La Liga has another Cinderella side in the mix this season. Fairytale club Huesca are ready for their first ever season in the top flight and it promises to be emotional.
They have managed to add 2,000 seats to their 5,300 capacity ground – although refurbishment will mean they have to play their first three games away.
They have also been able to hang on to the 19-year-old Colombian striker, Cucho Hernandez, who they borrowed from Watford last season.
And they have loaned another forward, Ruben Semedo, currently out on bail for attempted murder and the unlicensed possession of a firearm.
Their first game will be home to Rayo Vallecano on September 14. By then they will already have visited the Nou Camp to test themselves against Lionel Messi, a player who earned around five times more last season than Huesca's entire budget.
Huesca sits just north of Zaragoza on the map of Spain. It's about a three-and-a-half hour drive from the Santiago Bernabeu and a two-and-a-half hour drive from the Nou Camp but with its modest 'El Alcoraz' stadium, it's a world away from both the big two and almost every other club in the division.
By quirk of the fixture calendar, Huesca's league debut comes against another team with a quaint little Subbuteo stadium.
Eibar came up in 2014 with a stadium of 5,250 seats but have since increased the capacity to 7,000. They are the perfect role model for Huesca having proved it is possible to survive among the Goliaths of the Spanish game.
Huesca are adding more seats to their ground, taking the capacity to 7,500 – the entire population of the town only reaches 50,000 – so refurbishments don't need to go too far. The changes will oblige the team to play their first three matches away to Athletic Bilbao and then at the home of the league champions.
Huesca will not be bothered about being the paupers of the top tier because they were not exactly the princes of the second division. Their budget of £7.1million was the fourth smallest in the league as they finished runners-up last season.
Staying up will not be easy after the club lost their manager to Espanyol in the summer. Rubi had guided Huesca to second place but the offer to manage Barcelona's second biggest club was too much to turn down, especially as he's a Catalan who formerly coached the youth team there.
They have also lost goalkeeper Alex Remiro. who summed up the Huesca spirit towards the end of the season when he was taken to hospital after a clash of heads in the game against Lugo that was to seal the team's promotion.
When he heard his team-mates had won 2-0 and were up, he discharged himself to join his pals in celebration. He played so well on loan from Athletic Bilbao that they have taken him back and he is set to start the season as the replacement for Kepa Arrizabalaga, who joined Chelsea last week.
Axel Werner arrives on loan from Atletico Madrid to take his place and he's not the only interesting loanee. Villarreal forward Semedo had his season interrupted by some jail time a few months back.
But after spending 142 days behind bars awaiting trial for attempted murder, intent to injure, kidnapping, possession of unlicensed firearms and violent theft, he has paid £27,000 bail and is back on the pitch looking to lead the line for the newcomers.
Huesca have defended the decision to sign Semedo, with sporting director Emilio Vega telling Spanish radio: 'He has arrived with an ideal weight as he did some work there [in prison]. He even played a few matches inside.'
Vega would not reveal the details of Semedo's contract and what will happen if the case goes to trial during the season.
'We have the presumption of innocence and we have given full confidence to the player. Once any sentence is given, we will sit down and discuss what to do. We are a serious and responsible club. We will make a wise and coherent decision.'
Elsewhere, Huesca have held on to star performers from last season.
Gonzalo Melero has stayed. He is the midfield playmaker who couldn't get in the Real Madrid B-team when Zinedine Zidane was the manager. Now he will be running out at the Bernabeu for Huesca.
And 19-year-old Colombian striker Hernandez is on loan from Watford for another year and hoping to improve on the 16 goals he scored in the promotion campaign.
Former Atletico Madrid and Argentina goalkeeper Leo Franco is the man charged with making everything fall into place. A former Huesca keeper, he was director of external relations last season but now, taking over from Rubi, he is must direct the whole orchestra, and all at the age of just 41.
What they lack in top flight experience they will hope to make up for with drive and determination. They made history last season. If they can stay in La Liga the achievement will be even greater.