1929 La Liga

The 1929 Primera División season was the inaugural season of the Primera Division. It started on 10 February 1929 and finished on 23 June 1929. A total of 10 teams participated in the league.

Primera División
Season1929
ChampionsBarcelona (1st title)
Matches played90
Goals scored383 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorerPaco Bienzobas
(Real Sociedad, 17 goals)
Biggest home winAthletic Bilbao 9–0 Europa
Biggest away winRacing Santander 0–4 Athletic Bilbao
Longest winning run6 matches
Arenas
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Barcelona
Longest winless run7 matches
Racing Santander
Longest losing run7 matches
Racing Santander

After the failure to create a national league in 1928, that ended with the teams split into two unconcluded leagues, an agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation was finally reached for the creation of a national league.

Barcelona won the title after beating Real Unión in the last round and taking advantage of the loss of Real Madrid at Athletic Bilbao. The Catalans were claimed the inaugural champions.

Election of teams

After months of discussion, on 23 November 1928 the creation of a championship divided in divisions was finalized.

The first division would be joined by the six teams that won any time the Spanish Championship (Arenas, Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Real Unión) and three teams that qualified for at least one final (Athletic Madrid, Español and Europa).

The tenth place would be decided in a tournament where only the winner would join La Liga, while the rest of the participant teams played the Segunda División with Racing Madrid.

Qualifying tournament

Racing Santander achieved the last place in the inaugural season of La Liga after beating Sevilla in the second tie-break match.

 
First roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
10–13 January – Chamartín de la Rosa
 
 
Racing Santander22
 
 
Valencia21
 
 
23 January – Chamartín de la Rosa
 
 
Real Betis1
 
25–26 December – Bilbao
 
Racing Santander2
 
Oviedo24
 
13 January – Valencia
 
Iberia21
 
Oviedo0
 
25 December – Madrid
 
Real Betis1
 
Real Betis2
 
3, 6, 9 February – Madrid
 
Alavés1
 
Racing Santander122
 
 
Sevilla121
 
 
13 January – León
 
 
Celta3
 
 
Sporting Gijón2
 
 
27 January – Madrid
 
 
Sevilla2
 
 
Celta1
 
 
17 January – Madrid
 
 
Sevilla4
 
 
Deportivo La Coruña1
 
 
 
 

Team information
Location of teams in 1929 La Liga
Teams in Barcelona: Barcelona, Español, Europa
Teams in Madrid: Ath. Madrid, Real Madrid
Club City Stadium
ArenasGetxoIbaiondo
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Athletic MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaLes Corts
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
EuropaBarcelonaEl Guinardó
Racing SantanderSantanderEl Sardinero
Real MadridMadridChamartín
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
Real UniónIrunGal

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 18 11 3 4 37 23 +14 25
2 Real Madrid 18 11 1 6 40 27 +13 23
3 Athletic Bilbao 18 8 4 6 47 34 +13 20[lower-alpha 1]
4 Real Sociedad 18 8 4 6 46 41 +5 20[lower-alpha 1]
5 Arenas 18 8 3 7 33 43 −10 19
6 Athletic Madrid 18 8 2 8 43 41 +2 18[lower-alpha 2]
7 Español 18 7 4 7 32 38 −6 18[lower-alpha 2]
8 Europa 18 6 4 8 45 49 −4 16
9 Real Unión 18 5 2 11 40 42 −2 12
10 Racing Santander (O) 18 3 3 12 25 50 −25 9 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
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.
Notes:
  1. Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Athletic Bilbao–Real Sociedad 4–2, Real Sociedad–Athletic Bilbao 1–1.
  2. Athletic Madrid finished ahead of Español on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Madrid–Español 7–1, Español–Athletic Madrid 3–2

Results
Home \ Away ARE ATH ATM BAR ESP EUR RAC RMA RSO RUN
Arenas — 1–0 2–3 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–1
Athletic Bilbao 2–3 — 3–3 5–1 9–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–1
Athletic Madrid 1–2 2–3 — 4–1 7–1 5–4 4–0 0–3 0–3 3–1
Barcelona 2–2 3–0 4–0 — 1–0 5–2 5–1 1–2 1–0 4–1
Español 1–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 — 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–2
Europa 5–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–3 — 4–1 5–2 4–3 3–3
Racing Santander 5–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 — 1–3 6–1 1–3
Real Madrid 2–0 5–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–2 — 2–1 2–0
Real Sociedad 3–2 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–1 5–4 8–1 5–4 — 3–2
Real Unión 7–1 6–3 1–2 1–2 4–3 2–3 3–1 0–2 2–3 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Last placed team Racing Santander faced Sevilla, winner of the 1929 Segunda División, in a two-legged play-off. Racing won 3–2 on aggregate, thus remaining in La Liga.

1929 Sevilla 2–1 Racing Santander Seville
1929 Racing Santander 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Sevilla Santander

Top scorers
Rank Goalscorers Goal Team
1 Paco Bienzobas 17 Real Sociedad
2 Cosme Vázquez 15 Athletic Madrid
3 Luis Marín 12 Athletic Madrid
Lafuente Athletic Bilbao
5 Manuel Parera 11 Barcelona
Manuel Cros Europa
José María Yermo Arenas
Luis Regueiro Real Unión
Santiago Urtizberea Real Unión
Jaime Lazcano Real Madrid
Gaspar Rubio Real Madrid

Source: [1]

Pichichi Trophy

Note: This list is the alternative top scorers list provided by newspaper Diario Marca, it differs from the one above which is based on official match reports

Goalscorers Goal Team
Paco Bienzobas
14
 Real Sociedad
Lafuente
12
 Athletic Bilbao
Luis Regueiro
12
 Real Unión
Gaspar Rubio
12
 Real Madrid

See also

References
  1. BDFútbol.com
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