2022–23 La Liga Explained

Season:2022–23
Dates:[1]
Competition:La Liga
Winners:Barcelona
27th title
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Real Sociedad
Sevilla (as Europa League winners)
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Villarreal
Real Betis
Continentalcup3:Europa Conference League
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Osasuna
Relegated:Valladolid
Espanyol
Elche
Matches:380
Total Goals:955
Best Player:Marc-André ter Stegen
League Topscorer:Robert Lewandowski
(23 goals)
League Topscorer Section:Top goalscorers
Best Goalkeeper:Marc-André ter Stegen
(0.49 goals/match)
Biggest Home Win:Real Madrid 6–0 Valladolid
(2 April 2023)
Biggest Away Win:Cádiz 0–4 Athletic Bilbao
(29 August 2022)
Cádiz 0–4 Barcelona
(10 September 2022)
Elche 0–4 Barcelona
(1 April 2023)
Highest Scoring:Girona 3–5 Real Sociedad
(3 October 2022)
Girona 6–2 Almería
(17 February 2023)
Longest Wins:Barcelona
(7 matches) (twice)
Longest Unbeaten:Atlético Madrid
Barcelona
(13 matches)
Longest Winless:Elche
(19 matches)
Longest Losses:Elche
Espanyol
(6 matches)
Highest Attendance:95,745
Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid
(19 March 2023)
Lowest Attendance:8,879
Girona 6–2 Almería
(17 February 2023)
Attendancecalc:11236873
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24

The 2022–23 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, was the 92nd season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 12 August 2022 and concluded on 4 June 2023. Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won their 35th title the previous season.

On 14 May, Barcelona were confirmed as champions with four matches to spare following a 4–2 away victory against Espanyol, clinching the club's 27th league title and first since the 2018–19 season.[2] [3]

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup having commenced on 20 November, there was a mid-season hiatus in the league. The last round before the break was held from 8–10 November, with the league resuming on 29 December. This season was the first since 2012–13 to conclude in June.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including seventeen sides from the 2021–22 season and three promoted from the 2021–22 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

Teams relegated to Segunda DivisiónThe first team to be relegated from La Liga were Levante, after a 6–0 loss to Real Madrid on 12 May 2022, ending their five-year stay in the top tier. The second team to be relegated was Alavés, after a defeat of 1–3 by Levante on 15 May 2022, ending their six-year stay in the top tier. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was Granada, who drew against Espanyol, which was coupled with wins of Cádiz and Mallorca on 22 May 2022, the final match day. Granada ended a three-year stay in the top level.
Teams promoted from Segunda DivisiónThe first two teams to earn promotion from Segunda División were Almería and Real Valladolid, who mathematically secured first and second positions, respectively, on the very last match day of the season. Almería returned to La Liga after a seven-year absence, while Valladolid came back after one year. The third and final team to be promoted were Girona after winning the play-off final 3–1 against Tenerife, returning after a three-year absence.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AlmeríaAlmeríaPower Horse Stadium[4]
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés[5]
data-sort-value="Madrid" Atlético MadridMadridCívitas Metropolitano[6]
BarcelonaBarcelonaSpotify Camp Nou[7]
CádizCádizNuevo Mirandilla[8]
Celta VigoVigoAbanca-Balaídos[9]
[10]
EspanyolCornellà de LlobregatRCDE Stadium[11]
GetafeGetafeColiseum Alfonso Pérez[12]
GironaGironaMontilivi[13]
MallorcaPalmaSon Moix[14]
OsasunaPamplonaEl Sadar[15]
Rayo VallecanoMadridVallecas[16]
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín[17]
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu[18]
Real SociedadSan SebastiánReale Arena[19]
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán[20]
ValenciaValenciaMestalla[21]
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla[22]
VillarrealVillarrealEstadio de la Cerámica[23]

Personnel and sponsorship

1. On the back of shirt.

2. On the sleeves.

3. On the shorts.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure		Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of
appointment
Espanyol Luis BlancoEnd of caretaker spell13 May 2022Pre-season Diego Martínez31 May 2022
Valencia José BordalásSacked22 May 2022 Gennaro Gattuso9 June 2022
Athletic Bilbao Marcelino[24] Resigned24 May 2022 Ernesto Valverde[25] 30 June 2022
Elche Francisco[26] Sacked4 October 202220th Alberto Gallego (caretaker)[27] 7 October 2022
Sevilla Julen Lopetegui[28] 5 October 202217th Jorge Sampaoli[29] 6 October 2022
Elche Alberto GallegoEnd of caretaker spell12 October 202220th Jorge Almirón[30] 12 October 2022
Villarreal Unai Emery[31] Signed by Aston Villa24 October 20227th Quique Setién[32] 25 October 2022
Celta Vigo Eduardo Coudet[33] Sacked2 November 202216th Carlos Carvalhal[34] 2 November 2022
Elche Jorge Almirón7 November 202220th Pablo Machín[35] 17 November 2022
Valencia Gennaro GattusoMutual consent31 January 202314th Voro (interim) 31 January 2023
Voro (interim)End of caretaker spell14 February 202318th Rubén Baraja14 February 2023
Elche Pablo Machín[36] Sacked20 March 202320th Sebastián Beccacece21 March 2023
Sevilla Jorge Sampaoli[37] 21 March 202314th José Luis Mendilibar
Valladolid Pacheta[38] 3 April 202315th Paulo Pezzolano[39] 4 April 2023
Espanyol Diego Martínez[40] 17th Luis García[41] 3 April 2023
Getafe Quique Sánchez Flores[42] 27 April 202318th José Bordalás[43] 29 April 2023

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[44]
1 Robert LewandowskiBarcelona23
2 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid19
3 JoseluEspanyol16
4 Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid15
Borja IglesiasReal Betis
Vedat MuriqiMallorca
7 Enes ÜnalGetafe14
8 Taty CastellanosGirona13
Álvaro MorataAtlético Madrid
10 Iago AspasCelta Vigo12
Nicolas JacksonVillarreal
Alexander SørlothReal Sociedad

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

RankPlayerClubMatchesGoals
against		Average[45]
1 Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona37180.49
2 Jan OblakAtlético Madrid28200.71
3 Álex RemiroReal Sociedad38350.92
4 Thibaut CourtoisReal Madrid31290.94
5 Predrag RajkovićMallorca36401.11

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks.

Player For Against Result Date Round
Oihan SancetAthletic BilbaoCádiz4–1 (H)3 February 202320
Pere MillaElcheVillarreal3–1 (H)4 February 2023
Karim BenzemaReal MadridValladolid6–0 (H)2 April 202327
Taty Castellanos4GironaReal Madrid4–2 (H)25 April 202331
Karim BenzemaReal MadridAlmería4–2 (H)29 April 202332
LázaroAlmeríaMallorca3–0 (H)20 May 202335

4 – Player scored four goals.

Discipline

Player

Team

Awards

Player of the Month

MonthPlayer of the MonthReference
PlayerClub
August Borja IglesiasReal Betis[47]
September Federico ValverdeReal Madrid[48]
October Robert LewandowskiBarcelona[49]
January Alexander SørlothReal Sociedad[50]
February Gabri VeigaCelta Vigo[51]
March Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid[52]
April Youssef En-NesyriSevilla [53]
May Nicolas JacksonVillarreal[54]

Team of the season

EA Sports

PlayerClub
Marc-André ter StegenBarcelona[55]
Nahuel MolinaAtlético Madrid
Jules KoundéBarcelona
Éder MilitãoReal Madrid
David GarcíaOsasuna
Alejandro BaldeBarcelona
Gabri VeigaCelta Vigo
Federico ValverdeReal Madrid
Mikel MerinoReal Sociedad
PedriBarcelona
Luka ModrićReal Madrid
Antoine GriezmannAtlético Madrid
Karim BenzemaReal Madrid
Robert LewandowskiBarcelona
Vinícius JúniorReal Madrid

See also

Notes and References

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  2. News: FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!. FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023. 15 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Espanyol 2–4 Barcelona: Robert Lewandowski scores two as Barca wrap up title. 14 May 2023. BBC Sport. 16 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Estadio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo. UD Almería. 29 May 2022. 26 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181026001056/https://www.udalmeriasad.com/club/datosdelclub/estadio-juegos-del-mediterraneo. dead.
  5. Web site: The Stadium. Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2019. 14 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414111222/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/san-mames/the-stadium. live.
  6. Web site: A spectacular stadium. 3 March 2021. Wanda Metropolitano. 22 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161122130046/http://en.atleticodemadrid.com/atm/features. live.
  7. Web site: Facilities – Camp Nou. FC Barcelona. 3 March 2021. 9 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160609044121/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/facilites-and-services/camp_nou. live.
  8. Web site: Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla. Cádiz CF. es. 19 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Facilities. Celta Vigo. 1 July 2019. 17 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117105207/http://www.rccelta.es/index.php/en/club-en/facilities. live.
  10. Web site: Estadio. www.elchecf.es.
  11. Web site: Facilities – RCDE Stadium. RCD Espanyol. 1 July 2019. 18 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151218073440/https://www.rcdespanyol.com/en/instalations. dead.
  12. Web site: Facilities. www.getafecf.com.
  13. News: Montilivi se prepara para la Primera División . 21 June 2023 . 27 June 2022 . es.
  14. Web site: Son Moix Iberostar Estadi (Son Moix). StadiumDB. 13 July 2019. 17 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121217041918/http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/esp/ono_estadi. live.
  15. Web site: Instalaciones – Estadio El Sadar. CA Osasuna. es. 1 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716130202/https://www.osasuna.es/el-club/instalaciones.html. 16 July 2019. dead.
  16. Web site: Estadio de Vallecas . Rayo Vallecano . es . 20 July 2018 . 8 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170708210040/http://www.rayovallecano.es/club/estadio . live .
  17. Web site: Estadio Benito Villamarín . Real Betis . es . 4 July 2018 . 4 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181004104158/https://www.realbetisbalompie.es/club/estadio-benito-villamarin/ . live .
  18. News: LaLiga bate record histórico de asistencia a los estadios con más de 15 millones de espectadores . 20 June 2023 . La Liga . 19 June 2023 . es.
  19. Web site: Facilities – Anoeta. Real Sociedad. 1 July 2019. 25 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180825074125/https://www.realsociedad.eus/en/club/facilities?area=#/anoeta. live.
  20. Web site: Sevilla F.C. . Sevilla FC . 3 March 2021 . es . 25 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151025003316/https://www.sevillafc.es/es/el-club/la-entidad/sevilla-fc . live .
  21. Web site: Facilities – Mestalla. 1 July 2019. 2 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190702002543/https://www.valenciacf.com/en/club/facilities/mestalla. live.
  22. Web site: Estadio José Zorrilla . Real Valladolid . 30 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181004064128/http://www.realvalladolid.es/elclub/estadiojosezorrilla/ . 4 October 2018 . dead.
  23. Web site: Estadio de la Cerámica. 13 January 2021 . Villarreal CF. 1 January 2023. es.
  24. News: Marcelino steps down as Athletic Club head coach. Athletic Bilbao. 24 May 2022. 24 May 2022. 24 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220524111843/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2022/05/24/marcelino-steps-down-as-athletic-club-head-coach. live.
  25. News: Ernesto Valverde appointed Athletic Club head coach. Athletic Bilbao. 30 June 2022. 30 June 2022. 6 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220706015012/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2022/06/30/ernesto-valverde-appointed-athletic-club-head-coach. live.
  26. Web site: OFICIAL Francisco. OFFICIAL Francisco. Elche CF. es. 4 October 2022. 4 October 2022. 11 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221011090559/https://www.elchecf.es/noticia/oficial-francisco. live.
  27. Web site: Alberto Gallego y Nino apuntan al banquillo del Elche frente al Mallorca. Alberto Gallego and Nino point to the bench of Elche against Mallorca. Diario AS. es. 7 October 2022. 7 October 2022. 7 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007144816/https://as.com/futbol/primera/alberto-gallego-y-nino-apuntan-al-banquillo-del-elche-frente-al-mallorca-n/. live.
  28. Web site: JULEN LOPETEGUI RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES. Sevilla FC CF. en. 5 October 2022. 5 October 2022. 5 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222157/https://www.sevillafc.es/en/actual/news/lopetegui-relieved-of-duties. live.
  29. Web site: JORGE SAMPAOLI RETURNS TO SEVILLA FC AS FIRST-TEAM COACH. Sevilla FC CF. en. 6 October 2022. 6 October 2022. 6 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006151952/https://sevillafc.es/en/actual/news/jorge-sampaoli-sevilla-fc-new-coach-22-23. live.
  30. Web site: OFICIAL Jorge Almirón, nuevo entrenador del Elche C.F.. OFFICIAL Jorge Almirón, new manager of Elche C.F.. Elche CF. es. 12 October 2022. 13 October 2022. 20 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221020005009/https://www.elchecf.es/noticia/oficial-jorge-almiron-nuevo-entrenador-del-elche-c-f. live.
  31. Web site: Official statement: Unai Emery. Villarreal CF. 24 October 2022. 3 November 2022. 11 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221111065431/https://villarrealcf.es/en/news/item/35945-official-statement-unai-emery. live.
  32. Web site: Welcome, Quique Setién!. Villarreal CF. 25 October 2022. 3 November 2022. 31 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221031043259/https://villarrealcf.es/en/news/item/35953-welcome-quique-setien. live.
  33. Web site: Chacho Coudet and RC Celta part ways. Celta Vigo. 2 November 2022. 3 November 2022. 25 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221125115404/https://rccelta.es/en/club/actualidad/chacho-coudet-y-el-rc-celta-separan-sus-caminos/. live.
  34. Web site: Carlos Carvalhal to coach RC Celta until 2024. Celta Vigo. 2 November 2022. 3 November 2022. 28 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128042201/https://rccelta.es/en/club/actualidad/carlos-carvalhal-sera-entrenador-del-rc-celta-hasta-2024/. live.
  35. News: OFICIAL Pablo Machin, nuevo entrenador del Elche CF. OFFICIAL Pablo Machín, new manager Elche CF. Elche CF. es. 17 November 2022. 18 November 2022. 22 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221122180938/https://www.elchecf.es/noticia/oficial-pablo-machin-nuevo-entrenador-del-elche-cf. live.
  36. News: COMUNICADO OFICIAL Pablo Machín. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Pablo Machin. Elche CF. es. 20 March 2023. 20 March 2023. 21 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321113525/https://www.elchecf.es/noticia/comunicado-oficial-pablo-machin. dead.
  37. News: Jorge Sampaoli relieved of his duties as Sevilla FC coach. Sevilla FC. 21 March 2023. 21 March 2023.
  38. News: Pacheta no continuará en el Real Valladolid. Real Valladolid. es. 3 April 2023. 3 April 2023.
  39. News: Paulo Pezzolano, nuevo entrenador del Real Valladolid. Real Valladolid. es. 4 April 2023. 4 April 2023.
  40. News: Diego Martínez leaves RCD Espanyol. RCD Espanyol. 3 April 2023. 3 April 2023.
  41. News: Luis García becomes new RCD Espanyol coach. RCD Espanyol. 3 April 2023. 4 April 2023.
  42. News: Getafe anuncia a demissão de Quique Flores. TNT Sports. 27 April 2023. 29 April 2023.
  43. News: O Getafe recorre novamente a Pepe Bordalás para tentar evitar o rebaixamento em La Liga. Trivela. 29 April 2023. 29 April 2023.
  44. Web site: Spanish La Liga Top Scorers . La Liga . 22 September 2022 . 22 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922103953/https://www.laliga.com/en-AU/stats . live .
  45. Web site: Zamora de LaLiga Santander 2022 - 2023 . 24 May 2023 . Marca . 21 February 2023 .
  46. Web site: OFFICIAL: Marc-Andre ter Stegen named as 22/23 La Liga Player of the Season. Tribuna . 13 June 2023. 26 October 2023.
  47. News: Borja Iglesias named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for August. 8 September 2022. 8 September 2022. La Liga. 22 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922010609/https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/news/borja-iglesias-named-laliga-santander-player-of-the-month-for-august. live.
  48. News: Fede Valverde named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for September. 29 September 2022. 29 September 2022. La Liga. 17 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221017165451/https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/news/fede-valverde-named-laliga-santander-player-of-the-month-for-september. live.
  49. News: Robert Lewandowski, Mejor Jugador de LaLiga Santander en octubre. Robert Lewandowski, Best Player of LaLiga Santander in October. 4 November 2022. 5 November 2022. La Liga. 5 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221105221210/https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/news/robert-lewandowski-mejor-jugador-de-laliga-santander-en-octubre. live.
  50. News: Alexander Sørloth named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for January. 1 February 2023. 1 February 2023. La Liga.
  51. News: Gabri Veiga named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for February. 2 March 2023. 5 March 2023. La Liga.
  52. News: Antoine Griezmann named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for March. 30 March 2023. 30 March 2023. La Liga.
  53. News: Youssef En-Nesyri named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for April. 4 May 2023. 5 May 2023. La Liga.
  54. News: Nicolas Jackson named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for May. 1 June 2023. 1 June 2023. La Liga.
  55. News: Los Premios 'Team Of The Season' de EA SPORTSTM y LaLiga revelan a los mejores 15 jugadores de la temporada . The EA SPORTSTM and LaLiga 'Team Of The Season' Awards reveal the best 15 players of the season. 19 May 2023. 21 May 2023. La Liga.

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