2016–17 La Liga
The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.
The title was won by Real Madrid, for a record extending 33rd time; this was the first time they became champions since the 2011–12 season. Real Madrid also became only the second side to score in every match of their Liga campaign.
Name sponsorship
The Spanish top flight dropped the sponsorship from BBVA and was now called LaLiga, while the second division was called LaLiga2. The league made this change to maximize the La Liga brand. On 20 July, Banco Santander was appointed as the new sponsor.Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.Deportivo Alavés was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against CD Numancia. CD Leganés was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last match-day, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division. CA Osasuna was the last to be promoted after beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Girona FC in the play-offs. The Reds returned to La Liga two years after their last relegation.
The three promoted clubs replaced Rayo Vallecano, Getafe, and Levante, who were relegated at the end of the previous season.
Stadia and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alavés | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | |
| Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés | |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón | |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Camp Nou | |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos | |
| Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor | |
| Eibar | Eibar | Ipurua | |
| Espanyol | Barcelona | RCDE Stadium | |
| Granada | Granada | Nuevo Los Cármenes | |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Gran Canaria | |
| Leganés | Leganés | Butarque | |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda | |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar | |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín | |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Anoeta | |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | |
| Sporting Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón | |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla | |
| Villarreal | Villarreal | Estadio de la Cerámica |
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
League table
Standings
Positions by round
Source: ESPN FC, LaLiga| Leader | |
| 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage | |
| 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Play-off round | |
| 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage | |
| 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round | |
| Relegation to 2017–18 Segunda División |
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season:
- Last goal of the season:
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 37 |
| 2 |  Luis Suárez | Barcelona | 29 |
| 3 |  Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 25 |
| 4 |  Iago Aspas | Celta Vigo | 19 |
| 5 | Aritz Aduriz | Athletic Bilbao | 16 |
| 5 |  Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid | 16 |
| 7 | Álvaro Morata | Real Madrid | 15 |
| 8 | Sandro Ramírez | Málaga | 14 |
| 9 | Rubén Castro | Real Betis | 13 |
| 9 | Gerard Moreno | Espanyol | 13 |
| 9 |  Neymar | Barcelona | 13 |
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Neymar | Barcelona | 15 |
| 2 | Luis Suárez | Barcelona | 14 |
| 3 |  Toni Kroos | Real Madrid | 12 |
| 4 | Marcelo | Real Madrid | 10 |
| 4 | Pablo Piatti | Espanyol | 10 |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 9 |
| 7 | Ángel Correa | Atlético Madrid | 8 |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid | 8 |
| 7 | Isco | Real Madrid | 8 |
| 7 | Koke | Atlético Madrid | 8 |
| 7 | Pablo Sarabia | Sevilla | 8 |
Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. A goalkeeper had to have played at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.| Rank | Name | Club | Goals Against | Matches | Average |
| 1 |  Jan Oblak | Atlético Madrid | 21 | 29 | 0.72 |
| 2 | Marc-André ter Stegen | Barcelona | 33 | 36 | 0.92 |
| 3 | Diego López | Espanyol | 37 | 33 | 1.12 |
| 4 | Fernando Pacheco | Alavés | 42 | 36 | 1.17 |
| 5 | Sergio Rico | Sevilla | 45 | 35 | 1.29 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round | Reference |
| Luis Suárez | Barcelona | Real Betis | 6–2 | 20 August 2016 | 1 | |
 Yannick Carrasco | Atlético Madrid | Granada | 7–1 | 15 October 2016 | 8 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Alavés | 4–1 | 29 October 2016 | 10 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Atlético Madrid | 3–0 | 19 November 2016 | 12 | |
| Vicente Iborra | Sevilla | Celta Vigo | 3–0 | 11 December 2016 | 15 | |
| Wissam Ben Yedder | Sevilla | Real Sociedad | 4–0 | 7 January 2017 | 17 | |
| Kevin Gameiro | Atlético Madrid | Sporting Gijón | 4–1 | 18 February 2017 | 23 | |
 Giuseppe Rossi | Celta Vigo | Las Palmas | 3–1 | 3 April 2017 | 29 | |
| Álvaro Morata | Real Madrid | Leganés | 4–2 | 5 April 2017 | 30 | |
| Neymar | Barcelona | Las Palmas | 4–1 | 14 May 2017 | 37 |
– Home ; – Away
Discipline
- Most yellow cards : 121
- * Alavés
- Fewest yellow cards : 74
- * Real Madrid
- Most yellow cards : 17
- * Fernando Amorebieta
- Most red cards : 8
- * Celta Vigo
- Fewest red cards : 1
- * Barcelona
- Most red cards : 2
- * Uche Agbo
- * Kevin-Prince Boateng
- * Zouhair Feddal
- * Sergi Gómez
- * Cristiano Piccini
- * Asier Riesgo
- * Víctor Ruiz
Overall
- Most wins - Real Madrid
- Fewest wins - Osasuna and Granada
- Most draws - Alavés
- Fewest draws - Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Celta Vigo
- Most losses - Granada
- Fewest losses - Real Madrid
- Most goals scored - Barcelona
- Fewest goals scored - Granada
- Most goals conceded - Osasuna
- Fewest goals conceded - Atlético Madrid
Average attendances
LFP Awards
Seasonal
La Liga's governing body, the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, honoured the competition's best players and coach with the La Liga Awards.| Recipient | |
| Best Player | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Jan Oblak |
| Best Coach | José Luis Mendilibar and Asier Garitano |