1. La Liga has the highest coefficient of all the leagues in Europe.
La Liga has the highest co-efficient of all the European in terms of its teams participation in the UEFA club competitions with 81.7. Premier League comes a distant second with 68.7.
2. Lionel Messi is in need of 7 goals to top La Liga goals chart.
The Argentine needs to add just 7 goals to his tally of 243 from 277 appearances to become the highest ever goal scorer in the Spanish Primera Liga.
3. Athletic Bilbao only plays their home grown players.
La Liga top half finishers Athletic Bilbao has a policy wherein they develop their own players, develop and nurture them and they never buy players. Some of the notable players from its academy are Javi Martinez (Bayern Munich) and latest Manchester United signing Ander Herrera.
4. Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao are owned by members.
The aforementioned players are the only three clubs in La Liga to be owned by it club members and not any organizations. Also these three are among the clubs that have never been relegated from the top division.
5. The first ever La Liga season was played in 1929.
Jose Maria Acha, a former director at a tier 4 Spanish club was the one who proposed the idea behind the La Liga with clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao among other teams as competitors.
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