1950–51 La Liga

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

Primera División
Season1950–51
ChampionsAtlético Madrid
(4th title)
RelegatedMálaga
Murcia
Alcoyano
Lérida
Latin CupAtlético Madrid
Matches played240
Goals scored1,038 (4.33 per match)
Top goalscorerTelmo Zarra
(38 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Bilbao 10–0 Lérida
Biggest away winLérida 1–6 Real Madrid
Lérida 1–6 Valencia
Highest scoringAtlético Bilbao 9–4 Celta
Longest winning run5 matches
Barcelona
Valladolid
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Valladolid
Longest winless run10 matches
Alcoyano
Lérida
Longest losing run10 matches
Alcoyano

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
Location of teams in 1950–51 La Liga

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 Qualification for the Latin Cup
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 for 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 the 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
Legend: 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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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