2016–17 La Liga

The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.

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2016–17 La Liga

The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.

Real Madrid secured the title following their away victory at Málaga on the final matchday, finishing with 93 points and winning a record-extending 33rd championship, their first since the 2011–12 season. Barcelona finished second, three points behind Real Madrid. Real became only the second side after Barcelona in 2012–13 to score in all 38 games of a La Liga season.

Name sponsorship

2016–17 La Liga

The Spanish top flight dropped the sponsorship from BBVA and was now called LaLiga, while the second division was called LaLiga2. The league made this change to maximize the La Liga brand. On 20 July, Banco Santander was appointed as the new sponsor.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.

Deportivo Alavés was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against CD Numancia. CD Leganés was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last match-day, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division. CA Osasuna was the last to be promoted after beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Girona FC in the play-offs. The Reds returned to La Liga two years after their last relegation.

The three promoted clubs replaced Rayo Vallecano, Getafe, and Levante, who were relegated at the end of the previous season after five, twelve, and six years respectively.

Stadia and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Alavés</td><td>Vitoria-Gasteiz</td><td>Mendizorrotza</td><td>19,840</td></tr><tr><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Bilbao</td><td>San Mamés</td><td>53,289</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Madrid</td><td>Vicente Calderón</td><td>54,907</td></tr><tr><td>Barcelona</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Camp Nou</td><td>99,354</td></tr><tr><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>Vigo</td><td>Balaídos</td><td>29,000</td></tr><tr><td>Deportivo La Coruña</td><td>A Coruña</td><td>Riazor</td><td>32,912</td></tr><tr><td>Eibar</td><td>Eibar</td><td>Ipurua</td><td>7,083</td></tr><tr><td>Espanyol</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>RCDE Stadium</td><td>40,500</td></tr><tr><td>Granada</td><td>Granada</td><td>Nuevo Los Cármenes</td><td>22,094</td></tr><tr><td>Las Palmas</td><td>Las Palmas</td><td>Gran Canaria</td><td>33,111</td></tr><tr><td>Leganés</td><td>Leganés</td><td>Butarque</td><td>10,922</td></tr><tr><td>Málaga</td><td>Málaga</td><td>La Rosaleda</td><td>30,044</td></tr><tr><td>Osasuna</td><td>Pamplona</td><td>El Sadar</td><td>18,761</td></tr><tr><td>Real Betis</td><td>Seville</td><td>Benito Villamarín</td><td>51,700</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Madrid</td><td>Santiago Bernabéu</td><td>85,454</td></tr><tr><td>Real Sociedad</td><td>San Sebastián</td><td>Anoeta</td><td>32,000</td></tr><tr><td>Sevilla</td><td>Seville</td><td>Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán</td><td>42,714</td></tr><tr><td>Sporting Gijón</td><td>Gijón</td><td>El Molinón</td><td>29,029</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia</td><td>Valencia</td><td>Mestalla</td><td>55,000</td></tr><tr><td>Villarreal</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Estadio de la Cerámica</td><td>24,890</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and sponsorship

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Alavés</td><td>Mauricio Pellegrino</td><td>Manu García</td><td>Hummel</td><td>LEA, Álava,1, Kutxabank2, Euskaltel3, Heraclio Fournier 3</td></tr><tr><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Ernesto Valverde</td><td>Gorka Iraizoz</td><td>Nike</td><td>Kutxabank</td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Diego Simeone</td><td>Gabi</td><td>Nike</td><td>Plus500</td></tr><tr><td>Barcelona</td><td>Luis Enrique</td><td>Andrés Iniesta</td><td>Nike</td><td>Qatar Airways, UNICEF,1 Beko2</td></tr><tr><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>Eduardo Berizzo</td><td>Hugo Mallo</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Estrella Galicia 0,0, Abanca3</td></tr><tr><td>Deportivo La Coruña</td><td>Pepe Mel</td><td>Laure</td><td>Lotto</td><td>Estrella Galicia 0,0</td></tr><tr><td>Eibar</td><td>José Luis Mendilibar</td><td>Dani García</td><td>Puma</td><td>AVIA, Wiko13</td></tr><tr><td>Espanyol</td><td>Quique Sánchez Flores</td><td>Javi López</td><td>Joma</td><td>Rastar Group, Riviera Maya3</td></tr><tr><td>Granada</td><td>Tony Adams</td><td>Dimitri Foulquier</td><td>Joma</td><td>Energy King, Covirán1</td></tr><tr><td>Las Palmas</td><td>Quique Setién</td><td>David García</td><td>Acerbis</td><td>Gran Canaria, IOC,1 beCordial,3 Volkswagen,3 Domingo Alonso3</td></tr><tr><td>Leganés</td><td>Asier Garitano</td><td>Martín Mantovani</td><td>Joma</td><td>Royal Jordanian, MBuzz Sport, GoldenPark1</td></tr><tr><td>Málaga</td><td>Míchel</td><td>Duda</td><td>Nike</td><td>Marathonbet, Benahavís1</td></tr><tr><td>Osasuna</td><td>Petar Vasiljević</td><td>Miguel Flaño</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Victorino Vicente2</td></tr><tr><td>Real Betis</td><td>Alexis Trujillo (interim)</td><td>Joaquín</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Wiko13</td></tr><tr><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Zinedine Zidane</td><td>Sergio Ramos</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Fly Emirates</td></tr><tr><td>Real Sociedad</td><td>Eusebio Sacristán</td><td>Xabi Prieto</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Qbao.com</td></tr><tr><td>Sevilla</td><td>Jorge Sampaoli</td><td>Vicente Iborra</td><td>New Balance</td><td>SeePuertoRico.com</td></tr><tr><td>Sporting Gijón</td><td>Rubi</td><td>Alberto Lora</td><td>Nike</td><td>Gijón, Nissan,3 Telecable,3 CMP,1 Halcón Viajes2</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia</td><td>Voro</td><td>Enzo Pérez</td><td>Adidas</td><td>beIN Sports1</td></tr><tr><td>Villarreal</td><td>Fran Escribá</td><td>Bruno</td><td>Joma</td><td>Pamesa Cerámica</td></tr></tbody></table>

1. ^ On the back of shirt. 2. ^ On the sleeves. 3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Málaga</td><td>Javi Gracia</td><td>Signed by Rubin Kazan</td><td>24 May 2016</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Juande Ramos</td><td>28 May 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Espanyol</td><td>Constantin Gâlcă</td><td>Sacked</td><td>27 May 2016</td><td>Quique Sánchez Flores</td><td>9 June 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Deportivo La Coruña</td><td>Víctor Sánchez</td><td>30 May 2016</td><td>Gaizka Garitano</td><td>10 June 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Sevilla</td><td>Unai Emery</td><td>Resigned</td><td>12 June 2016</td><td>Jorge Sampaoli</td><td>13 June 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Granada</td><td>José González</td><td>End of contract</td><td>20 June 2016</td><td>Paco Jémez</td><td>20 June 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Alavés</td><td>José Bordalás</td><td>Sacked</td><td>21 June 2016</td><td>Mauricio Pellegrino</td><td>26 June 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Villarreal</td><td>Marcelino</td><td>10 August 2016</td><td>Fran Escribá</td><td>11 August 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia</td><td>Pako Ayestarán</td><td>20 September 2016</td><td>20th</td><td>Cesare Prandelli</td><td>28 September 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Granada</td><td>Paco Jémez</td><td>28 September 2016</td><td>19th</td><td>Lucas Alcaraz</td><td>3 October 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Osasuna</td><td>Enrique Martín</td><td>7 November 2016</td><td>19th</td><td>Joaquín Caparrós</td><td>8 November 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Real Betis</td><td>Gustavo Poyet</td><td>11 November 2016</td><td>14th</td><td>Víctor Sánchez</td><td>11 November 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Málaga</td><td>Juande Ramos</td><td>Resigned</td><td>22 December 2016</td><td>11th</td><td>Marcelo Romero</td><td>28 December 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Valencia</td><td>Cesare Prandelli</td><td>30 December 2016</td><td>17th</td><td>Voro</td><td>10 January 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Osasuna</td><td>Joaquín Caparrós</td><td>Sacked</td><td>5 January 2017</td><td>20th</td><td>Petar Vasiljević</td><td>5 January 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Sporting Gijón</td><td>Abelardo Fernández</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>17 January 2017</td><td>18th</td><td>Rubi</td><td>17 January 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Deportivo La Coruña</td><td>Gaizka Garitano</td><td>Sacked</td><td>27 February 2017</td><td>17th</td><td>Pepe Mel</td><td>27 February 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Málaga</td><td>Marcelo Romero</td><td>7 March 2017</td><td>15th</td><td>Míchel</td><td>7 March 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Granada</td><td>Lucas Alcaraz</td><td>10 April 2017</td><td>19th</td><td>Tony Adams</td><td>10 April 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Real Betis</td><td>Víctor Sánchez</td><td>9 May 2017</td><td>15th</td><td>Alexis Trujillo (interim)</td><td>9 May 2017</td></tr></tbody></table>

League table

Standings

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Real Madrid (C)</td><td>38</td><td>29</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>106</td><td>41</td><td>+65</td><td>93</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League group stage</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>38</td><td>28</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>116</td><td>37</td><td>+79</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>38</td><td>23</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>70</td><td>27</td><td>+43</td><td>78</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Sevilla</td><td>38</td><td>21</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>69</td><td>49</td><td>+20</td><td>72</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League play-off round</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>38</td><td>19</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>56</td><td>33</td><td>+23</td><td>67</td><td>Qualification for the Europa League group stage</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Real Sociedad</td><td>38</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>59</td><td>53</td><td>+6</td><td>64</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>38</td><td>19</td><td>6</td><td>13</td><td>53</td><td>43</td><td>+10</td><td>63</td><td>Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Espanyol</td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>11</td><td>12</td><td>49</td><td>50</td><td>−1</td><td>56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Alavés</td><td>38</td><td>14</td><td>13</td><td>11</td><td>41</td><td>43</td><td>−2</td><td>55</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Eibar</td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>9</td><td>14</td><td>56</td><td>51</td><td>+5</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Málaga</td><td>38</td><td>12</td><td>10</td><td>16</td><td>49</td><td>55</td><td>−6</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Valencia</td><td>38</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>56</td><td>65</td><td>−9</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>38</td><td>13</td><td>6</td><td>19</td><td>53</td><td>69</td><td>−16</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Las Palmas</td><td>38</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>19</td><td>53</td><td>74</td><td>−21</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Real Betis</td><td>38</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>19</td><td>41</td><td>64</td><td>−23</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Deportivo La Coruña</td><td>38</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td>18</td><td>43</td><td>61</td><td>−18</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Leganés</td><td>38</td><td>8</td><td>11</td><td>19</td><td>36</td><td>55</td><td>−19</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Sporting Gijón (R)</td><td>38</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>21</td><td>42</td><td>72</td><td>−30</td><td>31</td><td>Relegation to Segunda División</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Osasuna (R)</td><td>38</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>24</td><td>40</td><td>94</td><td>−54</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Granada (R)</td><td>38</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>26</td><td>30</td><td>82</td><td>−52</td><td>20</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season statistics

2016–17 La Liga

La Liga champions Real Madrid celebrate their win with Community of Madrid President Cristina Cifuentes.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Juanpi for Málaga against Osasuna (19 August 2016) • Last goal of the season: Lionel Messi for Barcelona against Eibar (21 May 2017)

Top goalscorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Lionel Messi</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Luis Suárez</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Cristiano Ronaldo</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Iago Aspas</td><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Aritz Aduriz</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Antoine Griezmann</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Álvaro Morata</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Sandro Ramírez</td><td>Málaga</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Rubén Castro</td><td>Real Betis</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Gerard Moreno</td><td>Espanyol</td></tr><tr><td>Neymar</td><td>Barcelona</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top assists

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Assists</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Luis Suárez</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Toni Kroos</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Neymar</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Marcelo</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Pablo Piatti</td><td>Espanyol</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Lionel Messi</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Ángel Correa</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Antoine Griezmann</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>Isco</td><td>Real Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>Koke</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td></tr><tr><td>Pablo Sarabia</td><td>Sevilla</td></tr></tbody></table>

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy was awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals against</th><th>Matches</th><th>Average</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Jan Oblak</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>21</td><td>29</td><td>0.72</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Marc-André ter Stegen</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>33</td><td>36</td><td>0.92</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Diego López</td><td>Espanyol</td><td>37</td><td>33</td><td>1.12</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Fernando Pacheco</td><td>Alavés</td><td>42</td><td>36</td><td>1.17</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Sergio Rico</td><td>Sevilla</td><td>45</td><td>35</td><td>1.29</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>For</th><th>Against</th><th>Result</th><th>Date</th><th>Round</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Luis Suárez</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Real Betis</td><td>6–2 (H)</td><td>20 August 2016</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yannick Carrasco</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Granada</td><td>7–1 (H)</td><td>15 October 2016</td><td>8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cristiano Ronaldo</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Alavés</td><td>4–1 (A)</td><td>29 October 2016</td><td>10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cristiano Ronaldo</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>3–0 (A)</td><td>19 November 2016</td><td>12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vicente Iborra</td><td>Sevilla</td><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>3–0 (A)</td><td>11 December 2016</td><td>15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wissam Ben Yedder</td><td>Sevilla</td><td>Real Sociedad</td><td>4–0 (A)</td><td>7 January 2017</td><td>17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kevin Gameiro</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Sporting Gijón</td><td>4–1 (A)</td><td>18 February 2017</td><td>23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Giuseppe Rossi</td><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>Las Palmas</td><td>3–1 (H)</td><td>3 April 2017</td><td>29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Álvaro Morata</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Leganés</td><td>4–2 (A)</td><td>5 April 2017</td><td>30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Neymar</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>Las Palmas</td><td>4–1 (A)</td><td>14 May 2017</td><td>37</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 121 • Alavés • Fewest yellow cards (club): 74 • Real Madrid • Most yellow cards (player): 17 • Fernando Amorebieta (Sporting Gijón) • Most red cards (club): 8 • Celta Vigo • Fewest red cards (club): 1 • Barcelona • Most red cards (player): 2 • Uche Agbo (Granada) • Kevin-Prince Boateng (Las Palmas) • Zouhair Feddal (Alavés) • Sergi Gómez (Celta Vigo) • Cristiano Piccini (Real Betis) • Asier Riesgo (Eibar) • Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal)

Overall

• Most wins - Real Madrid (29) • Fewest wins - Osasuna and Granada (4) • Most draws - Alavés (13) • Fewest draws - Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Celta Vigo (6) • Most losses - Granada (26) • Fewest losses - Real Madrid (3) • Most goals scored - Barcelona (116) • Fewest goals scored - Granada (30) • Most goals conceded - Osasuna (94) • Fewest goals conceded - Atlético Madrid (27)

Average attendances

2016–17 La Liga

Alavés supporters before their first league match at home, against Sporting Gijón

Leganés supporters celebrating their team's goal against Barcelona.

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Total</th><th>High</th><th>Low</th><th>Average</th><th>Change</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Barcelona</td><td>1,463,653</td><td>95,961</td><td>55,029</td><td>77,034</td><td>−1.6%†</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>1,292,537</td><td>82,297</td><td>59,575</td><td>68,028</td><td>+0.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>848,754</td><td>53,668</td><td>31,059</td><td>44,671</td><td>+3.4%†</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>781,285</td><td>49,164</td><td>33,625</td><td>41,120</td><td>−2.0%†</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Valencia</td><td>645,032</td><td>46,804</td><td>23,156</td><td>33,949</td><td>−9.1%†</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Sevilla</td><td>623,953</td><td>40,835</td><td>26,100</td><td>32,840</td><td>−3.4%†</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Real Betis</td><td>623,333</td><td>41,714</td><td>22,270</td><td>32,807</td><td>−9.2%†</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Sporting Gijón</td><td>428,313</td><td>25,899</td><td>15,365</td><td>22,543</td><td>−2.8%†</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Deportivo La Coruña</td><td>425,077</td><td>30,810</td><td>18,466</td><td>22,372</td><td>−2.8%†</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Málaga</td><td>420,630</td><td>28,486</td><td>12,996</td><td>22,138</td><td>+4.8%†</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Real Sociedad</td><td>406,832</td><td>27,653</td><td>10,927</td><td>21,412</td><td>+5.3%†</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Las Palmas</td><td>387,416</td><td>27,724</td><td>15,946</td><td>20,390</td><td>−3.8%†</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Espanyol</td><td>381,428</td><td>31,082</td><td>14,813</td><td>20,075</td><td>+9.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>329,951</td><td>22,110</td><td>14,757</td><td>17,366</td><td>+3.6%†</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>312,773</td><td>20,034</td><td>11,391</td><td>16,462</td><td>−8.6%†</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Alavés</td><td>288,310</td><td>19,540</td><td>12,628</td><td>15,174</td><td>+34.1%1</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Granada</td><td>284,890</td><td>19,161</td><td>10,706</td><td>14,994</td><td>−5.5%†</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Osasuna</td><td>281,445</td><td>17,802</td><td>11,332</td><td>14,813</td><td>+7.2%1</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Leganés</td><td>177,029</td><td>10,599</td><td>7,903</td><td>9,317</td><td>+81.6%1</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Eibar</td><td>100,922</td><td>6,694</td><td>3,576</td><td>5,312</td><td>+2.1%†</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>League total</td><td>10,503,563</td><td>95,961</td><td>3,576</td><td>27,641</td><td>−0.2%†</td></tr></tbody></table>

LFP Awards

2016–17 La Liga

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and Community of Madrid President Cristina Cifuentes with the Primera División trophy during celebrations in Madrid.

Seasonal

La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Recipient</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Best Player</td><td>Lionel Messi (Barcelona)</td></tr><tr><td>Best Goalkeeper</td><td>Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)</td></tr><tr><td>Best Coach</td><td>José Luis Mendilibar (Eibar) and Asier Garitano (Leganés)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Monthly

<table><thead><tr><th>Month</th><th>Manager of the Month</th><th>Player of the Month</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Manager</td><td>Club</td><td>Player</td><td>Club</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td>Quique Setién</td><td>Las Palmas</td><td>Jon Ander Serantes</td><td>Leganés</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>September</td><td>Ernesto Valverde</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td>Antoine Griezmann</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>Jorge Sampaoli</td><td>Sevilla</td><td>Iago Aspas</td><td>Celta Vigo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>November</td><td>Eusebio Sacristán</td><td>Real Sociedad</td><td>Diego López</td><td>Espanyol</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>December</td><td>Fran Escribá</td><td>Villarreal</td><td>Florin Andone</td><td>Deportivo La Coruña</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January</td><td>Eduardo Berizzo</td><td>Celta Vigo</td><td>Steven Nzonzi</td><td>Sevilla</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td>José Luis Mendilibar</td><td>Eibar</td><td>Sergi Enrich</td><td>Eibar</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March</td><td>Diego Simeone</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td>Antoine Griezmann</td><td>Atlético Madrid</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>April</td><td>Míchel</td><td>Málaga</td><td>Lionel Messi</td><td>Barcelona</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>May</td><td>Zinedine Zidane</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td>Cristiano Ronaldo</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>