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The Spanish football champions are the winners of the primary football competition in Spain, La Liga. The league is contested on a round robin basis and the championship awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. La Liga, first established in 1929, originally contained ten teams.
The 1996–97 La Liga season was the 66th since its establishment. It began on 31 August 1996, and concluded on 23 June 1997. It began on 31 August 1996, and concluded on 23 June 1997. Five clubs were relegated to the Segunda División at the end of the season, as the number of La Liga clubs was reduced to 20 starting from the following season .
The 1997–98 La Liga season was the 67th since its establishment. It began on 30 August 1997, and concluded on 16 May 1998. On 29 March 1998, following Sporting Gijón's 0–0 draw with Zaragoza, combined with Racing Santander's 4–3 loss to Athletic Bilbao, Sporting Gijón became the first team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a league-record lowest points ...
The 1998–99 La Liga season was the 68th since its establishment. It began on 29 August 1998, and concluded on 20 June 1999. ... Racing de Santander: El Sardinero ...
Fastest goal scored in La Liga history: 7.22 seconds, Joseba Llorente (for Real Valladolid v. Espanyol, 20 January 2008) Fastest to score first goal in La Liga: 29 seconds, Jorge Galán (for Osasuna v. Real Valladolid, 23 September 2009) Fastest to score 20 La Liga goals in a single season: 12 games, Cristiano Ronaldo (2014–15) [92]
The first La Liga player to be involved in a transfer which broke the world record was Luis Suárez in 1961, who moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152,000 (£4.3 million in 2023). 12 years later, Johan Cruyff was the first player to join a club in La Liga for a record fee of £922,000 (£14.1 million in 2023), when he moved from Ajax to ...
The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment. It began on 21 August 1999, and concluded on 20 May 2000. It began on 21 August 1999, and concluded on 20 May 2000. Deportivo La Coruña won a first La Liga title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since the three points for a win rule was introduced in 1995.
The 1990–91 La Liga season was the 60th since its establishment. It began on 1 September 1990, and concluded on 9 June 1991. It began on 1 September 1990, and concluded on 9 June 1991. Barcelona ended Real Madrid 's five-year run as champions to seal the title.