The top six

Fact files of the top contenders in La Liga with the new season to start on Saturday:

Barcelona

Stadium: Camp Nou

Nickname: Barca

Manager: Gerardo Martino

Honors: La Liga (22): 1928-1929, 1944-45, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1973-74, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13

Copa del Rey (26): 1909-10, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1941-42, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1962-63, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2008-09, 2011-12

Supercopa de Espana (13): 1948, 1952, 1953, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

Copa de la Liga (2): 1982-83, 1985-86

European Cup / UEFA Champions League (4): 1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (4): 1978-79, 1981-82, 1988-89, 1996-97

UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup (3): 1955-58, 1958-60, 1965-66

UEFA Super Cup (4): 1992, 1997, 2009, 2011

Intercontinental Cup/ FIFA Club World Cup (3): 1992, 2009, 2011

Last season: 1st

In: Neymar (Santos)

Out: Eric Abidal (Monaco), Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich), Marc Muniesa (Stoke City), Bojan Krkic (Ajax), Rafinha, Andreu Fontas (Celta Vigo, loan)

Real Madrid

Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu

Nickname: Los Blancos (The Whites)

Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

Honors: La Liga (32): 1931-32, 1932-33, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2011-12

Copa del Rey (18): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1961-62, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1988-89, 1992-93, 2010-11

Supercopa de Espana (10): 1947, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012

Copa de La Liga (1):1984-1985

European Cup/UEFA Champions League (9): 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02

UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup (2): 1984-85, 1985-86

UEFA Super Cup (1): 2002

Intercontinental Cup (3): 1960, 1998, 2002

Last Season: 2nd

In: Dani Carvajal (Bayer Leverkusen), Casemiro (Sao Paulo), Isco (Malaga), Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad)

Out: Ricardo Carvalho (released), Gonzalo Higuain, Jose Maria Callejon, Raul Albiol (Napoli):

Atletico Madrid

Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon

Nickname: Los Colchoneros (The Mattress Makers)

Manager: Diego Simeone

Honors: La Liga (9): 1939-40, 1940-41, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1995-96

Copa del Rey (10): 1959-60, 1960-61, 1964-65, 1971-72, 1975-76, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 2012-13

Supercopa de Espana (3): 1940, 1951, 1985

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1961-62

UEFA Europa League (2): 2009-10, 2011-12

UEFA Super Cup (1): 2010, 2012

Intercontinental Cup (1) 1974

Last Season: 3rd

In: Leo Baptistao (Rayo Vallecano), David Villa (Barcelona), Martin Demichelis (Malaga), Jose Maria Gimenez (Danubio)

Out: Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Cata Diaz (Boca Juniors), Joel Robles (Everton), Sergio Asenjo (Villareal, loan)

Valencia

Stadium: Mestalla

Nickname: Los Che

Manager: Miroslav Djukic

Honors: La Liga(6): 1941-42, 1943-44, 1946-47, 1970-71, 2001-02, 2003-04

Copa del Rey (7): 1941, 1948-49, 1954, 1966-67, 1978-79, 1998-99, 2007-08

Supercopa de Espana (2): 1949, 1999

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1979-80

UEFA Cup (3): 1961-62, 1962-63, 2003-04

UEFA Super Cup (2): 1980, 2004

Last Season: 5th

In: Javi Fuego (Rayo Vallecano), Michel (Levante), Oriol Romeu (Chelsea, loan), Yeray Gomez (Mallorca), Helder Postiga (Real Zaragoza)

Out: David Albelda (retired), Fernando Gago (Boca Juniors), Tino Costa (Spartak Moscow), Nelson Valdez (Al Jazira), Roberto Soldado (Tottenham Hotspur)

Real Sociedad

Stadium: Anoeta

Nickname: La Real

Manager: Jagoba Arrasate

Honors: La Liga(2): 1980-81, 1981-82

Copa del Rey (2): 1909, 1986-87

Supercopa de Espana (1): 1982

Last Season: 4th

In: Haris Seferovic (Fiorentina)

Out: Joseba Llorente (released), Asier Illarramendi (Real Madrid)

Malaga

Stadium: La Rosaleda

Nickname: Los Boquerones (The Anchovies)

Manager: Bernd Schuster

Honors: None

Last Season: 6th

In: Flavio Ferreira (Academica), Bobley Anderson (Wydad Casablanca), Fernando Tissone (Sampdoria), Marcos Angeleri (Estudiantes), Bartlomiej Pawlowski (Widzew Lodz), Roberto Chen (San Francisco)

Out: Manuel Iturra (Granada), Joaquin (Fiorentina), Isco (Real Madrid), Jeremy Toulalan (Monaco), Martin Demichelis (Atletico Madrid), Julio Baptista (Cruzeiro), Ruben Martinez (Rayo Vallecano)

(China Daily 08/14/2013 page22)