| Competition: | La Liga |
| Season: | 2000–01 |
| Dates: | 9 September 2000 – 17 June 2001 |
| Winners: | Real Madrid 28th title |
| Relegated: | Real Oviedo Racing Santander Numancia |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Real Madrid (1st group stage) Deportivo (1st group stage) Mallorca (3rd qualifying round) Barcelona (3rd qualifying round) |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Valencia (first round) Celta Vigo (first round) Zaragoza (first round) (via Copa del Rey) |
| League Topscorer: | Raúl (24 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Barcelona 7–0 Athletic Bilbao (3 February 2001)[1] |
| Biggest Away Win: | Real Sociedad 0–6 Barcelona (14 October 2000)[2] |
| Highest Scoring: | Barcelona 4–4 Zaragoza (14 April 2001)[3] Villarreal 4–4 Barcelona (8 April 2001)[4] |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 1095 |
| Prevseason: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 La Liga season, the 70th since its establishment, started on 9 September 2000 and finished on 17 June 2001.
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Las Palmas, Osasuna and Villarreal, returning to the top flight after an absence of twelve, six and one years respectively. They replaced Betis, Atlético Madrid and Sevilla, ending their top flight spells of six, sixty six and one year respectively. For the first time in 26 years, there was no team from Seville.
2000–01 season was composed of the following clubs:
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98,772 | |||
| 80,354 | |||
| 55,926 | |||
| 55,000 | |||
| 39,750 | |||
| 34,600 | |||
| 34,596 | |||
| 32,500 | |||
| 32,200 | |||
| 30,500 | |||
| 30,044 | |||
| 27,846 | |||
| 23,142 | |||
| Villarreal | 23,000 | ||
| 22,222 | |||
| Las Palmas | 21,000 | ||
| 19,840 | |||
| Osasuna | 19,553 | ||
| 14,505 | |||
| 8,261 |
(*) Promoted from Segunda División
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
| Goalscorers | Goal | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Raúl | 24 | Real Madrid | |
 Rivaldo | 23 | Barcelona | |
| Javi Moreno | 22 | Alavés | |
| Diego Tristán | 19 | Deportivo | |
 Patrick Kluivert | 18 | Barcelona |
Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award with 86 points, second was Espanyol and third Zaragoza.[5] [6]
Manolo Hidalgo, Atlético Madrid footballer, making the same action as Pedro Zaballa[7]