2000–01 La Liga

The 2000–01 La Liga season was the 70th since its establishment. It began on 9 September 2000, and concluded on 17 June 2001.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Las Palmas, Osasuna and Villarreal, returning to the top flight after an absence of twelve, six and one years respectively. They replaced Betis, Atlético Madrid and Sevilla, ending their top flight spells of six, sixty six and one year respectively. For the first time in 26 years, there was no team from Seville.

Team information

Clubs and locations

2000–01 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	55,926
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Real Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	30,500
Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Mallorca	Son Moix	23,142
Villarreal*	El Madrigal	23,000
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,222
Las Palmas*	Insular	21,000
Alavés	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Osasuna*	El Sadar	19,553
Rayo Vallecano	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas	14,505
Numancia	Los Pajaritos	8,261

Promoted from Segunda División

League table

Overall

Most wins – Real Madrid
Fewest wins – Valladolid and Zaragoza
Most draws – Valladolid and Zaragoza
Fewest draws – Deportivo La Coruña, Alavés and Las Palmas
Most losses – Real Oviedo, Racing Santander and Numancia
Fewest losses – Real Madrid
Most goals scored – Real Madrid
Fewest goals scored – Numancia
Most goals conceded – Real Sociedad and Rayo Vallecano
Fewest goals conceded – Valencia

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

Fair Play award

Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award with 86 points, second was Espanyol and third Zaragoza.

Pedro Zaballa award

Manolo Hidalgo, Atlético Madrid footballer, making the same action as Pedro Zaballa

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	% change	Highest
1	Real Madrid	64,475	8.7%	76,300
2	FC Barcelona	62,632	-4.4%	98,000
3	Valencia CF	42,737	5.9%	50,000
4	Athletic Club	32,105	-6.9%	39,000
5	Deportivo de La Coruña	28,921	6.3%	35,500
6	Real Zaragoza	25,053	13.9%	32,000
7	Real Sociedad	25,000	-0.9%	30,000
8	Real Oviedo	23,421	100.1%	29,000
9	Celta de Vigo	21,684	-4.5%	30,000
10	RCD Espanyol	18,500	-2.1%	31,800
11	CA Osasuna	17,260	67.4%	19,533
12	UD Las Palmas	17,235	9.2%	20,000
13	RCD Mallorca	16,637	1.5%	23,000
14	Málaga CF	15,789	-42.6%	28,000
15	Racing de Santander	15,684	-0.9%	22,000
16	Villarreal CF	15,368	73.4%	17,000
17	Deportivo Alavés	13,984	-18.5%	18,137
18	Real Valladolid	13,253	-0.5%	23,000
19	CD Numancia	9,337	3.3%	13,000
20	Rayo Vallecano	9,079	-6.8%	15,000