SPANISH LA LIGA HISTORY : REAL MADRID CF BEFORE FC BARCELONA

• Aug 8, 2019
• IFFHS News

Picture : Real Madrid CF 1957, winner of the Spanish Liga.

IFFHS STATISTICS

 It is a cumulative ranking, it depends on progress in the stages of the tournament

A table showing the best winners of the Spanish LaLiga

Winners	No. of wins
Real Madrid CF	33
FC Barcelona	25
Atlético de Madrid	10
Valencia CF	6
Athletic Club	8
Sevilla FC	1
Real Sociedad	2

Who is the best team in the tournament history ? (All editions)

Is Real Madrid CF because of the most wins?

What about FC Barcelona ?

This work will answer these questions

The objectives:

1. Fairness toward the teams that progressing in the tournament and do not win.
2. To maintain the prestige of the tournament.
3. Determine the level of each team in competition history.

The final result

#	Team	Points accrued
1	Real Madrid	1350
2	FC Barcelona	1344
3	Atlético de Madrid	1092
4	Valencia CF	1043
5	Athletic Club	1028
6	Sevilla FC	817
7	Real Sociedad	698
8	RCD Espanyol	682
9	R. Zaragoza	527
10	Real Betis	476
11	RC Celta	416
12	RC Deportivo	412
13	R. Sporting	316
14	R. Valladolid CF	295
15	CA Osasuna	280
16	R. Oviedo	272
17	R. Racing C.	254
18	Villarreal CF	245
19	UD Las Palmas	238
20	RCD Mallorca	227
21	Málaga CF	169
22	Elche CF	136
23	Getafe CF	129
24	Granada CF	118
25	Rayo Vallecano	109
26	Hércules CF	103
27	CD Tenerife	95
28	D. Alavés	94
29	Levante UD	83
30	Salamanca	74
31	CD Castellón	70
32	CE Sabadell	67
33	CD Logroñés	64
34	Real Murcia	62
35	Cádiz CF	43
36	SD Eibar	42
37	Córdoba CF	42
38	Albacete B.	41
39	UD Almería	38
40	Pontevedra CF	34
41	SD Compostela	34
42	Arenas Club	32
43	Burgos CF	24
44	RC Recreativo	23
45	Real Burgos CF	23
46	Nàstic	17
47	CD Leganés	16
48	Girona FC	14
49	Real Unión Club	12
50	CD Alcoyano	11
51	CD Numancia	9
52	CF Extremadura	8
53	R. Jaén	7
54	CE Europa	6
55	Mérida CP	4
56	Lleida Esportiu	3
57	SD Huesca	2
58	Cultural Leonesa	2
59	Atético Tetuán	1
60	CD Condal	1

FC Barcelona, winner 1982

 Ranking 1929-2019

#	The Club		2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020		1929-2010	2011-2020	1929-2020
1	Real Madrid		19	20	19	18	19	19	20	18	18			1180	170	1350
2	FC Barcelona		20	19	20	19	20	20	19	20	20			1167	177	1344
3	Atlético de Madrid		14	16	18	20	18	18	18	19	19			932	160	1092
4	Valencia CF		18	18	16	13	17	9	9	17	17			909	134	1043
5	Athletic Club		15	11	9	17	14	16	14	5	13			914	114	1028
6	Sevilla FC		16	12	12	16	16	14	17	14	15			685	132	817
7	Real Sociedad		6	9	17	14	9	12	15	10	12			594	104	698
8	RCD Espanyol		13	7	8	7	11	8	13	8	14			593	89	682
9	R. Zaragoza		8	5	1									513	14	527
10	Real Betis			8	14	1		11	6	15	11			410	66	476
11	RC Celta				4	12	13	15	8	9	4			351	65	416
12	RC Deportivo		3		2		5	6	5	3				388	24	412
13	R. Sporting		11	2				4	3					296	20	316
14	R. Valladolid CF				7	2					5			281	14	295
15	CA Osasuna		12	14	5	3			2					244	36	280
16	R. Oviedo													272	0	272
17	R. Racing C.		9	1										244	10	254
18	Villarreal CF		17	3		15	15	17	16	16	7			139	106	245
19	UD Las Palmas							10	7	2				219	19	238
20	RCD Mallorca		4	13	3									207	20	227
21	Málaga CF		10	17	15	10	12	13	10	1				81	88	169
22	Elche CF					5	8							123	13	136
23	Getafe CF		5	10	11	8	6	2		13	16			58	71	129
24	Granada CF			4	6	6	4	5	1					92	26	118
25	Rayo Vallecano			6	13	9	10	3			1			67	42	109
26	Hércules CF		2											101	2	103
27	CD Tenerife													95	0	95
28	D. Alavés								12	7	10			65	29	94
29	Levante UD		7	15	10	11	7	1		6	6			20	63	83
30	Salamanca													74	0	74
31	CD Castellón													70	0	70
32	CE Sabadell													67	0	67
33	CD Logroñés													64	0	64
34	Real Murcia													62	0	62
35	Cádiz CF													43	0	43
36	SD Eibar						3	7	11	12	9			0	42	42
37	Córdoba CF						1							41	1	42
38	Albacete B.													41	0	41
39	UD Almería		1			4	2							31	7	38
40	Pontevedra CF													34	0	34
41	SD Compostela													34	0	34
42	Arenas Club													32	0	32
43	Burgos CF													24	0	24
44	RC Recreativo													23	0	23
45	Real Burgos CF													23	0	23
46	Nàstic													17	0	17
47	CD Leganés								4	4	8			0	16	16
48	Girona FC									11	3			0	14	14
49	Real Unión Club													12	0	12
50	CD Alcoyano													11	0	11
51	CD Numancia													9	0	9
52	CF Extremadura													8	0	8
53	R. Jaén													7	0	7
54	CE Europa													6	0	6
55	Mérida CP													4	0	4
56	Lleida Esportiu													3	0	3
57	SD Huesca										2			0	2	2
58	Cultural Leonesa													2	0	2
59	Atético Tetuán													1	0	1
60	CD Condal													1	0	1
61	Xerez CD													1	0	1

Real Madrid CF, winner 2017

EXPLANATIONS 

Standards

• The basic rule in the distribution of points:-

1. (The size of the tournament) equal for (Numbers of teams participating)
2. Mechanism the distribution of points as next :-

Points accrued = (Numbers of teams participating – number teams which best)

Overview about tournaments

Edition	Numbers of teams participating=Size
1929-1934	10
1935-1941	12
1942-1950	14
1951-1971	16
1972-1987	18
1996 and 1997	22
1988-2017without(1996,1997)	20

Apply Rule

1929-1934
position	Numbers of teams participating	number teams which best	Points accrued
1	10	0	10
2	10	1	9
3	10	2	8
4	10	3	7
5	10	4	6
6	10	5	5
7	10	6	4
8	10	7	3
9	10	8	2
10	10	9	1

1935-1941
position	Numbers of teams participating	number teams which best	Points accrued
1	12	0	12
2	12	1	11
3	12	2	10
4	12	3	9
5	12	4	8
6	12	5	7
7	12	6	6
8	12	7	5
9	12	8	4
10	12	9	3
11	12	10	2
12	12	11	1

1942-1950
position	Numbers of teams participating	number teams which best	Points accrued
1	14	0	14
2	14	1	13
3	14	2	12
4	14	3	11
5	14	4	10
6	14	5	9
7	14	6	8
8	14	7	7
9	14	8	6
10	14	9	5
11	14	10	4
12	14	11	3
13	14	12	2
14	14	13	1

1951-1971
position	Numbers of teams participating	number teams which best	Points accrued
1	16	0	16
2	16	1	15
3	16	2	14
4	16	3	13
5	16	4	12
6	16	5	11
7	16	6	10
8	16	7	9
9	16	8	8
10	16	9	7
11	16	10	6
12	16	11	5
13	16	12	4
14	16	13	3
15	16	14	2
16	16	15	1

1972-1987
position	Numbers of teams participating	number teams which best	Points accrued
1	18	0	18
2	18	1	17
3	18	2	16
4	18	3	15
5	18	4	14
6	18	5	13
7	18	6	12
8	18	7	11
9	18	8	10
10	18	9	9
11	18	10	8
12	18	11	7
13	18	12	6
14	18	13	5
15	18	14	4
16	18	15	3
17	18	16	2
18	18	17	1

1996 and 1997
position	Numbers of teams participating	number teams which best	Points accrued
1	22	0	22
2	22	1	21
3	22	2	20
4	22	3	19
5	22	4	18
6	22	5	17
7	22	6	16
8	22	7	15
9	22	8	14
10	22	9	13
11	22	10	12
12	22	11	11
13	22	12	10
14	22	13	9
15	22	14	8
16	22	15	7
17	22	16	6
18	22	17	5
19	22	18	4
20	22	19	3
21	22	20	2
22	22	21	1

1988-2019 without (1996,1997)
position	Numbers of teams participating	number teams which best	Points accrued
1	20	0	20
2	20	1	19
3	20	2	18
4	20	3	17
5	20	4	16
6	20	5	15
7	20	6	14
8	20	7	13
9	20	8	12
10	20	9	11
11	20	10	10
12	20	11	9
13	20	12	8
14	20	13	7
15	20	14	6
16	20	15	5
17	20	16	4
18	20	17	3
19	20	18	2
20	20	19	1

FC Barcelona, winner 2018

Ranking 1929-1940

#	The Club		1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1940			1929-1940
1	Athletic Club		8	10	10	9	9	10	9	12	10			87
2	Real Madrid		9	6	5	10	10	9	11	11	9			80
3	FC Barcelona		10	9	7	8	7	2	7	8	4			62
4	RCD Espanyol		4	7	2	5	8	3	5	4	8			46
5	R. Racing C.		1	3	9	7	3	8	3	9	1			44
6	Real Sociedad		7	4	8	3	5	6	2					35
7	Real Betis						6	7	12	6	2			33
8	Arenas Club		6	8	6	6	4	1	1					32
9	Atlético de Madrid		5	1					6	2	12			26
10	R. Oviedo							5	10	10				25
11	Valencia CF					4	2	4	4	5	5			24
12	Sevilla FC								8	3	11			22
13	Hércules CF									7	7			14
14	Real Unión Club		2	5	4	1								12
15	R. Zaragoza										6			6
16	D. Alavés				3	2	1							6
17	CE Europa		3	2	1									6
18	RC Celta										3			3
19	CA Osasuna									1				1

Athletic de Bilbao , champion 1936

Ranking 1929-1950

#	The Club		1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950		1929-1940	1941-1950	1929-1950
1	Athletic Club		11	8	14	5	9	12	13	9	9	9		87	99	186
2	Real Madrid		7	13	5	8	13	11	8	4	12	11		80	92	172
3	FC Barcelona		9	3	12	9	14	13	11	14	14	10		62	109	171
4	RCD Espanyol		6	6	4	4	6	3	4	7	8	4		46	52	98
5	R. Racing C.													44	0	44
6	Real Sociedad			1		2				2		7		35	12	47
7	Real Betis				1									33	1	34
8	Arenas Club													32	0	32
9	Atlético de Madrid		12	12	7	13	12	8	12	12	11	14		26	113	139
10	R. Oviedo		5	4	9	11	11	10	7	6	10	1		25	74	99
11	Valencia CF		10	14	8	14	10	9	14	13	13	12		24	117	141
12	Sevilla FC		8	9	13	12	5	14	9	10