La Liga tickets

Start on the home club's official website. That is where each club announces when a match goes on sale, whether its members or registered fans get an earlier window and which areas of the ground are offered, and buying there is the face-value route. Prices are set match by match, so the same seat can cost a different amount depending on the opponent.

Release dates vary a great deal. Some clubs put their home games on sale months ahead, and several fixtures in the table are already on sale at the club; others release tickets only as the match approaches. Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid each have their own page setting out the route.

Why dates and kick-off times move

La Liga fixes kick-off times matchday by matchday, and until it does, the table shows them as TBC. The weekend is known well in advance, but the day can still change within it, so if you are flying out for a match, choose flexible travel or wait for the confirmed time before booking anything you cannot change.

Before you buy

• Some clubs ask for the holder's details, such as an ID or passport number, at the time of purchase, so have them ready for each person in your group.
• Seats for visiting supporters are sold through the away club: if you follow the away side, buy through your own club rather than the hosts.
• Check the club's own sale before paying a resale price. While a match is still on sale at the club, that is usually the better deal.

Spain's title is decided on points over the season, so the big tickets are the derbies and the meetings between the leading clubs. El Clásico, Real Madrid v Barcelona, is the fixture most visitors ask for, and the table also holds the Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid and both of Barcelona's meetings with Espanyol.

The biggest clubs change the market when they travel, too. When Real Madrid or Barcelona visit a smaller ground, the home club has fewer seats to offer, and resale listings for those away days tend to start higher than for the same clubs' home games.

The fixture pages set out resale prices stand by stand, which helps on a big night: at the large stadiums, a seat high behind a goal and one close to halfway can be very different prices for the same match.

Each row gives the lowest Hellotickets listing from the latest check alongside the home club's own status, which tells you whether the official sale is open, not yet open or over.

Across the fixtures on this page, resale seats start at £62.

El Clásico starts well above the rest of the season, and the big clubs' trips to smaller grounds sit high as well, while ordinary home games that the club is still selling tend to start lowest.

Sellers set their own prices, which can be above face value, and the final price is shown before you pay. For a weekend in Spain, plan around delivery: Hellotickets sends tickets "as soon as we receive them from the seller — sometimes up to 1–2 days before the event", so keep your order confirmation to hand while you travel.