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La Liga Awards

Spanish association football awards

The La Liga Awards, previously known as the LFP awards, are presented annually by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) to the best players and coach in La Liga, the first division of association football in Spain. Established in the 2008–09 season, they were the first official awards in the history of the Spanish competition. La Liga's best coach and player in each position—goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward—were chosen based on a voting by the captain and vice-captains of each club, while the best player overall was determined via statistical analysis.

Many of the awards were rebranded after the 2015–16 season. Until then, Barcelona players won 32 honours in the six main categories, almost triple the number of any other club. Barcelona's forward Lionel Messi has been named La Liga's best player for six times and La Liga's best forward for seven 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 two wins each.

Annual awards

Player of the season

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2009–10	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2010–11	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2011–12	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2012–13	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2013–14	POR Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2014–15	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2015–16	FRA Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid
2016–17	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona	{{cite web	title=Lionel Messi Beats Cristiano Ronaldo To La Liga Best Player Award	website=soccerladuma	date=19 December 2017
2017–18	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona	{{cite web	title=Leo Messi reçoit le Pichichi et MVP de la Liga 2017–18	publisher=FC Barcelona	date=12 November 2018
2018–19	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona	{{cite web	title=Lionel Messi wins La Liga best player award for 2018-19 season	website=barcablaugranes.com	date=17 December 2019
2019–20	FRA Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	{{cite web	title=Benzema, mejor jugador de LaLiga 2019–20	publisher=Bein Sports	date=21 December 2020
2020–21	SVN Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	{{cite web	title=¡Oblak, 'MVP' de LaLiga 20/21 por delante de Messi y Suárez!	publisher=Mundo Deportivo	date=11 June 2021
2021–22	FRA Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	{{cite web	title= Karim Benzema wins the Alfredo Di Stefano award for the Best Player in La Liga	publisher=Madrid Universal	date=28 September 2022
2022–23	GER Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	{{cite news	title= OFFICIAL: Marc-Andre ter Stegen named as 22/23 La Liga Player of the Season	publisher=Tribuna	date=13 June 2023
2023–24	ENG Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid
2024–25	BRA Raphinha	Barcelona

Manager of the season

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	ESP Pep Guardiola	Barcelona
2009–10	ESP Pep Guardiola	Barcelona
2010–11	ESP Pep Guardiola	Barcelona
2011–12	ESP Pep Guardiola	Barcelona
2012–13	ARG Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid
2013–14	ARG Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid
2014–15	ESP Luis Enrique	Barcelona
2015–16	ARG Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid
2023–24	ESP Míchel	Girona
2024–25	Germany Hansi Flick	Barcelona

African player of the season

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2013–14	ALG Yacine Brahimi	Granada
2014–15	ALG Sofiane Feghouli	Valencia
2021–22	MAR Yassine Bounou	Sevilla	{{cite web	title=The MVP african 2021/22	publisher=Morocco World News	date=15 June 2022
2022–23	NGA Samuel Chukwueze	Villarreal	{{cite news	title=Villarreal CF’s Samuel Chukwueze is the 2022/2023 LaLiga Santander African MVP Award winner.	publisher=La Liga	date=6 June 2023
2023–24	GHA Iñaki Williams	Athletic Bilbao	{{cite news	title=Iñaki Williams wins the LALIGA EA SPORTS AFRICAN MVP AWARD	publisher=La Liga	date=21 May 2024
2024–25	GHA Iñaki Williams	Athletic Bilbao

U23 Player of the season

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2023–24	ESP Lamine Yamal	Barcelona
2024–25	ESP Lamine Yamal	Barcelona

Goal of the season

Season	Recipient	Club	Score	Against	Date	Ref.
2023–24	ESP Jesús Areso	Osasuna	3–2	Getafe	21 January 2024
2024–25	CRO Luka Sučić	Real Sociedad	1–1	Atlético Madrid	6 October 2024

Save of the season

Season	Recipient	Club	Against	Date	Ref.
2024–25	SVN Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	Real Sociedad	6 October 2024

Team of the season

Season	Position	Goalkeeper
2013–14	BEL Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid)	BRA Filipe Luís (Atlético Madrid)
FRA Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)
URU Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
ESP Juanfran (Atlético Madrid)	ESP Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao)
ESP Gabi (Atlético Madrid)
ESP Koke (Atlético Madrid)
CRO Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla)	ESP Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)
POR Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2014–15	CHI Claudio Bravo (Barcelona)	ESP Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
ARG Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia)
ESP Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
BRA Dani Alves (Barcelona)	POL Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla)
CRO Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona)
COL James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)	POR Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
FRA Antoine Griezmann (Athletico Madrid)
ARG Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2015–16	SVN Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)	BRA Marcelo (Real Madrid)
URU Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
ESP Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
ESP Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)	ESP Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
ESP Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
CRO Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	POR Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Uruguay Luis Suárez (Barcelona)
ARG Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2021–22	BEL Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)	ARG Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
AUT David Alaba (Real Madrid)
FRA Jules Koundé (Sevilla)
BRA Éder Militão (Real Madrid)
URU Ronald Araújo (Barcelona)	ESP Sergio Canales (Real Betis)
FRA Nabil Fekir (Real Betis)
CRO Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
ESP Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao)
ESP Pedri (Barcelona)	FRA Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
ESP Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol)
POR João Félix (Atlético Madrid)
BRA Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2022–23	GER Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona)	ESP Alejandro Balde (Barcelona)
FRA Jules Koundé (Barcelona)
BRA Éder Militão (Real Madrid)
ESP David García (Osasuna)
ARG Nahuel Molina (Atlético Madrid)	ESP Gabri Veiga (Celta Vigo)
URU Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
ESP Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad)
ESP Pedri (Barcelona)
CRO Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	FRA Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
FRA Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
POL Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
BRA Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2023–24	ESP Unai Simón (Athletic Bilbao)	ESP Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona)
GER Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
URU Ronald Araújo (Barcelona)
ESP Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)	ENG Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
URU Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
ESP Isco (Real Betis)
GER İlkay Gündoğan (Barcelona)
ESP Aleix García (Girona)	FRA Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
UKR Artem Dovbyk (Girona)
BRA Savinho (Girona)
POL Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
BRA Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2024–25	Spain Joan García (Espanyol)	GER Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
ESP Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona)
ESP Daniel Vivian (Athletic Bilbao)	ESP Álex Baena (Villarreal)
URU Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
ENG Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
ESP Pedri (Barcelona)
BRA Raphinha (Barcelona)

Monthly awards

Player of the month

Main article: La Liga Player of the Month

U23 Player of the month

Main article: La Liga Player of the Month#La Liga U23 Player of the Month

Manager of the month

Main article: La Liga Manager of the Month

Goal of the month

Main article: La Liga Goal of the Month

Save of the month

Main article: La Liga Save of the Month

Discontinued awards

Best Forward

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2009–10	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2010–11	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2011–12	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2012–13	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2013–14	POR Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2014–15	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona
2015–16	ARG Lionel Messi	Barcelona

Goalkeeper of the season

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	ESP Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
2009–10	ESP Víctor Valdés	Barcelona
2010–11	ESP Víctor Valdés	Barcelona
2011–12	ESP Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
2012–13	BEL Thibaut Courtois	Atlético Madrid
2013–14	CRC Keylor Navas	Levante
2014–15	CHI Claudio Bravo	Barcelona
2015–16	Slovenia Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid

Best Attacking Midfielder

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	ESP Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona
2009–10	ESP Jesús Navas	Sevilla
2010–11	ESP Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona
2011–12	ESP Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona
2012–13	ESP Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona
2013–14	ESP Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona

Best Midfielder

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	ESP Xavi	Barcelona
2009–10	ESP Xavi	Barcelona
2010–11	ESP Xavi	Barcelona
2011–12	ESP Xabi Alonso	Real Madrid
2012–13	ESP Asier Illarramendi	Real Sociedad
2013–14	CRO Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
2014–15	COL James Rodríguez	Real Madrid
2015–16	CRO Luka Modrić	Real Madrid

Best Defender

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	BRA Dani Alves	Barcelona
2009–10	ESP Gerard Piqué	Barcelona
2010–11	FRA Eric Abidal	Barcelona
2011–12	ESP Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
2012–13	ESP Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
2013–14	ESP Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
2014–15	ESP Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
2015–16	URU Diego Godín	Atlético Madrid

Fair Play

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	ESP Juan Carlos Valerón	Deportivo La Coruña
2009–10	ESP Marcos Senna	Villarreal
2010–11	ESP Alberto Rivera	Sporting Gijón
2011–12	ESP Carles Puyol	Barcelona
2012–13	ESP Iker Casillas	Real Madrid
2013–14	CRO Ivan Rakitić	Sevilla

Breakthrough Player

Season	Recipient	Club
2008–09	ESP Sergio Busquets	Barcelona
2009–10	ESP Pedro	Barcelona
2010–11	ESP Iker Muniain	Athletic Bilbao
2011–12	ESP Isco	Málaga
2012–13	ESP Asier Illarramendi	Real Sociedad
2013–14	BRA Rafinha	Celta Vigo
2015–16	ESP Marco Asensio	Espanyol

Best American Player

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2013–14	COL Carlos Bacca	Sevilla
2014–15	BRA Neymar	Barcelona

Fans' Five-Star Player

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2014–15	POR Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2015–16	FRA Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid

Play of the Month

Italics
Home team

Month	Year	Player(s)	Club	Score
	2023.82023–242023	ESP Nico Williams
ESP Gorka Guruzeta	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Osasuna	19 August 2023
	2023.92023–242023	URU Federico Valverde
ESP Fran García	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Sociedad	17 September 2023
	2023.102023–242023	ESP Gerard Gumbau
ESP Bryan Zaragoza	Granada	2–0	Barcelona	8 October 2023
	2023.112023–242023	ESP Alberto Moleiro
ESP Kirian Rodríguez	Las Palmas	1–0	Atlético Madrid	3 November 2023
	2023.122023–242023	ESP Nico Williams
ESP Iñigo Lekue	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Atlético Madrid	16 December 2023
	2024.12023–242024	ESP Ferran Torres
POR João Félix	Barcelona	3–2	Real Betis	21 January 2024
	2024.22023–242024	ESP Álex Sola
ESP Samu Omorodion	Alavés	1–2	Barcelona	3 February 2024
	2024.32023–242024	ESP Mikel Oyarzabal
ESP Mikel Merino	Real Sociedad	2–0	Cádiz	15 March 2024
	2024.42023–242024	ESP Isco
FRA Nabil Fekir	Real Betis	2–1	Celta Vigo	12 April 2024

Others

The following awards were only presented once:

Season	Award	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2012–13	Most Valuable Player	POR Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2015–16	World Player	URU Luis Suárez	Barcelona

References

Notes

Citations

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