Spanish La Liga Title Winners
The most striking thing about the list of Spanish league winners is the small amount of teams who have actually won the title over the years.
Since Barcelona won the first title back in 1929 only 9 different clubs have claimed top spot. Obviously this can be put down to the sheer dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the championship, but it's still a surprisingly small number of clubs given that there have been more than 80 titles up for grabs !
Real Madrid remain the most successful club in Spanish football league history, although Barca have closed the gap in the last few years.
Spanish Football League Title Winners
A list of all of the winners and runners-up of Spain's football league since Barcelona won the first title back in 1929...
| Season | Spanish League Champions | Runners-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 2015-16 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2014-15 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2013-14 | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | Real Madrid |
| 2012-13 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2011-12 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 2010-11 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| 2009-10 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| 2008-09 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
| 2007-08 | Real Madrid | Villarreal | Barcelona |
| 2006-07 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Sevilla |
| 2005-06 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| 2004-05 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Villarreal |
| 2003-04 | Valencia | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 2002-03 | Real Madrid | Real Sociedad | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 2001-02 | Valencia | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Madrid |
| 2000-01 | Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Mallorca |
| 1999-20 | Deportivo La Coruña | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 1998-99 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Real Mallorca |
| 1997-98 | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao | Real Sociedad |
| 1996-97 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 1995-96 | Atlético Madrid | Valencia | Barcelona |
| 1994-95 | Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Betis |
| 1993-94 | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Zaragoza |
| 1992-93 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 1991-92 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 1990-91 | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | Real Madrid |
| 1989-90 | Real Madrid | Valencia | Barcelona |
| 1988-89 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 1987-88 | Real Madrid | Real Sociedad | Atlético Madrid |
| 1986-87 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Espanyol |
| 1985-86 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1984-85 | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1983-84 | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| 1982-83 | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 1981-82 | Real Sociedad | Barcelona | Real Madrid |
| 1980-81 | Real Sociedad | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 1979-80 | Real Madrid | Real Sociedad | Sporting de Gijón |
| 1978-79 | Real Madrid | Sporting de Gijón | Atlético Madrid |
| 1977-78 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1976-77 | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1975-76 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 1974-75 | Real Madrid | Zaragoza | Barcelona |
| 1973-74 | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | Zaragoza |
| 1972-73 | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | Espanyol |
| 1971-72 | Real Madrid | Valencia | Barcelona |
| 1970-71 | Valencia | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 1969-70 | Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | Sevilla |
| 1968-69 | Real Madrid | Las Palmas | Barcelona |
| 1967-68 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Las Palmas |
| 1966-67 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Espanyol |
| 1965-66 | Atlético Madrid | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| 1964-65 | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | Zaragoza |
| 1963-64 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Real Betis |
| 1962-63 | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | Real Oviedo |
| 1961-62 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 1960-61 | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | Real Zaragoza |
| 1959-60 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1958-59 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1957-58 | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona |
| 1956-57 | Real Madrid | Sevilla | Barcelona |
| 1955-56 | Athletic Bilbao | Barcelona | Real Madrid |
| 1954-55 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1953-54 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 1952-53 | Barcelona | Valencia | Real Madrid |
| 1951-52 | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid |
| 1950-51 | Atlético Madrid | Sevilla | Valencia |
| 1949-50 | Atlético Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | Valencia |
| 1948-49 | Barcelona | Valencia | Real Madrid |
| 1947-48 | Barcelona | Valencia | Atlético Madrid |
| 1946-47 | Valencia | Athletic Bilbao | Atlético Aviación |
| 1945-46 | Sevilla | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1944-45 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Aviación |
| 1943-44 | Valencia | Atlético Aviación | Sevilla |
| 1942-43 | Athletic Bilbao | Sevilla | Barcelona |
| 1941-42 | Valencia | Real Madrid | Atlético Aviación |
| 1940-41 | Atlético Aviación | Athletic Bilbao | Valencia |
| 1939-40 | Atlético Aviación | Sevilla | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1938-39 | n/a Spanish Civil War | ||
| 1937-38 | n/a Spanish Civil War | ||
| 1936-37 | n/a Spanish Civil War | ||
| 1935-36 | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid | Real Oviedo |
| 1934-35 | Real Betis | Real Madrid | Real Oviedo |
| 1933-34 | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid | Racing Santander |
| 1932-33 | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | Espanyol |
| 1931-32 | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | Barcelona |
| 1930-31 | Athletic Bilbao | Racing Santander | Real Sociedad |
| 1929-30 | Athletic Bilbao | Barcelona | Arenas |
| 1929 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
Most Titles in the Spanish Football League
Despite Barcelona's best efforts to close the gap in recent years, Real Madrid are still clearly Spain's most successful league club. Atlético Madrid, Athletic Bilbao are Valencia are the only other clubs after Spain's big-two that have one the championship more than twice.
| Num of Spanish Titles | Club | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Real Madrid | 1931-32, 1932-33, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2011-12, 2016-16 |
| 24 | Barcelona | 1928-29, 1944-45, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16 |
| 10 | Atlético Madrid | 1939-40, 1940-41, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1995-96, 2013-14 |
| 8 | Athletic Bilbao | 1929-30, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1935-36, 1942-43, 1955-56, 1982-83, 1983-84 |
| 6 | Valencia | 1941-42, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1970-71, 2001-02, 2003-04 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 1980-81, 1981-82 |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1999-00 |
| 1 | Sevilla | 1945-46 |
| 1 | Real Betis | 1934-35 |