Spanish football constantly shows amazing matches to the whole world. Teams of this country are regularly improved, and in international competitions they become favorites. Spanish football boasts a huge number of fans around the world.
general information
The professional league in Spain is represented by La Liga, which is one of the best in the world. According to the results of 2015, the Spanish championship ranks first in the ranking of national football associations.
The last two years, the team “Seville” won the Europa League. “Real Madrid” and “Barcelona” annually become the main contenders for victory in the Champions League.
Base
For the first time, the idea to form a Spanish football championship came to mind in 1927 to the head of the Arenas team. At this point, there was much debate about how many participants the league should include. In the end, it was decided about ten clubs in the top division. By the way, only three teams didn’t fall into the lower leagues: Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.
Famous football teams
Spanish football boasts many famous teams that attract millions of fans to their game. The most famous, of course, are Barcelona and Real Madrid. Basically, it is these teams that act as the main contenders in the fight for the title that the Spanish football championship is playing. However, from time to time, clubs appear that challenge the giants. So, quite confidently imposed the fight, “Atletico Madrid”, which is the third in the number of championships won. In the 90s and early 2000s, a serious rivalry to the giants was able to impose “Deportivo La Coruna”, which showed amazing football. The Spanish Premier League is full of teams, but two teams have always been especially strong - Real Madrid and Barcelona. The first took the league title thirty-two times, and the second twenty-three. Atletico Madrid have won the championship ten times, Athletic Bilbao eight, Valencia six, Real Sociedad two, Deportivo La Coruna, Real Betis and Seville once.
However, in the European Cup matches clubs from Spain are formidable rivals for many foreign giants. “Seville” managed to conquer the Europa League four times and, thus, become the most titled team in this competition. In addition, this trophy “Real Madrid” and “Atletico Madrid”, as well as once “Valencia” were brought twice to Spain. Spanish clubs were able to win nine times in the final, and five took off at this stage.
In the Champions League, teams from Spain also show amazing results. Real Madrid took the trophy ten times, and it is the club that won the most in the final in this tournament. “Barcelona” boasts five victorious Champions League finals. In addition, twice reached the final stage of “Atletico Madrid” and “Valencia”. Also the most scoring players in this tournament are representatives of the Spanish teams - Cristiano Ronaldo (ninety goals), Lionel Messi (eighty-two goals) and Raul (seventy-one goals).
Famous football players
The Spanish Football League and famous players are not deprived . Among the goalkeepers, Iker Casillas, who spent a long period in his career in the ranks of Real Madrid and most recently left the team and moved to Porto, can be especially distinguished. Among the scorers who still play, stand out Ronaldo and Messi. For many years, these players have been competing with each other, but it’s quite difficult to say which one is better. However, the largest number of goals in the history of the championship of Spain on the account of the Argentinean. Many famous Spanish football for the game of the legendary Raul, who spent sixteen years in Real Madrid. It is he who is the champion of the national championship in games held, there are 550 of them in his account.
Football in Spain is the most favorite sport. More than eighteen thousand professional teams take part in various divisions. One third of the state’s population plays football. About twenty percent of citizens constantly watch the games of their favorite teams. Football in Spain is a serious business that brings huge revenues. Many clubs annually carry out multi-million transfer deals. Most matches attract thousands of fans to stadiums, and a huge number of football fans around the world watch El Clasico matches.