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Netflix has teamed up with La Liga, the elite tier of Spanish football, to produce a brand-new and exciting docuseries titled LALIGA: All Access. Coming to Netflix in July 2024, the docuseries will chronicle the drama that unfolded over the course of the 2023/2024 La Liga season.
From Drive to Survive to Break Point and more, Netflix has been producing some truly phenomenal sports docuseries. The next on the list will be an entire docuseries dedicated to the 2023-2024 La Liga season, which will examine the sport’s impact on its players, coaches, fans, and communities.
When is LALIGA: All Access coming to Netflix?
With the 2023/2024 La Liga season concluded, Netflix has announced the release date for LALIGA: All Access.
The series will land on Netflix on July 19th, 2024.
What is La Liga?
La Liga is the home of Spanish football, the nation’s most elite division, and home to world-famous football clubs such as Barcelona and Real Madrid. Spanish football has dominated much of the 21st Century, with teams such as Sevilla and the aforementioned Barcelona and Real Madrid winning European cup competitions regularly.
The league has seen scores of world-renowned footballers grace the pitches, with none arguably more famous or iconic than Barcelona’s little magician Lionel Messi or Real Madrid’s global superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. That’s also not to be disrespectful to other iconic names such as Zidane, Beckham, Figo, Xavi, Iniesta, and Ronaldinho.
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La Liga’s domestic and intercontinental success also spread to the national team, which saw Spain win the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and the UEFA European Cup in 2008 and 2012.
A more in-depth and official description of La Liga has also been provided;
LaLiga is a global, innovative, and socially responsible organization that is a leader in the leisure and entertainment sector. It is a private sports association composed of the 20 public limited sports companies (SADs) and clubs of LaLiga Santander and the 22 of LaLiga SmartBank and is responsible for organizing professional football competitions in Spain. La Liga is the football competition with the most social media followers in the world, with over 158 million followers across 17 platforms in 20 different languages. With its headquarters in Madrid (Spain), it is present in 41 countries through eleven offices and 44 delegates. The organization carries out its social work through its Foundation and was the world’s first professional football league to establish a league for intellectually challenged footballers: LaLiga Genuine Santander.
Real Madrid players are celebrating the La Liga championship at the Cibeles fountain in Madrid, Spain, on May 13. (Photo by Guillermo Martinez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
What is the focus of the LALIGA: All Access?
The series will focus on the entirety of the 2023-2024 season, chronicling all of the drama that unfolded across the twenty-team division.
Óscar Mayo, Executive Director of LaLiga, had the following to say about working with Netflix;
“For LaLiga, to be the star of Netflix’s first sports series in Spain is a unique opportunity to take our football beyond the fans, to share with the world the excitement of the sport we love, and the chance for all our fans to see LaLiga from a totally different angle.”
Álvaro Díaz, Director, of Unscripted & Documentary Series (Spain), also had this to say about the docuseries;
“Netflix is excited to show the world the stories of the sport and its protagonists as they have never been seen before. Spanish football is a world reference and thanks to the unprecedented and exclusive access to LALIGA we have an incredible opportunity to entertain long-time fans and reach new viewers.”
Jorge de la Vega, Executive General Manager of La Liga, had the following to say;
“LALIGA is entertainment, drama, competitiveness… and all these feelings will be shown in this docuseries that we are so proud of. Thanks to this Netflix and Morena Films production, all LALIGA fans around the world will be able to enjoy the intra-histories of the teams and experience from the inside how a season full of surprises and emotions unfolds. And it will also serve as a showcase for the culture and diversity of our country, thus encouraging the international promotion of Spain.”
Álvaro Díaz, the director of non-fiction at Netflix Spain said;
“Netflix is excited to show the world the stories of the sport and its protagonists as they have never been seen before. Spanish football is a world reference and thanks to the unprecedented and exclusive access to LALIGA we have an incredible opportunity to entertain long-time fans and reach new viewers.”
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