La Liga
History Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División, is the professional football league in Spain. It is considered to be one of the best leagues in the world.
Nine clubs have been crowned Campeones de Liga. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have dominated the competition. The former have been champions 30 times while the latter have won it on 18 occasions. However during the 1930s and 1940s and in more recent seasons, the Primera División has been more competitive. Other winners include Valencia CF, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla FC, Deportivo de La Coruña, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Real Betis.
In addition to their success in Primera División, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are two of the most successful teams in European competition history. In 2005/06 FC Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League and Sevilla FC won the UEFA Cup. The Primera División became the first league to do the European "double" since 1997.
The Primera División is currently first in the UEFA rankings of European leagues based on their performances in European competitions over a five-year period, ahead of the English Premier League in second and the Serie A in third. The 2005–06 average attendance of 29,029 for league matches is the sixth highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world. In professional football (soccer) leagues Primera División was third-highest, behind the Bundesliga in first and the Premier League in second.
Clubs Almeria
Atletico Madrid
Athetic Bilbao
Barcelona
Betis
Deportivo
Espanyol
Getafe
Levante
Mallorca
Murcia
Osasuna
Racing Santander
Real Madrid
Recreativo
Sevilla
Valencia
Valladolid
Villarreal
Zaragoza
Rules Number of Matches-38
Match Rules- only players registered for this competition are eligible to play
Squad Registration-
Maximum of 25 can be registered between Sat 30th of June and Sat 1st of Sep 2007
Maximum of 25 can be registered between Fri 1st of Dec and Fri 1st of Feb 2007
Disciplinary One match ban for every 5 yellow cards
Red- one match ban
Verdict The Spanish league is probably one of the best leagus in the world. The top two clubs are Barcelona and Real Madrid. Obviously the main challenge on FM would be to pick a mid table team like Levante etc and try and break into the top four. The league outside the top 2 is very competitive with teams such as Atletico Madrid trying to break into the big to. All in all you will find a very competitive league in which there can be many challenges to be found.
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