1961–62 La Liga

Primera División
Season 1961–62
Champions Real Madrid
(8th title)
Relegated Español
Real Santander
Real Sociedad
Tenerife
European Cup Real Madrid
European Cup Winners' Cup Sevilla
Atlético Madrid (as title holders)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 761 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer Juan Seminario
(25 goals)
Biggest home win Barcelona 8–0 Real Santander
Biggest away win Mallorca 1–5 Español
Osasuna 0–4 Atlético Bilbao
Highest scoring Zaragoza 6–3 Osasuna
Zaragoza 6–3 Real Sociedad
Longest winning run 8 matches
Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run 9 matches
Barcelona
Longest winless run 8 matches
Español
Longest losing run 5 matches
Real Sociedad
Tenerife

The 1961–62 La Liga was the 31st season since its establishment. The season started on September 2, 1961, and finished on April 1, 1962.

Team locations

Canary Islands

Tenerife made their debut in La Liga, thus becoming the second Canarian team to play in the top tier.

Team Home city Stadium
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaNou Camp
ElcheElcheAltabix
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
MallorcaPalmaLluís Sitjar
OsasunaPamplonaSan Juan
OviedoOviedoCarlos Tartiere
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SantanderSantander, SpainEl Sardinero
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
TenerifeSanta Cruz de TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ZaragozaZaragozaLa Romareda

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 30 19 5 6 58 24 +34 43 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Barcelona 30 18 4 8 81 46 +35 40
3 Atlético Madrid 30 15 6 9 50 36 +14 36 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Zaragoza 30 15 5 10 70 51 +19 35
5 Atlético Bilbao 30 12 8 10 52 38 +14 32
6 Sevilla 30 12 7 11 48 45 +3 31 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 2]
7 Valencia 30 12 7 11 50 50 0 31
8 Elche 30 10 9 11 52 52 0 29
9 Real Betis 30 10 8 12 29 51 −22 28
10 Oviedo 30 10 7 13 27 47 −20 27
11 Osasuna 30 11 5 14 30 47 −17 27
12 Mallorca 30 10 7 13 54 59 −5 27
13 Español (R) 30 8 10 12 45 55 −10 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 Real Santander (R) 30 11 4 15 35 54 −19 26
15 Real Sociedad (R) 30 9 5 16 37 49 −12 23 Relegation to Segunda División
16 Tenerife (R) 30 6 7 17 33 57 −24 19
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. ↑ Atlético Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as title holders.
  2. ↑ Sevilla qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions as runners-up of the Copa del Generalísimo, due to the qualification of Real Madrid to the European Cup.

Results

Home \ Away ATB ATM BAR ELC ESP MLL OSA OVI BET RMA RSA RSO SEV TFE VAL ZAR
Atlético Bilbao — 5–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–3 5–1 5–0 0–0 1–0
Atlético Madrid 2–0 — 1–1 5–2 5–2 1–1 4–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Barcelona 4–2 5–1 — 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 4–1 6–1 3–1 8–0 5–0 3–2 5–2 4–0 1–1
Elche 2–2 1–2 1–2 — 6–2 2–0 6–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 5–3
Español 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–0 — 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–3
Mallorca 1–3 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–5 — 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0
Osasuna 0–4 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 4–1 — 2–2 4–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 5–2 5–1
Oviedo 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2
Real Betis 1–1 2–1 2–3 5–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–2
Real Madrid 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 — 6–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
Real Santander 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 4–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–2 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
Real Sociedad 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 6–0 0–1 3–0 — 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
Sevilla 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 — 2–1 2–0 4–0
Tenerife 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 0–3 0–0 4–1 3–3 — 2–1 4–2
Valencia 2–2 2–1 6–2 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–1
Zaragoza 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 6–3 5–1 4–0 2–1 6–1 6–3 3–2 3–1 3–0 —
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Español 1–2 Valladolid 1–0 0–2
Málaga 3–1 Real Santander 3–0 0–1

Pichichi Trophy

Position Player Club Goals
1 Peru Juan Seminario Zaragoza 25
2
 Spain Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 20
Brazil Evaristo de Macedo Barcelona 20
4 Paraguay Juan Romero Isasi Elche 18
5 Hungary Sándor Kocsis Barcelona 17
Spain Joaquín Murillo Zaragoza 17
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