2012–13 La Liga

The 2012–13 La Liga season was the 82nd since its establishment. The campaign began on 18 August 2012, and concluded on 1 June 2013. Barcelona won the league for a 22nd time, after leading the league the entire season and amassing 100 points, equalling Real Madrid's points record from the previous season.
As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Liga BBVA model to be used throughout the season for all matches.

Teams

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the 2011–12 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the victorious team of the play-offs.
Villarreal CF, Sporting de Gijón and Racing de Santander were relegated to 2012–13 Segunda División the previous season: Villarreal were relegated after twelve years in La Liga, Sporting de Gijón returned to Segunda División after a four-year tenure in La Liga, while Racing de Santander ended ten consecutive seasons in La Liga, the longest period in its history.
The three teams that were relegated were replaced by three 2011–12 Segunda División sides: Deportivo de La Coruña made an immediate return to the top level as Segunda División champion. The second-placing team Celta de Vigo was also promoted to La Liga after a five-year absence. The third promoted team was decided in the promotion play-offs where Real Valladolid returned to La Liga after two seasons in Segunda División.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location of stadium	Stadium	Capacity
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,851
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	99,354
Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín	52,745
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos	31,800
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Espanyol	Barcelona	Cornellà-El Prat	40,500
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,700
Granada	Granada	Nuevo Los Cármenes	22,524
Levante	Valencia	Ciutat de València	25,534
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	28,963
Mallorca	Palma	Iberostar Stadium	23,142
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar	19,553
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Campo de Vallecas	15,489
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	85,454
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Anoeta	32,076
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla	26,512
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596

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 LFP Awards.

Award

Recipient

Best Player

Top goalscorers

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

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

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

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Fair Play award

This award was 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								Total Points
1	Barcelona	38	56	2	0	4²⁶	2²	–	–	74
2	Valladolid	38	77	3	0	–	1⁵	–	–	88
3	Real Sociedad	38	93	2	0	–	1⁸	–	–	102
4	Real Madrid	38	90	4	1	4²	–	–	–	105
5	Atlético Madrid	38	98	4	0	–	–	–	–	106
6	Málaga	38	92	2	2	–	1⁹	–	–	107
7	Granada	38	104	4	1	–	–	–	–	115
8	Mallorca	38	91	5	3	–	2^{7, 35}	–	–	120
9	Deportivo La Coruña	38	93	6	2	–	2^{4, 30}	–	–	121
10	Celta Vigo	38	94	3	0	4²⁸	2^{5, 21}	2 Mild^{3, 9}	–	124
11	Levante	38	108	5	2	–	2^{7, 27}	–	–	134
12	Athletic Bilbao	38	114	6	3	–	–	–	–	135
13	Sevilla	38	98	6	6	–	1⁶	1 Mild⁶	–	138
14	Real Betis	38	112	4	3	–	1⁷	2 Mild^{3, 17}	–	144
15	Getafe	38	109	3	5	4³¹	3^{6, 15, 19}	–	–	149
16	Osasuna	38	109	3	5	4²	3^{16, 21, 37}	1 Mild¹⁰	–	154
16	Valencia	38	124	4	4	–	2¹⁰	–	–	154
18	Rayo Vallecano	38	131	2	2	–	2^{9, 23}	1 Mild¹¹	–	156
19	Zaragoza	38	124	6	4	–	3^{8, 9, 25}	–	–	163
20	Espanyol	38	139	8	4	4¹²	3^{4, 20}	–	–	186

Source: 2012–13 Fair Play Rankings Season
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Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Fabrice Olinga for Málaga against Celta Vigo
Last goal of the season: Piti for Rayo Vallecano against Athletic Bilbao

Hat-tricks

Player

For

Against

Result

Date

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Clean sheets

Most clean sheets: 20
*Atlético Madrid
Fewest clean sheets: 5
*Mallorca

Discipline

Most yellow cards : 139
*Espanyol
Fewest yellow cards : 56
* Barcelona
Most yellow cards : 19
*Cristian Săpunaru
Most red cards : 12
*Sevilla
Fewest red cards : 2
* Barcelona
* Real Sociedad
Most red cards : 4
*Alejandro Arribas

Overall

Most wins - Barcelona
Fewest wins - Deportivo La Coruña
Most draws - Real Sociedad
Fewest draws - Barcelona
Most losses - Zaragoza
Fewest losses - Barcelona
Most goals scored - Barcelona
Fewest goals scored - Osasuna
Most goals conceded - Mallorca
Fewest goals conceded - Atlético Madrid

Attendances

FC Barcelona drew the highest average home attendance in the 2012-13 edition of La Liga.