Another season over, and as expected Ronaldo took the Pichichi prize despite an undignified end to the season for Real Madrid. The Brazilian striker was thew top scorer in the league with 24 goals, and got seven more in other competitions.

Not so clear at the start of the season was who would be on the "podium" with Ronaldo, and if anybody had said that it would be Baptista and Mista they would probably have been put into a strait-jacket. "The Beast" almost single-handedly dragged Sevilla into the UEFA cup spots though, and Mista was also on great form, capturing all the headlines and the man of the match award in Valencia's UEFA cup final victory over Olympique Marseille.

Curiously. the number of goals scored in the league was exactly the same as last season, 1,015, an average of 2.67 per match. It didn't look like that would happen though when only 17 goals were scored on day one and 19 on day two, but teams quickly got into their stride and day 8 saw 36 goals, which turned out to be the joint highest of the season. In all official club games the tally was 1,292, slightly down on last year's 1,316. See the weekly reports below for more details.

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Albert Lopo's record haul of 30 "villains" points left all others trailing in his wake this season, and he takes our prize. The Espanyol defender picked up on average one yellow card every two games, and his tally of four sendings off was only matched by Celta's Berizzo.

Several players will sit out the opening matches in the stands as unserved suspensions are carried forward to the beginning of the next campaign. That will include six players from Osasuna and Sevilla who were involved in a mass brawl in the last match of the season. Bakayoko, Morales and Alfredo (Osasuna) were given four match bans and Alfaro (Sevilla) two.

There were a total of 2,409 yellow cards and 168 reds in the league and cup this year, which at around 6 yellow cards and 0.4 reds per game is about par for the course in Spain over the last few seasons. On a club basis, Sevilla topped the table for the second year running with 170 points, followed again by Atlético Madrid with 155 then Real Madrid and Espanyol with 145. The lowest totals went to tReal Murcia with 99 points, Deportivo with 100 and Mallorca with 103. See the weekly reports below for more details.

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Valencia keeper Santiago Cañizares picked up his fourth Zamora title as his side won the Spanish league and this season's UEFA cup. The Spanish international was well clear of his nearest rival Molina, and had the title sewn up well before the end of the season.

Villarreal's Reina was the only man to play throughout a season in which no less than 48 keepers were used by the 20 first division sides. That included three outfield players, Eto'o, Torricelli and Cristian Díaz, all of whom were forced to pick up the gloves when their number ones had to leave the field with all substitutions made.

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Megia Dávila wrapped up the white stick award for this season after producing 140 yellow cards and 15 reds in the eighteen games he officiated (an average of 8.6 cards a match) a prize at last having finished runner up twice in the last three years.

Referees produced a sum total of 2,528 yellow cards and 178 reds in league and cup competitions this season, an increase over the previous year. As can be seen in our weekly reports, there were plenty of controversial incidents, not least of which were Tristante Oliva's last minute penalty for Real Madrid in week 24 which almost cost Valencia the league championship, and the same man's case of mistaken identity two weeks later when he sent off Motta for two fouls he didn't commit.

Needless to say Tristante was one of two referees who were relegated back down this summer, together with another of our favourites Téllez Sánchez. They will be sadly missed, but let's hope their replacements Fernández Borbolán and Velasco Carballo can provide us with as much fun.

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