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(Redirected from La Liga 1949-50) 19th season of La Liga Football league season

Primera División
Season	1949–50
Champions	Atlético Madrid (3rd title)
Relegated	Gimnástic Oviedo
Latin Cup	Atlético de Madrid
Matches played	182
Goals scored	773 (4.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Telmo Zarra (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 10–1 Gimnástico Celta 10–1 Gimnástic Sevilla 9–0 Gimnástic
Biggest away win	Gimnástico 1–5 Celta Gimnástico 0–4 Atlético Madrid Español 0–4 Valladolid
Highest scoring	Atlético de Madrid 6–6 Athletic Bilbao
Longest winning run	4 matches Atlético de Madrid Deportivo de La Coruña Sevilla
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Real Madrid
Longest winless run	8 matches Oviedo
Longest losing run	7 matches Gimnástico
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 La Liga was the 19th season since its establishment. Atlético de Madrid conquered their third title.

Format

Due to the expansion of the league to 16 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams played the relegation playoffs against the third and fourth qualified teams of the promotion play-offs from Segunda División.

Team locations

Real Sociedadclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 1949–50 La Liga

Málaga made their debut in La Liga.

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Metropolitano
Barcelona	Barcelona	Les Corts
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor
Gimnástico	Tarragona	Avenida de Cataluña
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Oviedo	Oviedo	Buenavista
Real Madrid	Madrid	Chamartín
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atotxa
Sevilla	Seville	Nervión
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla
Valladolid	Valladolid	Municipal

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Madrid (C)	26	15	3	8	71	51	+20	33	Qualification for the Latin Cup
2	Deportivo La Coruña	26	12	8	6	48	38	+10	32
3	Valencia	26	12	7	7	71	43	+28	31
4	Real Madrid	26	11	9	6	60	49	+11	31
5	Barcelona	26	13	3	10	67	47	+20	29
6	Atlético Bilbao	26	12	5	9	72	66	+6	29
7	Celta	26	13	2	11	63	50	+13	28
8	Real Sociedad	26	9	9	8	57	43	+14	27
9	Valladolid	26	8	9	9	49	46	+3	25
10	Sevilla	26	11	3	12	60	61	−1	25
11	Español	26	8	6	12	42	64	−22	22
12	Málaga	26	8	5	13	44	51	−7	21
13	Gimnástico (R)	26	7	2	17	39	99	−60	16	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	Oviedo (R)	26	4	7	15	30	65	−35	15	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Valencia finished ahead of Real Madrid on overall goal difference.
^ Barcelona finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Barcelona 5–0 Atlético Bilbao, Atlético Bilbao 3–1 Barcelona.
^ Valladolid finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Valladolid 1–1 Sevilla, Sevilla 2–3 Valladolid.

Results

Home \ Away	ATB	ATM	BAR	CEL	DEP	ESP	GIM	MAL	OVI	RMA	RSO	SEV	VAL	VAD
Atlético Bilbao	—	1–0	3–1	4–1	2–2	4–0	7–0	2–1	3–0	6–2	5–2	2–3	3–6	3–2
Atlético Madrid	6–6	—	4–1	4–2	6–1	5–2	5–1	3–2	4–1	5–1	5–3	0–1	4–4	2–1
Barcelona	5–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–2	10–1	4–0	5–0	2–3	2–0	7–0	2–0	2–2
Celta	1–1	2–0	6–4	—	2–3	4–1	10–1	1–0	3–1	5–2	0–1	4–2	3–2	4–0
Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–4	3–0	5–1	1–0
Español	4–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	3–2	—	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	6–4	0–4
Gimnástico	5–3	0–4	1–4	1–5	3–2	3–1	—	5–1	3–2	0–3	2–1	2–4	1–1	4–1
Málaga	2–3	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	5–1	—	2–1	1–3	5–2	2–0	1–2	2–1
Oviedo	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2
Real Madrid	2–2	4–2	6–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	6–2	—	2–2	4–2	2–2	1–1
Real Sociedad	2–3	4–1	2–4	4–0	0–1	5–0	3–1	1–0	7–0	1–1	—	5–0	1–1	1–1
Sevilla	5–3	0–1	5–2	4–3	2–2	2–1	9–0	3–1	7–0	2–1	3–4	—	2–2	2–3
Valencia	4–1	6–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	—	4–1
Valladolid	6–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–3	2–2	1–4	0–0	1–1	3–2	—

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

Relegation play-offs

Gimnástico played their match at Sarrià Stadium and Oviedo at Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gimnástico	3–6	Alcoyano
Oviedo	0–2	Murcia

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Telmo Zarra	Atlético Bilbao	24
2	Silvestre Igoa	Valencia	22
3	Hermidita	Celta	21
4	Pahiño	Real Madrid	20
5	César Rodríguez	Barcelona	17
6	Manuel Torres	Málaga	15
7	Rafael Franco	Deportivo La Coruña	14
7	Juan Araujo	Sevilla	14
9	Vicente Seguí	Valencia	13
9	José Caeiro	Real Sociedad	13

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Official LFP Site (in Spanish)

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Domestic leagues	Albania '49 '50 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia '49 '50 Denmark England Faroe Islands '49 '50 Finland '49 '50 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '49 '50 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '49 '50 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '49 '50 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '50, Football Championship '49 '50) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '49 '50 Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany '49 '49–'50 Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '49 '50 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '49 '50 Spain Sweden '49 '50 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
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