La Liga Champions – Spanish Football Champions
See a complete list of La Liga Champions, the clubs that have won Spain’s top-flight football championship since the inaugural 1928–29 season. Barcelona won the 2025–26 La Liga title, earning their second consecutive championship and 29th overall. Real Madrid holds the all-time record with 36 La Liga titles.
Fast Facts:
- Barcelona are the defending La Liga Champions after winning the 2025–26 title, their second consecutive championship and 29th overall.
- Real Madrid holds the record for the most La Liga championships with 36 titles, followed by Barcelona with 29 and Atlético Madrid with 11.
- Nine clubs have won Spain’s top-flight league championship since La Liga began with the 1928–29 season.
- La Liga was not played during the 1936–37, 1937–38 or 1938–39 seasons during the Spanish Civil War. League competition resumed with the 1939–40 season.
- La Liga determines Spain’s top-flight champion through season-long league standings, while the Copa del Rey is Spain’s major knockout cup competition.
La Liga Champions – Spanish Football Champions
| Season | Champions | Runner-up | Third place |
| 2025–26 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Villarreal |
| 2024–25 | Barcelona ◆ | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2023–24 | Real Madrid ★ | Barcelona | Girona |
| 2022–23 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2021–22 | Real Madrid ★ | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 2020–21 | Atlético Madrid | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| 2019–20 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 2018–19 | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | Real Madrid |
| 2017–18 | Barcelona ◆ | Atlético Madrid | Real Madrid |
| 2016–17 | Real Madrid ★ | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 2015–16 | Barcelona ◆ | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2014–15 | Barcelona ✦ | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2013–14 | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | Real Madrid |
| 2012–13 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 2011–12 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 2010–11 | Barcelona ★ | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| 2009–10 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| 2008–09 | Barcelona ✦ | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| 2007–08 | Real Madrid | Villarreal | Barcelona |
| 2006–07 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Sevilla |
| 2005–06 | Barcelona ★ | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| 2004–05 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Villarreal |
| 2003–04 | Valencia ▲ | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 2002–03 | Real Madrid | Real Sociedad | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 2001–02 | Valencia | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Madrid |
| 2000–01 | Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Mallorca |
| 1999–2000 | Deportivo La Coruña | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 1998–99 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Real Mallorca |
| 1997–98 | Barcelona ◆ | Athletic Bilbao | Real Sociedad |
| 1996–97 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 1995–96 | Atlético Madrid ◆ | Valencia | Barcelona |
| 1994–95 | Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Betis |
| 1993–94 | Barcelona | Deportivo La Coruña | Real Zaragoza |
| 1992–93 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 1991–92 | Barcelona ★ | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 1990–91 | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | Real Madrid |
| 1989–90 | Real Madrid | Valencia | Barcelona |
| 1988–89 | Real Madrid ◆ | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 1987–88 | Real Madrid | Real Sociedad | Atlético Madrid |
| 1986–87 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Espanyol |
| 1985–86 | Real Madrid ▲ | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1984–85 | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1983–84 | Athletic Bilbao ◆ | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| 1982–83 | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 1981–82 | Real Sociedad | Barcelona | Real Madrid |
| 1980–81 | Real Sociedad | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid |
| 1979–80 | Real Madrid ◆ | Real Sociedad | Sporting de Gijón |
| 1978–79 | Real Madrid | Sporting de Gijón | Atlético Madrid |
| 1977–78 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1976–77 | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1975–76 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 1974–75 | Real Madrid ◆ | Real Zaragoza | Barcelona |
| 1973–74 | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | Real Zaragoza |
| 1972–73 | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | Espanyol |
| 1971–72 | Real Madrid | Valencia | Barcelona |
| 1970–71 | Valencia | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 1969–70 | Atlético Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | Sevilla |
| 1968–69 | Real Madrid | Las Palmas | Barcelona |
| 1967–68 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Las Palmas |
| 1966–67 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Espanyol |
| 1965–66 | Atlético Madrid | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| 1964–65 | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | Real Zaragoza |
| 1963–64 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Real Betis |
| 1962–63 | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | Real Oviedo |
| 1961–62 | Real Madrid ◆ | Barcelona | Atlético Madrid |
| 1960–61 | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona |
| 1959–60 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1958–59 | Barcelona ◆ | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1957–58 | Real Madrid ★ | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona |
| 1956–57 | Real Madrid ★ | Sevilla | Barcelona |
| 1955–56 | Athletic Bilbao ◆ | Barcelona | Real Madrid |
| 1954–55 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1953–54 | Real Madrid | Barcelona | Valencia |
| 1952–53 | Barcelona ◆ | Valencia | Real Madrid |
| 1951–52 | Barcelona ◆ | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid |
| 1950–51 | Atlético Madrid | Sevilla | Valencia |
| 1949–50 | Atlético Madrid | Deportivo La Coruña | Valencia |
| 1948–49 | Barcelona | Valencia | Real Madrid |
| 1947–48 | Barcelona | Valencia | Atlético Madrid |
| 1946–47 | Valencia | Athletic Bilbao | Atlético Aviación |
| 1945–46 | Sevilla | Barcelona | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1944–45 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Atlético Aviación |
| 1943–44 | Valencia | Atlético Aviación | Sevilla |
| 1942–43 | Athletic Bilbao ◆ | Sevilla | Barcelona |
| 1941–42 | Valencia | Real Madrid | Atlético Aviación |
| 1940–41 | Atlético Aviación | Athletic Bilbao | Valencia |
| 1939–40 | Atlético Aviación[A] | Sevilla | Athletic Bilbao |
| 1936–37 to 1938–39 | Not held (Spanish Civil War) | ||
| 1935–36 | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid | Real Oviedo |
| 1934–35 | Real Betis | Real Madrid | Real Oviedo |
| 1933–34 | Athletic Bilbao | Real Madrid | Racing de Santander |
| 1932–33 | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | Espanyol |
| 1931–32 | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao | Barcelona |
| 1930–31 | Athletic Bilbao ◆ | Racing de Santander | Real Sociedad |
| 1929–30 | Athletic Bilbao ◆ | Barcelona | Arenas Club de Getxo |
| 1929 | Barcelona | Real Madrid | Athletic Bilbao |
Key
| Symbol | Achievement |
| ◆ | Champions also won the Copa del Rey that season |
| ★ | Champions also won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League that season |
| ▲ | Champions also won the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League that season |
| ✦ | Champions also won the Copa del Rey and European Cup/UEFA Champions League that season (continental treble) |
Most La Liga Championships
| Club | Titles | Most Recent Title |
| Real Madrid | 36 | 2023–24 |
| Barcelona | 29 | 2025–26 |
| Atlético Madrid | 11 | 2020–21 |
| Athletic Club | 8 | 1983–84 |
| Valencia | 6 | 2003–04 |
| Real Sociedad | 2 | 1981–82 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 1 | 1999–2000 |
| Sevilla | 1 | 1945–46 |
| Real Betis | 1 | 1934–35 |