2015–16 La Liga

La Liga
Season2015–16
Dates21 August 2015 – 15 May 2016
ChampionsBarcelona
24th title
RelegatedRayo Vallecano
Getafe
Levante
Champions LeagueBarcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Villarreal
Sevilla (as Europa League winners)
Europa LeagueAthletic Bilbao
Celta Vigo
Matches played380
Goals scored1,043 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerLuis Suárez
(40 goals)
Best goalkeeperJan Oblak
(0.47 goals per match)
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 matches[1]
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run23 matches[1]
Barcelona
Longest winless run13 matches[1]
Deportivo La Coruña
Getafe
Longest losing run7 matches[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]
Total attendance10,554,764[1]
Average attendance27,775[1]

The 2015–16 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th since its establishment. Barcelona were the defending champions. The season began on 21 August 2015, and concluded on 15 May 2016.

Barcelona successfully retained the title (their 24th Liga overall) following a 3–0 win against Granada on the final matchday.[2] Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid were engaged in an intense title race, with the three teams finishing with 91, 90 and 88 points respectively.

Barcelona's Luis Suárez finished as the league's top scorer, becoming the first player apart from Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to do so since the 2008–09 season.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including seventeen sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, Real Betis and Sporting Gijón, and the winners of the play-offs, Las Palmas.[3]

Almería and Córdoba were relegated to 2015–16 Segunda División in the previous season, after spending two and one years in La Liga, respectively. Elche was administratively relegated despite finishing in 13th.[4] Following the competition rules, Eibar, who finished 18th, remained in the league.[5]

Real Betis was the first team from the Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on 24 May 2015 after winning 3–0 over Alcorcón.[6]

On 7 June 2015, Sporting Gijón secured promotion on the final matchday, after their 3–0 win against Betis allowed the club to leapfrog Girona, who drew their final match and could not retain second place and automatic promotion. Sporting returned to the top level after three years.

Las Palmas achieved promotion on 21 June 2015, after defeating Zaragoza in the promotion play-off final on away goals. Las Palmas won the second 2–0 leg at home after losing the first leg away 3–1, and returned to the first division after thirteen years away. They also became the first island team to play in La Liga since Mallorca's relegation from the top flight in the 2012–13 season. During those thirteen seasons, the club spent two of them in the third-tier Segunda División B.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2015–16 La Liga
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Location of teams in 2015–16 La Liga (Canary Islands)
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 53,289
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,907
Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 99,354
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos 30,000
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor 34,600
Eibar Eibar Ipurua 6,267
Espanyol Barcelona RCDE Stadium 40,500
Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,393
Granada Granada Nuevo Los Cármenes 23,156
Las Palmas Las Palmas Gran Canaria 32,150
Levante Valencia Ciutat de València 26,354
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas 14,708
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín 52,500
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 85,454
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Anoeta 32,076
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 42,500
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón 29,029
Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000
Villarreal Villarreal El Madrigal 24,890

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head Coach Captain Kit Shirt sponsor
Athletic Bilbao Spain Ernesto Valverde Spain Carlos Gurpegui Nike Kutkabank
Atlético Madrid Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Gabi Nike Plus500, Azerbaijan Land of Fire1, Huawei2
Barcelona Spain Luis Enrique Spain Andrés Iniesta Nike Qatar Airways, Beko2, UNICEF4
Celta Vigo Argentina Eduardo Berizzo Spain Hugo Mallo Adidas Citroën, Estrella Galicia 0,01 3, Abanca3
Deportivo La Coruña Spain Víctor Sánchez Spain Manuel Pablo Lotto Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca1, 西甲欢乐多5
Eibar Spain José Luis Mendilibar Spain Daniel García Puma AVIA, Wiko1 3, Eibar Energia Hiria2
Espanyol Romania Constantin Gâlcă Spain Javi López Joma Power8/Rastar, Riviera Maya2 3
Getafe Argentina Juan Esnáider Spain Pedro León Joma Tecnocasa Group, Gedesco1
Granada Spain José González Spain Diego Mainz Joma Solver Sports Capital, Banco Mare Nostrum1, Coviran1, Caja Rural Granada2
Las Palmas Spain Quique Setién Spain David García Acerbis Gran Canaria, Grupo DISA1, Islas Canarias1/Air Europa1, CajaSur2, BeCordial Hotels & Resorts3, Binter3/Domingo Alonso3, Volkswagen3
Levante Spain Rubi Spain Juanfran Nike East United/BetEast, Baleària1, Valencia1, BetEast2
Málaga Spain Javi Gracia Portugal Duda Nike Benahavis1
Rayo Vallecano Spain Paco Jémez Spain David Cobeño Kelme Qbao.com, Halcón Viajes1
Real Betis Uruguay Gus Poyet Spain Jorge Molina Adidas UED Sports, Wiko1 3
Real Madrid France Zinedine Zidane Spain Sergio Ramos Adidas Fly Emirates
Real Sociedad Spain Eusebio Sacristán Spain Xabi Prieto Adidas Qbao.com, Kutxabank1, Canal+2
Sevilla Spain Unai Emery Spain José Antonio Reyes New Balance Reale Seguros6, Andalucía1 6, ZTE3 6
Sporting Gijón Spain Abelardo Fernández Spain Alberto Lora Kappa Gijón, Ternera Asturiana2, Telecable3, Nissan3
Valencia Spain Pako Ayestarán Spain Paco Alcácer Adidas Codere (only in UEFA matches), Gol Televisión/beIN Sports1, Codere2
Villarreal Spain Marcelino Spain Bruno Soriano Xtep Pamesa Cerámica, Endavant
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.
3. ^ On the shorts.
4. ^ Barcelona made a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the back of the club's kit.
5. ^ Deportivo had a phrase in Chinese characters on the back of its shorts meaning "La Liga is Diverse".
6. ^ Sevilla featured these sponsors only for the 2016 Copa del Rey Final.
7. Additionally, referee kits were now made by Adidas, sponsored by Würth, and Nike had a new match ball, the Ordem LFP.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position
in table 		Replaced by Date of appointment
Real Madrid Italy Carlo Ancelotti Sacked 25 May 2015[7] Pre-season Spain Rafael Benítez 3 June 2015[8]
Getafe Spain Pablo Franco 1 June 2015[9] Spain Fran Escribá 26 June 2015[10]
Eibar Spain Gaizka Garitano Mutual consent 30 June 2015[11] Spain José Luis Mendilibar 30 June 2015[12]
Las Palmas Spain Paco Herrera Sacked 19 October 2015[13] 19th Spain Quique Setién 19 October 2015[14]
Levante Spain Lucas Alcaraz 26 October 2015[15] 20th Spain Rubi 27 October 2015
Real Sociedad Scotland David Moyes 9 November 2015[16] 16th Spain Eusebio Sacristán 9 November 2015
Valencia Portugal Nuno Espírito Santo Resigned 29 November 2015[17] 9th England Gary Neville 2 December 2015[18]
Espanyol Spain Sergio González Sacked 14 December 2015 12th Romania Constantin Gâlcă 14 December 2015[19]
Real Madrid Spain Rafael Benítez 4 January 2016[20] 3rd France Zinedine Zidane 4 January 2016[20]
Real Betis Spain Pepe Mel 10 January 2016[21] 15th Spain Juan Merino (caretaker) 3 February 2016
Granada Spain José Ramón Sandoval 22 February 2016[22] 20th Spain José González 22 February 2016[23]
Valencia England Gary Neville 30 March 2016[24] 14th Spain Pako Ayestarán 30 March 2016[24]
Getafe Spain Fran Escribá 11 April 2016[25] 19th Argentina Juan Esnáider 12 April 2016
Real Betis Spain Juan Merino End of caretaker spell 9 May 2016[26] 14th Uruguay Gus Poyet 9 May 2016

Overview

On 14 May 2016, Barcelona won their second consecutive and 24th overall La Liga title, following a 3–0 win over Granada at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes on the final matchday.[27] Real Madrid finished one point behind Barcelona as runners-up, having gone on a twelve-match win streak to close out the season.[28] Atlético Madrid ended the season three points off the top in third place, having been eliminated from title contention after a loss to Levante on the penultimate matchday.[29]

Levante were the first team to be mathematically relegated to the Segunda División, following a 1–3 loss against Málaga on 2 May 2016.[30] On 15 May 2016, Sporting Gijón ensured they would remain in the top flight after defeating Villarreal 2–0 and taking advantage of Getafe's loss against Real Betis, which saw Getafe relegated from La Liga for the first time in club history. Rayo Vallecano also went down despite winning their final match of the season.[31]

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 29 4 5 112 29 +83 91 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 28 6 4 110 34 +76 90
3 Atlético Madrid 38 28 4 6 63 18 +45 88
4 Villarreal 38 18 10 10 44 35 +9 64 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Athletic Bilbao 38 18 8 12 58 45 +13 62 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Celta Vigo 38 17 9 12 51 59 −8 60
7 Sevilla 38 14 10 14 51 50 +1 52 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[b]
8 Málaga 38 12 12 14 38 35 +3 48[c]
9 Real Sociedad 38 13 9 16 45 48 −3 48[c]
10 Real Betis 38 11 12 15 34 52 −18 45
11 Las Palmas 38 12 8 18 45 53 −8 44[d]
12 Valencia 38 11 11 16 46 48 −2 44[d]
13 Espanyol 38 12 7 19 40 74 −34 43[e]
14 Eibar 38 11 10 17 49 61 −12 43[e]
15 Deportivo La Coruña 38 8 18 12 45 61 −16 42
16 Granada 38 10 9 19 46 69 −23 39[f]
17 Sporting Gijón 38 10 9 19 40 62 −22 39[f]
18 Rayo Vallecano (R) 38 9 11 18 52 73 −21 38 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Getafe (R) 38 9 9 20 37 67 −30 36
20 Levante (R) 38 8 8 22 37 70 −33 32
Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
  2. ^ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League third qualifying round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
  3. ^ a b Málaga finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga 3–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Málaga.
  4. ^ a b Las Palmas finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia 1–1 Las Palmas, Las Palmas 2–1 Valencia.
  5. ^ a b Espanyol finished ahead of Eibar on head-to-head goal difference; Eibar 2–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 4–2 Eibar.
  6. ^ a b Granada finished ahead of Sporting Gijón on head-to-head record; Granada 2–0 Sporting Gijón, Sporting Gijón 3–3 Granada.

Results

Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB CEL RCD EIB ESP GET GCF LPA LEV MCF RVA RBB RMA RSO SFC RSG VCF VIL
Athletic Bilbao 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 5–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 0–0
Atlético Madrid 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Barcelona 6–0 2–1 6–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 6–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–2 4–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 6–0 1–2 3–0
Celta Vigo 0–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 4–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–5 0–0
Deportivo La Coruña 2–2 1–1 0–8 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–3 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2
Eibar 2–0 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 5–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2
Espanyol 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 0–6 0–5 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–2
Getafe 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0
Granada 2–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–2 5–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–3
Las Palmas 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 4–0 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Levante 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Málaga 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1
Rayo Vallecano 0–3 0–2 1–5 3–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1
Real Betis 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Real Madrid 4–2 0–1 0–4 7–1 5–0 4–0 6–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 10–2 5–0 3–1 4–0 5–1 3–2 3–0
Real Sociedad 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2
Sevilla 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 1–4 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–2
Sporting Gijón 0–2 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–2 3–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 5–1 2–1 0–1 2–0
Valencia 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2
Villarreal 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Source: La Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Barcelona's Luis Suárez won the Pichichi Trophy, with his 40 goals in the season also enough for the European Golden Shoe.
Rank Player Club Goals[34][35]
1 Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona 40
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 35
3 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 26
4 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 24
Brazil Neymar Barcelona
6 France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid 22
7 Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao 20
8 Wales Gareth Bale Real Madrid 19
Spain Rubén Castro Real Betis
10 Spain Borja Bastón Eibar 18

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[36]
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 16
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona
3 Spain Koke Atlético Madrid 14
4 Brazil Neymar Barcelona 12
5 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 11
6 Spain Marco Asensio Espanyol 10
Wales Gareth Bale Real Madrid
Germany Toni Kroos Real Madrid
Spain Roberto Soldado Villarreal
10 Spain Jonathan Viera Las Palmas 9

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy was 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.[37]

Rank Player Club Goals
against 		Matches Average[38]
1 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid 18 38 0.47
2 Chile Claudio Bravo Barcelona 22 32 0.69
3 France Alphonse Areola Villarreal 26 32 0.81
4 Costa Rica Keylor Navas Real Madrid 28 34 0.82
5 Spain Gorka Iraizoz Athletic Bilbao 37 36 1.03

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Reference
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo5 Real Madrid Espanyol 6–0 (A) 12 September 2015 Report
Spain Imanol Agirretxe Real Sociedad Granada 3–0 (A) 22 September 2015 Report
Brazil Charles Málaga Real Sociedad 3–1 (H) 3 October 2015 Report
Brazil Neymar4 Barcelona Rayo Vallecano 5–2 (H) 17 October 2015 Report
France Kevin Gameiro Sevilla Getafe 5–0 (H) 24 October 2015 Report
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona Eibar 3–1 (H) 25 October 2015 Report
Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao Rayo Vallecano 3–0 (A) 29 November 2015 Report
Paraguay Antonio Sanabria Sporting Gijón Las Palmas 3–1 (H) 6 December 2015 Report
Wales Gareth Bale4 Real Madrid Rayo Vallecano 10–2 (H) 20 December 2015 Report
France Karim Benzema Real Madrid Rayo Vallecano 10–2 (H) Report
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Granada 4–0 (H) 9 January 2016 Report
Wales Gareth Bale Real Madrid Deportivo La Coruña 5–0 (H) Report
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona Athletic Bilbao 6–0 (H) 17 January 2016 Report
Paraguay Antonio Sanabria Sporting Gijón Real Sociedad 5–1 (H) 22 January 2016 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Espanyol 6–0 (H) 31 January 2016 Report Archived 24 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona Celta Vigo 6–1 (H) 14 February 2016 Report
Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao Deportivo La Coruña 4–1 (H) 2 March 2016 Report
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona Rayo Vallecano 5–1 (A) 3 March 2016 Report
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo4 Real Madrid Celta Vigo 7–1 (H) 5 March 2016 Report
Uruguay Luis Suárez4 Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña 8–0 (A) 20 April 2016 Report
Spain Paco Alcácer Valencia Eibar 4–0 (H) Report
Morocco Youssef El-Arabi Granada Levante 5–1 (H) 21 April 2016 Report
Uruguay Luis Suárez4 Barcelona Sporting Gijón 6–0 (H) 23 April 2016 Report
Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona Granada 3–0 (A) 14 May 2016 Report

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

Discipline

[39][40]

Overall

Attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Barcelona 1,486,763 98,902 65,531 78,251 +0.8%†
2 Real Madrid 1,286,433 80,148 61,564 67,707 −7.8%†
3 Atlético Madrid 820,812 51,933 29,737 43,201 −7.2%†
4 Athletic Bilbao 797,268 47,785 37,552 41,961 +3.3%†
5 Valencia 709,329 47,217 27,876 37,333 −14.8%†
6 Real Betis 686,700 46,061 24,879 36,142 +18.0%1
7 Sevilla 646,007 40,395 21,915 34,000 +9.3%†
8 Sporting Gijón 440,723 28,140 19,536 23,196 +20.1%1
9 Deportivo La Coruña 437,148 29,666 16,185 23,008 +8.1%†
10 Las Palmas 402,922 28,414 15,819 21,206 +32.4%1
11 Málaga 401,292 28,290 13,909 21,121 −5.1%†
12 Real Sociedad 386,468 27,484 12,755 20,340 −8.0%†
13 Espanyol 348,353 27,395 12,461 18,334 −1.9%†
14 Celta Vigo 342,272 24,519 13,584 18,014 −5.9%†
15 Villarreal 318,573 23,450 12,843 16,767 +5.0%†
16 Granada 301,361 20,552 12,711 15,861 −3.8%†
17 Levante 259,258 22,424 9,225 13,645 −10.6%†
18 Rayo Vallecano 218,308 13,775 9,301 11,490 +8.1%†
19 Getafe 138,861 12,772 4,532 7,308 −0.7%†
20 Eibar 98,868 5,941 4,215 5,204 +8.9%†
League total 10,527,719 98,902 4,215 27,705 +3.6%†

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Segunda División.

Awards

Seasonal

La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards.[41]

Award Recipient
Best Player France Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
Best Coach Argentina Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)
Best Goalkeeper Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)
Best Defender Uruguay Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
Best Midfielder Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Best Forward Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Team of the Year

Team of the Year[42]
Goalkeeper Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)
Defence Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Uruguay Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid) Brazil Marcelo (Real Madrid)
Midfield Spain

Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)

Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Spain Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Attack Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Uruguay Luis Suárez (Barcelona) Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Monthly

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
September Spain Marcelino Villarreal Spain Nolito Celta Vigo [43][44]
October Spain Ernesto Valverde Athletic Bilbao Spain Borja Bastón Eibar [45][46]
November Argentina Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid Brazil Neymar Barcelona [47][48]
December Spain Javi Gracia Málaga Spain Lucas Pérez Deportivo La Coruña [49][50]
January Spain Unai Emery Sevilla Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [51][52]
February Spain Eusebio Sacristán Real Sociedad Venezuela Miku Rayo Vallecano [53][54]
March Spain Quique Setién Las Palmas Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao [55][56]
April France Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid Spain Koke Atlético Madrid [57][58]
May Spain Luis Enrique Barcelona Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona [59][60]

Broadcasting rights

Telefónica purchased the exclusive television broadcasting rights to telecast the 2015–16 season in Spain. Sky Sports had exclusive rights in the United Kingdom, and beIN Sports had exclusive rights to air the season in various countries, including the United States, Canada, MENA, France and the Middle East.[61] KBSN Sports had the exclusive television broadcasting rights in South Korea, apart from internet broadcasting.[62]

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