2014-15 LA Liga - FC Barcelona Wins Title Sunday May 17,2015

 

Lionel Messi scored the goal that clinched the Spanish league title for Barcelona on Sunday May 17,2015, securing a 1-0 win at dethroned champion Atletico Madrid at Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid, Spain

FC Barcelona are the 2014/15 La Liga champions. With one game still to play, Luis Enrique’s team have attained 30 victories, 3 draws, and 4 defeats. Sunday's 1–0 win over Atlético Madrid secured the title with 93 points and 30 wins in 37 matches


Lionel Messi slotted in the decisive goal in the 65th minute after working a sublime one-two passing combination with Pedro Rodriguez, who started for the injured Luis Suarez.

FC Barcelona won the league on the back of an excellent second half of the season as Luis Enrique steered the team to 18 wins in the last 20 rounds

Real Madrid will finish runner-up despite Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat trick in a 4-1 win at Espanyol as Real Madrid trail FC  Barcelona by 4 points with one round left

 FC Barcelona's attacking trio - labelled "The Trident" in Spain

Here’s a look back at the last 11 editions of La Liga
Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta and Leo Messi have played a part in all seven of those title wins in the last decade, while Xavi can actually go one better, for he was also in the team that won the championship in 1998/99.

SEASON	WINNER	RUNNER-UP
2004/05	FC Barcelona	R. Madrid
2005/06	FC Barcelona	R. Madrid
2006/07	R. Madrid	FC Barcelona
2007/08	R. Madrid	Villarreal CF
2008/09	FC Barcelona	R. Madrid
2009/10	FC Barcelona	R. Madrid
2010/11	FC Barcelona	R. Madrid
2011/12	R. Madrid	FC Barcelona
2012/13	FC Barcelona	R. Madrid
2013/14	Atlético Madrid	FC Barcelona
2014/15	FC Barcelona	R. Madrid

After a spell of three seasons in charge of the B team, Luis Enrique has returned to the Barça fold and claimed the league title in his first season in charge of the first team  

On 21 May 2014 Luis Enrique Martinez  was presented as the new FC Barcelona first team coach in the 1899 Auditorium at Camp Nou

9th coach to win league in first season

Of Barça’s 23 league title, nine have come with the winning coach in their first season at the Club. The latest name on that list is that of Luis Enrique and he joins an illustrious group of blaugrana coaches as you can see in the list below:

• James Bellamy (1928/29)

• Josep Samitier (1944/45)

• Enrique Fernández (1947/48)

• Helenio Herrrera (1958/59)

• Terry Venables (1984/85)

• Louis van Gaal (1997/98)

• Pep Guardiola (2008/09)

• Tito Vilanova (2012/13)

• Luis Enrique (2014/15)