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February 8, 2019

All-time La Liga (Spain/1st division): List of all clubs with at least one season in the Spanish 1st division (88 seasons/since 1929/63 clubs); with Spanish titles listed.

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All-time La Liga (Spain/1st division): List of all clubs with at least one season in the Spanish 1st division (88 seasons/since 1929/62 clubs); with Spanish titles listed.




By Bill Turianski on 8 February 2019; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.

Sources…
-Spanish Premier Division All-Time Table 1928-2018 (87 Leagues) [up to 2017-18] (rsssf.com).
-Anexo:Clasificación histórica de la Primera División de España [up to 2017-18] (es.wikipedia.org).
-La Liga/Performance by club [titles] (en.wikipedia.org).
-laliga.es/kits-for-2018-19.

-Links to my other All-time 1st division charts [2018-19 season]
-England: All-time Football League/Premier League (since 1880-81).
-Italy: All-time Serie A (since 1929-30.
-Germany: All-time Bundesliga (since 1963-64).

    This chart is for All-time Spanish 1st division: total seasons by club.

{Click on image at the top of this post.}
Going from left to right on the chart, here is what is listed on the chart…
1). Name of club.
2). Level (aka division) that the club is in, currently [2018-19].
3). Crest & colours [home colours from 2018-19].
4). Seasons in Spanish 1st Division (La Liga): 88 seasons (1929 to 1935-36; 1939-40 to 2018-19).
5). Consecutive seasons in the 1st division [current/2018-19] – OR – Last season that the club was previously in the 1st division.
6). La Liga clubs for 2018-19 are shown with crest and small home kit illustration [tan column down the middle of the chart].
7). Full name of club.
8). La Liga titles: Spanish titles [87 seasons] (1929-2018). Only 9 clubs have won the Spanish title.

There are 63 clubs that have played in the Spanish first division since it was established in 1929. Three clubs that were founding members have played all 88 seasons, and have never been relegated – Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Athletic Club [Bilbao]. Ten clubs that have played in the Spanish 1st division are defunct.

Below are the 25 clubs in Spain with the most seasons played in the Spanish 1st division (La Liga)…
List below includes 4 things:
1) Seasons in 1st Division [divisional status in 2018-19 is noted, if club is not currently in 1st Div]. 2) Location. 3) Colours. 4) Average attendance (and attendance-change from 2017-18) {figures from 7 Feb 2019; source: soccerway.com }.

Joint-1st: Athletic Club [Bilbao]. 88 seasons. From Bilbao, the capital and largest city in the Basque Country. Colours: Red-and-White stripes with Black. 40.6 K per game (up +3.2 K).

Joint-1st: Barcelona. 88 seasons. From Barcelona, the 2nd-largest city in Spain, and the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia; they are located in the western part of the city, in the district of Les Corts. Colours: Dark-Blue-and-Garnet-Red stripes with Gold trim. 73.8 K per game (highest-drawing club in Spain) (up +8.0 K).

Joint-1st: Real Madrid. 88 seasons. From Madrid, the largest city and capital of Spain; they are located in the wealthy Chamartín district in downtown Madrid. Colours: All-White with various random trim colours. 62.3 K per game (2nd-highest-drawing club in Spain) (down -3.2 K).

Joint-4th: Valencia. 84 seasons. From Valencia, the 3rd-largest city in Spain, and the capital of the the autonomous community of Valencia. Colours: White with Black. 39.3 K per game (up +0.6 K).

Joint-4th: Espanyol. 84 seasons. From Cornellà de Llobregat, which is in the south-west of Greater Barcelona. Colours: Blue-and-White stripes. 18.6 K per game (up +0.9 K).

6th: Atlético Madrid. 82 seasons. From Madrid, located east of the city-centre, in the Rosas neighborhood of the San Blas-Canillejas district. Colours: Red-and-White stripes with Blue. 57.0 K per game (up +1.5 K).

7th: Sevilla. 75 seasons. From Seville, the 4th-largest city in Spain, and the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Colours: All-White with Red trim and Black socks. 36.4 K per game (up +3.3 K).

8th: Real Sociedad. 72 seasons. From the city of San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, about 12 miles (20 km) from the French border. Colours: Blue-and-White stripes. 22.3 K per game (up +2.6 K).

9th: Zaragoza. 58 seasons. [Currently in the 2nd division.] From Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragorn (in northeastern Spain). Colours: White with Dark-Blue. 20.9 K per game [highest-draw in the 2nd division] (up +2.2 K).

Joint-10th: Celta Vigo. 53 seasons. From Vigo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwest Spain. Colours: Pale Blue with White. 16.2 K per game (up +0.5 K).

Joint-10th: Betis. 53 seasons. From Seville, Andalusia. Colours: Bright-Green and White. 47.2 K per game [4th-highest-drawing team in Spain, currently] (up +0.7 K).

12th: Deportivo La Coruña. 46 seasons. [Relegated in 2018, and currently in the 2nd division.] From A Coruña, in Galicia, in northwest Spain. Colours: Blue-and-White stripes. 16.6 K per game (down -4.0 K).

13th: Racing Santander. 44 seasons. [Currently in the 3rd division.] From Santander, the capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, on the north coast of Spain. Colours: Green with Black. Their current attendance is unavailable, because the Spanish 3rd division does not report attendance figures.

14th: Valladolid. 43 seasons. [Promoted to 1st division in 2018.] From Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León (which is in north-central Spain). Colours: Pale-Purple-and-White stripes. 18.2 K per game (up +7.7 K).

15th: Sporting Gijón. 42 seasons. [Currently in the 2nd division.] From Gijón, the largest city in the autonomous community of Asturias (in northern Spain). Colours: Red-and-White stripes with Blue. 19.3 K per game (down -1.3 K).

16th: Oviedo. 38 seasons. [Currently in the 2nd division.] From Oviedo, the capital of Asturias (in northern Spain). Colours: Blue with White. 13.9 K per game (about the same as last season).

17th: Osasuna. 37 seasons. [Currently in the 2nd division.] From Pamplona, Navarre (which is the capital of the autonomous community of Navarre, and is the 2nd-largest city in the Greater Basque cultural region). Colours: Red with Dark-Blue. 13.9 K (up about 0.1 K).

18th: Las Palmas. 34 seasons. [Relegated in 2018, and currently in the 2nd division.] From the Canary Islands (in the Atlantic Ocean, located about 60 miles (~100 km) west of Morocco]. Colours: Yellow with Blue. 13.7 K per game (down -2.3 k).

19th: Mallorca. 27 seasons. [Currently in the 2nd division; promoted from 3rd div in 2018.] From Palma, which is in the Balearic Islands (an archipelago off the coast of eastern Spain in the Mediterranean Sea). Colours: Red with Black. 7.5 K per game (attendance change from 2017-18 unavailable, due to Mallorca being in the 3rd tier last season).

20th: Granada. 23 seasons. [Currently in the 2nd division.] From Granada, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Andalusia. Colours: Red-and-White stripes with Blue. 10.1 K per game (down -0.7 K).

21st: Elche. 21 seasons. [Currently in the 2nd division; promoted from 3rd div in 2018.] From Elche, which is in the southern part of the Valencian autonomous community. Colours: White with Green trim. 9.6 K per game (attendance change from 2017-18 unavailable, due to Elche being in the 3rd tier last season).

Joint-22nd: Hércules. 20 seasons. [Currently in the 3rd division.] From Alicante, a city in the southern part of the Valencian autonomous community. Colours: Blue-and-White with Black. Their current attendance is unavailable, because the Spanish 3rd division does not report attendance figures.

Joint-22nd: CD Málaga (1904-92/defunct). 20 seasons. Club was dissolved in 1992; replaced by current-2nd-division side CF Málaga (who have played 17 seasons in the Spanish 1st division).

24th: Villarreal. 19 seasons. From the small city of Villarreal (population of around 51,000), located about 40 miles (65 km) north of Valencia. Colours: All-Yellow with Blue trim. 16.3 K per game (down -0.3 K).

25th: Rayo Vallecano. 18 seasons. [Promoted to 1st division in 2018.] From the neighborhood of Vallecas, in Punte de Vallecas, which is a district in the southeast of Madrid. Colours: White-with-Red-sash and Black. 11.8 K per game (up +2.4 K).

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Thanks to all at the links below…
Sources:
-Spanish Premier Division All-Time Table 1928-2018 (87 Leagues) [up to 2017-18] (rsssf.com).
-Anexo:Clasificación histórica de la Primera División de España [up to 2017-18] (es.wikipedia.org).
-La Liga/Performance by club [titles] (en.wikipedia.org).
-laliga.es/kits-for-2018-19.
-Small kit illustrations from each team’s page at en.wikipedia.org.

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