1941–42 La Liga

Primera División
Season1941–42
ChampionsValencia (1st title)
RelegatedAlicante
Real Sociedad
Matches played182
Goals scored741 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorerMundo
(27 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Bilbao 10–0 Celta
Sevilla 10–0 Oviedo

The 1941–42 La Liga was the 11th season of Spanish football league. Valencia won the first top-flight title in club history.

Team locations

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Location of teams in La 1941–42 La Liga

Real Sociedad returned to the first division after a three-season absence. Granada, Deportivo La Coruña and Castellón made their debut in La Liga.

For this season, Hércules played with the denomination of Alicante CF. The namesake club acted as its reserve team with the name of Lucentum CF.

Club City Stadium
Alicante Alicante Bardín
Atlético Aviación Madrid Chamartín
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts
Castellón Castellón de la Plana El Sequiol
Celta Vigo Balaídos
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Granada Granada Los Cármenes
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Valencia (C) 26 18 4 4 85 39 +46 40
2 Real Madrid 26 14 5 7 65 43 +22 33[a]
3 Atlético Aviación 26 14 5 7 50 44 +6 33[a]
4 Deportivo La Coruña 26 12 4 10 36 37 −1 28[b]
5 Celta 26 11 6 9 53 58 −5 28[b]
6 Sevilla 26 10 7 9 58 45 +13 27[c]
7 Atlético Bilbao 26 10 7 9 55 41 +14 27[c]
8 Castellón 26 10 6 10 54 63 −9 26[d]
9 Español 26 10 6 10 49 42 +7 26[d]
10 Granada 26 10 5 11 64 52 +12 25
11 Oviedo (O) 26 8 7 11 42 63 −21 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 Barcelona (O) 26 8 3 15 57 66 −9 19
13 Alicante (R) 26 6 5 15 42 71 −29 17 Relegated to the Segunda División
14 Real Sociedad (R) 26 5 2 19 31 77 −46 12
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Real Madrid finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head goal difference: Real Madrid–Atlético Aviación 4–1, Atlético Aviación–Real Madrid 2–0.
  2. ^ a b Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of Celta on head-to-head goal difference: Deportivo–Celta 4–0, Celta–Deportivo 2–1.
  3. ^ a b Sevilla finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Sevilla–Atlético Bilbao 2–1, Atlético Bilbao–Sevilla 1–1.
  4. ^ a b Castellón finished ahead of Español on head-to-head points: Castellón–Español 2–0, Español–Castellón 2–3.

Results

Home \ Away ALI AAV ATB BAR CAS CEL DEP ESP GRA RMA OVI RSO SEV VAL
Alicante — 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–3
Atlético Aviación 5–1 — 2–2 5–4 4–4 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 3–0
Atlético Bilbao 2–2 6–0 — 6–3 2–2 10–0 0–0 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–3
Barcelona 4–4 5–1 1–2 — 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–2 6–3 4–2 6–2 2–4
Castellón 4–0 2–4 4–0 1–1 — 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–3 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–2
Celta 4–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 — 2–1 4–3 3–3 2–4 2–1 6–1 1–1 3–3
Deportivo La Coruña 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 — 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–3
Español 2–0 5–0 1–1 5–2 2–3 3–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 8–0 3–1 0–1
Granada 7–2 0–1 1–3 6–0 7–3 1–1 4–1 4–0 — 3–1 8–0 3–1 3–2 1–2
Real Madrid 2–1 4–1 3–2 4–3 9–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 5–2 — 1–1 6–4 0–2 5–3
Oviedo 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 4–4 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 — 3–1 4–0 1–1
Real Sociedad 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–3 — 2–1 0–3
Sevilla 7–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–2 6–0 3–0 2–2 10–0 1–0 — 4–1
Valencia 7–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 6–2 7–3 2–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 5–2 6–0 8–1 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Both matches were played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Oviedo 3–1 Sabadell
Barcelona 5–1 Murcia

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Mundo Valencia 27
2 Spain César Granada 23
Spain Manuel Alday Real Madrid
4 Spain Juan del Pino Celta 22
5 Spain Paco Campos Atlético Aviación 20
Spain Guillermo Gorostiza Valencia
7 Spain Basilio Castellón 19
8 Spain Mariano Martín Barcelona 18
9 Spain Campanal I Sevilla 17
10 Spain Zarra Atlético Bilbao 15
Spain Vicente Asensi Valencia