Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the
Segunda División. The promoted teams were
Mérida,
Salamanca (both teams returning after a season's absence) and
Mallorca (returning after a five-year absence). They replaced
Rayo Vallecano,
Extremadura,
Sevilla FC,
Hércules CF and
CD Logrones after spending time in the top flight for two, one, twenty two, one and one years respectively. Starting from this season, twenty teams contested in the La Liga as opposed to previous seasons with twenty-two teams. == Team information ==