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LaLiga EA Sports

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2020-2021

Location

Spain

Abbreviation

ESP1

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Summary

La Liga Santander (ESP1) is the top league in the Spanish football league system. At the end of the 2020-2021 ESP1 season, the ESP1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2021-2022 UEFA Champions League - Group Stage:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place 2020-2021 ESP1 teams
2021-2022 UEFA Europa League - Group Stage:
- 5th place 2020-2021 ESP1 team
2021-2022 UEFA Europa Conference League - Playoff Round:
- 6th place 2020-2021 ESP1 team

The winner of the 2020-2021 Copa del Rey (King's Cup), typically an ESP1 team, also receives a berth in the Group Stage of the 2021-2022 UEFA Europa League.

Leagues Pyramid - Spain

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
ESP1	La Liga Santander	20
ESP2	LaLiga 1\|2\|3 (Segunda División)	22
ESP3	Segunda División B	80
ESP4	Tercera División	366

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
11 Sep 2020 - 23 May 2021			20: ESP1 (17), ESP2 (3)

Season Format

Each ESP1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 19 ESP1 teams for a total of 38 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (3) head-to-head goal difference, (4) goal difference, (5) goals scored, then (6) Fairplay points.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2020-2021 season, the 18th, 19th, and 20th place ESP1 teams will be relegated to the ESP2, and the 1st and 2nd place ESP2 teams, and a third ESP2 team that won a promotion playoff are promoted to the 2021-2022 ESP1.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético Madrid	38	26 -8-4	86	-	67	25	42	19	15 -3-1	48	41	11	30	19	11 -5-3	38	26	14	12
2	Real Madrid	38	25 -9-4	84	-	67	28	39	19	13 -3-3	42	33	13	20	19	12 -6-1	42	34	15	19
3	FC Barcelona	38	24 -7-7	79	-	85	38	47	19	11 -5-3	38	44	20	24	19	13 -2-4	41	41	18	23
4	Sevilla FC	38	24 -5-9	77	-	53	33	20	19	14 -1-4	43	27	11	16	19	10 -4-5	34	26	22	4
5	Real Sociedad	38	17 -11-10	62	-	59	38	21	19	9 -6-4	33	34	21	13	19	8 -5-6	29	25	17	8
6	Real Betis	38	17 -10-11	61	-	50	50	0	19	10 -5-4	35	27	21	6	19	7 -5-7	26	23	29	-6
7	Villarreal	38	15 -13-10	58	-	60	44	16	19	8 -6-5	30	29	23	6	19	7 -7-5	28	31	21	10
8	Celta Vigo	38	14 -11-13	53	-	55	57	-2	19	9 -3-7	30	30	30	0	19	5 -8-6	23	25	27	-2
9	Athletic Bilbao	38	11 -13-14	46	-	46	42	4	19	8 -6-5	30	29	19	10	19	3 -7-9	16	17	23	-6
10	Granada	38	13 -7-18	46	-	47	65	-18	19	9 -4-6	31	25	25	0	19	4 -3-12	15	22	40	-18
11	Osasuna	38	11 -11-16	44	-	37	48	-11	19	7 -5-7	26	21	23	-2	19	4 -6-9	18	16	25	-9
12	Cádiz CF	38	11 -11-16	44	-	36	58	-22	19	5 -5-9	20	17	30	-13	19	6 -6-7	24	19	28	-9
13	Valencia	38	10 -13-15	43	-	50	53	-3	19	8 -7-4	31	34	23	11	19	2 -6-11	12	16	30	-14
14	Levante	38	9 -14-15	41	-	46	57	-11	19	5 -9-5	24	27	30	-3	19	4 -5-10	17	19	27	-8
15	Getafe	38	9 -11-18	38	-	28	43	-15	19	6 -6-7	24	15	13	2	19	3 -5-11	14	13	30	-17
16	Deportivo Alavés	38	9 -11-18	38	-	36	57	-21	19	6 -6-7	24	21	25	-4	19	3 -5-11	14	15	32	-17
17	Elche CF	38	8 -12-18	36	-	34	55	-21	19	5 -8-6	23	18	23	-5	19	3 -4-12	13	16	32	-16
18	SD Huesca	38	7 -13-18	34	-	34	53	-19	19	5 -7-7	22	17	21	-4	19	2 -6-11	12	17	32	-15
19	Real Valladolid	38	5 -16-17	31	-	34	57	-23	19	3 -7-9	16	19	30	-11	19	2 -9-8	15	15	27	-12
20	SD Eibar	38	6 -12-20	30	-	29	52	-23	19	2 -7-10	13	12	21	-9	19	4 -5-10	17	17	31	-14
2021-2022 UEFACL 2021-2022 UEFAEL 2021-2022 UEFAECL Relegation to ESP2