Spanish La Liga Betting Guide
Since 1928, 62 teams have competed in the Spanish football competition, but only 9 have won the championship.
Real Madrid and Barcelona have stood out above the rest over the years, being the most successful teams and still are today, always at the top of all the pools to win the league title.
Table of Content:
- What Is La Liga?
- When Did La Liga Start?
- Which Team Has Won The Most Titles In La Liga?
- Top Scorers In La Liga
- Which La Liga Teams Do You Recommend Betting On?
Follow us in this review of the most curious history of the Spanish Football League league and the highlights of today to make your football bets in this season.
What Is La Liga?
La Liga is the main football competition at the club level in Spain and the top tier of the league system. Together with the second division, they are the only ones considered professional, and both are organised by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LFP). However, until 1984 it was organised by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF).
As for the competition system, the 20 participating teams form a single group in which all teams play against each other in two rounds, one playing at home and the other away, for a total of 38 rounds. The ranking is organised on a points system: three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. If there is a tie on points after the competition, the total number of goals scored and the difference between goals scored and conceded are considered.
Currently, La Liga is considered one of the best in the world. It is the second national championship with the most international titles and the first at the European level, as 9 of its clubs have 82 international titles: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, Zaragoza, Málaga, Villarreal and Celta de Vigo.
When Did La Liga Start?
La Liga began in the 1928-1929 season and was only interrupted during the Civil War between 1936 and 1939. It had ten teams that participated in the beginning: Arenas Club, Athletic Club, Real Sociedad de Fútbol, Real Unión, Fútbol Club Barcelona, Real Club Deportivo Espanyol, Club Deportivo Europa, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, Club Atlético de Madrid and Racing de Santander. Gradually, it increased to a total of 20 today.
In the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons alone, the number of clubs playing in the competition was 22. There have been a total of 62 different teams in the history of La Liga, and only three of them, Athletic Club, Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona have always remained in the top flight.
💡Did you know what? The shirt numbers were introduced in the 1947-1948 season by Real Madrid in a match against Atlético de Madrid at the old Metropolitano stadium, something they had copied from the English League which had adopted the custom sometime before. The rest of the teams in the Spanish League gradually joined in this custom.
Which Team Has Won The Most Titles In La Liga?
Only nine of the 62 teams that have played in La Liga throughout history have won the title. Real Madrid and Barcelona share most of these, with Real Madrid being the most successful Team with a total of 35. Los Azulgranas have 26, followed by Atlético de Madrid with 11, Athletic Club with 8, Valencia with 6, Real Sociedad 2 and R.C.D. La Coruña, Sevilla and Betis with one title each.
Top Scorers In La Liga
The list of all-time top scorers in La Liga is headed by Lionel Messi, who scored 474 goals in 520 games while playing for FC Barcelona.
He is followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, with 311 goals in 292 games as a Real Madrid player, being the player with the best statistics with an average of 1.07 goals per game.
Third place goes to the first Spanish player, Telmo Zarra, who also gives his name to the title awarded at the end of the season to the Spanish player with the most goals.
The Basque player scored 251 goals in the Athletic Club shirt. Hugo Sánchez is in fourth place in the ranking and is the first to score his goals for three teams: Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano.
Which La Liga Teams Do You Recommend Betting On?
We recommend always studying all the teams well before deciding to bet on them. Every year, Real Madrid and Barcelona are the favourites for the title. However, you should always keep an eye on Cholo Simeone's Atlético Madrid, the only Team capable of snatching the title from the big two in the last almost 20 years since Valencia won the title twice in the early 2000s. Keep an eye on Sevilla and Betis, who finished fourth and fifth, and Villarreal and Real Sociedad, whose prospects are strengthening.
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