1961–62 La Liga

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.

Primera División
Season1961–62
ChampionsReal Madrid
(8th title)
RelegatedEspañol
Real Santander
Real Sociedad
Tenerife
European CupReal Madrid
European Cup Winners' CupSevilla
Atlético Madrid (as title holders)
Matches played240
Goals scored761 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorerJuan Seminario
(25 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 8–0 Real Santander
Biggest away winMallorca 1–5 Español
Osasuna 0–4 Atlético Bilbao
Highest scoringZaragoza 6–3 Osasuna
Zaragoza 6–3 Real Sociedad
Longest winning run8 matches
Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Barcelona
Longest winless run8 matches
Español
Longest losing run5 matches
Real Sociedad
Tenerife

Team locations
Location of teams in the 1961–62 La Liga
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 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8 Elche 30 10 9 11 52 52 0 29
9 Real Betis 30 10 8 12 39 51 −12 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 the 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
Legend: 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 Juan Seminario Zaragoza 25
2
 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 20
Evaristo de Macedo Barcelona 20
4 Juan Romero Isasi Elche 18
5 Sándor Kocsis Barcelona 17
Joaquín Murillo Zaragoza 17
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