Football La Liga Primera Betting

The Primera Division of the Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional, commonly known outside Spain as La Liga, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football. It is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Segunda Division and replaced by the top three teams in that division. A total of 59 teams have competed in La Liga since the beginning, nine of which have been crowned champions. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the championship. Real Madrid have won the title a record 31 times while Barcelona have won 21 throphies. During the 1930s and 1940s and in the last two decades, however, La Liga has seen other champions, including Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo, Real Betis, and Sevilla. Barcelona have won the last three seasons of La Liga. La Liga is currently the second strongest league in Europe after the English Premier League, according to UEFA`s league coefficient. La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 28,286 fans for league matches in the 2009–10 season. This is the sixth highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third highest of any professional association football league, behind the German Bundesliga and English Premier League. The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from September to June, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club at the end of the season crowned champion.