1950–51 La Liga

Primera División
Season 1950–51
Champions Atlético Madrid
(4th title)
Relegated Málaga
Murcia
Alcoyano
Lérida
Matches played 240
Goals scored 1,038 (4.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Telmo Zarra
(38 goals)
Biggest home win Atlético Bilbao 10–0 Lérida
Biggest away win Lérida 1–6 Real Madrid
Lérida 1–6 Valencia
Highest scoring Atlético Bilbao 9–4 Celta
Longest winning run 5 matches
Barcelona
Valladolid
Longest unbeaten run 9 matches
Valladolid
Longest winless run 10 matches
Alcoyano
Lérida
Longest losing run 10 matches
Alcoyano

The 1950–51 La Liga season was the 20th edition of the Spanish football top division. Atlético Madrid achieved their fourth tournament.

Format

This was the first season after the expansion of the league to 16 teams. The two last qualified teams were directly relegated to Segunda División and teams in the 13th and 14th position joined the relegation play-offs with the second and third qualified teams of each one of the two groups of the Segunda División.

Team locations

Lérida made their debut in La Liga.

Club City Stadium
AlcoyanoAlcoyEl Collao
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaLes Corts
CeltaVigoBalaídos
Deportivo La CoruñaA CoruñaRiazor
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
LéridaLéridaCampo de los Deportes
MálagaMálagaLa Rosaleda
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
Real MadridMadridChamartín
Real SantanderSantanderEl Sardinero
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtotxa
SevillaSevilleNervión
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ValladolidValladolidMunicipal

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Madrid (C) 30 17 6 7 87 50 +37 40
2 Sevilla 30 17 4 9 79 46 +33 38
3 Valencia 30 17 3 10 64 48 +16 37
4 Barcelona 30 16 3 11 83 61 +22 35
5 Real Sociedad 30 15 5 10 77 56 +21 35
6 Valladolid 30 14 5 11 51 51 0 33
7 Atlético Bilbao 30 15 3 12 88 56 +32 33
8 Celta 30 15 3 12 62 56 +6 33
9 Real Madrid 30 13 5 12 80 71 +9 31
10 Real Santander 30 12 6 12 49 60 −11 30
11 Español 30 13 4 13 82 72 +10 30
12 Deportivo La Coruña 30 13 4 13 64 47 +17 30
13 Málaga (R) 30 12 5 13 55 52 +3 29 Qualification to the relegation group
14 Murcia (R) 30 8 3 19 40 86 −46 19
15 Alcoyano (R) 30 6 2 22 36 92 −56 14 Relegation to Segunda División
16 Lérida (R) 30 6 1 23 41 134 −93 13
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away ALC ATB ATM BAR MAL CEL DEP ESP LER MUR RSA RMA RSO SEV VAL VAD
Alcoyano — 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 6–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 1–4
Atlético Bilbao 8–1 — 4–0 4–3 3–1 9–4 1–1 4–2 10–0 5–1 3–1 2–5 7–1 3–0 4–1 1–1
Atlético Madrid 5–1 2–0 — 6–4 3–0 3–2 5–2 1–1 7–1 2–2 9–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 7–0
Barcelona 6–0 2–1 3–0 — 7–2 3–1 2–2 4–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 7–2 8–2 4–1 2–1 3–1
Málaga 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 — 1–2 4–2 2–0 9–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 0–0
Celta 6–2 4–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 — 1–2 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 5–1 0–1
Deportivo La Coruña 4–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 — 4–1 10–1 4–1 0–1 5–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1
Español 5–3 3–2 4–3 6–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 — 8–0 7–0 2–0 7–1 2–1 2–4 2–2 3–2
Lérida 3–1 0–3 3–4 0–3 2–5 2–3 1–0 5–4 — 3–2 4–2 1–6 1–0 4–5 1–6 2–2
Murcia 3–1 3–6 1–3 3–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 — 2–0 2–5 2–1 3–2 2–4 1–2
Real Santander 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–2 4–3 5–1 4–0 — 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 4–1
Real Madrid 7–0 2–2 3–6 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–2 7–0 6–0 0–1 — 7–2 3–3 3–2 2–1
Real Sociedad 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 7–0 5–0 6–2 — 1–0 3–0 5–2
Sevilla 7–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 3–0 3–1 5–2 5–0 5–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 — 4–0 4–0
Valencia 4–1 3–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 0–3 3–2 4–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 — 4–1
Valladolid 0–1 4–2 3–3 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 4–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 0–1 —
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Teams qualified in the 13th and 14th position joined the relegation group with the teams qualified in the second and third group of each one of the two groups of the Segunda División. The two top teams would play the next La Liga season.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Las Palmas (O, P) 10 8 0 2 26 11 +15 16 Qualification to La Liga
2 Zaragoza (O, P) 10 7 1 2 31 16 +15 15
3 Málaga (R) 10 7 1 2 34 18 +16 15 Qualification to Segunda División
4 Murcia (R) 10 3 0 7 23 33 −10 6
5 Sabadell 10 2 1 7 14 25 −11 5
6 Salamanca 10 1 1 8 8 33 −25 3
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away LPA MAL MUR SAB SAL ZAR
Las Palmas — 4–1 6–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Málaga 2–0 — 5–2 4–0 6–0 4–2
Murcia 2–5 1–5 — 5–2 6–2 1–4
Sabadell 1–2 2–2 1–0 — 3–0 2–4
Salamanca 0–2 1–3 0–3 3–2 — 1–1
Zaragoza 3–1 6–2 3–2 3–1 5–0 —
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Spain Telmo ZarraAtlético Bilbao38
2Spain César RodríguezBarcelona29
3Spain PahiñoReal Madrid21
4Spain Manuel BadenesValencia20
5Spain Adrián EscuderoAtlético Madrid19
Spain Juan AraujoSevilla
Spain Gerardo CoqueValladolid
8Spain Francisco Javier MarcetEspañol18
9Spain EpiReal Sociedad17
Spain José CaeiroReal Sociedad
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