PA Sport (8 May 2015). ESPN FC http://www.espnfc.com/spanish-primera-division/story/2438131/spains-lfp-plans-legal-action-to-block-federations-strike. Retrieved 9 May 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Huawei Becomes Global Partner of Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) In Spain".
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