The second team to be relegated were Valladolid, following a 1–2 home defeat against Atlético Madrid on, in their final game of the season, ending their three-year stay in the top tier. The first team to be relegated from La Liga were Eibar, after a 1–4 loss to Valencia on, ending their seven-year stay in the top tier. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the promotion play-offs. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) Ī total of twenty teams contested the league, including seventeen sides from the 2020–21 season and three promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División. This was the first La Liga season since 2003–04 that did not feature the league's all-time top goal scorer Lionel Messi and long time Real Madrid player and captain Sergio Ramos, who both departed for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer. Real Madrid secured a record-extending 35th title with four matches to spare on 30 April, following a 4–0 victory over Espanyol. They replaced Huesca, Valladolid and Eibar, which were relegated to Segunda the previous season. Espanyol, Mallorca and Rayo Vallecano joined as the promoted clubs from the 2020–21 Segunda División. Ītlético Madrid were the defending champions, having won their eleventh title the previous season. On 24 June 2021, the Spanish Council of Ministers resolved that spectators could return to stadiums at full capacity by means of a modification of the royal decree regulating the 'new normality', in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021. It began on 13 August 2021 and concluded on. The 2021–22 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, was the 91st season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition.
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