Spain, "Primera". A Brief History of Spanish Football

The overwhelming majority of the population of the planet (at least male) is interested in such a game as football. He loves football and Spain. "Primera", or "La Liga" - one of the strongest tournaments of this wonderful game. Fans of clubs eagerly meet each new season to again and again to support their favorite team.

Start

Like many countries, at the beginning of the last century, football began to develop Spain. "Primera" was created in the late 20-ies by the director of the club "Arenas" - Jose Maria. For the first game in 1928, the winning teams of the Royal Cup were selected. In the 30s, the club, due to numerous victories, became the club "Athletic Bilbao". In the forties, many clubs lost a large number of players because of the war, but "Atletico" suffered not so much - he was left to benefit from the merger of Atletico Madrid and Aviación Nacional. When things got better for competitors, in the late 40's success and recognition went to the "Barcelona".

Madrid in the lead

As many as fourteen (in the period from 60th to 80th year), the Real Madrid club became the winner of the league! Only "Atletico Madrid" tried to compete with the favorite, winning four times, but this was not enough for unconditional leadership. "Valencia" won twice, and "Barcelona" - only once.

But nothing is eternal, and the clubs of Madrid in the early 80's gave way to the leadership of the Basque - "Real Sociedad" and "Athletic Bilbao", which won twice each. In the 85th the "Barcelona" was crowned with the laurels of the championship, and from 1986 to 1990 the "Real" became the winner again.

Becoming the coach of Barcelona and collecting the most talented players in one team, Johan Cruyff led her to the first step of the podium in the league 4 times in a row in the early 90's. Then the winners were "Real", "Atletico Madrid", and again "Real".

New era, football Spain

"Primera" started the new millennium with numerous successes "Deportivo La Coruna" under the strict management of Javier Irureta and the admission to the champions at number 9 of the entire history of La Liga. A "Barcelona" and "Madrid" are still continuing to compete, which excites many of their fans and makes you look carefully at all their games.

Awards

In order to increase the motivation of players and teams in general, in the world of football there are certain contests that stimulate the growth of playing skills. Spain is not far behind in this matter: "Primera" has several own awards. For example, the best scorer of the league is awarded the "Pichichi Trophy", and the best goalkeeper - "Zamora Zamora". Also one of the latest innovations is the award to the best player of "La Liga" according to the results of a survey of readers of Spain's largest sports newspaper - "Trofeo Di Stefano".

In 2014, "Sample" opens "Atletico Madrid", which became the champion last year. The total number of participating teams will be twenty. Well, the fans in the country - millions. It's time for fans to hang out a new slogan throughout the country, which will sound like this: "Football, Spain," Primera! "".