Competition: | La Liga |
Season: | 2012–13 |
Dates: | 18 August 2012 – 1 June 2013 |
Winners: | Barcelona 22nd title |
Relegated: | Mallorca Deportivo La Coruña Zaragoza |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Valencia Real Betis Sevilla |
League Topscorer: | Lionel Messi (46 goals) |
Best Goalkeeper: | Thibaut Courtois (0.78 goals/match) |
Biggest Home Win: | Atlético Madrid 6–0 Deportivo La Coruña (9 December 2012) |
Biggest Away Win: | Rayo Vallecano 0–5 Barcelona (27 October 2012) Mallorca 0–5 Real Madrid (28 October 2012) Valencia 0–5 Real Madrid (20 January 2013) |
Highest Scoring: | Deportivo La Coruña 4–5 Barcelona (20 October 2012) |
Matches: | 380 |
Total Goals: | 1091 |
Longest Wins: | 12 matches Barcelona[1] |
Longest Unbeaten: | 19 matches Barcelona |
Longest Winless: | 15 matches Zaragoza |
Longest Losses: | 6 matches Deportivo La Coruña Mallorca |
Highest Attendance: | 96,589 Barcelona 2–2 Real Madrid |
Average Attendance: | 29,430 |
Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd since its establishment. The campaign began on 18 August 2012, and ended on 1 June 2013.[2] Barcelona won the league for a 22nd time, after leading the league the entire season and amassing 100 points, equalling Real Madrid's points record from the previous season. As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.[3] [4]
A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the 2011–12 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.
Villarreal CF, Sporting de Gijón and Racing de Santander were relegated to 2012–13 Segunda División the previous season: Villarreal were relegated after twelve years in La Liga, Sporting de Gijón returned to Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Racing de Santander ended ten consecutive seasons in La Liga, the longest period in its history.
The three teams that were relegated were replaced by three 2011–12 Segunda División sides: Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to the top level as Segunda División champion. The second-placing team Celta de Vigo was also promoted to La Liga after a five-year absence. The third promoted team was decided in the promotion play-offs where Real Valladolid returned to La Liga after two seasons in Segunda División.
Team | Location of stadium | Stadium | Capacity | |
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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 | |
Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos | 31,800 | |
Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 | |
Espanyol | Barcelona | Cornellà-El Prat | 40,500 | |
Getafe | Getafe | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez | 17,700 | |
Granada | Granada | Nuevo Los Cármenes | 22,524 | |
Levante | Valencia | Ciutat de València | 25,534 | |
Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda | 28,963 | |
Mallorca | Palma | Iberostar Stadium | 23,142 | |
Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar | 19,553 | |
Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Campo de Vallecas | 15,489 | |
Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 85,454 | |
Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Anoeta | 32,076 | |
Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | 45,500 | |
Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 | |
Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla | 26,512 | |
Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
1. Huawei is the sponsor for select matches.
2. On the back of shirt.
3. Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.
4. On the shorts.
5. Málaga makes a donation to UNESCO in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit.
6. On the left sleeve.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table | |
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Barcelona | Pep Guardiola | End of contract | 30 June 2012[5] | Tito Vilanova | 13 June 2012[6] | Pre-Season | |
Valencia | Unai Emery | End of contract | 30 June 2012[7] | Mauricio Pellegrino | 4 June 2012[8] | Pre-Season | |
Rayo Vallecano | José Ramón Sandoval | End of contract | 30 June 2012[9] | Paco Jémez | 14 June 2012[10] | Pre-Season | |
Granada | Abel Resino | End of contract | 30 June 2012[11] | Juan Antonio Anquela | 18 June 2012[12] | Pre-Season | |
Espanyol | Mauricio Pochettino | Mutual consent | 26 November 2012[13] | Javier Aguirre | 28 November 2012[14] | 20th | |
Valencia | Mauricio Pellegrino | Sacked | 1 December 2012[15] | Voro (caretaker) | 1 December 2012 | 12th | |
Valencia | Voro (caretaker) | End of tenure as caretaker | 5 December 2012[16] | Ernesto Valverde | 3 December 2012[17] | 12th | |
Deportivo La Coruña | José Luis Oltra | Sacked | 30 December 2012[18] | Domingos Paciência | 31 December 2012[19] | 20th | |
Sevilla | Míchel | Sacked | 14 January 2013[20] | Unai Emery | 14 January 2013[21] | 12th | |
Granada | Juan Antonio Anquela | Sacked | 30 January 2013[22] | Lucas Alcaraz | 30 January 2013[23] | 17th | |
Mallorca | Joaquín Caparrós | Sacked | 4 February 2013[24] | Gregorio Manzano | 5 February 2013[25] | 19th | |
Deportivo La Coruña | Domingos Paciência | Mutual consent | 11 February 2013[26] | Fernando Vázquez | 11 February 2013[27] | 20th | |
Celta de Vigo | Paco Herrera | Sacked | 18 February 2013[28] | Abel Resino | 18 February 2013 | 18th |
La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with LaLiga Awards.[29] [30]
Recipient | |
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Best Player | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
Best Coach | Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid) |
Best Goalkeeper | Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid) |
Best Defender | Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) |
Best Midfielder(s) | Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) |
Best Forward | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[31] |
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1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 46 |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 34 |
3 | Radamel Falcao | Atlético Madrid | 28 |
4 | Álvaro Negredo | Sevilla | 25 |
5 | Roberto Soldado | Valencia | 24 |
6 | Rubén Castro | Real Betis | 18 |
Piti | Rayo Vallecano | 18 | |
8 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Real Madrid | 16 |
9 | Carlos Vela | Real Sociedad | 14 |
Hélder Postiga | Zaragoza | 14 | |
Aritz Aduriz | Athletic Bilbao | 14 |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[32] [33] |
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1 | Mesut Özil | Real Madrid | 16 |
Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona | 16 | |
3 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 12 |
4 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 11 |
Cesc Fàbregas | Barcelona | 11 | |
6 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 10 |
Ivan Rakitić | Sevilla | 10 | |
8 | Ibai | Athletic Bilbao | 9 |
Carlos Vela | Real Sociedad | 9 | |
Koke | Atlético Madrid | 9 | |
Alexis Sánchez | Barcelona | 9 | |
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with fewest goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
Rank | Name | Club | Goals Against | Matches | Average | |
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1 | Thibaut Courtois | Atlético Madrid | 29 | 37 | ||
2 | Víctor Valdés | Barcelona | 33 | 31 | ||
3 | Willy Caballero | Málaga | 42 | 34 | ||
Andrés Fernández | Osasuna | 46 | 37 | |||
5 | Claudio Bravo | Real Sociedad | 40 | 31 |
This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to determine the best fair play, 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.
Rank | Team | Games | Total Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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align=center | 1 | Barcelona | align=center | 38 | align=center | 56 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 426 | align=center | 22 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 74 | |
align=center | 2 | Valladolid | align=center | 38 | align=center | 77 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 0 | align=center | – | align=center | 15 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 88 | |
align=center | 3 | Real Sociedad | align=center | 38 | align=center | 93 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 0 | align=center | – | align=center | 18 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 102 | |
align=center | 4 | Real Madrid | align=center | 38 | align=center | 90 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 42 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 105 | |
align=center | 5 | Atlético Madrid | align=center | 38 | align=center | 98 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 0 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 106 | |
align=center | 6 | Málaga | align=center | 38 | align=center | 92 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 2 | align=center | – | align=center | 19 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 107 | |
align=center | 7 | Granada | align=center | 38 | align=center | 104 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 1 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 115 | |
align=center | 8 | Mallorca | align=center | 38 | align=center | 91 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 3 | align=center | – | align=center | 27, 35 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 120 | |
align=center | 9 | Deportivo La Coruña | align=center | 38 | align=center | 93 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 2 | align=center | – | align=center | 24, 30 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 121 | |
align=center | 10 | Celta de Vigo | align=center | 38 | align=center | 94 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 428 | align=center | 25, 21 | align=center | 2 Mild3, 9 | align=center | – | align=center | 124 | |
align=center | 11 | Levante | align=center | 38 | align=center | 108 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 2 | align=center | – | align=center | 27, 27 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 134 | |
align=center | 12 | Athletic Bilbao | align=center | 38 | align=center | 114 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 3 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 135 | |
align=center | 13 | Sevilla | align=center | 38 | align=center | 98 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 6 | align=center | – | align=center | 16 | align=center | 1 Mild6 | align=center | – | align=center | 138 | |
align=center | 14 | Betis | align=center | 38 | align=center | 112 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 3 | align=center | – | align=center | 17 | align=center | 2 Mild3, 17 | align=center | – | align=center | 144 | |
align=center | 15 | Getafe | align=center | 38 | align=center | 109 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 431 | align=center | 36, 15, 19 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 149 | |
16 | Osasuna | align=center | 38 | align=center | 109 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 42 | align=center | 316, 21, 37 | align=center | 1 Mild10 | align=center | – | align=center | 154 | ||
Valencia | align=center | 38 | align=center | 124 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 4 | align=center | – | align=center | 210 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 154 | |||
align=center | 18 | Rayo Vallecano | align=center | 38 | align=center | 131 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 2 | align=center | – | align=center | 29, 23 | align=center | 1 Mild11 | align=center | – | align=center | 156 | |
align=center | 19 | Zaragoza | align=center | 38 | align=center | 124 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 4 | align=center | – | align=center | 38, 9, 25 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 163 | |
align=center | 20 | Espanyol | align=center | 38 | align=center | 139 | align=center | 8 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 412 | align=center | 34, 20 | align=center | – | align=center | – | align=center | 186 |
Source: 2012–13 Fair Play Rankings Season[34]
Sources of cards and penalties: Referee's reports, Competition Committee's Sanctions, Appeal Committee Resolutions and RFEF section about Fair Play
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | 4–0[35] | |||
Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | 5–1[36] | |||
Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña | 5–4[37] | |||
5 | Atlético Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | 6–0[38] | ||
Real Sociedad | Real Madrid | 3–4[39] | |||
Real Madrid | Getafe | 4–0[40] | |||
4 | Barcelona | Osasuna | 5–1[41] | ||
Real Madrid | Sevilla | 4–1[42] | |||
Sevilla | Celta de Vigo | 4–1[43] | |||
Barcelona | Mallorca | 5–0[44] | |||
4 | Sevilla | Valencia | 4–3 |