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 concluded 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ![]() | End of contract | 30 June 2012[5] | ![]() | 13 June 2012[6] | Pre-Season | |
Valencia | ![]() | End of contract | 30 June 2012[7] | ![]() | 4 June 2012[8] | Pre-Season | |
Rayo Vallecano | ![]() | End of contract | 30 June 2012[9] | ![]() | 14 June 2012[10] | Pre-Season | |
Granada | ![]() | End of contract | 30 June 2012[11] | ![]() | 18 June 2012[12] | Pre-Season | |
Espanyol | ![]() | Mutual consent | 26 November 2012[13] | ![]() | 28 November 2012[14] | 20th | |
Valencia | ![]() | Sacked | 1 December 2012[15] | ![]() | 1 December 2012 | 12th | |
Valencia | ![]() | End of tenure as caretaker | 5 December 2012[16] | ![]() | 3 December 2012[17] | 12th | |
Deportivo La Coruña | ![]() | Sacked | 30 December 2012[18] | Domingos Paciência | 31 December 2012[19] | 20th | |
Sevilla | ![]() | Sacked | 14 January 2013[20] | ![]() | 14 January 2013[21] | 12th | |
Granada | ![]() | Sacked | 30 January 2013[22] | ![]() | 30 January 2013[23] | 17th | |
Mallorca | ![]() | Sacked | 4 February 2013[24] | ![]() | 5 February 2013[25] | 19th | |
Deportivo La Coruña | Domingos Paciência | Mutual consent | 11 February 2013[26] | ![]() | 11 February 2013[27] | 20th | |
Celta de Vigo | ![]() | Sacked | 18 February 2013[28] | ![]() | 18 February 2013 | 18th |
La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with LFP Awards.[29] [30]
Award | Recipient | |
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Best Player | ![]() | |
Best Coach | ![]() | |
Best Goalkeeper | ![]() | |
Best Defender | ![]() | |
Best Midfielder(s) | ![]() ![]() | |
Best Forward | ![]() |
The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[31] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Barcelona | 46 |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 34 |
3 | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | 28 |
4 | ![]() | Sevilla | 25 |
5 | ![]() | Valencia | 24 |
6 | ![]() | Real Betis | 18 |
![]() | Rayo Vallecano | ||
8 | ![]() | Real Madrid | 16 |
9 | ![]() | Athletic Bilbao | 14 |
Hélder Postiga | Zaragoza | ||
![]() | Real Sociedad |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[32] [33] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Barcelona | 16 |
Mesut Özil | Real Madrid | ||
3 | ![]() | Barcelona | 12 |
4 | ![]() | Real Madrid | 11 |
![]() | Barcelona | ||
6 | Ivan Rakitić | Sevilla | 10 |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | ||
8 | ![]() | Athletic Bilbao | 9 |
![]() | Atlético Madrid | ||
Alexis Sánchez | Barcelona | ||
![]() | Real Sociedad |
The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | 29 | 37 | ||
2 | ![]() | Barcelona | 33 | 31 | ||
3 | ![]() | Málaga | 42 | 34 | ||
![]() | Osasuna | 46 | 37 | |||
5 | Claudio Bravo | Real Sociedad | 40 | 31 |
This award was 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 | Club | Matches | 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 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 | Real 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 | – | 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 | 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
See main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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![]() | Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | 4–0 (H)[35] | ||
Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | 5–1 (H)[36] | |||
![]() | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña | 5–4 (A)[37] | ||
![]() | Atlético Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | 6–0 (H)[38] | ||
![]() | Real Sociedad | Real Madrid | 3–4 (A)[39] | ||
Real Madrid | Getafe | 4–0 (H)[40] | |||
![]() | Barcelona | Osasuna | 5–1 (H)[41] | ||
Real Madrid | Sevilla | 4–1 (H)[42] | |||
![]() | Sevilla | Celta Vigo | 4–1 (H)[43] | ||
![]() | Barcelona | Mallorca | 5–0 (H)[44] | ||
![]() | Sevilla | Valencia | 4–3 (H) |