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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.[1] 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.[2]

Many of the awards were rebranded after the 2015–16 season.[3] 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

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Player of the season

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2009–10 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2010–11 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2011–12 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2012–13 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [5]
2013–14 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid [6]
2014–15 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [7]
2015–16 France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [8]
2016–17 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [9]
2017–18 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [10]
2018–19 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [11]
2019–20 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid [12]
2020–21 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid [13]
2021–22 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid [14]
2022–23 Germany Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona [15]
2023–24 England Jude Bellingham Real Madrid [16]
2024–25 Brazil Raphinha Barcelona [17]

Goalkeeper of the season

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid [4]
2009–10 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona [4]
2010–11 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona [4]
2011–12 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid [4]
2012–13 Belgium Thibaut Courtois Atlético Madrid [5]
2013–14 Costa Rica Keylor Navas Levante [6]
2014–15 Chile Claudio Bravo Barcelona [7]
2015–16 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid [8]
2016–17 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid
2017–18 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid
2018–19 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid
2019–20 Belgium Thibaut Courtois Real Madrid
2020–21 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid
2021–22 Morocco Yassine Bounou Sevilla
2022–23 Germany Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona
2023–24 Spain Unai Simón Athletic Bilbao

Manager of the season

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Spain Pep Guardiola Barcelona [4]
2009–10 Spain Pep Guardiola Barcelona [4]
2010–11 Spain Pep Guardiola Barcelona [4]
2011–12 Spain Pep Guardiola Barcelona [4]
2012–13 Argentina Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid [5]
2013–14 Argentina Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid [6]
2014–15 Spain Luis Enrique Barcelona [7]
2015–16 Argentina Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid [8]
2023–24 Spain Míchel Girona [18]
2024–25 Germany Hansi Flick Barcelona [19]

African player of the season

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2013–14 Algeria Yacine Brahimi Granada [6]
2014–15 Algeria Sofiane Feghouli Valencia [7]
2021–22 Morocco Yassine Bounou Sevilla [20]
2022–23 Nigeria Samuel Chukwueze Villarreal [21]
2023–24 Ghana Iñaki Williams Athletic Bilbao [22]
2024–25 Ghana Iñaki Williams Athletic Bilbao [23]

U23 Player of the season

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2023–24 Spain Lamine Yamal Barcelona [24]
2024–25 Spain Lamine Yamal Barcelona [25]

Goal of the season

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Season Recipient Club Score Against Date Ref.
2013–14 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 2–2 Valencia 4 May 2014 [6]
2023–24 Spain Jesús Areso Osasuna 3–2 Getafe 21 January 2024 [26]
2024–25 Croatia Luka Sučić Real Sociedad 1–1 Atlético Madrid 6 October 2024 [27]

Save of the season

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Season Recipient Club Against Date Ref.
2024–25 Slovenia Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad 6 October 2024 [28]

Team of the season

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Season Position
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2013–14[29] Belgium Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid) Spain Juanfran (Atlético Madrid)
France Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)
Uruguay Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
Brazil Filipe Luís (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao)
Spain Gabi (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Koke (Atlético Madrid)
Croatia Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla)
Spain Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2014–15[30] Chile Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) Brazil Dani Alves (Barcelona)
Argentina Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia)
Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Spain Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
Poland Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla)
Croatia Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona)
Colombia James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
France Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
2015–16[31] Slovenia Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) Spain Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Uruguay Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)
Spain Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)
Brazil Marcelo (Real Madrid)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)
Spain Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Argentina Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Uruguay Luis Suárez (Barcelona)
2021–22[32] Belgium Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) Argentina Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
Austria David Alaba (Real Madrid)
France Jules Koundé (Sevilla)
Brazil Éder Militão (Real Madrid)
Uruguay Ronald Araújo (Barcelona)
Spain Sergio Canales (Real Betis)
France Nabil Fekir (Real Betis)
Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
Spain Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao)
Spain Pedri (Barcelona)
France Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Spain Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol)
Portugal João Félix (Atlético Madrid)
Brazil Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2022–23[33] Germany Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) Argentina Nahuel Molina (Atlético Madrid)
France Jules Koundé (Barcelona)
Brazil Éder Militão (Real Madrid)
Spain David García (Osasuna)
Spain Alejandro Balde (Barcelona)
Spain Gabri Veiga (Celta Vigo)
Uruguay Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
Spain Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad)
Spain Pedri (Barcelona)
Croatia Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
France Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
France Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Poland Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Brazil Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2023–24[34] Spain Unai Simón (Athletic Bilbao) Spain Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
Germany Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
Uruguay Ronald Araújo (Barcelona)
Spain Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona)
England Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Uruguay Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
Spain Isco (Real Betis)
Germany İlkay Gündoğan (Barcelona)
Spain Aleix García (Girona)
France Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid)
Ukraine Artem Dovbyk (Girona)
Brazil Savinho (Girona)
Poland Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Brazil Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2024–25[35] Spain Joan García (Espanyol) Germany Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
Spain Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona)
Spain Daniel Vivian (Athletic Bilbao)
Spain Álex Baena (Villarreal)
Uruguay Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
England Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Spain Pedri (Barcelona)
Spain Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Brazil Raphinha (Barcelona)
France Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid)

Monthly awards

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Player of the month

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U23 Player of the month

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Manager of the month

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Goal of the month

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Save of the month

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Discontinued awards

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Best Forward

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2009–10 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2010–11 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2011–12 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [4]
2012–13 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [5]
2013–14 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid [6]
2014–15 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [7]
2015–16 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona [8]

Best Attacking Midfielder

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Spain Andrés Iniesta Barcelona [4]
2009–10 Spain Jesús Navas Sevilla [4]
2010–11 Spain Andrés Iniesta Barcelona [4]
2011–12 Spain Andrés Iniesta Barcelona [4]
2012–13 Spain Andrés Iniesta Barcelona [5]
2013–14 Spain Andrés Iniesta Barcelona [6]

Best Midfielder

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Spain Xavi Barcelona [4]
2009–10 Spain Xavi Barcelona [4]
2010–11 Spain Xavi Barcelona [4]
2011–12 Spain Xabi Alonso Real Madrid [4]
2012–13 Spain Asier Illarramendi Real Sociedad [5]
2013–14 Croatia Luka Modrić Real Madrid [6]
2014–15 Colombia James Rodríguez Real Madrid [7]
2015–16 Croatia Luka Modrić Real Madrid [8]

Best Defender

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Brazil Dani Alves Barcelona [4]
2009–10 Spain Gerard Piqué Barcelona [4]
2010–11 France Eric Abidal Barcelona [4]
2011–12 Spain Sergio Ramos Real Madrid [4]
2012–13 Spain Sergio Ramos Real Madrid [5]
2013–14 Spain Sergio Ramos Real Madrid [6]
2014–15 Spain Sergio Ramos Real Madrid [7]
2015–16 Uruguay Diego Godín Atlético Madrid [8]

Fair Play

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Spain Juan Carlos Valerón Deportivo La Coruña [4]
2009–10 Spain Marcos Senna Villarreal [4]
2010–11 Spain Alberto Rivera Sporting Gijón [4]
2011–12 Spain Carles Puyol Barcelona [4]
2012–13 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid [5]
2013–14 Croatia Ivan Rakitić Sevilla [6]

Breakthrough Player

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2008–09 Spain Sergio Busquets Barcelona [4]
2009–10 Spain Pedro Barcelona [4]
2010–11 Spain Iker Muniain Athletic Bilbao [4]
2011–12 Spain Isco Málaga [4]
2012–13 Spain Asier Illarramendi Real Sociedad [5]
2013–14 Brazil Rafinha Celta Vigo [6]
2015–16 Spain Marco Asensio Espanyol [8]

Best American Player

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2013–14 Colombia Carlos Bacca Sevilla [6]
2014–15 Brazil Neymar Barcelona [7]

Fans' Five-Star Player

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Season Recipient Club Ref.
2014–15 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid [7]
2015–16 France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid [8]

Others

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The following awards were only presented once:

Season Award Recipient Club Ref.
2012–13 Most Valuable Player Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid [5]
2015–16 World Player Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona [8]

See also

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References

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Notes

Citations

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