The Primera División (First Division) of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LFP), commonly known as La Liga (The League) or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA (BBVA League) since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. It is contested by twenty teams, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top three teams in that division. A total of 59 teams have competed in La Liga, nine of which have been crowned champions. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the championship. The former have won the title thirty-one times while the latter have won it on twenty-one occasions.
WINNERS
Club Winners Runners-up Winning Seasons Last Runner-up Season
Real Madrid 31 20 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
Barcelona 21 22 1929,1944–45,1947–48,1948–49,1951–52,1952–53,1958–59,1959–60,1973–74,1984–85,1990–91,1991–92,1992–93,1993–94,1997–98,1998–99,2004–05,2005–06,2008–09,2009–10,2010–11,2006–07
Atlético Madrid 9 8 1939–40,1940–41,1949–50,1950–51,1965–66,1969–70,1972–73,1976–77,1995–96,1990–91
Athletic Bilbao 8 7 1929–30,1930–31,1933–34,1935–36,1942–43,1955–56,1982–83,1983–84,1997–98
Valencia 6 6 1941–42,1943–44,1946–47,1970–71,2001–02,2003–04,1995–96
Real Sociedad 2 3 1980–81,1981–82,2002–03
Deportivo de La Coruna 1 5 1999–2000,2001–02
Sevilla 1 4 1945–46,1956–57
Real Betis 1 0 1934–35
Villarreal 0 1 2007–08
Sporting de Gijón 0 1 1978–79
Real Zaragoza 0 1 1974–75
Las Palmas 0 1 1968–69
Racing de Santander 0 1 1930–31
