La Liga

The 2026-27 season

Barcelona hold the title. Their 2025-26 championship was the 29th in the club's history, which keeps them second on the all-time list behind Real Madrid on 36. The gap between those two and everyone else remains the defining fact of Spanish football: no other club has reached double figures in the modern era.

The three promoted clubs all carry more history than their recent league position suggests. Racing Santander sealed promotion first and return after fourteen years away. Deportivo La Coruña, champions of Spain as recently as 2000, come back after eight. Málaga went up through the play-offs, beating Almería, and also ended an eight-year absence. Three clubs with pedigree and no recent top-flight experience makes this a harder season to predict at the bottom than most.

How the season works

Twenty clubs, 38 rounds, three points for a win. The tiebreaker is where Spain differs: clubs level on points are separated on their head-to-head record first, and only then on goal difference. A side that beats a direct rival twice can finish above them on a worse overall goal difference.

Four Champions League places, one Europa League place and one Conference League place, adjusted by cup results. The bottom three go down to the Segunda División, which sends up two automatically and a third through a play-off between the clubs finishing third to sixth.

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