1940–41 La Liga

Primera División
Season 1940–41
Champions Atlético Aviación
(2nd title)
Relegated Zaragoza
Murcia
Matches played 132
Goals scored 569 (4.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Pruden
(33 goals)
Biggest home win Sevilla 11–1 Barcelona
Biggest away win Atlético Bilbao 0–5 Atlético Aviación
Hércules 0–5 Celta
Highest scoring Sevilla 10–3 Valencia
Longest winning run 6 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Longest unbeaten run 11 matches
Atlético Aviación
Longest winless run 9 matches
Zaragoza
Longest losing run 6 matches
Celta
Murcia

The 1940–41 La Liga was the tenth season since its establishment. Atlético Aviación retained the title.

Format changes

Due to the expansion of the league to 14 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams, instead of being directly relegated to Segunda División, faced the third and fourth qualified teams in a single-game play-off match.

Team locations

After an absence of one season due to the damages in their stadium, Oviedo came back to La Liga. Murcia made its debut this season.

With the arrival of the Francoism, in 1941 a law that forbid the use of foreign names like Athletic, Sporting or Racing was approved. However, the clubs recovered their Royal patronages and started to use again the term Real in their denominations.

Club City Stadium
Atlético AviaciónMadridChamartín
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
BarcelonaBarcelonaLes Corts
CeltaVigoBalaídos
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
HérculesAlicanteBardín
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
OviedoOviedoBuenavista
Real MadridMadridChamartín
SevillaSevilleNervión
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ZaragozaZaragozaTorrero

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Aviación (C) 22 13 7 2 70 36 +34 33
2 Atlético Bilbao 22 13 5 4 49 24 +25 31
3 Valencia 22 11 5 6 60 52 +8 27[lower-alpha 1]
4 Barcelona 22 13 1 8 55 45 +10 27[lower-alpha 1]
5 Sevilla 22 12 2 8 70 43 +27 26
6 Real Madrid 22 11 2 9 51 38 +13 24
7 Español 22 10 2 10 50 54 −4 22
8 Oviedo 22 7 2 13 36 63 −27 16[lower-alpha 2]
9 Hércules 22 7 2 13 28 67 −39 16[lower-alpha 2]
10 Celta 22 7 1 14 45 51 −6 15
11 Zaragoza (R) 22 5 4 13 26 41 −15 14 Qualification to the relegation play-off
12 Murcia (R) 22 5 3 14 29 55 −26 13
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Valencia finished ahead of Barcelona on head-to-head goal difference: Valencia–Barcelona 3–1, Barcelona–Valencia 4–3.
  2. 1 2 Oviedo finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo–Hércules 6–0, Hércules–Oviedo 3–0.

Results

Home \ Away AAV ATB BAR CEL ESP HER RMA MUR OVI SEV VAL ZAR
Atlético Aviación — 1–1 4–4 5–4 5–3 7–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–1
Atlético Bilbao 0–5 — 3–1 4–1 6–2 4–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
Barcelona 2–4 1–0 — 2–0 2–3 3–2 3–0 3–0 7–0 4–0 4–3 2–0
Celta 0–2 1–2 1–4 — 7–1 2–0 1–2 5–1 3–1 2–2 6–2 1–0
Español 2–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 — 1–2 3–2 2–1 5–0 4–3 2–1 3–0
Hércules 3–3 1–0 1–3 0–5 3–2 — 0–3 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0
Real Madrid 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 5–3 — 2–1 1–0 4–1 6–1 6–0
Murcia 1–1 1–3 1–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 — 1–2 2–1 2–5 1–0
Oviedo 4–3 0–2 3–1 4–3 3–3 6–0 0–2 2–1 — 0–4 3–3 5–4
Sevilla 1–1 1–0 11–1 3–0 3–1 8–3 5–4 3–2 4–1 — 10–3 4–1
Valencia 3–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 3–0 6–0 1–1 3–3 5–1 4–1 — 1–0
Zaragoza 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–3 7–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 —
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The match between Zaragoza and Castellón was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the one between Murcia and Deportivo La Coruña, in Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, in Vallecas.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zaragoza 2–3 Castellón
Murcia 1–2 Deportivo La Coruña

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Spain PrudenAtlético Aviación33
2Spain MundoValencia21
3Spain Vicente Martínez CatalàEspañol18
4Spain Campanal ISevilla17
5Spain Paco CamposAtlético Aviación16
6Spain Manuel AldayReal Madrid14
Spain TorronteguiSevilla
Spain Guillermo GorostizaValencia
9Spain Mariano MartínBarcelona12
Spain AgustínCelta
Spain Del PinoCelta
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