2009–10 La Liga

Promotion and relegation

• Xerez CD
• Real Zaragoza
• CD Tenerife

• Real Betis
• CD Numancia
• Recreativo de Huelva

Team information

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Shirt sponsor	Shirt sponsor	Shorts sponsor	Socks sponsor
Almería	League table Awards La Liga Awards La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards. Award Recipient Best Player Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average 1 Top assists Source: Fair Play award This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to determine the best fair play, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored. Rank Club Matches Points 1 Real Madrid 38 85 2 3 – – – – 98 2 Tenerife 38 86 2 2 – 113 – – 101 3 Deportivo La Coruña 38 68 1 3 – 410, 21, 28, 28 1 Mild17 – 104 4 Barcelona 38 73 2 3 – 45, 18, 21, 25 – – 106 5 Mallorca 38 93 1 2 – 26, 11 – – 111 6 Almería 38 98 3 2 – – 1 Mild36 – 115 7 Atlético Madrid 38 90 4 3 – 21, 23 1 Mild10 – 122 8 Osasuna 38 83 3 6 – – 2 Milds7, 11, 1 Serious14 – 123 8 Sporting Gijón 38 98 2 2 – 134 2 Milds20, 34 – 123 10 Espanyol 38 110 6 1 – – – – 125 11 Racing Santander 38 104 1 1 – 45, 20, 24, 29 – – 129 12 Villarreal 38 95 5 4 – 15 2 Milds8, 37 – 132 13 Athletic Bilbao 38 96 4 5 – 122 2 Milds7, 11 – 134 13 Getafe 38 107 2 1 – 35, 27, 28 1 Mild22 – 134 13 Valladolid 38 100 3 6 – 210, 20 – – 134 16 Valencia 38 113 3 4 – 124 2 Milds3, 23 – 146 17 Sevilla 38 101 4 6 – 21 2 Milds12, 19 – 147 18 Xerez 38 100 4 5 – 510, 23, 25, 31, 32 1 Mild22 – 153 19 Zaragoza 38 129 2 2 – 210, 27 1 Mild34 – 154 20 Málaga 38 135 1 8 – – 1 Mild23 – 166 Source: Guia As de La Liga 2010–11, p. 129 Source: RFEF,,, and Pedro Zaballa award Atlético Madrid and Sevilla supporters Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Raúl for Real Madrid against Deportivo.Last goal of the season: Rafael van der Vaart for Real Madrid against Málaga. Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Reference Discipline First yellow card of the season: Dani Aranzubia for Deportivo La Coruña against Real Madrid First red card of the season: Leandro Gioda for Xerez against Mallorca Attendances FC Barcelona drew the highest average home attendance in the 2009-10 edition of La Liga.