La Liga is the top flight football division in Spain. It is one of the top five leagues in European football. Formed in 1929, La Liga has been the home to spectacular teams, players and matches over the years. Possibly the two biggest clubs in the ...

La Liga is the top flight football division in Spain. It is one of the top five leagues in European football. Formed in 1929, La Liga has been the home to spectacular teams, players and matches over the years. Possibly the two biggest clubs in the world, Real Madrid and Barcelona have been the spearheads of the league for decades. La Liga has also seen itself being the most successfully represented league in European Competitions. No wonder La Liga has been the dream destination of the most successful players and coaches.

Over the years, several great personalities and individuals have blessed La Liga. Great players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho have come to Spain and displayed their amazing qualities. While great tacticians and readers including Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, Johann Cruyff have taken the game to the next level and assembled supremely talented squads in La Liga. Initially commenced as a 10-team tournament, La Liga currently is contested by 20 teams much alike most of the European Leagues.

Which team has won the most La Liga titles?

Unsurprisingly, Real Madrid are the most successful team in La Liga history. The Los Blancos have over the years been blessed with extraordinary coaches and players who have displayed great consistency to be crowned La Liga champions 35 times. Barcelona are next in the list with 26 titles to their names.

La Liga Format

La Liga shares it’s format with the most of the other European leagues. La Liga follows a double round-robin format wherein each team plays every other side twice, home and away. A total of 20 teams compete in La Liga every season and each team plays a grand total of 38 matches. As it is common, a team earns three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat. The team with the most points is crowned champion at the end of the season, while the three teams with the least points are relegated to the second division.

When does the 2022/23 La Liga season start and finish?

The 2022/23 La Liga season which is also the 92nd edition of the tournament commenced on 12 August, 2022. The current campaign is scheduled to halt around 8-9 November due to the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar. After the World Cup, La Liga will reportedly resume from the 31st December, 2022. The 2022/23 La Liga season is scheduled to end on 4 June, 2023.