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.
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 12 August 2022 – 4 June 2023[1] |
Champions | Barcelona 27th title |
Relegated | Valladolid Espanyol Elche |
Champions League | Barcelona Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla (as Europa League winners) |
Europa League | Villarreal Real Betis |
Europa Conference League | Osasuna |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 955 (2.51 per match) |
Best Player | Marc-André ter Stegen |
Top goalscorer | Robert Lewandowski (23 goals) |
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 winning run | Barcelona (7 matches) (twice) |
Longest unbeaten run | Atlético Madrid Barcelona (13 matches) |
Longest winless run | Elche (19 matches) |
Longest losing run | 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) |
Attendance | 11,236,873 (29,571 per match) |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → |
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 División
The 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 División
The 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.
Promoted from 2021–22 Segunda División | Relegated from 2021–22 La Liga |
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Almería Valladolid Girona | Granada Levante Alavés |
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
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Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Espanyol | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 13 May 2022 | Pre-season | ![]() | 31 May 2022 |
Valencia | ![]() | Sacked | 22 May 2022 | ![]() | 9 June 2022 | |
Athletic Bilbao | ![]() | Resigned | 24 May 2022 | ![]() | 30 June 2022 | |
Elche | ![]() | Sacked | 4 October 2022 | 20th | ![]() | 7 October 2022 |
Sevilla | ![]() | 5 October 2022 | 17th | ![]() | 6 October 2022 | |
Elche | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 12 October 2022 | 20th | ![]() | 12 October 2022 |
Villarreal | ![]() | Signed by Aston Villa | 24 October 2022 | 7th | ![]() | 25 October 2022 |
Celta Vigo | ![]() | Sacked | 2 November 2022 | 16th | ![]() | 2 November 2022 |
Elche | ![]() | 7 November 2022 | 20th | ![]() | 17 November 2022 | |
Valencia | ![]() | Mutual consent | 31 January 2023 | 14th | ![]() | 31 January 2023 |
![]() | End of caretaker spell | 14 February 2023 | 18th | ![]() | 14 February 2023 | |
Elche | ![]() | Sacked | 20 March 2023 | 20th | ![]() | 21 March 2023 |
Sevilla | ![]() | 21 March 2023 | 14th | ![]() | ||
Valladolid | ![]() | 3 April 2023 | 15th | ![]() | 4 April 2023 | |
Espanyol | ![]() | 17th | ![]() | 3 April 2023 | ||
Getafe | ![]() | 27 April 2023 | 18th | ![]() | 29 April 2023 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 20 | +50 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 78 | |
3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 77 | |
4 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 71 | |
5 | Villarreal | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
6 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 60 | |
7 | Osasuna | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a] |
8 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 51 | |
9 | Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 50 | |
10 | Girona | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 49[b] | |
11 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 49[b] | |
12 | Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 49[b] | Qualification for the Champions League group stage[c] |
13 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 43 | |
14 | Cádiz | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 42[d] | |
15 | Getafe | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 42[d] | |
16 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 42[d] | |
17 | Almería | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 41 | |
18 | Valladolid (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 40 | Relegation to Segunda División |
19 | Espanyol (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 37 | |
20 | Elche (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 25 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[46]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
Ezequiel Ávila for Osasuna against Sevilla (12 August 2022)
- Final goal of the season:
Adri Embarba for Almería against Espanyol (4 June 2023)
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[47] |
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1 | ![]() | Barcelona | 23 |
2 | ![]() | Real Madrid | 19 |
3 | ![]() | Espanyol | 16 |
4 | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | 15 |
![]() | Real Betis | ||
![]() | Mallorca | ||
7 | ![]() | Getafe | 14 |
8 | ![]() | Girona | 13 |
![]() | Atlético Madrid | ||
10 | ![]() | Celta Vigo | 12 |
![]() | Villarreal | ||
![]() | Real 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.
Rank | Player | Club | Matches | Goals against | Average[48] |
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1 | ![]() | Barcelona | 37 | 18 | 0.49 |
2 | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | 28 | 20 | 0.71 |
3 | ![]() | Real Sociedad | 38 | 35 | 0.92 |
4 | ![]() | Real Madrid | 31 | 29 | 0.94 |
5 | ![]() | Mallorca | 36 | 40 | 1.11 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
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![]() | Athletic Bilbao | Cádiz | 4–1 (H) | 3 February 2023 | 20 |
![]() | Elche | Villarreal | 3–1 (H) | 4 February 2023 | |
![]() | Real Madrid | Valladolid | 6–0 (H) | 2 April 2023 | 27 |
![]() | Girona | Real Madrid | 4–2 (H) | 25 April 2023 | 31 |
![]() | Real Madrid | Almería | 4–2 (H) | 29 April 2023 | 32 |
![]() | Almería | Mallorca | 3–0 (H) | 20 May 2023 | 35 |
4 – Player scored four goals.
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 14
Fede San Emeterio (Cádiz)
Óscar Gil (Espanyol)
- Most red cards: 3
Florian Lejeune (Rayo Vallecano)
Germán Pezzella (Real Betis)
Isaac Carcelén (Cádiz)
Luiz Felipe (Real Betis)
Marcos Acuna (Sevilla)
Pape Gueye (Sevilla)
Team
- Most yellow cards: 121
- Most red cards: 15
- Fewest yellow cards: 68
- Fewest red cards: 2
Awards
Player of the Season
Pos. | Player | Club | Ref. |
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GK | ![]() | Barcelona | [49] |
Player of the Month
Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
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Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() | Real Betis | [50] |
September | ![]() | Real Madrid | [51] |
October | ![]() | Barcelona | [52] |
January | ![]() | Real Sociedad | [53] |
February | ![]() | Celta Vigo | [54] |
March | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | [55] |
April | ![]() | Sevilla | [56] |
May | ![]() | Villarreal | [57] |
Team of the season
EA Sports
Pos. | Player | Club | Ref. |
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GK | ![]() | Barcelona | [58] |
DF | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | |
![]() | Barcelona | ||
![]() | Real Madrid | ||
![]() | Osasuna | ||
![]() | Barcelona | ||
MF | ![]() | Celta Vigo | |
![]() | Real Madrid | ||
![]() | Real Sociedad | ||
![]() | Barcelona | ||
![]() | Real Madrid | ||
FW | ![]() | Atlético Madrid | |
![]() | Real Madrid | ||
![]() | Barcelona | ||
![]() | Real Madrid |