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Waiting for the La Liga belt: the longest droughts
The active franchises that have gone longest without the belt, and the ones still waiting for their first reign.
Every active La Liga franchise and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a franchise keeps losing the one game that matters.
The longest waits
- Elche CF: last held it October 16, 1988, 13,862 days ago.
- Racing Santander: last held it November 16, 2008, 6,526 days ago.
- Deportivo La Coruña: last held it October 31, 2014, 4,351 days ago.
- Málaga CF: last held it March 7, 2015, 4,224 days ago.
- Real Betis: last held it January 21, 2023, 1,347 days ago.
- Espanyol: last held it January 27, 2023, 1,341 days ago.
- Girona: last held it May 20, 2023, 1,228 days ago.
- RCD Mallorca: last held it August 18, 2023, 1,138 days ago.
- Celta Vigo: last held it May 4, 2025, 513 days ago.
- Villarreal CF: last held it September 13, 2025, 381 days ago.