2013–14 La Liga

La Liga
Season2013–14
Dates17 August 2013 – 18 May 2014
ChampionsAtlético Madrid
10th title
RelegatedReal Betis
Osasuna
Real Valladolid
Champions LeagueAtlético Madrid
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Europa LeagueSevilla
Real Sociedad
Villarreal
Matches played380
Goals scored1,045 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerCristiano Ronaldo
(31 goals)[1]
Biggest home winBarcelona 7–0 Levante
(18 August 2013)[2]
Atlético Madrid 7–0 Getafe
(23 November 2013)[2]
Barcelona 7–0 Osasuna
(16 March 2014)[2]
Biggest away winReal Betis 0–5 Real Madrid
(19 January 2014)[2]
Almería 0–5 Real Madrid
(23 November 2013)[2]
Málaga 0–5 Celta de Vigo
(27 October 2013)[2]
Highest scoringReal Madrid 7–3 Sevilla
(30 October 2013)[2]
Longest winning run9 matches
Atlético Madrid
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Real Madrid[2]
Longest winless run14 matches
Real Betis[2]
Longest losing run6 matches
Rayo Vallecano[2]
Highest attendance98,761[2]
Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid
(26 October 2013)
Lowest attendance500[2]
Getafe 2–2 Real Sociedad
(19 January 2014)
Average attendance26,702[2]

The 2013–14 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd since its establishment. The season began on 17 August 2013 and ended on 18 May 2014.

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Madrid (C) 38 28 6 4 77 26 +51 90 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 27 6 5 100 33 +67 87[a]
3 Real Madrid 38 27 6 5 104 38 +66 87[a]
4 Athletic Bilbao 38 20 10 8 66 39 +27 70 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Sevilla 38 18 9 11 69 52 +17 63 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Villarreal 38 17 8 13 60 44 +16 59[b] Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
7 Real Sociedad 38 16 11 11 62 55 +7 59[b] Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
8 Valencia 38 13 10 15 51 53 −2 49
9 Celta Vigo 38 14 7 17 49 54 −5 49
10 Levante 38 12 12 14 35 43 −8 48
11 Málaga 38 12 9 17 39 46 −7 45
12 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 4 21 46 80 −34 43
13 Getafe 38 11 9 18 35 54 −19 42
14 Espanyol 38 11 9 18 41 51 −10 42
15 Granada 38 12 5 21 32 56 −24 41
16 Elche 38 9 13 16 30 50 −20 40[c]
17 Almería 38 11 7 20 43 71 −28 40[c]
18 Osasuna (R) 38 10 9 19 32 62 −30 39 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Valladolid (R) 38 7 15 16 38 60 −22 36
20 Real Betis (R) 38 6 7 25 36 78 −42 25
Source: La Liga, ESPN
Rules for classification: [3] 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points;
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barcelona finished ahead of Real Madrid on head-to-head points: Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid, Real Madrid 3–4 Barcelona.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Villarreal finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Villarreal 5–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–2 Villarreal.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Elche finished ahead of Almería on head-to-head points: Elche 1–0 Almería, Almería 2–2 Elche.


Statistics

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[1]
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 31
2 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 28
3 Spain Diego Costa Atlético Madrid 27
4 Chile Alexis Sánchez Barcelona 19
5 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 17
6 Mexico Carlos Vela Real Sociedad 16
France Antoine Griezmann Real Sociedad
Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao
9 Wales Gareth Bale Real Madrid 15
Spain Javi Guerra Real Valladolid
Spain Pedro Barcelona
France Kevin Gameiro Sevilla

Source: pichichi.es

Top Assists

Rank Player Club Assists[4][5]
1 Argentina Ángel Di María Real Madrid 18
2 Spain Koke Atlético Madrid 14
Spain Cesc Fàbregas Barcelona
3 Wales Gareth Bale Real Madrid 13
4 Mexico Carlos Vela Real Sociedad 12
Spain Markel Susaeta Athletic Bilbao
7 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 11
8 Croatia Ivan Rakitić Sevilla 10
Chile Alexis Sánchez Barcelona
10 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 9
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio.

Rank Name Club Goals Against Matches Average[6]
1 Belgium Thibaut Courtois Atlético Madrid 24 37 0.65
2 Spain Gorka Iraizoz Athletic Bilbao 32 33 0.97
3 Spain Diego López Real Madrid 36 36 1
4 Costa Rica Keylor Navas Levante 39 36 1.08
5 Spain Sergio Asenjo Villarreal 41 35 1.17

Hat-tricks

See the main article: List of La Liga hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Argentina Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Valencia
 3–2 (A) 1 September 2013[7]
Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui
Málaga
Rayo Vallecano
 5–0 (H) 15 September 2013[8]
Spain Pedro
Barcelona
Rayo Vallecano
 4–0 (A) 21 September 2013[9]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Sevilla
 7–3 (H) 30 October 2013[10]
Morocco Youssef El-Arabi
Granada
Málaga
 3–1 (H) 8 November 2013[11]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Real Sociedad
 5–1 (H) 9 November 2013[12]
Mexico Carlos Vela4
Real Sociedad
Celta Vigo
 4–3 (H) 23 November 2013[13]
Spain Sergio García
Espanyol
Rayo Vallecano
 4–1 (A) 24 November 2013[14]
Wales Gareth Bale
Real Madrid
Real Valladolid
 4–0 (H) 30 November 2013[15]
Brazil Jonas
Valencia
Osasuna
 3–0 (H) 1 December 2013[16]
Spain Javi Guerra
Real Valladolid
Celta Vigo
 3–0 (H) 16 December 2013[17]
Spain Pedro
Barcelona
Getafe
 5–2 (A) 22 December 2013[18]
Chile Alexis Sánchez
Barcelona
Elche
 4–0 (H) 5 January 2014[19]
Nigeria Ikechukwu Uche
Villarreal
Rayo Vallecano
 5–2 (A) 6 January 2014[20]
Spain Aritz Aduriz
Athletic Bilbao
Granada
 4–0 (H) 28 February 2014[21]
Argentina Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Osasuna
 7–0 (H) 16 March 2014[22]
Argentina Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Real Madrid
 4–3 (A) 23 March 2014[23]

4 Player scored four goals

5 Player scored five goals

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

  • Most yellow cards (club): 102
    • Málaga
  • Most yellow cards (player): 15
  • Most red cards (club): 8
    • Real Betis
    • Rayo Vallecano
    • Osasuna
  • Most red cards (player): 2
    • 6 players

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Spanish La Liga Stats: Top Goal Scorers – 2013–14". ESPN. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 "Spanish La Liga Stats – 2013–14". ESPN FC. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Reglamento General RFEF – Artículo 201. Sistema de puntos. (page 104)" (PDF). RFEF. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Spanish La Liga Stats: Assists Leaders – 2013–14". ESPN Soccernet. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Intentional shot assists". La Liga official website. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Zamora Trophy 2013–14". Marca. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lionel Messi scores hat-trick in Barcelona win". ESPN. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  8. ↑ "La Liga Highlights: El Hamdaoui Hat-trick for Málaga vs. Rayo". Insidespanishfootball.com. 2013-09-15. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  9. ↑ "Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Barcelona: Pedro hat-trick seals Blaugrana win". Goal.com. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 22nd hat-trick for Real Madrid against Sevilla but still Lionel Messi and Pele lead the way with trebles". Sport.net. 2013-10-31. Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  11. ↑ "Youssef El-Arabi inspires Granada to win over Malaga". Sports Mole. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  12. ↑ "Cristiano Ronaldo Hat Trick Against Real Sociedad (GIF)". Complex. 2013-11-09. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  13. ↑ Abnos, Alexander (2013-11-23). "Mexico's Carlos Vela nets four goals in Real Sociedad comeback victory | Planet Futbol". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  14. ↑ "Rayo Vallecano 1-4 Espanyol: Sergio García hat-trick punishes ten men of Rayo". InsideSpanishFootball.com. 2013-11-24. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  15. ↑ Gareth Bale
  16. ↑ "Jonas treble sinks Osasuna". ESPN. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Valladolid tops Celta Vigo behind Guerra's hat trick". Fox News. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  18. ↑ "Líder sin defensa" [Leader with no defense] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  19. ↑ "Barca 4-0 Elche: Sanchez hat trick". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  20. ↑ "Ikechukwu Uche scores hattrick for Villarreal". Kick Off. 2014-01-07. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  21. ↑ "Aduriz hat trick leads fourth-place Bilbao by Granada". Sports Illustrated. 2014-02-28. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  22. ↑ "Lionel Messi Becomes Barcelona's All-Time Top Goalscorer". HuffPost. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  23. ↑ "Messi's hat trick gives Barcelona win at Madrid". USA Today. Associated Press. 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-05-20.