1943–44 La Liga

The 1943–44 La Liga was the 13th season since its establishment. Valencia achieved its second title.

Primera División

Season	1943–44
Champions	Valencia (2nd title)
Relegated	Real Sociedad Celta
Matches played	182
Goals scored	694 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mundo (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Valencia 8–0 Sevilla
Biggest away win	Celta 0–5 Oviedo
Highest scoring	Oviedo 9–2 Sabadell
Longest winning run	7 matches Atlético Bilbao
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Valencia
Longest winless run	13 matches Celta
Longest losing run	5 matches Celta
← 1942–43 1944–45 →

Team locations

Valencia

Real Madrid

At. Aviación

Sevilla

Deportivo

Athletic

Oviedo

Espanyol

Barcelona

Castellón

Granada

Sabadell

Real Sociedad

Celta

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Location of teams in 1943–44 La Liga

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Aviación	Madrid	Metropolitano
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
Sabadell	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
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	73	32	+41	40
2	Atlético Aviación	26	15	4	7	66	49	+17	34
3	Sevilla	26	12	8	6	60	46	+14	32
4	Oviedo	26	12	5	9	71	47	+24	29
5	Castellón	26	13	3	10	42	36	+6	29
6	Barcelona	26	10	8	8	59	46	+13	28
7	Real Madrid	26	11	6	9	48	38	+10	28
8	Granada	26	9	8	9	41	46	−5	26
9	Sabadell	26	11	3	12	53	60	−7	25
10	Atlético Bilbao	26	10	5	11	47	51	−4	25
11	Español (O)	26	9	5	12	42	50	−8	23	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Deportivo La Coruña (O)	26	6	7	13	35	64	−29	19
13	Real Sociedad (R)	26	5	7	14	34	54	−20	17	Relegated to the Segunda División
14	Celta (R)	26	2	5	19	23	75	−52	9

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	ATB	AAV	BAR	CAS	CEL	DEP	ESP	GRA	RMA	OVI	RSO	SAB	SEV	VAL
Atlético Bilbao	—	0–0	2–1	2–3	5–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	4–3	0–1	2–1
Atlético Aviación	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	7–0	4–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	6–2	4–3	2–2	4–2
Barcelona	3–3	4–5	—	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–3	7–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–1
Castellón	5–0	3–2	3–0	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–1
Celta	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	—	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–5	0–2	0–3	1–5	1–2
Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	2–4	1–4	3–2	3–2	—	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	0–3	0–2
Español	4–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	7–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	3–2	0–3
Granada	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–2	2–2	4–0	—	2–2	5–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–3
Real Madrid	1–3	3–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	—	2–1	4–1	4–1	3–5	1–1
Oviedo	1–2	4–1	3–3	3–0	5–1	4–2	6–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–3	9–2	5–1	2–1
Real Sociedad	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–3	6–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	—	0–1	0–0	2–4
Sabadell	5–1	4–1	3–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	3–3	2–0	—	1–1	2–4
Sevilla	3–0	4–2	2–2	4–0	4–3	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	5–2	—	0–2
Valencia	5–4	2–2	3–4	2–0	5–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	5–3	3–0	2–1	8–0	—

Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Match between Deportivo La Coruña and Constancia was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the other one was held at Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Español	7–1	Alcoyano
Deportivo La Coruña	4–0	Constancia

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Mundo	Valencia	28
2	Esteban Echevarría	Oviedo	25
3	Mariano Martín	Barcelona	24
4	Juan del Pino	Celta	21
5	Sabino Barinaga	Real Madrid	20
6	Paco Campos	Atlético Aviación	17
	Juan Arza	Sevilla
8	Guillermo Gorostiza	Valencia	16
9	Basilio	Castellón	15
10	Herrerita	Oviedo	14

External links

• Official LFP Site (in Spanish)