Competition: | La Liga |
Season: | 2014–15 |
Dates: | 23 August 2014 – 23 May 2015 |
Winners: | Barcelona 23rd title |
Relegated: | Elche Almería Córdoba |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Valencia Sevilla (as Europa League winners) |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Villarreal Athletic Bilbao |
League Topscorer: | Cristiano Ronaldo (48 goals) |
Best Goalkeeper: | Claudio Bravo (0.51 goals/match) |
Biggest Home Win: | (5 April 2015) |
Biggest Away Win: | (2 May 2015) |
Highest Scoring: | (20 September 2014) (5 April 2015) (23 May 2015) |
Matches: | 380 |
Total Goals: | 1009 |
Longest Wins: | 12 matches[1] Real Madrid |
Longest Unbeaten: | 14 matches Barcelona |
Longest Winless: | 20 matches Córdoba |
Longest Losses: | 10 matches Córdoba |
Highest Attendance: | 98,760[2] Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid (22 March 2015) |
Lowest Attendance: | 3,500 Getafe 2–1 Celta Vigo (26 January 2015) |
Attendance: | 10,161,726 |
Average Attendance: | 26,741 |
Prevseason: | 2013–14 |
Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
The 2014–15 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of the premier association football league in Spain. The campaign began on 23 August 2014, and concluded on 24 May 2015.
Barcelona won its 23rd title on 17 May 2015 after defeating defending champions Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, and also equalled the all-time record goal difference of +89 (110 goals scored and 21 conceded), originally set by Real Madrid in the 2011–12 season. Barcelona won the title with 94 points, two more than Real Madrid.[3] [4]
A total of 20 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División. This includes the two top teams (Eibar and Deportivo La Coruña) from the Segunda División, and the winner of the play-offs, Córdoba.
Eibar became the first club from Segunda División to achieve promotion to La Liga after its 1–0 victory over Alavés on 25 May 2014. Eibar made their La Liga debut in the 2014–15 season.[5]
Deportivo La Coruña won promotion back to La Liga after one season in Segunda División with a 1–0 victory over Real Jaén on 31 May 2014.[6]
Córdoba won the promotion play-off against Las Palmas and returned to the top level after 42 years.[7]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
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Almería | Almería | Juegos Mediterráneos | 21,350 | |
Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés | 53,289 | |
Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 54,907 | |
Barcelona | Barcelona | Camp Nou | 99,786 | |
Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos | 31,800 | |
Córdoba | Córdoba | El Arcángel | 21,822 | |
Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 | |
Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua | 6,000 | |
Elche | Elche | Martínez Valero | 36,017 | |
Espanyol | Barcelona | Power8 Stadium | 40,500 | |
Getafe | Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 17,393 | |
Granada | Granada | Nuevo Los Cármenes | 23,156 | |
Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | 26,354 | |
Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda | 30,044 | |
Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas | 14,708 | |
Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 81,044 | |
Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Anoeta | 32,076 | |
Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 | |
Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 | |
Villarreal | Villarreal | El Madrigal | 25,000 |
1. On the back of shirt.
2. On the sleeves.
3. On the shorts.
4. Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
5. Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
6. Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Adidas, sponsored by Würth, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem LFP
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Celta Vigo | ![]() | Resigned | 15 May 2014 | Pre-season | ![]() | 2 June 2014 |
Málaga | ![]() | End of contract | 16 May 2014 | ![]() | 30 May 2014 | |
![]() | 16 May 2014 | ![]() | 28 May 2014 | |||
Barcelona | ![]() | Resigned | 17 May 2014 | ![]() | 19 May 2014 | |
![]() | End of contract | 28 May 2014 | ![]() | 28 May 2014 | ||
Levante | ![]() | Signed by Granada | 28 May 2014 | ![]() | 30 May 2014 | |
Valencia | ![]() | Sacked | 2 July 2014 | ![]() | 4 July 2014 | |
Deportivo La Coruña | ![]() | 8 July 2014 | ![]() | 10 July 2014 | ||
Córdoba | ![]() | 20 October 2014 | 20th | ![]() | 20 October 2014[9] | |
Levante | ![]() | 20 October 2014 | 19th | ![]() | 21 October 2014[10] | |
Real Sociedad | ![]() | 2 November 2014 | 19th | David Moyes | 10 November 2014[11] | |
Almería | ![]() | 9 December 2014[12] | 17th | ![]() | 12 December 2014[13] | |
Getafe | ![]() | Signed by Guangzhou R&F | 18 December 2014[14] | 13th | ![]() | 5 January 2015[15] |
Granada | ![]() | Sacked | 13 January 2015[16] | 20th | ![]() | 19 January 2015[17] |
Getafe | ![]() | Resigned | 26 February 2015[18] | 13th | ![]() | 11 March 2015[19] |
Córdoba | ![]() | Sacked | 16 March 2015 | 20th | ![]() | 16 March 2015[20] |
Almería | ![]() | 5 April 2015[21] | 18th | ![]() | 6 April 2015[22] | |
Deportivo La Coruña | ![]() | 8 April 2015 | 17th | ![]() | 8 April 2015 | |
Granada | ![]() | 1 May 2015[23] | 19th | ![]() | 1 May 2015[24] | |
On 2 May, Córdoba were relegated with three games left to play in the season, after losing 0–8 at home against Barcelona.[25] Eight days later, Villarreal confirmed sixth place and an entry into the UEFA Europa League with Joel Campbell's winning goal against Elche.[26]
Barcelona, playing with a three-man attack of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez under new manager Luis Enrique,[27] won the title on 17 May with a goal by Messi to defeat holders Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium. It came exactly a year after Atlético had won their league title at Barcelona's Camp Nou.[28] Real Madrid secured second place on the same day as Barcelona won the title, with a 1–4 win at Espanyol.[29] In the end, Barcelona amassed 94 points, while Real Madrid finished just two points behind, with 92.
The battle for the Champions League was settled in the last ten minutes of the season. Valencia, in fourth place with 74 points, went into the last match of the season at relegation-threatened Almería, facing all three possibilities of direct qualification to the group stage of the Champions League, qualification to the play-off round, or missing out on the Champions League altogether. Valencia won the match 3–2 to secure fourth place, as Atlético Madrid, three points ahead, drew at Granada. Sevilla, with a 3–2 win at Málaga, achieved a record 76 points total without Champions League qualification, finishing fifth.[30] [31] [32] Sevilla however qualified for the Champions League by winning the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final.
Earlier in the season, on 7 February, Atlético Madrid achieved a 4–0 victory over city rivals Real Madrid. It was Real's biggest loss since a 5–0 loss to Barcelona in November 2010.[33]
Despite finishing the season in the 13th position, on 5 June, Elche was relegated to Segunda División due to its financial struggles.[34] Newcomers Eibar, who finished the season in the 18th position, took Elche's place in 2015–16 La Liga.
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[35] [36] |
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1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 48 |
2 | ![]() | Barcelona | 43 |
3 | Atlético Madrid | 22 | |
![]() | Barcelona | ||
5 | ![]() | Sevilla | 20 |
6 | ![]() | Athletic Bilbao | 18 |
7 | ![]() | Rayo Vallecano | 17 |
8 | Luis Suárez | Barcelona | 16 |
9 | ![]() | Real Madrid | 15 |
10 | ![]() | Espanyol | 14 |
![]() | Elche |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[37] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Barcelona | 18 |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 16 |
3 | Luis Suárez | Barcelona | 14 |
4 | ![]() | Celta Vigo | 13 |
![]() | Real Madrid | ||
6 | ![]() | Real Madrid | 10 |
![]() | Atlético Madrid | ||
8 | Gareth Bale | Real Madrid | 9 |
![]() | Villarreal | ||
![]() | Espanyol | ||
![]() | Real Madrid |
See main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Reference | |
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Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | 8–2 (A) | 20 September 2014 | Report | ||
Cristiano Ronaldo4 | Real Madrid | Elche | 5–1 (H) | 23 September 2014 | Report | |
Barcelona | Granada | 6–0 (H) | 27 September 2014 | Report | ||
Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | 5–0 (H) | 5 October 2014 | Report | ||
Barcelona | Sevilla | 5–1 (H) | 22 November 2014 | Report | ||
Real Sociedad | Elche | 3–0 (H) | 28 November 2014 | Report | ||
Real Madrid | Celta Vigo | 3–0 (H) | 6 December 2014 | Report | ||
Barcelona | Espanyol | 5–1 (H) | 7 December 2014 | Report | ||
Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | 4–1 (A) | 21 December 2014 | Report | ||
Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña | 4–0 (A) | 18 January 2015 | Report | ||
Levante | Málaga | 4–1 (H) | 7 February 2015 | Report | ||
Barcelona | Levante | 5–0 (H) | 15 February 2015 | Report | ||
![]() | Rayo Vallecano | Levante | 4–2 (H) | 28 February 2015 | Report | |
Barcelona | Rayo Vallecano | 6–1 (H) | 8 March 2015 | Report | ||
Levante | Almería | 4–1 (A) | 4 April 2015 | Report | ||
Cristiano Ronaldo5 | Real Madrid | Granada | 9–1 (H) | 5 April 2015 | Report | |
![]() | Celta Vigo | Rayo Vallecano | 6–1 (H) | 11 April 2015 | Report | |
Barcelona | Córdoba | 8–0 (A) | 2 May 2015 | Report | ||
Real Madrid | Sevilla | 3–2 (A) | 2 May 2015 | Report | ||
Real Madrid | Espanyol | 4–1 (A) | 17 May 2015 | Report | ||
Real Madrid | Getafe | 7–3 (H) | 23 May 2015 | Report |
La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards.[39]
Award | Recipient | |
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Best Player | ![]() | |
Best Coach | ![]() | |
Best Goalkeeper | Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) | |
Best Defender | ![]() | |
Best Midfielder | ![]() | |
Best Forward | ![]() |
Team of the Year[40] | |||||||
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Goalkeeper | Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) | ||||||
Defence | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Midfield | ![]() | ![]() | Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona) | ||||
Attack | ![]() | ![]() | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |||
September | Nuno Espírito Santo | Valencia | ![]() | Celta Vigo | [41] | |
October | ![]() | Real Madrid | ![]() | Real Madrid | [42] | |
November | ![]() | Athletic Bilbao | ![]() | Real Sociedad | [43] | |
December | Nuno Espírito Santo | Valencia | ![]() | Villarreal | [44] | |
January | ![]() | Sevilla | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | [45] | |
February | Nuno Espírito Santo | Valencia | ![]() | Rayo Vallecano | [46] [47] | |
March | ![]() | Athletic Bilbao | ![]() | Sevilla | [48] [49] | |
April | ![]() | Real Madrid | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | [50] [51] | |
May | ![]() | Granada | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | [52] [53] |