In the year of 1927 Jose Maria Acha suggested to set up Spanish national league. At that time he was a manager of Arenas team from the town of Gecho. The decision to announce the first teams of Royal Football Federation was taken after long debates around organization of a new league.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Arenas Getxo, Real Union (Irun), Atletic Madrid, Espanyol and Europa became the participants of the League. Moreover the first three teams have never been relegated to lower division over their history!
Barcelona made itself known in the world of football since the first championship. Only Real Madrid and Athletic from Bilbao were regarded as its competitors. In 1935 Real Betis club for the first time displaced the top three leaders and got the champion’s title.
During The Civil War in Spain it was decided to suspend the games of La Liga. Still several clubs decided to set up the Mediterranean League and Barcelona again won the Cup. Ever since Real Madrid has been Barcelona’s main rival having won 31 La Liga titles, while the Catalonian club only managed to get 21 titles.
All in all nine clubs succeeded in the title race, but since 1950 Barcelona and Real Madrid have been leading in domestic football. Recently, Atletico Madrid have joined the duo and managed to win the Primera Division in 2013/2014 season.
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