Topic: Soccer in Spain

Soccer in Spain - statistics & facts

With more than one million footballers of all ages registered in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in 2021, soccer – or fútbol for Spanish speakers – was the most practiced sport in Spain that year. Soccer has a long tradition in the country, with its history dating back to the beginning of the 19th century and its first official club founded in Huelva in 1889. Nowadays, there are over 30 thousand officially recognized soccer clubs in the European country.

Net revenue of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
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La Liga club with the most valuable squad
Real Madrid CF

Most valuable Spanish footballer
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Soccer

Most La Liga titles 1929-2025, by club

Soccer

La Liga: top goal scorer players 2022-2023

Professional Sports

Most renown sports sponsors in Spain 2022

Professional soccer market

La Liga: net revenue 2015-2022
La Liga: net revenue 2015-2022
Net revenue of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional S.A. from 2015/2016 to 2021/2022 (in million euros)
La Liga: total revenue 2021-2022, by source
La Liga: total revenue 2021-2022, by source
Total revenue of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional S.A. in 2021/2022, by source (in million euros)
La Liga broadcasting payments 2023-2024, by club
La Liga broadcasting payments 2023-2024, by club
Distribution of broadcasting revenue in La Liga in 2023/24, by club (in million euros)
La Liga: teams' salary cap 2023-2024
La Liga: teams' salary cap 2023-2024
Squad spending limits in the highest professional soccer league in Spain for the 2023/2024 season (in million euros)
La Liga: transfer fees 2010-2023
La Liga: transfer fees 2010-2023
Transfer fee spending of La Liga soccer clubs from 2010 to 2023 (in billion euros)
Most renown football sponsors in Spain 2022
Most renown football sponsors in Spain 2022
Leading soccer sponsorship brands in Spain 2022, based on awareness (index score)

Championships

Most La Liga titles 1929-2025, by club
Most La Liga titles 1929-2025, by club
Clubs with the most La Liga titles as of 2025
La Liga: top goal scorer players 2022-2023
La Liga: top goal scorer players 2022-2023
Leading goal scorers of the highest professional men's soccer league in Spain in the 2022/2023 season
La Liga: football clubs leading the historical classification 2022/2023
La Liga: football clubs leading the historical classification 2022/2023
Soccer clubs with the most points in the history of the highest professional league in Spain as of 2022/2023
Most Copa del Rey titles 1903-2025, by club
Most Copa del Rey titles 1903-2025, by club
Clubs with the most Copa del Rey titles as of 2025
La Liga Smartbank: top all-time winners 1929-2023
La Liga Smartbank: top all-time winners 1929-2023
Soccer clubs with the highest number of victories in the second professional division in Spain as of 2022/2023

'El Clásico'

'El Clásico' football matches in Spain 2024, by result
'El Clásico' football matches in Spain 2024, by result
Number of soccer matches between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona as of January 2024, by final result
Players with the most El Clásico appearances 2024
Players with the most El Clásico appearances 2024
Players with the most appearances in matches between Barcelona and Real Madrid as of January 2024
Number of titles won by Real Madrid 1902-2024, by competition
Number of titles won by Real Madrid 1902-2024, by competition
Number of trophies won by Real Madrid as of August 2024, by competition
Number of titles won by FC Barcelona 1899-2025, by competition
Number of titles won by FC Barcelona 1899-2025, by competition
Number of trophies won by FC Barcelona as of 2025, by competition
Real Madrid fan clubs worldwide 2021-2022, by region
Real Madrid fan clubs worldwide 2021-2022, by region
Number of official Real Madrid fan clubs worldwide in 2021/22, by region
FC Barcelona fan clubs worldwide 2021-2022, by location
FC Barcelona fan clubs worldwide 2021-2022, by location
Number of official FC Barcelona fan clubs worldwide in 2021/22, by location

Spanish national team

World ranking of the Spanish male national football team 1992-2022
World ranking of the Spanish male national football team 1992-2022
Position of the men's national soccer team from Spain in the FIFA World Ranking from 1992 to 2022
Number of soccer titles won by Spain 1920-2024, by competition
Number of soccer titles won by Spain 1920-2024, by competition
Number of trophies won by the Spanish national soccer teams as of 2024, by competition
Spanish national football team: top goal scorers of all-time 2022
Spanish national football team: top goal scorers of all-time 2022
All-time leading goal scorers of Spain's national soccer team as of December 2022
Footballers with most appearances with the Spanish national team 2022
Footballers with most appearances with the Spanish national team 2022
Players with the highest number of matches played with men's national soccer team in Spain as of December 2022
FIFA World Cup: matches played by the Spanish soccer team 1930-2022, by result
FIFA World Cup: matches played by the Spanish soccer team 1930-2022, by result
Number of matches played by Spain's national soccer team at the FIFA World Cup as of 2022, by result

Women's soccer

World ranking of the Spanish female national football team 2003-2022
World ranking of the Spanish female national football team 2003-2022
Position of the women's national soccer team from Spain in the FIFA World Ranking from 2003 to 2022
Number of registered female footballers in Spain 2014-2022
Number of registered female footballers in Spain 2014-2022
Number of women holding a license issued by the Royal Spanish Football Federation from 2014 to 2022
Number of registered female footballers in Spain 2022, by region
Number of registered female footballers in Spain 2022, by region
Number of women holding a license issued by the Royal Spanish Football Federation in 2022, by autonomous community
Primera Iberdrola: all-time winners 1989-2023
Primera Iberdrola: all-time winners 1989-2023
Number of titles of the highest women's soccer league in Spain from 1989/1990 to 2022/2023, by club
Most Copa de la Reina titles 1983-2024, by club
Most Copa de la Reina titles 1983-2024, by club
Clubs with the most Copa de la Reina titles as of 2024

Interest and participation

Popularity of playing football in Spain 2010-2023
Popularity of playing football in Spain 2010-2023
Share of respondents who played soccer in Spain from 2010 to 2023
Number of registered footballers in Spain 2010-2022
Number of registered footballers in Spain 2010-2022
Number of holders of a license issued by the Royal Spanish Football Federation from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
Number of registered footballers in Spain 2022, by region
Number of registered footballers in Spain 2022, by region
Number of holders of a license issued by the Royal Spanish Football Federation in 2022, by autonomous community (in 1,000s)
Number of official football clubs in Spain 2022, by region
Number of official football clubs in Spain 2022, by region
Number of soccer clubs registered in the Royal Spanish Football Federation in 2022, by autonomous community
Attendance to live football matches in Spain 2000-2022
Attendance to live football matches in Spain 2000-2022
Share of respondents who attended soccer games in Spain from 2000 to 2022
La Liga: annual attendance to stadiums 2009/2010-2022/2023
La Liga: annual attendance to stadiums 2009/2010-2022/2023
Number of spectators to soccer matches of the highest professional men's league in Spain from 2009/2010 to 2022/2023 (in millions)

Net revenue of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
****bn EUR

La Liga club with the most valuable squad
Real Madrid CF

Most valuable Spanish footballer
Rodri

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- Number of official matches
- 252
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'El Clásico' football matches in Spain 2024, by result
- Number of Real Madrid fan clubs worldwide
- *****
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Real Madrid fan clubs worldwide 2021-2022, by region
- Number of FC Barcelona fan clubs worldwide
- *****
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FC Barcelona fan clubs worldwide 2021-2022, by location

- Spain's position in the FIFA World Ranking
- *th
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Number of soccer titles won by Spain 1920-2024, by competition
- Most successful first league club
- Barcelona
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Primera Iberdrola: all-time winners 1989-2023
- Autonomous community with highest number of female footballers
- Catalonia
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Number of registered female footballers in Spain 2022, by region

- Share of respondents who play soccer
- ***%
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Popularity of playing football in Spain 2010-2023
- Share of respondents who attend soccer games
- ***%
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Attendance to live football matches in Spain 2000-2022
- Most watched TV broadcast in Spain in 2023
- UEFA Nations League
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Most watched TV programs in Spain 2023, by average audience

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