1945–46 La Liga

Primera División
Season1945–46
ChampionsSevilla
(1st title)
RelegatedAlcoyano
Hércules
Matches played182
Goals scored611 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerTelmo Zarra
(24 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Bilbao 7–1 Castellón
Atlético Bilbao 6–0 Hércules
Real Madrid 6–0 Celta
Biggest away winBarcelona 0–6 Atlético Bilbao
Highest scoringAtlético Aviación 7–3 Español
Longest winning run5 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Sevilla
Longest winless run11 matches
Murcia
Longest losing run6 matches
Español
Hércules

The 1945–46 La Liga was the 15th season since its establishment. Sevilla achieved their first title ever, secured with a 1–1 draw on the final matchday away to Barcelona, their direct rivals for the championship who would have taken the trophy with a win.[1]

Team locations

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Location of teams in 1945–46 La Liga
Club City Stadium
Alcoyano Alcoy El Collao
Atlético Aviación Madrid Metropolitano
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts
Castellón Castellón de la Plana Castalia
Celta Vigo Balaídos
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Hércules Alicante Bardín
Murcia Murcia La Condomina
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Real Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla

Alcoyano made their debut in La Liga.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sevilla (C) 26 14 8 4 53 37 +16 36
2 Barcelona 26 14 7 5 48 31 +17 35
3 Atlético Bilbao 26 14 5 7 63 38 +25 33
4 Real Madrid 26 11 9 6 46 30 +16 31
5 Oviedo 26 10 10 6 44 37 +7 30
6 Valencia 26 9 10 7 44 36 +8 28
7 Atlético Aviación 26 10 6 10 50 48 +2 26[a]
8 Castellón 26 11 4 11 38 54 −16 26[a]
9 Real Gijón 26 9 7 10 37 39 −2 25
10 Celta 26 9 3 14 57 56 +1 21
11 Murcia 26 5 10 11 21 39 −18 20
12 Español (O) 26 6 7 13 41 53 −12 19[b] Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Alcoyano (R) 26 7 5 14 39 54 −15 19[b] Relegated to the Segunda División
14 Hércules (R) 26 5 5 16 30 59 −29 15
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 Atlético Aviación finished ahead of Castellón on head-to-head goal difference: Castellón–Atlético Aviación 2–1, Atlético Aviación–Castellón 4–0.
  2. ^ a b Español finished ahead of Alcoyano on head-to-head points: Español–Alcoyano 2–1, Alcoyano–Español 1–1.

Results

Home \ Away ALC AAV ATB BAR CAS CEL ESP HER MUR OVI RGI RMA SEV VAL
Alcoyano — 3–1 3–2 3–3 3–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–2 1–2
Atlético Aviación 2–0 — 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–2 7–3 5–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0
Atlético Bilbao 2–0 1–2 — 2–0 7–1 2–1 3–1 6–0 6–1 2–4 2–3 3–2 4–3 2–2
Barcelona 2–0 2–1 0–6 — 4–0 3–1 1–0 5–3 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Castellón 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 — 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–0
Celta 6–1 6–1 1–2 1–5 4–0 — 4–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 3–0 4–0 1–1
Español 2–1 4–3 1–5 0–2 4–1 4–1 — 5–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–0
Hércules 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 — 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–1
Murcia 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 — 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2
Oviedo 3–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0
Real Gijón 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 — 1–1 1–2 1–2
Real Madrid 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 4–0 6–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 — 1–1 1–1
Sevilla 4–2 3–0 4–2 2–3 3–2 3–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 — 3–0
Valencia 6–1 6–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 5–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The match and the replay match were played at Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Español 3–0 Gimnástico 0–0 3–0

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Telmo Zarra Atlético Bilbao 24
2 Spain Pruden Real Madrid 20
Spain Mundo Valencia
4 Spain Ángel Cabido Oviedo 19
5 Spain Basilio Castellón 15
Spain José Campos Sevilla
Spain Pahiño Celta
8 Spain Juan Arza Sevilla 14
9 Spain Ángel Calvo Español 13
10 Spain César Rodríguez Barcelona 12

References

  1. ^ Michael Yokhin (16 May 2014). "Last day drama in Spain". ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2021.