On Saturday, Atletico Madrid won the 2020-21 La Liga title with a 2-1 victory over Valladolid. It was their second championship in three seasons and third overall.
The victory also secured them a place in the 2021 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. Should they be defeated by Juventus in this season's UEFA Europa League, then the winner of the next La Liga season would qualify for the quarterfinals instead.
In addition to the league title, Los Colchoneros also won the Copa del Rey this year. They will now travel to the Stade de France in Paris on May 24 to face Juventus in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Europa League.
Juventus were drawn against German side Schalke 04 in the first knockout stage draw on Friday. The match will take place on June 20 at 19:45 CEST (15:45 GMT).
If Atletico win the Europa League, then Barcelona will qualify for the next season's tournament as champions. If Barcelona win the cup, then they will meet Atletico in the final in February 2022.
Barcelona are currently second behind Real Madrid in the table, seven points behind the leaders with four rounds left to play.
Atletico Madrid won their eleventh La Liga title with a 2-1 comeback win over Valladolid on the last day of the season. The victory secured a 12th consecutive season in the top flight for Diego Simeone's side.
The table below shows the number of matches played by each club in the La Liga season. Real Madrid and Barcelona have the most games with 54 matches each. They will meet in the final on May 25 at Las Vegas.
The winners will be determined by taking into account all results during the season. If two or more teams are equal, they will be ranked by percentage points gained. For example, if team A beats team B 3-0 and team C beats team D 3-0, then team A would win because they scored more percentage points than team B and C combined. Should teams A and B lose against team C and D respectively, then the winner will be decided based on how many points each one has obtained from previous rounds (A plus B minus C minus D).
Here is the complete list of matches for La Liga 2020/21:
August 18: Malaga - Valencia
August 25: Leganes - Sevilla
(There are 34 titles) current year: 2020-21 The Spanish football league. The Spanish football champions are the victors of La Liga, Spain's major football league. The league is played in a round-robin format, with the championship going to the team that finishes first in the league at the end of the [& season].
Apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, the most recent club to win the league was Atletico Madrid in the 2013-14 season. Barcelona has won the Spanish version of the double the most times, winning the league and cup in the same year eight times, three more than Athletic Bilbao.
Only Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, and Real Madrid have not been demoted from La Liga. Because to the Spanish Civil War, the league was interrupted between 1936 and 1939. With 33 trophies, Real Madrid is the most successful club.
(There are 34 titles) current year: 2020-21 The Spanish football league. The Spanish football champions are the victors of La Liga, Spain's major football league. The league is played in a round-robin format, with the championship going to the team that finishes first in the league at the end of the [& season].
La Liga champions Since 1929 As the data below demonstrates, the dominating clubs in Spain have been Real Madrid (33 title triumphs), Barcelona (25), Atletico Madrid (10) and Athletic Bilbao (8).
Apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, the most recent club to win the league was Atletico Madrid in the 2013-14 season. Barcelona has won the Spanish version of the double the most times, winning the league and cup in the same year eight times, three more than Athletic Bilbao.
Eleven Atletico has won La Liga eleven times, including a league and cup double in 1996; the Copa del Rey ten times; two Supercopas de Espana, one Copa Presidente FEF, and one Copa Eva Duarte; and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1962, runners-up in 1963 and 1986, UEFA Champions League finalists in 1996 and 1997, and UEFA Super Cup finalists in 1996 and 1997.
They are the most successful club in Spain's top flight history, having been surpassed by Barcelona only in 2012. However, they are still considered to be the premier club in Spain due to their historic success and large fan base.
Atletico was founded on November 11, 1877 by Diego Torres Villarroel, who had played with distinction for both Uruguay and Spain. He proposed a sports club where Spanish and Uruguayan players could meet and combine their skills. The club's first game was played eight days later against another new club, Os Belenenses, with whom they shared facilities. Atletico lost this game 2-1. In its first season, the team only finished third out of six teams, but it was then that manager Juan Carlos Gámez introduced some revolutionary ideas such as using natural grass instead of astroturf, starting games an hour earlier than other clubs, and ending practices three hours before they began.
Under his guidance, they became one of the leading teams in Spain, winning the league title in 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1901, as well as various other local tournaments.
Villarreal Villarreal won the match 11-10 on penalties after a 1-1 deadlock after extra time, earning the club its first championship in the competition. Villarreal won the opportunity to play in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup against the winners of the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League, Chelsea.
The final took place on 24 May at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. It was the second successive year that the final had been held in Europe, with Real Madrid winning the previous edition against Ajax. The winner of this year's tournament will compete against José Mourinho's side for the UEFA Super Cup.
In the 21st century, Atlético Madrid has been the most successful team with five titles. They have also reached the final three times but never won it. Valencia has been victorious twice and is the only other club who has won the title more than once.
Celta Vigo and Borussia Dortmund have each won the title once. Celta Vigo achieved this victory in the 2001-02 season, while Dortmund did so in the 2013-14 season. Schalke 04 and Benfica have both won the title twice. Schalke 04 did so in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, while Benfica accomplished this feat in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons.
Liverpool has the most appearances in the final with eight starts.
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