At the onset in 1929, La Liga was Spain’s top professional soccer league. Of course, La Liga is known for its two power brands, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Consider that Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated La Liga. In turn, they have also been two of the most successful clubs in the history of the powerhouse UEFA Champions League. Thus, Real Madrid and Barcelona are prohibitive soccer betting odds favorites to win the 2025 La Liga championship. While the league is top-heavy, the passion of its fans can’t be topped.
2025 La Liga Championship Odds
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Real Madrid | +100 |
| Barcelona | -120 |
| All Other Clubs | +1800 or higher |
In sum, Real Madrid boasts 36 La Liga championships, with its latest title in 2023-24. The Whites are equally famous for their success in the UEFA Champions League. Specifically, that is where they have won 15 championships, including their latest title in 2023-24. Real Madrid won four UEFA Champions League titles from 2014 through 2018, including three in a row from 2015-16 through 2017-18.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti won a La Liga sportsbook title for Real Madrid in 2021-22. Previously, Ancelotti won major league championships at AC Milan in Serie A, Chelsea in the English Premier League, and Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.
Barcelona rivals Real Madrid as the power franchise of La Liga. Barcelona has 27 La Liga titles, including 2022-23. Since 2004-05, Barcelona has won 11 titles. Barcelona has five UEFA Champions League titles, with its most recent championship in 2015.
Namely, Hansi Flick will replace Xavi as Barcelona’s manager for 2024-25. Xavi was the manager since 2021 and led Barcelona to the 2022-23 La Liga title. As a player, he was named World Soccer Player of the Year in 2010. Also, he was a star midfielder for Barcelona from 1998-99 to 2014-15.
In just over 100 days in charge, Flick has already made his mark on a young Barça team. Accordingly, Barca began the season impressively, winning four of four games to lead La Liga at this early stage of the campaign. In contrast, the team’s general statistics — things like possession, number of passes, and ball recoveries — are not too dissimilar to last season. However, the sample size is small. A deeper look shows that gamblers can already see evolution. Specifically, Barça is playing a higher defensive line, pressing better, getting into the final third quicker, and lasting 90 minutes.
Off the pitch, Flick has so far successfully navigated the external Soccer lines noise that often brings coaches down at Barça. Correlate that he accepted the club’s awkward financial situation. Flick refused to complain when the club could not register for the new signing, Dani Olmo, early. Hence, he has said all the right things about La Masia, the club’s youth academy.
Of course, Barcelona has one of the all-time great forwards, Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski began the 2024-25 campaign with a team-best 16 goals in La Liga play. Initially, Lewandowski arrived from Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga in 2022 and has 58 goals in 87 apps for Barcelona. While at Bayern Munich, Lewandowski scored 238 goals in 253 apps. The highly decorated Lewandowski is a two-time FIFA Best Men’s Player (2020 and 2021).
Aside from Barcelona and Real Madrid, the next most successful club in Spanish football is Atletico Madrid. Namely, Diego Simeone led this club to the 2020-21 La Liga title, the 11th league championship in the club’s long history.