The Primera División (First Division) of theLiga Nacional de Futbol Profesional (LFP), commonly known as La Liga (The League) or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA (BBVA League) since 2008, is the top professional Association Football division of theSpanish Football League system. It is contested by twenty teams, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to theSegunda dinision and replaced by the top three teams in that division. A total of 59 Teams have competed in La Liga, nine of which have been crowned champions. Since the 1950s, Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated the championship. The former have won the title thirty-one times while the latter have won it on twenty-one occasions. However, during the 1930s and 1940s and in the last two decades, La Liga has seen other champions includingAthletica Madrid, Athletic Bilbao,Valencia,Real Sociedad, Deportivo,Real Betis and Sevilla . Barcelona have currently won the last three seasons of La Liga.
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