La Liga STANDINGS

La Liga standings guide

La Liga is the top division of Spanish football. Twenty clubs contest it, each playing 38 matches — home and away against every other club — across a season that runs from August to May. Three points for a win and one for a draw is the standard, and the table is ordered on points first.

La Liga settles ties differently from the Premier League: when clubs finish level on points, the head-to-head record between the tied clubs comes first, before goal difference. A club that took four points from its two meetings with a rival therefore finishes above that rival whatever the goal difference says — which is why the results of the Clásico and the Seville and Madrid derbies can decide the table as surely as any goal tally.

At the top, the leading clubs qualify for European competition — the UEFA Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League — with the exact number of places depending on Spain’s UEFA coefficient for that season. At the bottom, the three lowest-placed clubs are relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by three promoted clubs, including the winners of the promotion play-offs.

The table on this page shows every club’s position, points, goal difference and recent form in one view. Follow it for the title race between Spain’s leading clubs, the fight for the European places, and the relegation battle that usually stays open until the final weeks.

The Copa del Rey adds a second route into Europe. Its winners qualify for the Europa League, and when the winners have already qualified through the league, that place passes down to the next side in the league table — so the cup final can decide a European place for a club that was not even playing in it. It is one more reason the table stays open until the final weekend.