(24), The Best FIFA Men's Player awards (19) and UEFA Men's Player of the Year awards (12). La Liga is one of the most popular professional sports leagues globally, with an average attendance of 26,933 for league matches in the 2018–19 season. This is the eighth-highest of any domestic professional sports league in the world and the third-highest of any professional association football league in the world, behind the Bundesliga and the Premier League, and above the other two so-called "Big Five" European leagues, Serie A and Ligue 1. La Liga is also the seventh wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue, after the NFL, MLB, the NBA, the Premier League, the NHL, and the Bundesliga. Competition format The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from August to May, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for 38 matches. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the highest-ranked club crowned champion at the end of the season. Promotion and relegation A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Primera División and the Segunda División. The three lowest placed teams in La Liga are relegated to the Segunda División, and the top two teams from the Segunda División promoted to La Liga, with an additional club promoted after a series of play-offs involving the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed clubs. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history; Tie breaker rules If points are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are: If all clubs involved have played each other twice: If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the head-to-head goal difference for those clubs (without away goals rule). If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other: a) head-to-head points b) head-to-head goal difference If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using: a) total goal difference b) total goals scored If the tie is still not broken, the winner will be determined by