1942–43 La Liga

Primera División
Season1942–43
ChampionsAthletic Bilbao (5th title)
RelegatedZaragoza
Real Betis
Matches played182
Goals scored712 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorerMariano Martín
(30 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 8–0 Celta
Biggest away winSevilla 0–5 Oviedo
Highest scoringCelta 8–3 Granada
Valencia 8–3 Real Betis
Longest winning run4 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Celta
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Longest winless run15 matches
Zaragoza
Longest losing run5 matches
Atlético Aviación

The 1942–43 La Liga was the 12th season since its establishment. Athletic Bilbao achieved their fifth title.

Team locations

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Location of teams in 1942–43 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 de La Coruña A Coruña Riazor
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Granada Granada Los Cármenes
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Real Betis Seville Patronato Obrero
Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla
Zaragoza Zaragoza Torrero

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Bilbao (C) 26 16 4 6 73 38 +35 36
2 Sevilla 26 15 3 8 63 47 +16 33
3 Barcelona 26 14 4 8 77 50 +27 32
4 Castellón 26 13 5 8 41 43 −2 31
5 Celta 26 14 2 10 52 50 +2 30
6 Oviedo 26 12 4 10 53 63 −10 28
7 Valencia 26 10 7 9 58 45 +13 27[a]
8 Atlético Aviación 26 11 5 10 54 44 +10 27[a]
9 Deportivo de La Coruña 26 7 12 7 35 32 +3 26
10 Real Madrid 26 10 5 11 52 50 +2 25
11 Español (O) 26 9 6 11 45 51 −6 24 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 Granada (O) 26 9 4 13 56 68 −12 22
13 Zaragoza (R) 26 2 9 15 25 57 −32 13 Relegated to the Segunda División
14 Real Betis (R) 26 2 6 18 28 74 −46 10
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 Valencia finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head points: Valencia–Atlético Aviación 3–0, Atlético Aviación–Valencia 1–1.

Results

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

Relegation play-offs

Match between Español and Real Gijón 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 2–1 Real Gijón
Granada 2–0 Valladolid

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Mariano Martín Barcelona 30
2 Spain Mundo Valencia 23
3 Spain Basilio Castellón 22
Spain José Juncosa Española
5 Spain Zarra Atlético Bilbao 17
6 Spain Mariano Uceda Atlético Aviación 16
Spain Manuel Alday Real Madrid
Spain Francisco Roig Celta
Spain Pepillo Sevilla
10 Spain Paco Campos Atlético Aviación 15
Spain Juan del Pino Celta