La Liga is one of the top five leagues in European football, with many of the world's top stars regularly plying their trade in the Spanish top-flight.
Barcelonaare aiming to complete a league hat-trick under Hansi Flick in 2026.27.
Here is everything you need to know about La Liga.
La Liga - Dates
The 2026/27 La Liga season is expected to start the weekend of 15th/16th August 2026 and will conclude at the end of May 2027.
La Liga - Teams
La Liga is the men's top professional football division in Spain and it is contested by 20 teams.
Real Oviedo, Girona and Mallorca were relegated in 2025/26, while Racing Santander and Deportivo La Coruna have so far earned promotion to the top-flight.
Here is a list of confirmed teams that will compete in the 2026/27 La Liga campaign.
- Alaves
- Atheltic Bilbao
- Atletico Madrid
- Barcelona
- Celta Vigo
- Deportivo La Coruna
- Elche
- Espanyol
- Getafe
- Levante
- Osasuna
- Racing Santander
- Rayo Vallecano
- Real Betis
- Real Madrid
- Real Sociedad
- Sevilla
- Valencia
- Villarreal
La Liga - Venues & stadiums
La Liga follows the usual double round-robin format, meaning each club plays every other club twice throughout the campaign, once at home and once away, for 38 matches.
Some of the world's most iconic stadiums are used every season, including Barcelona's Camp Nou and Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu.
Here is the list of confirmed stadiums that will be used in La Liga for the 2026/27 season.
Alaves | Mendizorrotza |
Athletic Bilbao | San Mames |
Atletico Madrid | Metropolitano |
Barcelona | Olimpic Lluis Companys and Camp Nou (mid-season) |
Celta Vigo | Balaidos |
Deportivo La Coruna | Estadio Riazor |
Elche | Martínez Valero |
Espanyol | Stage Front Stadium |
Getafe | Coliseum |
Levante | Ciutat de València |
Mallorca | Son Moix |
Osasuna | El Sadar |
Racing Santander | Campos de Sport de El Sardinero |
Rayo Vallecano | Vallecas |
Real Betis | Benito Villamarin |
Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabeu |
Real Sociedad | Anoeta |
Sevilla | Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan |
Valencia | Mestalla |
Villarreal | La Ceramica |
La Liga - History
In April 1928, Jose Maria Acha, a director at Getxo, proposed the idea of a national league in Spain. The Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol eventually agreed to create a 10-team league in 1929.
Barcelona won the first La Liga crown in 1929, but it was Athletic Bilbao that dominated the early years, winning the division in 1930, 1931, 1934 and 1936.
The league did not run from 1936-1939 due to the Spanish Civil War before returning for the 1939-40 campaign.
Over the years, the number of clubs competing would expand, and in 1987, it reached 20 clubs, although 22 clubs competed between 1995 and 1997.
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