1941–42 La Liga

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

Primera División

Season	1941–42
Champions	Valencia (1st title)
Relegated	Alicante Real Sociedad
Matches played	182
Goals scored	741 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mundo (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Bilbao 10–0 Celta Sevilla 10–0 Oviedo
← 1940–41 1942–43 →

Team locations

Valencia

Real Madrid

At. Madrid

Deportivo

Celta

Sevilla

Atl. Bilbao

Castellón

Español

Granada

Oviedo

Barcelona

Alicante

R. Sociedad

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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
3	Atlético Aviación	26	14	5	7	50	44	+6	33
4	Deportivo La Coruña	26	12	4	10	36	37	−1	28
5	Celta	26	11	6	9	53	58	−5	28
6	Sevilla	26	10	7	9	58	45	+13	27
7	Atlético Bilbao	26	10	7	9	55	41	+14	27
8	Castellón	26	10	6	10	54	63	−9	26
9	Español	26	10	6	10	49	42	+7	26
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:

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

External links

• LFP website