2010–11 La Liga

Real Valladolid, CD Tenerife and Xerez CD were relegated to the Segunda División after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Tenerife and Xerez made their immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Spanish top flight, while Valladolid ended a three-year tenure in La Liga. The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Segunda División champions Real Sociedad from San Sebastián, runners-up Hércules CF from Alicante and Levante UD from Valencia. Hércules returned to the highest Spanish football league for the first time after 13 years, while Real Sociedad and Levante terminated their second-level status after three and two years, respectively. Stadia and locations Personnel and sponsorship Barcelona makes a donation to UNICEF in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit. Managerial changes == League table ==

La Liga Awards La Liga's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with Awards. Top goalscorers This is the list of goalscorers in accordance with the LFP as organising body. • Source: LFP, ESPN and Liga BBVA Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the player who scores the most goals in a season, according to its own rules (different from the ones used by FIFA) to determine the goalscorer. • Source: Marca Top assists • Source: ESPN Soccernet Zamora Trophy The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. A goalkeeper had to play at least 28 matches of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy. • Source: futbol.sportec Fair Play award This award was given annually since 1999 to the team with the best fair play during the season. This ranking took into account aspects Sources of cards and penalties: Referee's reports, Competition Committee's Sanctions, Appeal Committee Resolutions and RFEF's Directory about Fair Play Rankings Pedro Zaballa award Real Madrid Overall • Most wins - Barcelona (30) • Fewest wins - Almería (6) • Most draws - Sporting Gijón (14) • Fewest draws - Real Sociedad (3) • Most losses - Real Sociedad and Hércules (21) • Fewest losses - Barcelona (2) • Most goals scored - Real Madrid (102) • Fewest goals scored - Deportivo La Coruña (31) • Most goals conceded - Almería (70) • Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona (21) == Season statistics ==

Scoring • First goal of the season: Fernando Llorente for Athletic Bilbao against Hércules (28 August 2010). • Last goal of the season: Kennedy Bakircioglu for Racing Santander against Athletic Bilbao (21 May 2011). Hat-tricks 4 Player scored four goals (H) – Home; (A) – Away Discipline • First yellow card of the season: Noé Pamarot for Hércules against Athletic Bilbao (28 August 2010) • First red card of the season: Matías Fritzler for Hércules against Athletic Bilbao (28 August 2010) ==Attendances==

FC Barcelona drew the highest average home attendance in the 2010-11 edition of La Liga. ==See also==