
La Liga 2020–21 was the 90th since its establishment. The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 23 May 2021. The fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020. Real Madrid entered the season as the defending champions, having secured their 34th title in the previous campaign. Huesca, Cádiz, and Elche were promoted from the 2019–20 Segunda División, replacing Espanyol, Mallorca, and Leganés, who were relegated to the 2020–21 Segunda División.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rule allowing five substitutions per team, introduced in May 2020, was exceptionally continued this season, with a maximum of three substitution rounds per match.
Atlético Madrid won their eleventh La Liga title on the final day of the season with a 2–1 comeback victory over Valladolid. This was their first championship since the 2013–14 season. Since then, only Barcelona and Real Madrid had claimed the title.
Champions: Atlético Madrid (11th title)
Player Of the Season: Jan Oblak
Top Goal Scorer: Lionel Messi, 30 goal
Best Goalkeeper: Jan Oblak (
Atlético Madrid)
La Liga 2020–21 Point table | Standings
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification | Relegation
1 Atlético Madrid
38 26 8 4 67 25 +42 86 Qualify to UCL
2 Real Madrid
38 25 9 4 67 28 +39 84 Qualify to UCL
3 Barcelona
38 24 7 7 85 38 +47 79 Qualify to UCL
4 Sevilla
38 24 5 9 53 33 +20 77 Qualify to UCL
5 Real Sociedad
38 17 11 10 59 38 +21 62 Qualify to Europa League
6 Real Betis
38 17 10 11 50 50 0 61 Qualify to Europa League
7 Villarreal
38 15 13 10 60 44 +16 58 Qualify to Conference League
8 Celta Vigo
38 14 11 13 55 57 −2 53
9 Granada
38 13 7 18 47 65 −18 46
10 Athletic Bilbao
38 11 13 14 46 42 +4 46
11 Osasuna
38 11 11 16 37 48 −11 44
12 Cádiz
38 11 11 16 36 58 −22 44
13 Valencia
38 10 13 15 50 53 −3 43
14 Levante
38 9 14 15 46 57 −11 41
15 Getafe
38 9 11 18 28 43 −15 38
16 Alavés
38 9 11 18 36 57 −21 38
17 Elche
38 8 12 18 34 55 −21 36
18 Huesca (R)
38 7 13 18 34 53 −19 34 Relegated to Segunda División
19 Valladolid (R)
38 5 16 17 34 57 −23 31 Relegated to Segunda División
20 Eibar (R)
38 6 12 20 29 52 −23 30 Relegated to Segunda División
Notes:
– Stadium used for games behind closed doors.
– Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 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 (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villarreal.
– Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
– Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.
– Osasuna finished ahead of Cádiz on head-to-head points: Cádiz 0–2 Osasuna, Osasuna 3–2 Cádiz.
La Liga 2020–21 Top Goal Scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Lionel Messi
Barcelona
30
2 Karim Benzema
Real Madrid
23
3 Gerard Moreno
Villarreal
23
4 Luis Suárez
Atlético Madrid
21
5 Youssef En-Nesyri
Sevilla
18
6 Alexander Isak
Real Sociedad
17
7 Iago Aspas
Celta Vigo
14
8 Antoine Griezmann
Barcelona
13
9 Rafa Mir
Huesca
13
10 José Luis Morales
Levante
13
La Liga 2020–21 most Assist provider list
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Iago Aspas
Celta Vigo
13
2 Marcos Llorente
Atlético Madrid
11
3 Toni Kroos
Real Madrid
10
4 Yannick Carrasco
Atlético Madrid
10
5 Denis Suárez
Celta Vigo
9
6 Jorge de Frutos
Levante
9
7 Karim Benzema
Real Madrid
9
8 Lionel Messi
Barcelona
9
La Liga 2020–21 Team information and Sponsor
Team Manager Captain Kit Manufucturer
Alavés
Javier Calleja
Manu García
Kelme
Athletic Bilbao
Marcelino
Iker Muniain
New Balance
Atlético Madrid
Diego Simeone
Koke
Νike
Barcelona
Ronald Koeman
Lionel Messi
Νike
Cádiz
Álvaro Cervera
Jon Ander Garrido
Adidas
Celta Vigo
Eduardo Coudet
Hugo Mallo
Adidas
Eibar
José Luis Mendilibar
Sergi Enrich
Joma
Elche
Fran Escribá
Nino
Hummel
Getafe
José Bordalás
Djené
Joma
Granada
Diego Martínez
Víctor Díaz
Νike
Huesca
Pacheta
Jorge Pulido
Kelme
Levante
Paco López
José Luis Morales
Macron
Osasuna
Jagoba Arrasate
Oier Sanjurjo
Adidas
Real Betis
Manuel Pellegrini
Joaquín
Kappa
Real Madrid
Zinedine Zidane
Sergio Ramos
Adidas
Real Sociedad
Imanol Alguacil
Asier Illarramendi
Macron
Sevilla
Julen Lopetegui
Jesús Navas
Νike
Valencia
Voro (interim)
José Gayà
Puma
Valladolid
Sergio González
Míchel Herrero
Adidas
Villarreal
Unai Emery
Mario Gaspar
Joma