This procedure is typical in Europe; it is also used by La Liga in football.
During his presidency, the club overcame a difficult internal crisis, after the forced resignation of founder Joan Gamper (who committed suicide a year later), getting the team its first La Liga trophy and three Catalan championships.
The Spanish public's massive shift in focus was triggered mainly by the introduction of multiple TV channels that focused mainly on broadcasting the soccer matches of "La Liga", the professional First Division Spanish League.
It was originally launched especially for coverage of Euro 2008, but has since broadcast many La Liga and Serie A matches and will continue to do so.
The program is emitted on Saturdays (from 17:00 to midnight) and on Sundays (from 15:30 to 23:30 PM), covering all the football (soccer) games of the Spanish La Liga BBVA and analyzing the most important sports news of the day.
As Premier League and La Liga broadcasting rights are not owned by Channel 4, still images from the games that fade in and out with each other are used instead, with voice-over commentary and a bongo-drum based soundtrack.
Spanish club Barcelona claims the record with the most wins with five victories.
De la Morena began as a journalist at Radio Intercontinental, but in 1981 he moved to the sports department of the Cadena SER, where he covered the football world cup, La Liga tournament, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.
In the final Queens faced a Racing de Santander side who had just finished 4th in Spain's La Liga notching home and away double victories against both Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona.
Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, Primera División, and the "Spanish League," the professional football league in Spain
In January 2007, 31-year-old Beckham, one of the world's most famous soccer players, at the time playing with Real Madrid, shocked the sports world by signing a five-year contract with MLS team LA Galaxy, effective from the end of La Liga 2006-07 season, which was in progress when the announcement was made.
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Real Madrid entered the competition in the group stage after winning La Liga.
He made his debut for the first team during the Copa del Rey tie against Benidorm CF (1–0 win) on 10 October 2008; in the last round of La Liga (30 May 2009), as Barça were already champions, he came on as a substitute for Xavi during the 1–1 draw at Deportivo de La Coruña.
During his spell, the club won three La Liga titles (65–66, 69–70 and 72–73), five Copa del Reys (1960, 1961, 1965, 1972 and 1976), the 1962 European Cup Winners' Cup, the 1974 Intercontinental Cup.
He appeared in 219 La Liga games over the course of ten seasons (eight goals), with Betis, and represented Spain at the 1978 World Cup.
He became famous at Vallecas, but he played his best at Atlético, where he played a total of 73 La Liga games, scoring only 5 goals despite playing as a midfielder.
In a career mainly spent with Betis, he appeared in 338 La Liga games over the course of 12 seasons (467 in 17 both major levels combined), winning one Copa del Rey with his main club.
From Tigres, he was transferred to CA Osasuna of Pamplona in La Liga, but saw little action and was returned to Tigres.
After an impressive first season in La Liga he was pushed to the bench by new signing Djalminha, and returned in January 1998 to France, joining Racing Club Strasbourg for one 1/2 years.
In his first and only season he featured rarely as the side fell just three points short of a La Liga return, being mainly restricted to matches in the Copa del Rey.
With the Catalonia outfit, Ćirić was used regularly – though never an undisputed starter – as it won the league and cup in his first year, but was absolutely cast aside in the second season, then moving to Greece for a respectable year, which ended with the domestic cup's conquest.
After finishing second place to Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores, Palencia departed from Cruz Azul at the end of the 2000-2001 season and went to Spain (on loan) to play for RCD Espanyol in La Liga, where he played 35 matches and scored six goals.
Garry Mendes Rodrigues (born 27 November 1990 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Cape Verdean international footballer who plays for Elche CF in La Liga as a winger.
After starting out at San Lorenzo he spent most of his career with Villarreal, appearing in 253 official games over the course of eight La Liga seasons (nine goals).
In 2007–08, he was one of the Soria team's most utilized players (37 matches, 3313 minutes) as it returned to La Liga after a three-year absence.
In June 2010, after Valladolid's relegation – during the season, he scored all of his five La Liga goals as a late substitute – Medunjanin signed a four-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. of Israel for €1.8 million.
He already held a Belgian passport, thus not being included in the three non-EU player quota of La Liga.
He has two brothers and two half-brothers; the elder, Éder dos Santos, currently plays for Club América in the Primera División de Mexico as a defensive midfielder, and Giovani dos Santos, who plays for Villarreal CF in La Liga, as an attacking midfielder.
In 2000 he signed for Recreativo de Huelva, being second-choice in his first two seasons, and being the most used goalkeeper in 2002–03's La Liga, in a season where the oldest club in Spain also reached the domestic cup final; during that year, he shared teams with Manuel Almunia – later of Arsenal fame.
On 9 January 2006, following a 0–0 La Liga home draw against Valencia CF, he was appointed the Colchoneros first team's manager, replacing sacked Carlos Bianchi; the club ranked 12th at that time, going on to finish the campaign in tenth position.
Born in Maliaño, Cantabria, Arteche started playing professionally with hometown's Racing de Santander, making his debuts in the 1976–77 season and playing 19 La Liga games as the club finished 15th, barely avoided relegation.
On 20 January 2008 he made his debut in La Liga in a 1–2 away loss against Real Valladolid, coming on as a substitute for injured Iñaki Lafuente two minutes after half-time, as first-choice Carlos Kameni was away on international duty; that month, news surfaced that Arsenal were interested in acquiring the young Spaniard's services.
After the rescision, Lucas signed a 4-and-a-half contract with La Liga club Espanyol Barcelona, according to his Twitter.
After losing the 1988 domestic cup final to FC Barcelona, López Rekarte moved to the La Liga giants, alongside José Mari Bakero and Txiki Begiristain.
Born in Bárzana de Quirós, Asturias, Marcial made his professional debuts with Elche CF at the age of 18, finishing his first season in La Liga – he only competed in the main category during his professional career – with 24 games and three goals.
On 30 July 2013 Bougaidis signed a 3 years deal with La Liga team Granada CF.
After a string of midfield injuries to the main squad (Rubén Baraja, Edu and Manuel Fernandes) he was called up by coach Unai Emery, making his La Liga debut against FC Barcelona, playing 20 minutes in a 0–4 away loss on 6 December 2008 (previous to that, he had already appeared in a domestic cup game against Club Portugalete, where he also scored).
Born in Moncada, Valencia, Tendillo started his professional career with local giants Valencia CF, being an automatic first-choice since the age of 18 (29 La Liga matches in his first full season, which culminated with the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup conquest – he started in the final against Arsenal).
In 1996–97 Neuville played in Spain with CD Tenerife, where he was part of a well-balanced offensive line that also featured Juanele (eight goals), Meho Kodro (six), Antonio Pinilla (seven) and Aurelio Vidmar (one), netting five goals in 1,885 minutes as the Canary Islands side easily retained its La Liga status, and also playing a relatively important part in the club's semifinal run in the UEFA Cup.
The fountain of Cibeles has been adopted by the football club Real Madrid, whose fans use the area to celebrate its triumphs in competitions such as La Liga, the Champions League or the Copa del Rey.
He did, however, score eight La Liga goals in just 16 appearances in the 1989–90 season, with Real crowned champions, adding the club's goal number 400 in the European Cup in a 2–2 draw at FC Tirol Innsbruck on 7 November 1990.
He made his first-team debut on 31 January 1988, in a match against UD Las Palmas in the Camp Nou; including Copa del Rey and European matches, he eventually totalled 54 appearances scoring once, and helped Barça win one La Liga championship, two Spanish Cups and the 1988–89 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
The channels broadcast a range of different sports such as the Spanish Primera División, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, Dutch Eredivisie, the Champions League, FIFA World Cup, Boxing, NBA, Moto GP, Wimbledon, ATP 250, ATP 1000, IAAF etc.
It airs entertainment programs, TV series and films, and also broadcasts sports events like Spanish La Liga, Dutch Eredivisie, ATP World Masters, Wimbledon, WTA, MotoGP, Formula 1, NHL and NBA.