The Spanish football league is called La Liga. It is divided into various divisions. The top two: Primera división (First division) and Segunda división (Second division) have professional teams. The lower leagues are amateur.
The structure of the spanish Liga:
- Primera división (20 teams)
- Segunda división (22 teams)
- Segunda división B (4 groups, 20 teams each)
- Tercera división
- Regional divisions
- Primera catalana
- Preferente
- Primera regional
- Segunda regional
- Tercera regional
Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Primera división the league ends after every team plays 38 matches.
Each victory adds 3 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point.
At the end of the league, the winner is:
Liga championship rules
See also: Spanish football league teams