La Liga Awards

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Argentine legend Lionel Messi has dominated La Liga's best player and best forward awards, with 9 and 11 wins respectively.

The La Liga Awards, previously known as the LFP Awards, are presented annually by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (known as the (LFP) to the best players and coach in La Liga, the highest division of association football in Spain. They should not be confused with other similar awards associated with sports newspaper Marca. Established in the 2008–09 season, they are the first official awards in the history of the Spanish competition.[1] La Liga's best coach and player in each position—goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward—are chosen based on a voting by the captain and vice-captains of each club, while the best player overall is determined via statistical analysis.[2]

Lionel Messi has been named La Liga's best player for nine times and La Liga's best forward for eleven times, both all-time records. Across all positions, the other outstanding individuals are Barcelona midfielder Andrés Iniesta with five wins, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola with four wins, Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos with four wins, and goalkeepers Iker Casillas of Real Madrid and Víctor Valdés of Barcelona with three and one wins respectively.

Main categories[]

Winners[]

Season Category
Best Player Best Goalkeeper Best Defender Best Midfielder[note 1] Best Forward Best Coach
2008–09[3] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Brazil Dani Alves (Barcelona) Spain Xavi (Barcelona)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 		Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
2009–10[3] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Víctor Valdés (Barcelona) Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Spain Xavi (Barcelona)
Spain Jesús Navas (Sevilla) 		Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
2010–11[3] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Víctor Valdés (Barcelona) France Eric Abidal (Barcelona) Spain Xavi (Barcelona)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 		Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
2011–12[3][4] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Spain Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 		Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
2012–13[5] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Belgium Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Spain Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 		Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Argentina Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)
2013–14[6] Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid) Costa Rica Keylor Navas (Levante) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 		Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Argentina Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)
2014–15[7] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Chile Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Colombia James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
2015–16[8][9] France Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Uruguay Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid) Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Argentina Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)
2016–17[10] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Germany Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain José Luis Mendilibar (Eibar) and Spain Asier Garitano (Leganés)
2017–18[11] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) France Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) Germany Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain Ernesto Valverde (Barcelona)
2018–19[12] Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Spain Dani Parejo (Valencia) Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Spain José Bordalás (Getafe)
2019–20[13] France Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Belgium Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Brazil Casemiro (Real Madrid) France Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) France Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
2020–21[14] Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) France Jules Koundé (Sevilla) Brazil Casemiro (Real Madrid) Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Argentina Diego Simeone (Atlético Madrid)

Additional categories[]

Season Category
Fair Play Breakthrough Player World Player[note 2] Fans' Five-Star Player
2008–09[3] Spain Juan Carlos Valerón (Deportivo) Spain Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) Not awarded Not awarded
2009–10[3] Spain Marcos Senna (Villarreal) Spain Pedro (Barcelona) Not awarded Not awarded
2010–11[3] Spain Alberto Rivera (Sporting Gijón) Spain Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao) Not awarded Not awarded
2011–12[3] Spain Carles Puyol (Barcelona) Spain Isco (Málaga) Not awarded Not awarded
2012–13[5] Spain Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Spain Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) Not awarded Not awarded
2013–14[6] Croatia Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla) Brazil Rafinha (Celta Vigo) Colombia Carlos Bacca (Sevilla)
Algeria Yacine Brahimi (Granada) 		Not awarded
2014–15[7] Not awarded Not awarded Brazil Neymar (Barcelona)
Algeria Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) 		Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2015–16[8] Not awarded Spain Marco Asensio (Espanyol) Uruguay Luis Suárez (Barcelona) France Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)

The following awards were presented once:

Season Category Recipient
2012–13[5] Most Valuable Player Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2013–14[6] Best Goal Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Other La Liga honours[]

Team of the season[]

Season Category
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2013–14[15] Belgium Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid) Spain Juanfran (Atlético Madrid)
France Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)
Uruguay Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
Brazil Filipe Luís (Atlético Madrid) 		Spain Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao)
Spain Gabi (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Koke (Atlético Madrid)
Croatia Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla) 		Brazil Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2014–15[16] Chile Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) Brazil Dani Alves (Barcelona)
Argentina Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia)
Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Spain Jordi Alba (Barcelona) 		Poland Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla)
Croatia Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona)
Colombia James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) 		Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
France Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
2015–16[17] Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Uruguay Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Brazil Marcelo (Real Madrid) 		Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Spain Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) 		Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Uruguay Luis Suárez (Barcelona)

Player and manager of the month[]

Main articles: La Liga Player of the Month and La Liga Manager of the Month

See also[]

References[]

Notes

  1. ^ Until 2015, the category was divided into Best Midfielder (listed first) and Best Attacking Midfielder.
  2. ^ In 2014 and 2015, the category was divided into Best American Player and Best African Player.

Citations

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  5. ^ a b c Ben, Bloom (3 December 2013). "Lionel Messi completes double at La Liga awards while Cristiano Ronaldo picks up newly created prize". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Rigg, Nicholas (28 October 2014). "Atlético Madrid snubbed at La Liga awards despite winning league ahead of Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona". The Independent. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Messi beats Ronaldo to top prize at La Liga awards". Four Four Two. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Griezmann named La Liga player of year, Diego Simeone top coach". ESPN FC. Associated Press. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. ^ Garcia, Adriana (17 October 2017). "La Liga cancels 2016-17 award ceremony". ESPN.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  10. ^ Ben, Bloom (3 December 2013). "Lionel Messi completes double at La Liga awards while Cristiano Ronaldo picks up newly created prize". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  11. ^ Ben, Bloom (3 December 2013). "Lionel Messi completes double at La Liga awards while Cristiano Ronaldo picks up newly created prize". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  12. ^ Ben, Bloom (3 December 2013). "Lionel Messi completes double at La Liga awards while Cristiano Ronaldo picks up newly created prize". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  13. ^ Ben, Bloom (3 December 2013). "Lionel Messi completes double at La Liga awards while Cristiano Ronaldo picks up newly created prize". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  14. ^ Ben, Bloom (3 December 2013). "Lionel Messi completes double at La Liga awards while Cristiano Ronaldo picks up newly created prize". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  15. ^ "The Liga BBVA team of the season". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  16. ^ "The 2014–15 Liga BBVA Ideal XI". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  17. ^ "The Liga BBVA 2015–16 Team of the Season". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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