🇪🇸 La Liga returns: your guide to the 2025/26 Spanish season | OneFootball

The 2025/26 La Liga season is about to start!

Already this Friday (15th), the ball will start rolling on the pitches of the Spanish elite.

And OneFootball brings you the lowdown on the Spanish Championship.

Calendar

La Liga kicks off this Friday, August 15th, and will run until the weekend of May 24th, 2026.

Barcelona

Barcelona comes into the season as the team to beat.

Barça has kept the stars that guaranteed the Spanish title, the King's Cup, and the Spanish Super Cup.

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Not to mention reaching the Champions League semifinals.

In terms of investment, the Catalan club signed goalkeeper Joan García for 25 million euros.

But the arrival of Marcus Rashford from Manchester United was the main highlight at Barcelona.

Real Madrid

On the other hand, Real Madrid opened its coffers to seek the Spanish title.

Los Merengues spent 160 million euros on the top 3 most expensive transfers in the window in Spain.

Not to mention the arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool for 10 million euros.

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The entire renovation process of Real Madrid also involves its new coach.

Multi-champion for the club as a player, Xabi Alonso generates great expectations in the crowd of the biggest Champions League winner.

That's because he comes from two great seasons at Bayer Leverkusen, winning the Bundesliga and the German Cup.

Atlético de Madrid

Following in the footsteps of its biggest rival, Atlético also comes strong after an interesting transfer market.

Diego Simeone opened his wallet to bring in various options, mainly in attack.

Names like Thiago Almada (ex-Botafogo), Álex Baena from Villarreal, and Raspadori from Napoli are highlights among the arrivals.

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Brazilians

And of course, if there's La Liga, there are Brazilians in the main teams of the competition.

Check out all the Brazilians who will dispute the Spanish Championship this season.

Games of the first round

Top-5 signings

1. Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid) - € 62.5 million

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2. Álvaro Carreras (Real Madrid) - € 50 million

3. Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid) - € 45 million

4. Álex Baena (Atlético de Madrid) - € 42 million

5. Dávid Hancko (Atlético de Madrid) € 26 million

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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