Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions |
Real Madrid 32nd title |
Relegated |
Villarreal Sporting de Gijón Racing Santander |
Champions League |
Real Madrid Barcelona Valencia Málaga |
Europa League |
Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Levante |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1050 (2.76 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Lionel Messi (50) |
Best goalkeeper | Víctor Valdés (0.8 goals conceded per game) |
Biggest home win | Barcelona 8–0 Osasuna (17 September 2011) |
Biggest away win | Rayo Vallecano 0–7 Barcelona (29 April 2012) |
Highest scoring |
Barcelona 8–0 Osasuna (17 September 2011) |
Longest winning run | 11 games by Real Madrid and Barcelona |
Longest unbeaten run | 23 games by Real Madrid |
Longest winless run | 20 games by Racing Santander |
Longest losing run | 6 games by Betis, Rayo Vallecano and Zaragoza |
Highest attendance | 99,252 Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid |
Lowest attendance | 6,000 Getafe 2–1 Real Sociedad |
Total attendance | 11,504,567 |
Average attendance | 28,265 |
← 2010–11
2012–13 →
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Barcelona 8–0 Osasuna (17 September 2011)
Real Madrid 6–2 Rayo Vallecano (24 September 2011)
Real Madrid 7–1 Osasuna (6 November 2011)
Sevilla 2–6 Real Madrid (17 December 2011)
Levante 3–5 Rayo Vallecano (19 February 2012)
The 2011–12 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of the top level Spanish association football competition. The campaign began on 27 August 2011, and ended on 13 May 2012. Real Madrid won the league for a record 32nd time in La Liga history after beating Athletic Bilbao on 2 May 2012. The club broke a number of records including: 100 points in a single season, 121 goals scored, a goal difference of +89, 16 away wins, and 32 overall wins. This season also saw Lionel Messi score a record 50 league goals in 37 games, making him the first and only player to score 50 goals in any of the major European leagues.
The season was scheduled to start on 20 August 2011, but was delayed due to a strike called by the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE).
Deportivo de La Coruña, Hércules CF from Alicante and UD Almería were relegated to the 2011–12 Segunda División after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2010–11 season. Deportivo were relegated to the Segunda División after 20 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Spain, while Almería ended a four-year tenure in La Liga and Hércules made their immediate return to the second level.