A glance at the 20 clubs ahead of the new Spanish season, which begins Aug. 30:
ALMERIA
Founded: 1989
Colors: red and white
Stadium: Estadio Juegos Mediterraneos (capacity 22,000)
Coach: Gonzalo Arconada (first season)
Honors: none
Last season: 8th
Key acquisitions: Hernan Pellerano (Velez), Esteban Solari (Pumas), Pablo Piatti (Estudiantes), Michel (Flamengo)
Significant departures: Felipe Melo (Fiorentina)
Prospects: New coach faces tough task to repeat last season's surprise placing.
ATHLETIC BILBAO
Founded: 1898
Colors: red, white and black
Stadium: San Mames (capacity 40,000)
Coach: Joaquin Caparros (second season)
Honors: 8 leagues, 23 cups
Last season: 11th
Key acquisitions: Inigo Velez (Murcia)
Significant departures: Daniel Aranzubia (Deportivo La Coruna), Luis Prieto (Valladolid)
Prospects: Caparros' drive will again keep team out of relegation dogfight.
ATLETICO MADRID
Founded: 1903
Colors: red, white and blue
Stadium: Vicente Calderon (capacity 54,851)
Coach: Javier Aguirre (third season)
Honors: 9 leagues, 9 cups, 1 Cup Winners' Cup, 1 World Club Championship
Last season: 4th
Key acquisitions: Paulo Assuncao (FC Porto), Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva), John Heitinga (Ajax), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)
Significant departures: Ze Castro and Miguel Angel "Mista" Ferrer (both Deportivo La Coruna), Jose Antonio Reyes (Benfica), Braulio Nobrega (Zaragoza)
Prospects: Another top-four finish within reach.
FC BARCELONA
Founded: 1899
Colors: navy and crimson
Stadium: Camp Nou (capacity 98,772)
Coach: Pep Guardiola (first season)
Last season: 3rd
Honors: 18 leagues, 24 cups, European champion 2 times, 4 Cup Winners' Cups, 3 Inter City Fairs Cups, 2 European Supercups
Key acquisitions: Alexander Hleb (Arsenal), Seydou Keita and Dani Alves (Sevilla), Martin Caceres (Recreativo Huelva), Gerard Pique (Manchester United), Henrique (Sao Paulo)
Significant departures: Ronaldinho and Gianluca Zambrotta (AC Milan), Deco (Chelsea), Edmilson (Villarreal), Giovani Dos Santos (Tottenham), Santiago Ezquerro (Osasuna), Oleguer Presas (Ajax), Lilian Thuram (retired)
Prospects: A good start under inexperienced Guardiola could lead to a return to honours.
DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA
Founded: 1906
Colors: blue and white
Stadium: Riazor (capacity 34,600)
Coach: Miguel Angel Lotina (second season)
Honors: 1 league, 2 cups
Last season: 9th
Key acquisitions: Daniel Aranzubia (Athletic Bilbao), Ze Castro and Miguel Angel "Mista" Ferrer (both Atletico Madrid), Omar Bravo (Chivas),
Significant departures: Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle)
Prospects: Encouraging prospects after brilliant second half of last season.
ESPANYOL
Founded: 1900
Colors: blue and white
Stadium: Lluis Companys Olympic (capacity 56,000)
Coach: Bartolome "Tintin" Marquez (first season)
Honors: 4 cups
Last season: 12th
Key acquisitions: Roman Martinez (Arsenal Sarandi), Cristian Alvarez (Rosario), Gregory Beranger (Numancia)
Significant departures: Clemente Rodriguez (Spartak Moscow), Fredson Camara (Goias)
Prospects: Another respectable placing likely.
GETAFE
Founded: 1946
Color: blue
Stadium: Alfonso Perez Coliseum (capacity 17,000)
Coach: Victor Munoz (first season)
Honors: none
Last season: 14th
Key acquisitions: Esteban Granero and Roberto Soldado (both Real Madrid), Jaime Gavilan (Valencia), Joffre Guerron (Universidad de Quito), Ibrahim Kas (Besiktas), Eugen Polanski (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
Significant departures: Pablo Redondo (Gimnastic Tarragona), Luis Garcia (Tenerife)
Prospects: Midtable.
MALAGA
Founded: 1994
Colors: blue and white
Stadium: La Rosaleda (capacity 22,800)
Coach: Antonio Tapia (first season)
Honors: none
Last season: Promoted
Key acquisitions: Miguel Angel Lozano and Fernando Fernandez (both Real Betis), Welington (Grasshoppers), Iban Cuadrado (Murcia)
Significant departures: Paulo Jorge (Benfica), Antonio Hidalgo (Zaragoza)
Prospects: Little cause for confidence.
MALLORCA
Founded: 1916
Colors: red and black
Stadium: Son Moix (capacity 23,142)
Coach: Gregorio Manzano (fourth season)
Honors: 1 cup
Last season: 7th
Key acquisitions: Jose Luis Marti (Sevilla), Josemi Gonzalez (Villarreal), Alhassane Keita (Al Ittihad), Ayoze Diaz (Racing Santander), Enrique Corrales (Osasuna)
Significant departures: Dani Guiza (Fenerbahce), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle), Ariel Ibagaza (Villarreal), Fernando Navarro (Sevilla), Angelos Basinas (AEK Athens)
Prospects: Lack of firepower may prevent repeat of last season's eyecatching form.
NUMANCIA
Founded: 1945
Colors: red and blue
Stadium: Los Pajaritos (capacity 9,700)
Coach: Sergio Kresic (first season)
Honors: none
Last season: promoted
Key acquisitions: Alberto Montejo (Zaragoza), Alvaro Anton (Valladolid), Antonio Guayre (Celta Vigo)
Significant departures: Gregory Beranger (Espanyol)
Prospects: In danger of swift return to second division.
OSASUNA
Founded: 1920
Colors: red and black
Stadium: Reyno de Navarra (capacity 19,800)
Coach: Jose Angel Ziganda (third season)
Honors: none
Last season: 17th
Key acquisitions: Santiago Ezquerro (Barcelona), Masoud Shojaei (Al Sharjah), Tiago Gomes (Benfica), Roversio Rodrigues (Pacos Ferreira), Krisztian Vadocz (NEC Nijmegen)
Significant departures: Enrique Corrales (Mallorca), Rodolofo Arruabarrena (Legia Warsaw)
Prospects: Survival is again principal aim.
RACING SANTANDER
Founded: 1913
Colors: white and green
Stadium: El Sardinero (capacity 22,251)
Coach: Juan Ramon Muniz (first season)
Honors: none
Last season: 6th
Key acquisitions: Laszlo Sepsi (Benfica), Vitorino Antunes (AS Roma), Ze Antonio (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
Significant departures: Aldo Duscher (Sevilla)
Prospects: Unlikely to reproduce best-ever season last time round.
REAL BETIS
Founded: 1907
Colors: green and white
Stadium: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera (capacity 55,500)
Coach: Paco Chaparro (second season)
Honors: 1 league, 2 cups
Last season: 13th
Key acquisitions: Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahce), Achille Emana (Toulouse)
Significant departures: Toni Doblas (Villarreal), Francisco Maldonado (Sporting Gijon), Miguel Angel Lozano and Fernando Fernandez (both Malaga)
Prospects: Lower half of the standings again.
REAL MADRID
Founded: 1902
Color: white
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu (capacity 80,000)
Coach: Bernd Schuster (second season)
Honors: 31 leagues, 17 cups, European champion 9 times, 2 UEFA Cups, 3 World Club Championships, 1 European Supercup
Last season: 1st
Key acquisitions: Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg)
Significant departures: Julio Baptista (AS Roma), Esteban Granero and Roberto Soldado (both Getafe), Javier Balboa (Benfica)
Prospects: Favorite for a third straight title.
RECREATIVO HUELVA
Founded: 1899
Colors: blue and white
Stadium: Nuevo Colombino (capacity 19,860)
Coach: Manolo Zambrano (first season)
Honors: none
Last season: 16th
Key acquisitions: Andres Lamas (Montevideo), Nasief Morris (Panathinaikos), Sebastian Nayar (Boca Juniors)
Significant departures: Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Martins (Benfica), Pampa Calvo (Boca Juniors), Stefano Sorrentino (Cagliari), Gerard Lopez (PAOK Salonika)
Prospects: Another struggle ahead.
SEVILLA
Founded: 1905
Color: white
Stadium: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan (capacity 45,500)
Coach: Manolo Jimenez (second season)
Honors: 1 league, 4 cups, 2 UEFA Cups, 1 European Supercup
Last season: 5th
Key acquisitions: Fernando Navarro (Mallorca), Abdoulay Konko (Genoa), Lautaro Acosta (Lanus), Koffi Ndri Romaric (Le Mans), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon), Aldo Duscher (Racing Santander)
Significant departures: Daniel Alves and Seydou Keita (Barcelona), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray), Christian Poulsen (Juventus), Jose Luis Marti (Mallorca)
Prospects: Another top-five finish if replacements for transferred players gel.
SPORTING GIJON
Founded: 1905
Colors: red, white and blue
Stadium: El Molinon (capacity 25,885)
Coach: Manuel Preciado (third season)
Honors: None.
Last season: Promoted
Key acquisitions: Francisco Maldonado (Real Betis), Juergen "Colin" Romero (Ajax)
Significant departures:
Prospects: Back in top flight but probably not for long.
VALENCIA
Founded: 1919
Colors: white and black
Stadium: Mestalla (capacity 55,000)
Coach: Unai Emery (first season)
Honors: 6 leagues, 7 cups, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 Cup Winners' Cup, 2 Inter City Fairs Cups, 2 European Supercups
Last season: 10th
Key acquisitions: Renan Brito (Internacional de Portoalegre)
Significant departures: Jaime Gavilan (Getafe), Marco Caneira (Sporting Lisbon), Javier Arizmendi (Zaragoza), Santiago Canizares (retired)
Prospects: Boardroom strife and financial woes may again hit aspirations.
VALLADOLID
Founded: 1928
Colors: violet and white
Stadium: Municipal Jose Zorrilla (capacity 27,000)
Coach: Jose Luis Mendilibar (third season)
Honors: 1 league cup
Last season: 15th
Key acquisitions: Marcos Aguirre (Lanus), Justo Villar (Newell's Old Boys)
Significant departures: Joseba Llorente (Villarreal),
Prospects: Relegation possibles.
VILLARREAL
Founded: 1923
Color: yellow
Stadium: El Madrigal (capacity 23,000)
Coach: Manuel Pellegrini (fifth season)
Honors: none
Last season: 2nd
Key acquisitions: Ariel Ibagaza (Mallorca), Josy Altidore (New York Red Bulls), Edmilson (Barcelona), Joseba Llorente (Valladolid), Robert Flores (River Plate Uruguay)
Significant departures: Martin Caceres (Barcelona), Josemi Gonzalez (Mallorca), Leandro Somoza (Velez Sarsfield), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord), Rio Mavuba (Lille)
Prospects: Top four if it avoids Champions League distractions.
