One way to learn the geography (and culture) of Spain is to become familiar with the teams in La Liga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Professional), the Spanish fútbol league. The Primera División includes 20 teams, with the bottom three annually relegated to the Segunda División. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F. are the most prominent but other teams have large followings including Valencia CF, Atlético Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, and two Sevilla teams, Real Betis and Sevilla FC.
As with the final 2012/2013 standings, the top 3 teams at this point in the season are Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, followed by Villareal, a team not even in the Primera División last season. We have placed a large map of Spain on our wall and the names, locales, and logos of each of the 20 Primera División La Liga teams are highlighted, as are our paths of travel to date.
