2024–25 La Liga Explained

The 2024–25 La Liga, also known as LALIGA EA SPORTS^{[1] [2]} due to sponsorship reasons, is the 94th season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 15 August 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on 25 May 2025. Real Madrid are the defending champions, having won their 36th title the previous season. The fixture schedule was announced on 18 June 2024.^[3]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of twenty teams contest the league, including seventeen sides from the 2023–24 season and three promoted from the 2023–24 Segunda División. This includes 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 Almería, after a 1–3 loss to Getafe on 27 April 2024, ending their two-year stay in top tier. The second team to be relegated was Granada, following Mallorca’s 1–0 win against Las Palmas, suffering immediate relegation. The third and final team relegated to Segunda was Cádiz, after a 0–0 draw against Las Palmas on 19 May 2024, ending their four-year stay in the top tier.

Teams promoted from Segunda DivisiónOn 26 May 2024, Valladolid became the first side to mathematically be automatically promoted, assured of a return to the top flight following a 3–2 win against Villarreal B, thus returning after a single season absence.^[4] The second and final team to earn automatic promotion was Leganés, following a 2–0 win against Elche on 2 June 2024, thus returning after a four-season absence and also being promoted to the top flight for the second time in their history.^[5] The third and final team to be promoted was Espanyol, following their win against Oviedo in the promotion play-off final, returning to the top flight after only a single season.^{[6] [7]}

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés			[8]
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
data-sort-value="Madrid"	Atlético Madrid		Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Barcelona	Barcelona
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	[9]
Espanyol	Cornellà de Llobregat	Stage Front Stadium	[10]
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum	[11]
Girona	Girona	Montilivi	[12]
Las Palmas			[13]
Leganés	Leganés	Butarque	[14]
Mallorca	Palma	Son Moix	[15]
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar	[16]
Rayo Vallecano		Vallecas	[17]
Real Betis		Benito Villamarín	[18]
Real Madrid		Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	[19]
Sevilla		Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán	[20]
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	[21]
			[22]
Villarreal	Villarreal	La Cerámica	[23]

Personnel and kits

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Manager	Captain	Kit maker	Kit sponsors
Main			Other
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Notes and References

1. News: EA SPORTS & LaLiga Announce Expansive New Partnership With EA SPORTS FC as Title Sponsor of All LaLiga Competitions . Electronic Arts . 2 August 2022 . 27 April 2023.
2. News: EA SPORTS FC will be the title sponsor of all LaLiga competitions . La Liga . 2 August 2022 . 14 May 2023.
3. Web site: El calendario de LaLiga 24/25 se sorteará el próximo martes .
4. News: 26 May 2024 . Ronaldo's Valladolid promoted back to La Liga . 25 June 2024 . theScore.
5. News: 2 June 2024 . Leganes win Spanish second division to reach La Liga . 25 June 2024 . theScore.
6. News: 23 June 2024 . Espanyol promoted to LaLiga after year away . 25 June 2024 . ESPN.
7. News: 23 June 2024 . Espanyol promoted to La Liga with playoff win over Oviedo . 25 June 2024 . theScore.
8. Web site: Instalaciones Alavés - Web Oficial. 29 May 2021. Instalaciones Alavés - Web Oficial. es.
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: Facilities – RCDE Stadium. RCD Espanyol. 1 July 2019. 18 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151218073440/https://www.rcdespanyol.com/en/instalations. dead.
11. Web site: Facilities .
12. News: La conexión ucraniana, a la conquista de Montilivi . 20 August 2023 . es . 25 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825103339/https://as.com/futbol/primera/la-conexion-ucraniana-a-la-conquista-de-montilivi-n/ . live .
13. Web site: Gran Canaria Stadium . UD Las Palmas . 1 July 2019 . 14 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014003359/https://www.udlaspalmas.es/en/club/gran-canaria-stadium . dead .
14. Web site: Facilities - Butarque. CD Leganés. 1 July 2019.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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 .
18. 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 .
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. es. 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.