La Liga 25/26

Catta said:
Mbappe to do a Figo.
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Jokes aside I'm so glad to know that 90℅ of the Barça collective would reject him in an intant.

Starting from Laporta, to the manager, to the players and of course the fans. Nobody would want him. Despite how good a player he is.

That means the situation is good. And this club understands some things.
 
Getafe 7th - 45 points

Girona 18th (relegation zone) - 39 points.

Absolutely absurd season unfolding, the difference between qualifying for Europe and being relegated to Segunda is 6 points.
 
ajnotkeith said:
Absolutely absurd season unfolding, the difference between qualifying for Europe and being relegated to Segunda is 6 points.
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Does the similar strength represent how good or how shit the league has become? I lean towards the last one.
 
ajnotkeith said:
Getafe 7th - 45 points

Girona 18th (relegation zone) - 39 points.

Absolutely absurd season unfolding, the difference between qualifying for Europe and being relegated to Segunda is 6 points.
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Yup. Real shame there wasn't much competition for the title or CL spots. Otherwise we would have a once in a lifetime season.
 
ajnotkeith said:
Getafe 7th - 45 points

Girona 18th (relegation zone) - 39 points.

Absolutely absurd season unfolding, the difference between qualifying for Europe and being relegated to Segunda is 6 points.
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Sociedad who are currently 8th on 44 points can still be relegated if they lose remaining three games (and since they play Girona, Valencia and Espanyol who all needs points even more desperately than them that's not unlikely) and other results also go against them. Probably very low chances for that to happen but mathematically it's still possible they'll play in the Europa League (as a CDR winner they have already guaranteed that) and Segunda next season.

Similar with Rayo who can also get relegated and play in the EL if they win the Conference league final.

It happened twice in the last three seasons that a team with 40 points (Leganes 2024/25 and Valladolid 2022/23) got relegated but this season is highly likely that two teams with 40 or more points will go down.

I've checked back and something similarly crazy than this year was going on in the 2010/11 season. Then Deportivo was relegated on 43 points (AFAIK that's a record) and 9th placed Osasuna finished with 47 points.


Points required since then to stay in La Liga (I've not looked into h2h comparision so just calculated one more point than 18th placed team).

2011/12 - 42
2012/13 - 37
2013/14 - 40
2014-15 - 35 (18th placed Eibar finished on 35 points alongside two other teams but ultimately Elche who finished 13th with 41 points were administratively relegated)
2015/16 - 39
2016/17 - 32
2017/18 - 30 (last three teams were really poor that season, 18th Deportivo finished on 29 points and then 17th Leganes had 43)
2018/19 - 38
2019/20 - 37
2020/21 - 35
2021/22 - 39
2022/23 - 41
2023/24 - 34 (again last two teams - Granada and Almeria - were bad and only had 21 points, 18th placed Cadiz finished on 33 and Rayo a place above them on 38)
2024/25 - 41
2025/26 - ? (should be 41 or 42 again)

So on average around 37 points were usually enough to stay up in last 15 seasons but over last 5 years (including this season) this has increased. One of the reasons for that is probably that both Barca and Real have declined over this period and smaller teams can easier get points off them than a decade ago. Another one is that teams like Valencia who used to be in European spots are now also down there in midtable or even fighting relegation almost every year. So while La Liga has declined quality wise it also became more unpredictable. But is this really what will keep Spanish clubs competitive against other top 5 leagues? They've long ago lost the step against EPL clubs but tbf so did other leagues except for certain clubs (PSG and Bayern who play in their own leagues in their countries).

Tebas can say his plan is working but instead of holding back the whole league with financial restrictions shouldn't he rather help clubs like Betis and Villarreal catching up the big 3 while those stay competitive against European elite clubs. Surely each club is the first one responsible for their own fate but league should also create environment for clubs to progress rather than most of them just scraping for money and selling key players every summer (usually also under their market price) just to survive.
 
I thought this could be interesting too.

Point difference between 8th and 17th place in every season since 2010/11.

2010/11 - 5
2011/12 - 10
2012/13 - 16
2013/14 - 9
2014/15 - 16
2015/16 - 9
2016/17 - 21*
2017/18 - 12
2018/19 - 12
2019/20 - 17
2020/21 - 17
2021/22 - 16
2022/23 - 10
2023/24 - 15
2024-25 - 11
2025/26 - 5 (currently)

So obviously this season is an outlier just like the 2010/11 one.

* In the 2016/17 season we had two very bad teams (Granada 20 and Osasuna 22 points) that most teams beat so even 7th placed Athletic finished on 63 points that season. It was the only time in the last 15 years I've checked when top 7 teams had 60+ points. We were close to repeat that in the 2013/14 season when 6th and 7th placed Villarreal and Sociedad both ended with 59 points but usually 55 points were more than enough to finish 7th and qualify for Europe.
 
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