20 teams compete in La Liga. The bottom three finishers in each league are relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three finishers there. Only Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, and Real Madrid have avoided relegation since the league’s inception.
La Liga is Spain’s most prestigious football league, and the reigning champions are Real Madrid. All teams play each other in the league, and the winner is crowned at season’s end when all teams have finished their regular season.
Which is the most successful club of La Liga?
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Real Madrid has won 35 La Liga trophies, making them the most successful club in world history in this category. Los Blancos have been less successful in recent years as a result of La Liga’s elite tier. Placing pressure on the traditional Spanish powerhouse.
Since winning the league in 2007-08, they have won four championships. While Barcelona has won eight championships in the same span. They had earn its sixth title in 27 years, thanks to the league’s expansion to 22 teams in 1995. The introduction of three points for a win in 1996.
A similar margin of victory at the end of the season would be a world-record performance. It was twice in the 1960s and once in the 1970s that Real Madrid won by a margin of 12 points. It was the club’s previous best figures.
Even though Atletico Madrid defeated Real by two points to win La Liga last season. Real Madrid was the league’s top team two seasons prior, in 2019-20.
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When it came to goal scoring, both Karim Benzema was second only to Lionel Messi for Real Madrid’s title-winning season. On top of that, Sergio Ramos led the club to the greatest defensive record in La Liga. He scored 11 goals, that season.
Real Madrid Or FC Barcelona; Who has more trophies?
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Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have won more European Cups than any other team. Clubs can’t enter a competition with them and not come out on top at least once. Both teams have a reputation for attracting the best players in the world, which has resulted in an abundance of match-winners over the years.
Real Madrid have won La Liga 35 times, whereas Barcelona have won the competition 26 times, making them the most successful team in the competition. La Liga was ruled by the capital-based team from 1950 to 1980, winning 18 times. However, since 1990, Barcelona has the upper hand since they have won the league sixteen times, whereas Madrid has only won it ten times.
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In the Champions League, Real Madrid had a commanding lead over Barcelona, with 13 wins to the Catalans’ five. For the first time in the Champions League’s history, no other European side has won more than 10 titles. Real Madrid have won the Champions League six times, while Barcelona has only won it once since 1992.
Barcelona has won the Copa del Rey 31 times, making them Spain’s most successful team in the competition. Madrid, on the other hand, has won the Champions League 19 times.
Barcelona (5) has won one more UEFA Super Cup than Madrid (4). At four UEFA Cup Barcelona are ahead of Real Madrid in the all-time record books.
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To put things in perspective, Barcelona have won 75 major titles in Spain, whereas Madrid have accumulated just 67. Real Madrid, on the other hand, has won 26 trophies in the continent, while Barcelona has just 17. Barcelona has a total of 92 trophies, two less than Real Madrid, who have 94.
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