1955–56 La Liga

Primera División
Season 1955–56
Champions Atlético Bilbao
(6th title)
Relegated Murcia
Alavés
Cultural Leonesa
Hércules
European Cup Atlético Bilbao
Real Madrid (as holders)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 908 (3.78 per match)
Top goalscorer Alfredo di Stéfano
(24 goals)
Biggest home win Atlético Madrid 9–0 Hércules
Biggest away win Deportivo La Coruña 0–7 Barcelona
Highest scoring Real Madrid 8–3 Celta
Longest winning run 10 matches
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Longest winless run 10 matches
Hércules
Las Palmas
Murcia
Longest losing run 6 matches
Cultural Leonesa

The 1955–56 La Liga was the 25th season since its establishment. Athletic Bilbao achieved their sixth title.

Team locations

Location of teams in 1955–56 La Liga (Canary Islands)
Team Home city Stadium
AlavésVitoriaMendizorroza
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaLas Corts
CeltaVigoBalaidos
Cultural LeonesaLeónLa Puentecilla
Deportivo La CoruñaA CoruñaRiazor
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
HérculesAlicanteLa Viña
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SevillaSevilleNervión
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ValladolidValladolidMunicipal

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Bilbao (C) 30 22 4 4 79 31 +48 48 Qualification for the European Cup
2 Barcelona 30 22 3 5 67 26 +41 47
3 Real Madrid 30 18 2 10 81 39 +42 38 Qualification for the European Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sevilla 30 17 2 11 75 44 +31 36
5 Atlético Madrid 30 14 5 11 75 49 +26 33
6 Valencia 30 13 6 11 58 50 +8 32
7 Español 30 14 3 13 50 56 −6 31
8 Real Sociedad 30 11 8 11 48 53 −5 30
9 Valladolid 30 13 4 13 52 55 −3 30
10 Celta 30 12 3 15 52 75 −23 27
11 Las Palmas 30 11 4 15 49 60 −11 26
12 Deportivo La Coruña 30 11 4 15 60 80 −20 26
13 Real Murcia (R) 30 10 5 15 46 66 −20 25 Qualification to the relegation group
14 Alavés (R) 30 9 6 15 49 73 −24 24
15 Cultural Leonesa (R) 30 5 4 21 34 65 −31 14 Relegation to Segunda División
16 Hércules (R) 30 5 3 22 33 86 −53 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.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.

Results

Home \ Away ALA ATB ATM BAR CEL CUL DEP ESP HER LPA MUR RMA RSO SEV VAL VAD
Alavés — 0–3 0–0 1–3 5–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 5–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–3 3–0
Atlético Bilbao 3–2 — 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 5–0 7–1 3–1 3–0 6–1 4–2 3–0
Atlético Madrid 8–1 2–3 — 0–2 3–2 6–1 4–1 5–0 9–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 4–5 4–1 3–1 3–1
Barcelona 3–1 1–2 2–2 — 2–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 6–4 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 2–0
Celta 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 — 3–2 4–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0
Cultural Leonesa 4–1 2–3 2–4 0–1 4–1 — 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–4 3–0 0–0
Deportivo La Coruña 5–3 2–2 3–0 0–7 5–0 4–3 — 3–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 5–0 3–2 3–3 1–1
Español 6–0 0–1 4–1 0–3 6–1 1–1 3–2 — 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–3
Hércules 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–3 0–2 3–1 5–1 1–1 — 0–5 2–1 0–4 1–1 1–4 4–0 2–0
Las Palmas 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–2 6–1 — 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–2
Murcia 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 5–4 2–3 3–1 2–1 — 1–1 6–1 2–0 0–0 0–1
Real Madrid 5–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 8–3 2–1 1–2 7–1 4–1 6–0 7–1 — 2–0 3–4 1–0 5–1
Real Sociedad 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–0 4–2 3–3 1–0 — 2–2 3–1 4–1
Sevilla 3–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 7–0 3–1 5–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 — 4–0 4–1
Valencia 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 6–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 4–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 — 5–1
Valladolid 4–0 2–4 3–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 —
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 España Industrial[lower-alpha 1] (O, P) 10 7 1 2 21 15 +6 15 Qualification to La Liga
2 Zaragoza (O, P) 10 5 2 3 18 13 +5 12
3 Oviedo 10 6 0 4 23 22 +1 12 Qualification to Segunda División
4 Murcia (R) 10 5 1 4 21 18 +3 11
5 Real Betis 10 2 2 6 21 22 −1 6
6 Alavés (R) 10 1 2 7 10 24 −14 4
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.
Notes:
  1. ↑ For playing in La Liga, España Industrial resigned to continue being the reserve team of Barcelona and was renamed as Condal.

Results

Home \ Away ALA ESP MUR OVI BET ZAR
Deportivo Alavés — 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2
España Industrial 3–1 — 2–1 6–1 3–2 1–0
Murcia 3–2 1–1 — 4–1 5–1 4–3
Oviedo 2–0 0–1 3–0 — 3–2 6–0
Real Betis 6–0 1–2 0–1 4–5 — 3–1
Zaragoza 1–1 1–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 —
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Alfredo di Stéfano Real Madrid 24
2 Spain Mauro Celta 23
3 Spain Adrián Escudero Atlético Madrid 21
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