In Spanish football

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

, the Guruceta trophy is awarded by Spanish

Spain

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 sports newspaper MARCA

Marca (newspaper)

MARCA is a Spanish national daily sports newspaper owned by Unidad Editorial. The newspaper focuses primarily on football, in particular the day-to-day activities of Real Madrid CF...

 to the best referee

Referee

A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...

 for each season. It is named in honour of the famous Spanish referee, Emilio Guruceta.

Rules

After every match the MARCA journalist covering the match will evaluate the referees performance with a score out of 3 - 3 being the best and 0 the worst. At the end of the season a coefficient will be calculated between the number of matches refereed and the number of points awarded. The referee with the highest coefficient wins the trophy.

Primera División

Season	Referee
1986-1987	Jiménez Moreno & Soriano Aladrén
1987-1988	Martín Navarrete
1988-1989	Ramos Marcos
1989-1990	Ramos Marcos
1990-1991	Andújar Oliver
1991-1992	Díaz Vega
1992-1993	Andújar Oliver
1993-1994	López Nieto Antonio López Nieto Antonio Jesús López Nieto is a Spanish football referee, who has officiated at one FIFA World Cup and during the UEFA Champions League....
1994-1995	López Nieto Antonio López Nieto Antonio Jesús López Nieto is a Spanish football referee, who has officiated at one FIFA World Cup and during the UEFA Champions League....
1995-1996	López Nieto Antonio López Nieto Antonio Jesús López Nieto is a Spanish football referee, who has officiated at one FIFA World Cup and during the UEFA Champions League....
1996-1997	López Nieto Antonio López Nieto Antonio Jesús López Nieto is a Spanish football referee, who has officiated at one FIFA World Cup and during the UEFA Champions League....
1997-1998	Díaz Vega
1998-1999	Prados García
1999-2000	López Nieto Antonio López Nieto Antonio Jesús López Nieto is a Spanish football referee, who has officiated at one FIFA World Cup and during the UEFA Champions League....
2000-2001	García Aranda
2001-2002	Iturralde González and Mejuto González Manuel Mejuto González Manuel Enrique Mejuto González is a former Spanish football referee. He is known for refereeing two matches in the Euro 2004 in Portugal...
2002-2003	Mejuto González Manuel Mejuto González Manuel Enrique Mejuto González is a former Spanish football referee. He is known for refereeing two matches in the Euro 2004 in Portugal...
2003-2004	Mejuto González Manuel Mejuto González Manuel Enrique Mejuto González is a former Spanish football referee. He is known for refereeing two matches in the Euro 2004 in Portugal...
2004-2005	Losantos Omar
2005-2006	Esquinas Torres
2006-2007	Undiano Mallenco Alberto Undiano Mallenco Alberto Undiano Mallenco is a Spanish football referee who currently resides in Ansoáin. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2004. Undiano is also a part-time sociologist.- Career :...
2007-2008	Megía Dávila
2008-2009	Megía Dávila

Segunda División

Season	Referee
1993-1994	Antoñana Moraza
1994-1995	Puentes Leira
1995-1996	Medina Cantalejo
1996-1997	Román González
1997-1998	Román González
1998-1999	Muñiz Fernández
1999-2000	Amilburu Santamaría
2000-2001	Román González
2001-2002	Román González
2002-2003	Delgado Ferreiro
2003-2004	Fernández Hinijosa
2004-2005	Fernández Hinijosa
2005-2006	González González
2006-2007	Cerro Grande
2007-2008	Perez Lima