Real Madrid marks 2016-17 title anniversary

Real Madrid used its official website on May 21 to revisit one of the club's recent league title wins, publishing a short anniversary piece on the 2016-17 championship. The club said nine years had passed since it secured its 33rd La Liga crown on May 21, 2017. The post tied the memory directly to the final day of that season, when Madrid won away to Málaga to finish first. ### Why did the club single out May 21, 2017? May 21, 2017 was the day Real Madrid clinched the title on the last matchday of the 2016-17 La Liga season, according to the club's anniversary post. Real Madrid said the team coached by Zinedine Zidane became champions by beating Málaga at La Rosaleda. (realmadrid.com) The date matters because the championship was not wrapped up earlier in the run-in. ESPN's match record shows the game ended 2-0 for Madrid, confirming that the title was settled with that result on the final day. ### What happened in Málaga that day? Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the opening two minutes, Real Madrid said in its retrospective. (realmadrid.com) The club said Madrid "quickly took control" of the match through that early goal before Karim Benzema added the second after halftime. (espn.com) ESPN's archived match summary also lists the scorers as Ronaldo in the second minute and Benzema in the 55th minute in a 2-0 away win. That result gave Madrid the points it needed to finish the campaign as champion. ### Why was it remembered as the 33rd league title? Real Madrid's post identified the trophy as the club's 33rd League title. (realmadrid.com) In the club's own accounting, that made the 2016-17 triumph another addition to a long domestic record, and the anniversary item was framed as part of a broader series revisiting past titles on their original dates. (espn.com) The 2016-17 title also ended a five-year wait for Real Madrid in La Liga, according to contemporaneous match reports from 2017. Those reports described the Málaga victory as the moment Madrid sealed its first league championship since 2012. ### How does this fit into Real Madrid's current publishing pattern? (realmadrid.com) Real Madrid has recently published multiple date-driven historical notes on its official site, including items on earlier football and basketball league titles. The May 21 article on the 33rd League follows that same format: a brief anniversary marker, the original date, and the decisive match that secured the trophy. (espn.co.uk) The wording of the latest item was simple and specific. It said nine years had passed since the 33rd League was won and located the clinching result in Málaga on May 21, 2017. ### What can readers look at next? Real Madrid's anniversary post is available on the club's official news page dated May 21, 2026. (realmadrid.com) The underlying match it references is Málaga 0-2 Real Madrid on May 21, 2017, with Ronaldo and Benzema listed as the scorers in archived match records.