2015–16 La Liga

The 2015–16 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) is the 85th since its establishment. Barcelona are the defending champions. The season started on 22 August 2015 and will conclude on 15 May 2016.

La Liga
Season2015–16
RelegatedRayo Vallecano
Getafe
Levante
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Villarreal
Europa LeagueAthletic Bilbao
Celta de Vigo
Sevilla
Matches played380
Goals scored1,041 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerLuis Suárez
(40 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 10–2 Rayo Vallecano
(20 December 2015)
Biggest away winDeportivo La Coruña 0–8 Barcelona
(20 April 2016)
Highest scoringReal Madrid 10–2 Rayo Vallecano
(20 December 2015)
Longest winning run12 games[1]
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run23 games[1]
Barcelona
Longest winless run13 games[1]
Deportivo La Coruña
Getafe
Longest losing run7 games[1]
Getafe
Highest attendance98,902
Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid
(2 April 2016)[1]
Lowest attendance4,215
Eibar 5–1 Granada
(18 January 2016)[1]
Average attendance27,658[1]
All statistics correct as of 14 May 2016.

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C)38294511229+8391 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid38286411034+7690
3 Atlético Madrid3828466318+4588
4 Villarreal381810104433+1164 Qualification to Champions League play-offs
5 Athletic Bilbao38188125845+1362 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Celta de Vigo38179125058-860
7 Sevilla381410145150+152 Qualification to Champions League group stage
(As winner of the 2015-16 Europa League)
8 Málaga381212143835+348
9 Real Sociedad38139164548-348
10 Real Betis381112153150-1945
11 Las Palmas38128184553-844
12 Valencia381111164648-244
13 Espanyol38127193672-3643
14 Eibar381110174757-1043
15 Deportivo La Coruña38818124562-1742
16 Granada38109194668-2239
17 Sporting Gijón38109193862-2439
18 Rayo Vallecano38911184972-2338 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Getafe3899203665-2936
20 Levante (R)3888223667-3132

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Barcelona's Luis Suárez won the Pichichi Trophy, scoring 40 goals in the season.
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Luis Suárez Barcelona 40
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 35
3 Lionel Messi Barcelona 26
4 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 24
Neymar Barcelona
6 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid 22
7 Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao 20
8 Gareth Bale Real Madrid 19
9 Rubén Castro Real Betis 18
10 Borja Bastón Eibar 17
Lucas Pérez Deportivo La Coruña

Top assists

Rank Player Team Assists
1 Lionel Messi Barcelona 16
Luis Suárez Barcelona
3 Koke Atlético Madrid 14
Neymar Barcelona
4 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 11
Gareth Bale Real Madrid
6 Roberto Soldado Villarreal 10
7 Marco Asensio Espanyol 9
Toni Kroos Real Madrid
Jonathan Viera Las Palmas
11 James Rodríguez Real Madrid 8
Lucas Pérez Deportivo La Coruña

Zamora Trophy

Rank Name Club Goals
Against
Matches Average
1 Jan Oblak Atlético de Madrid 18 37 0.49
2 Claudio Bravo Barcelona 22 32 0.69
3 Alphonse Areola Villarreal 26 32 0.81
4 Keylor Navas Real Madrid 28 33 0.85
5 Gorka Iraizoz Athletic Bilbao 36 35 1.03

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Cristiano Ronaldo5Real MadridEspanyol6–0 (A)12 September 2015
Imanol AgirretxeReal SociedadGranada3–0 (A)22 September 2015
CharlesMálagaReal Sociedad3–1 (H)3 October 2015
Neymar4BarcelonaRayo Vallecano5–2 (H)17 October 2015
Kévin GameiroSevillaGetafe5–0 (H)24 October 2015
Luis SuárezBarcelonaEibar3–1 (H)25 October 2015
Aritz AdurizAthletic BilbaoRayo Vallecano3–0 (A)29 November 2015
Antonio SanabriaSporting GijónLas Palmas3–1 (H)6 December 2015
Gareth Bale4Real MadridRayo Vallecano10–2 (H)20 December 2015
Karim BenzemaReal MadridRayo Vallecano10–2 (H)20 December 2015
Lionel MessiBarcelonaGranada4–0 (H)9 January 2016
Gareth BaleReal MadridDeportivo La Coruña5–0 (H)9 January 2016
Luis SuárezBarcelonaAthletic Bilbao6–0 (H)17 January 2016
Antonio SanabriaSporting GijónReal Sociedad5–1 (H)22 January 2016
Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridEspanyol6–0 (H)31 January 2016
Luis SuárezBarcelonaCelta de Vigo6–1 (H)14 February 2016
Aritz AdurizAthletic BilbaoDeportivo La Coruña4–1 (H)2 March 2016
Lionel MessiBarcelonaRayo Vallecano5–1 (A)3 March 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo4Real MadridCelta de Vigo7–1 (H)5 March 2016
Luis Suárez4BarcelonaDeportivo La Coruña8–0 (A)20 April 2016
Paco AlcácerValenciaEibar4–0 (H)20 April 2016
Youssef El-ArabiGranadaLevante5–1 (H)21 April 2016
Luis Suárez4BarcelonaSporting Gijón6–0 (H)23 April 2016
Luis SuárezBarcelonaGranada3–0 (A)14 May 2016

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
(H) - Home ; (A) - Away

Discipline

  • Most yellow cards (club): 131
    • Granada
  • Most yellow cards (player): 16
    • Rubén Pérez (Granada)
    • Recio (Málaga)
  • Most red cards (club): 6
    • Rayo Vallecano
  • Most red cards (player): 1
    • 31 players

References

  1. "La Liga Statistics – 2015–16". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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