1949–50 La Liga

Primera División
Season 1949–50
Champions Atlético Madrid
(3rd title)
Relegated Gimnástico
Oviedo
Matches played 182
Goals scored 773 (4.25 per match)
Top goalscorer Telmo Zarra
(24 goals)
Biggest home win Barcelona 10–1 Gimnástico
Celta 10–1 Gimnástico
Sevilla 9–0 Gimnástico
Biggest away win Gimnástico 1–5 Celta
Gimnástico 0–4 Atlético Madrid
Español 0–4 Valladolid
Highest scoring Atlético Madrid 6–6 Atlético Bilbao
Longest winning run 4 matches
Atlético Madrid
Deportivo La Coruña
Sevilla
Longest unbeaten run 11 matches
Real Madrid
Longest winless run 8 matches
Oviedo
Longest losing run 7 matches
Gimnástico

The 1949–50 La Liga was the 19th season since its establishment. Atlético Madrid conquered their third title.

Format

Due to the expansion of the league to 16 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams played the relegation playoffs against the third and fourth qualified teams of the promotion play-offs from Segunda División.

Team locations

Málaga made their debut in La Liga.

Club City Stadium
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaLes Corts
CeltaVigoBalaídos
Deportivo La CoruñaA CoruñaRiazor
GimnásticoTarragonaAvenida de Cataluña
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
MálagaMálagaLa Rosaleda
OviedoOviedoBuenavista
Real MadridMadridChamartín
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtotxa
SevillaSevilleNervión
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ValladolidValladolidMunicipal

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Madrid (C) 26 15 3 8 71 51 +20 33
2 Deportivo La Coruña 26 12 8 6 48 38 +10 32
3 Valencia 26 12 7 7 71 43 +28 31[lower-alpha 1]
4 Real Madrid 26 11 9 6 60 49 +11 31[lower-alpha 1]
5 Barcelona 26 13 3 10 67 47 +20 29[lower-alpha 2]
6 Atlético Bilbao 26 12 5 9 72 66 +6 29[lower-alpha 2]
7 Celta 26 13 2 11 63 50 +13 28
8 Real Sociedad 26 9 9 8 57 43 +14 27
9 Valladolid 26 8 9 9 49 46 +3 25[lower-alpha 3]
10 Sevilla 26 11 3 12 60 61 1 25[lower-alpha 3]
11 Español 26 8 6 12 42 64 22 22
12 Málaga 26 8 5 13 44 51 7 21
13 Gimnástico (R) 26 7 2 17 39 99 60 16 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
14 Oviedo (R) 26 4 7 15 30 65 35 15
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 Real Madrid on overall goal difference.
  2. 1 2 Barcelona finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Barcelona 5–0 Atlético Bilbao, Atlético Bilbao 3–1 Barcelona.
  3. 1 2 Valladolid finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Valladolid 1–1 Sevilla, Sevilla 2–3 Valladolid.

Results

Home \ Away ATB ATM BAR CEL DEP ESP GIM MAL OVI RMA RSO SEV VAL VAD
Atlético Bilbao 1–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 4–0 7–0 2–1 3–0 6–2 5–2 2–3 3–6 3–2
Atlético Madrid 6–6 4–1 4–2 6–1 5–2 5–1 3–2 4–1 5–1 5–3 0–1 4–4 2–1
Barcelona 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 10–1 4–0 5–0 2–3 2–0 7–0 2–0 2–2
Celta 1–1 2–0 6–4 2–3 4–1 10–1 1–0 3–1 5–2 0–1 4–2 3–2 4–0
Deportivo La Coruña 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–4 3–0 5–1 1–0
Español 4–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 6–4 0–4
Gimnástico 5–3 0–4 1–4 1–5 3–2 3–1 5–1 3–2 0–3 2–1 2–4 1–1 4–1
Málaga 2–3 3–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 5–1 2–1 1–3 5–2 2–0 1–2 2–1
Oviedo 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2
Real Madrid 2–2 4–2 6–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 6–2 2–2 4–2 2–2 1–1
Real Sociedad 2–3 4–1 2–4 4–0 0–1 5–0 3–1 1–0 7–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1
Sevilla 5–3 0–1 5–2 4–3 2–2 2–1 9–0 3–1 7–0 2–1 3–4 2–2 2–3
Valencia 4–1 6–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 5–0 4–1
Valladolid 6–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–3 2–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 3–2
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Gimnástico played their match at Sarrià Stadium and Oviedo at Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gimnástico 3–6 Alcoyano
Oviedo 0–2 Murcia

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Spain Telmo ZarraAtlético Bilbao24
2Spain Silvestre IgoaValencia22
3Spain HermiditaCelta21
4Spain PahiñoReal Madrid20
5Spain César RodríguezBarcelona17
6Spain Manuel TorresMálaga15
7Spain Rafael FrancoDeportivo La Coruña14
Spain Juan AraujoSevilla
9Spain Vicente SeguíValencia13
Spain José CaeiroReal Sociedad
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