2009–10 La Liga

La Liga

Season	2009–10
Champions	Barcelona 20th title
Relegated	Valladolid Tenerife Xerez
Champions League	Barcelona (group stage) Real Madrid (group stage) Valencia (group stage) Sevilla (playoff round)
Europa League	Atlético Madrid (group stage (via UEFA Europa League) Getafe (playoff round) Villarreal (playoff round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1031 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lionel Messi (34)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 6–0 Zaragoza (19 December 2009)[1]
Biggest away win	Tenerife 0–5 Barcelona (10 January 2010)[2]
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 6–2 Villarreal (21 February 2010)[3]
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 La Liga season (known as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th La Liga since its establishment. Barcelona were the defending champions, having won their 19th La Liga title in the previous season. The campaign began on 29 August 2009 ended on 16 May 2010. A total of 20 teams contested the league, 17 of which already contested in the 2008–09 season and three of which were promoted from the Segunda División. In addition, a new match ball - the Nike T90 Ascente - served as the official ball for all matches.

On 16 May 2010, Barcelona were declared champions after their 4–0 victory over Valladolid, their 20th La Liga title. Lionel Messi won the LFP Award for Best Player for the second consecutive time.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2008–09 Segunda División

• Xerez CD
• Real Zaragoza
• CD Tenerife

Teams relegated to 2009–10 Segunda División

• Real Betis
• CD Numancia
• Recreativo de Huelva

Team Information

Stadia and locations

Almería

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Deportivo

Espanyol

Getafe

Málaga

Mallorca

Osasuna

Racing    

Real Madrid

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Xerez

Zaragoza

Canary Islands (see below)

Location of teams in La Liga 2009–10

Tenerife

Location of teams in La Liga 2009–10 (Canary Islands)

Team	Club home city	Venue	Capacity
Almería	Almería	Estadio del Mediterráneo	22,000
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón	54,851
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Espanyol	Barcelona	Estadi Cornellà-El Prat	40,500
Getafe	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	17,700
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	28,963
Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	ONO Estadi	23,142
Osasuna	Pamplona	Estadio Reyno de Navarra	19,800
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero	22,271
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Sevilla	Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	48,649
Sporting	Gijón	El Molinón	25,885
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	24,000
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Valladolid	Valladolid	Estadio José Zorrilla	26,512
Villarreal	Vila-real	El Madrigal	25,000
Xerez	Jerez de la Frontera	Chapín	20,523
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Almería	Alfonso García	Juanma Lillo	UDA
Athletic Bilbao	Fernando García Macua	Joaquín Caparrós	Umbro	Petronor
Atlético Madrid	Enrique Cerezo	Quique Sánchez Flores	Nike	Kia
Barcelona	Joan Laporta	Pep Guardiola	Nike	UNICEF
Deportivo La Coruña	Augusto Lendoiro	Miguel Ángel Lotina	Lotto	Estrella Galicia
Espanyol	Daniel Sánchez Llibre	Mauricio Pochettino	Uhlsport	Interapuestas.com
Getafe	Ángel Torres	Míchel	Joma	Burger King
Málaga	Fernando Sanz	Juan Muñiz	Umbro	William Hill
Mallorca	Tomeu Vidal	Gregorio Manzano	Macron	Air Europa
Osasuna	Patxi Izco	José Antonio Camacho	Diadora	Yingli Solar
Racing Santander	Francisco Pernía	Miguel Ángel Portugal	Joma
Real Madrid	Florentino Pérez	Manuel Pellegrini	adidas	bwin.com
Sevilla	José María del Nido	Antonio Álvarez	Joma	12Bet
Sporting	Manuel Vega-Arango	Manolo Preciado	Astore	Gijón / Asturias
Tenerife	Miguel Concepción	José Luis Oltra	Puma	CajaCanarias
Valencia	Manuel Llorente	Unai Emery	Kappa	Unibet
Valladolid	Carlos Suárez Sureda	Javier Clemente	Puma	Caja Duero
Villarreal	Fernando Roig	Juan Carlos Garrido	Puma	Aeroport Castelló
Xerez	Federico Souza	Néstor Gorosito	Legea	Cajasol
Zaragoza	Agapito Iglesias	José Aurelio Gay	adidas	Telefónica

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Málaga	Antonio Tapia	Mutual consent	1 June 2009[4]	Juan Muñiz	13 June 2009[5]	8th (2008–09)
Real Madrid	Juande Ramos	End of contract	1 June 2009[6]	Manuel Pellegrini	2 June 2009[7]	2nd (2008–09)
Villarreal	Manuel Pellegrini	Signed for Real Madrid and thus purchased rights for €4m	2 June 2009[8]	Ernesto Valverde	2 June 2009[9]	5th (2008–09)
Racing Santander	Juan Muñiz	Mutual consent	13 June 2009[10]	Juan Carlos Mandiá	26 June 2009[11]	12th (2008–09)
Xerez	Esteban Vigo	Mutual consent	28 June 2009[12]	José Ángel Ziganda	8 July 2009[13]	1st in Segunda División (2008–09)
Atlético Madrid	Abel Resino	Sacked	23 October 2009[14]	Quique Sánchez Flores	23 October 2009[15]	15th
Racing Santander	Juan Carlos Mandiá	Sacked	9 November 2009[16]	Miguel Ángel Portugal	19 November 2009[17]	17th
Zaragoza	Marcelino	Sacked	12 December 2009[18]	José Aurelio Gay	23 December 2009[19]	17th
Almería	Hugo Sánchez	Sacked	20 December 2009[20]	Juanma Lillo	23 December 2009[21]	17th
Xerez	José Ángel Ziganda	Sacked	12 January 2010[22]	Néstor Gorosito	19 January 2010[23]	20th
Villarreal	Ernesto Valverde	Sacked	31 January 2010[24]	Juan Carlos Garrido	1 February 2010[25]	9th
Valladolid	José Luis Mendilibar	Sacked	1 February 2010[26]	Onésimo Sánchez	1 February 2010[27]	17th
Sevilla	Manolo Jiménez	Sacked	23 March 2010[28]	Antonio Álvarez	26 March 2010[29]	5th
Valladolid	Onésimo Sánchez	Sacked	5 April 2010[30]	Javier Clemente	6 April 2010[31]	19th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Barcelona (C)	38	31	6	1	98	24	+74	99	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	31	3	4	102	35	+67	96
3	Valencia	38	21	8	9	59	40	+19	71
4	Sevilla	38	19	6	13	65	49	+16	63	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Mallorca	38	18	8	12	59	44	+15	062^1
6	Getafe	38	17	7	14	58	48	+10	58	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
7	Villarreal	38	16	8	14	58	57	+1	056^1
8	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	9	14	50	53	−3	54
9	Atlético Madrid	38	13	8	17	57	61	−4	47	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Group stage ^2	DEP 2–1 ATM ATM 3–0 DEP
10	Deportivo La Coruña	38	13	8	17	35	49	−14	47
11	Espanyol	38	11	11	16	29	46	−17	44
12	Osasuna	38	11	10	17	37	46	−9	43
13	Almería	38	10	12	16	43	55	−12	42
14	Zaragoza	38	10	11	17	46	64	−18	41
15	Sporting de Gijón	38	9	13	16	36	51	−15	40
16	Racing Santander	38	9	12	17	42	59	−17	39
17	Málaga	38	7	16	15	42	48	−6	37
18	Valladolid (R)	38	7	15	16	37	62	−25	36	Relegation to Segunda División	VLD 3–3 TEN TEN 0–0 VLD
19	Tenerife (R)	38	9	9	20	40	74	−34	36
20	Xerez (R)	38	8	10	20	38	66	−28	34

Source: LFP and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
¹ Mallorca could not qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League due to being immersed in a creditor contest, a situation against UEFA criteria. Then, Villarreal was invited to replace this spot.

²Since Atlético Madrid won the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League they earned a spot in the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Barcelona	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Real Madrid	6	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Valencia	5	3	5	6	7	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sevilla	16	8	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	5	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Mallorca	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	6	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Getafe	1	7	12	8	12	8	12	8	11	12	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	6
Villarreal	10	13	17	18	19	19	20	18	13	16	11	12	11	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	10	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	7
Athletic Bilbao	7	4	3	4	6	7	10	11	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Atlético Madrid	19	18	19	19	18	14	15	17	18	18	18	17	13	14	15	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	13	11	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Deportivo La Coruña	13	9	13	7	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Espanyol	14	20	14	9	10	10	8	9	8	9	10	11	14	17	13	16	13	14	14	14	14	12	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	12	11	11
Osasuna	9	14	18	14	9	12	9	10	10	10	12	10	10	11	12	12	14	12	12	10	9	9	9	12	11	13	13	15	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	11	13	12
Almería	11	15	7	11	11	13	11	12	15	11	13	13	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13
Zaragoza	8	11	15	15	8	11	13	15	12	13	14	14	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	14
Sporting de Gijón	20	12	10	12	14	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	13	13	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	15	14	15
Racing Santander	18	17	9	16	15	17	14	16	17	17	17	19	18	15	16	14	12	13	13	12	11	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	17	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	16
Málaga	3	6	11	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	15	16	15	12	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	18	17
Valladolid	12	16	8	13	16	16	17	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	11	13	16	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	16	18
Tenerife	15	10	16	10	13	15	16	13	16	15	16	16	12	12	14	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19
Xerez	17	19	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Source: kicker.de (German)

	Leader
	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2010–11 Segunda División

Results

Home ╲ Away

ALM

ATH

ATM

BAR

DEP

ESP

GET

MLG

MLL

OSA

RAC

RMA

SEV

SPG

TEN

VAL

VLD

VIL

XER

ZAR

Almería

1–4

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

2–2

1–2

2–3

3–1

1–1

0–3

0–0

4–2

1–0

1–0

Athletic Bilbao

4–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

2–2

1–1

1–3

2–0

4–3

1–0

0–4

1–2

4–1

1–2

2–0

3–2

3–2

0–0

Atlético Madrid

2–2

2–0

2–1

3–0

4–0

0–3

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–3

2–1

3–2

3–1

4–1

3–1

1–2

1–2

2–1

Barcelona

1–0

4–1

5–2

3–0

1–0

2–1

2–1

4–2

2–0

4–0

1–0

4–0

3–0

4–1

3–0

4–0

1–1

3–1

6–1

Deportivo La Coruña

0–0

3–1

2–1

1–3

2–3

1–3

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–3

1–0

1–1

3–1

0–0

0–2

1–0

2–1

0–1

Espanyol

2–0

1–0

3–0

0–0

2–0

0–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–4

0–3

2–0

0–0

2–1

0–2

1–1

0–0

0–0

2–1

Getafe

2–2

2–0

1–0

0–2

0–2

1–1

2–1

3–0

2–1

0–0

2–4

4–3

1–1

2–1

3–1

1–0

3–0

5–1

0–2

Málaga

1–2

1–1

3–0

0–2

0–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–4

1–1

Mallorca

3–1

2–0

4–1

0–1

2–0

2–0

3–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–4

1–3

3–0

4–0

3–2

3–0

1–0

2–0

4–1

Osasuna

1–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

3–1

2–0

0–0

2–2

0–1

1–3

0–0

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

Racing Santander

0–2

0–2

1–1

1–4

0–1

3–1

1–4

0–3

0–0

1–1

0–2

1–5

2–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

1–2

3–2

0–0

Real Madrid

4–2

5–1

3–2

0–2

3–2

3–0

2–0

2–0

2–0

3–2

1–0

3–2

3–1

3–0

2–0

4–2

6–2

5–0

6–0

Sevilla

1–0

0–0

3–1

2–3

1–1

0–0

1–2

2–2

2–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

3–0

3–0

2–1

1–1

3–2

1–1

4–1

Sporting de Gijón

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–2

4–1

3–2

0–1

0–0

0–1

0–2

1–1

0–2

1–0

2–2

1–1

Tenerife

2–2

1–0

1–1

0–5

0–1

4–1

3–2

2–2

1–0

2–1

2–1

1–5

1–2

2–1

0–0

0–0

2–2

1–0

1–3

Valencia

2–0

2–0

2–2

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

3–0

0–0

2–3

2–0

2–2

1–0

2–0

4–1

3–1

3–1

Valladolid

1–1

2–2

0–4

0–3

4–0

0–0

0–0

1–1

1–2

1–2

2–1

1–4

2–1

2–1

3–3

2–4

0–2

0–0

1–1

Villarreal

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–4

1–0

0–0

3–2

2–1

1–1

0–2

2–0

0–2

3–0

1–0

5–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

4–2

Xerez

2–1

0–1

0–2

0–2

0–3

1–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

1–2

2–2

0–3

0–2

0–0

2–1

1–3

3–0

2–1

3–2

Zaragoza

2–1

1–2

1–1

2–4

0–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

2–2

1–2

2–1

1–3

1–0

3–0

1–2

3–3

0–0

Source: LFP and futbol.sportec (Spanish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Awards

LFP Awards

La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the LFP Awards.^[32]

	Recipient
Best Player	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Best Coach	Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper	Víctor Valdés (Barcelona)
Best Defender	Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Best Midfielder(s)	Xavi (Barcelona) Jesús Navas (Sevilla)
Best Forward	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	34
2	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	27
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	26
4	David Villa	Valencia	21
5	Diego Forlán	Atlético Madrid	18
6	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Barcelona	16
	Roberto Soldado	Getafe	16
8	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla	15
9	Fernando Llorente	Athletic Bilbao	14
	Nino	Tenerife	14

• Source: futbol.sportec

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.

Rank	Name	Club	Goals Against	Matches	Average
1	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	24	38	0.63
2	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	36	38	0.95
3	César Sánchez	Valencia	29	30	0.97
4	Daniel Aranzubia	Deportivo	42	36	1.17
5	Ricardo	Osasuna	45	37	1.22

• Source: futbol.sportec

Assists table

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Xavi	Barcelona	14
2	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	10
	Dani Alves	Barcelona	10
4	Guti	Real Madrid	9
	Marcelo	Real Madrid	9
	Pedro León	Getafe	9
	Jesús Navas	Sevilla	9
8	Momo	Xerez	8
	Chory Castro	Mallorca	8
	Éver Banega	Valencia	8
	Pedro Munitis	Racing Santander	8
	Borja Valero	Mallorca	8

• Source: ESPN Soccernet

Fair Play award

This award is given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking takes into account aspects^[33] such as cards, suspension of matches, audience behaviour and other penalties. This section not only aims to determine the best fair play, but also serves to break the tie in teams that are tied in all the other rules: points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.

Rank	Team	Games								Points
1	Real Madrid	38	85	2	3	–	–	–	–	98
2	Tenerife	38	86	2	2	–	1^13	–	–	101
3	Deportivo	38	68	1	3	–	4^10, 21, 28, 28	1 Mild^17	–	104
4	Barcelona	38	73	2	3	–	4^5, 18, 21, 25	–	–	106
5	Mallorca	38	93	1	2	–	2^6, 11	–	–	111
6	Almería	38	98	3	2	–	–	1 Mild^36	–	115
7	Atlético Madrid	38	90	4	3	–	2^1, 23	1 Mild^10	–	122
8	Osasuna	38	83	3	6	–	–	2 Milds^7, 11, 1 Serious^14	–	123
	Sporting de Gijón	38	98	2	2	–	1^34	2 Milds^20, 34	–	123
10	Espanyol	38	110	6	1	–	–	–	–	125
11	Racing Santander	38	104	1	1	–	4^5, 20, 24, 29	–	–	129
12	Villarreal	38	95	5	4	–	1^5	2 Milds^8, 37	–	132
13	Athletic Bilbao	38	96	4	5	–	1^22	2 Milds^7, 11	–	134
	Getafe	38	107	2	1	–	3^5, 27, 28	1 Mild^22	–	134
	Valladolid	38	100	3	6	–	2^10, 20	–	–	134
16	Valencia	38	113	3	4	–	1^24	2 Milds^3, 23	–	146
17	Sevilla	38	101	4	6	–	2^1	2 Milds^12, 19	–	147
18	Xerez	38	100	4	5	–	5^10, 23, 25, 31, 32	1 Mild^22	–	153
19	Zaragoza	38	129	2	2	–	2^10, 27	1 Mild^34	–	154
20	Málaga	38	135	1	8	–	–	1 Mild^23	–	166

• Source: Guia As de La Liga 2010-11, p. 129 (sports magazine)

Source: RFEF Referee's reports, Competition Committee's Sanctions, Appeal Committee Resolutions, Spanish Sports Disciplinary Committee Resolutions and RFEF's Directory about Fair Play Rankings

Legend:^[33]

Icon	Term	Points of sanction	Description
	Yellow Card	1 point/yellow card
	Double Yellow Card/Ejection	2 points/double yellow card
	Direct Red Card	3 points/red card
	Games of Suspension (Player)	As many as banned games	When a player is banned for play more than 3 future games. This punishment overrides the possible red card which caused this sanction
	Games of Suspension (Club's Personnel)	5 points/banned game	When some person of the club (not player) is banned for x future games. This punishment overrides the possible red card which caused this sanction
	Audience Behaviour	Mild (5 points) Serious (6 points) Very Serious (7 points)	When the audience makes some altercations such as explosions, flares, throwing objects to the ground, racist chanting, etc.
	Closure of Stadium	10 points/match with closured stadium	When serious incidents happen which are punished by the closure of the stadium
It also accounts cards to non-players
The number in superscript is the corresponding round to the sanction
Important note: This table is not a count of cards and sanctions resulting from the matches, this table takes into account the removal or application of some cards and sanctions by the competent bodies (Competition Committee, Appeal Committee and Spanish Sports Disciplinary Committee)

Pedro Zaballa award

Atlético Madrid and Sevilla supporters^[34][35]

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Raúl for Real Madrid against Deportivo (29 August 2009).^[36]
• Last goal of the season:
  Rafael van der Vaart for Real Madrid against Málaga (16 May 2010).^[37]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Reference
Roberto Soldado	Getafe	Racing Santander	4–1 (A)	30 August 2009
Seydou Keita	Barcelona	Zaragoza	6–1 (H)	25 October 2009
Roberto Soldado	Getafe	Xerez	5–1 (H)	29 November 2009
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Tenerife	5–0 (A)	10 January 2010
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Valencia	3–0 (H)	14 March 2010
Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	Valladolid	4–1 (A)	14 March 2010
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Zaragoza	4–2 (A)	21 March 2010
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Mallorca	4–1 (A)	5 May 2010

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Daniel Aranzubia for Deportivo against Real Madrid (29 August 2009)^[38]
• First red card of the season: Leandro Gioda for Xerez against Mallorca (30 August 2009)^[39]

See also

• List of Spanish football transfers summer 2009
• List of Spanish football transfers winter 2009–10
• 2009–10 Segunda División
• 2009–10 Copa del Rey

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36. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=8906
37. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=11294
38. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=8906
39. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=8908

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