This season's La Liga title race lost suspense early, and Real Madrid locked up the league title in the 34th round, taking the 36th La Liga title in team history. At present, 3 teams are competing for the runner-up in La Liga, Barcelona has 76 points in 35 rounds, Girona has 75 points in 36 rounds, and Atletico Madrid has 73 points in 36 rounds, and all three teams have a chance to rank second in La Liga.
The top four in La Liga this season have been confirmed, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Girona and Atletico Madrid all securing Champions League places. The top three teams in La Liga are the old giants in La Liga, the number of La Liga titles occupies the top three, and Barcelona has 27 La Liga titles in its history, second only to Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid with 11 titles. Girona are the dark horse team in La Liga this season, reaching the Champions League for the first time in their history.
Only 1 win in 7 rounds! La Liga 8 crown sinking: 40 years of 0 crowns, 10 consecutive years of Champions League qualification. In the history of La Liga, Athletic Bilbao has won eight league titles, only less than the top three in the Spanish Super League. However, in La Liga in recent years, Athletic Bilbao's performance has been somewhat sluggish, with no advantage in the competition for the league title, and even the top 4 cannot be achieved.
On 16 May, Atletico Madrid played Getafe away and Athletic Bilbao played Celta Vigo away, both of which were played at the same time. As a result, Atletico Madrid relied on Griezmann's hat trick to defeat the opponent with a score of 3-0 and get the Champions League place in advance. Athletic Bilbao came back from 2-1 with Berenguer netting and Swayderberg and Alvarez netting for Celta.
In the last 7 rounds, Athletic Bilbao has only won 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses. Athletic Bilbao are fifth in La Liga, 11 points behind Atletico Madrid and seven points clear of sixth-placed Real Betis with a game in hand, and are very likely to secure a Europa League place this season after failing to qualify for the Champions League.
The last time Athletic Bilbao won La Liga was in 1984, and the last time they qualified for the Champions League was in the 13-14 season. Athletic Bilbao has a lot of weight in history, with 25 Copa del Rey titles only less than Barcelona with 31. Since 1984, Athletic Bilbao have won only one Copa del Rey and three Spanish Super Cups.
In recent seasons, Athletic Bilbao have been separated from the first group of La Liga, and the team's results have been more sluggish compared to traditional performances. The current coach of Athletic Bilbao is Valverde, and under his leadership, it is not known when Athletic Bilbao will be able to compete for the La Liga title and get the Champions League ticket.