1941–42 La Liga

Primera División
Season 1941–42
Champions Valencia (1st title)
Relegated Alicante
Real Sociedad
Matches played 182
Goals scored 741 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorer Mundo
(27 goals)
Biggest home win Atlético Bilbao 10–0 Celta
Sevilla 10–0 Oviedo

The 1941–42 La Liga was the 11th season of Spanish football league. Valencia won their first title ever.

Team locations

Real Sociedad came back after a three-season absence. Granada, Deportivo La Coruña and Castellón made their debut in La Liga.

For this season, Hércules played with the denomination of Alicante CF. The namesake club acted as its reserve team with the name of Lucentum CF.

Club City Stadium
AlicanteAlicanteBardín
Atlético AviaciónMadridChamartín
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
BarcelonaBarcelonaLes Corts
CastellónCastellón de la PlanaEl Sequiol
CeltaVigoBalaídos
Deportivo La CoruñaA CoruñaRiazor
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
GranadaGranadaLos Cármenes
OviedoOviedoBuenavista
Real MadridMadridChamartín
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SevillaSevilleNervión
ValenciaValenciaMestalla

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Valencia (C) 26 18 4 4 85 39 +46 40
2 Real Madrid 26 14 5 7 65 43 +22 33[lower-alpha 1]
3 Atlético Aviación 26 14 5 7 50 44 +6 33[lower-alpha 1]
4 Deportivo La Coruña 26 12 4 10 36 37 −1 28[lower-alpha 2]
5 Celta 26 11 6 9 53 58 −5 28[lower-alpha 2]
6 Sevilla 26 10 7 9 58 45 +13 27[lower-alpha 3]
7 Atlético Bilbao 26 10 7 9 55 41 +14 27[lower-alpha 3]
8 Castellón 26 10 6 10 54 63 −9 26[lower-alpha 4]
9 Español 26 10 6 10 49 42 +7 26[lower-alpha 4]
10 Granada 26 10 5 11 64 52 +12 25
11 Oviedo (O) 26 8 7 11 42 63 −21 23 Qualification to the relegation play-off
12 Barcelona (O) 26 8 3 15 57 66 −9 19
13 Alicante (R) 26 6 5 15 42 71 −29 17 Relegated to Segunda División
14 Real Sociedad (R) 26 5 2 19 31 77 −46 12
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; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Real Madrid finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head goal difference: Real Madrid–Atlético Aviación 4–1, Atlético Aviación–Real Madrid 2–0.
  2. 1 2 Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of Celta on head-to-head goal difference: Deportivo–Celta 4–0, Celta–Deportivo 2–1.
  3. 1 2 Sevilla finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Sevilla–Atlético Bilbao 2–1, Atlético Bilbao–Sevilla 1–1.
  4. 1 2 Castellón finished ahead of Español on head-to-head points: Castellón–Español 2–0, Español–Castellón 2–3.

Results

Home \ Away ALI AAV ATB BAR CAS CEL DEP ESP GRA RMA OVI RSO SEV VAL
Alicante — 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–3
Atlético Aviación 5–1 — 2–2 5–4 4–4 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 3–0
Atlético Bilbao 2–2 6–0 — 6–3 2–2 10–0 0–0 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–3
Barcelona 4–4 5–1 1–2 — 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–2 6–3 4–2 6–2 2–4
Castellón 4–0 2–4 4–0 1–1 — 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–3 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–2
Celta 4–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 — 2–1 4–3 3–3 2–4 2–1 6–1 1–1 3–3
Deportivo La Coruña 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 — 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–3
Español 2–0 5–0 1–1 5–2 2–3 3–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 8–0 3–1 0–1
Granada 7–2 0–1 1–3 6–0 7–3 1–1 4–1 4–0 — 3–1 8–0 3–1 3–2 1–2
Real Madrid 2–1 4–1 3–2 4–3 9–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 5–2 — 1–1 6–4 0–2 5–3
Oviedo 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 4–4 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 — 3–1 4–0 1–1
Real Sociedad 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–3 — 2–1 0–3
Sevilla 7–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–2 6–0 3–0 2–2 10–0 1–0 — 4–1
Valencia 7–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 6–2 7–3 2–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 5–2 6–0 8–1 —
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Both matches were played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Oviedo 3–1 Sabadell
Barcelona 5–1 Murcia

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Spain MundoValencia27
2Spain CésarGranada23
Spain Manuel AldayReal Madrid
4Spain Juan del PinoCelta22
5Spain Paco CamposAtlético Aviación20
Spain Guillermo GorostizaValencia
7Spain BasilioCastellón19
8Spain Mariano MartínBarcelona18
9Spain Campanal ISevilla17
10Spain ZarraAtlético Bilbao15
Spain Vicente AsensiValencia
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