1944–45 La Liga

Primera División
Season1944–45
ChampionsBarcelona
(2nd title)
RelegatedGranada
Sabadell
Deportivo La Coruña
Matches played182
Goals scored656 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorerTelmo Zarra
(20 goals)
Biggest home winCastellón 8–0 Sabadell
Real Madrid 8–0 Sabadell
Biggest away winSabadell 0–6 Español
Highest scoringValencia 9–3 Murcia
Longest winning run6 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Barcelona
Longest winless run12 matches
Sabadell
Longest losing run5 matches
Sabadell

The 1944–45 La Liga was the 14th season since its establishment. Barcelona conquered their second title, 15 years after the first one in the inaugural season.

Team locations

Club City Stadium
Atlético Aviación Madrid Metropolitano
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts
Castellón Castellón de la Plana El Sequiol
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Granada Granada Los Cármenes
Murcia Murcia La Condomina
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Real Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín
Sabadell Sabadell Cruz Alta
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla

Real Gijón made their debut in La Liga.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 26 17 5 4 50 30 +20 39
2 Real Madrid 26 18 2 6 68 35 +33 38
3 Atlético Aviación 26 13 5 8 46 41 +5 31[a]
4 Oviedo 26 13 5 8 50 48 +2 31[a]
5 Valencia 26 12 6 8 61 35 +26 30[b]
6 Atlético Bilbao 26 14 2 10 54 41 +13 30[b]
7 Real Gijón 26 9 6 11 42 46 −4 24[c]
8 Castellón 26 10 4 12 43 50 −7 24[c]
9 Español 26 10 3 13 44 39 +5 23
10 Sevilla 26 9 4 13 52 49 +3 22
11 Murcia 26 7 5 14 40 58 −18 19[d]
12 Granada (R) 26 7 5 14 40 55 −15 19[d] Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Sabadell (R) 26 6 5 15 30 67 −37 17[e] Relegated to the Segunda División
14 Deportivo La Coruña (R) 26 5 7 14 36 62 −26 17[e]
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:
  1. ^ a b Atlético Aviación finished ahead of Oviedo on overall goal difference.
  2. ^ a b Valencia finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Valencia–Atlético Bilbao 3–0, Atlético Bilbao–Valencia 1–1.
  3. ^ a b Real Gijón finished ahead of Castellón on head-to-head goal difference: Real Gijón–Castellón 4–0, Castellón–Real Gijón 3–0.
  4. ^ a b Murcia finished ahead of Granada on head-to-head points: Murcia–Granada 2–0, Granada–Murcia 1–1.
  5. ^ a b Sabadell finished ahead of Deportivo La Coruña on head-to-head points: Sabadell–Deportivo La Coruña 2–1, Deportivo La Coruña–Sabadell 1–2.

Results

Home \ Away AAV ATB BAR CAS DEP ESP GRA MUR OVI RGI RMA SAB SEV VAL
Atlético Aviación 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 4–3 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–1
Atlético Bilbao 0–1 4–1 1–3 5–2 3–0 4–1 5–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 4–0 2–2
Barcelona 2–2 5–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 1–0
Castellón 2–3 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–3 3–0 0–3 8–0 2–2 0–0
Deportivo La Coruña 4–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–3
Español 0–3 2–3 1–1 5–1 7–1 7–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–2
Granada 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–1 5–0 3–1 2–1
Murcia 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–2 3–5 2–0 3–1 2–1
Oviedo 3–2 2–0 6–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–0 6–2 2–0 2–0
Real Gijón 2–2 0–2 2–5 4–0 3–3 0–1 3–1 4–1 6–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 4–2
Real Madrid 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 6–0 3–0 6–2 2–1 4–1 4–1 8–0 5–0 1–1
Sabadell 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–6 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–3 1–1
Sevilla 4–1 2–3 0–0 8–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 6–0 1–2 4–0 3–2
Valencia 5–0 3–0 2–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 9–3 1–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 4–0
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Since this season, there was only match of the relegation play-offs. It was played at Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Granada 1–4 Celta Vigo

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Telmo Zarra Atlético Bilbao 20
2 Spain Sabino Barinaga Real Madrid 18
3 Spain Mundo Valencia 17
4 Spain Guillermo Gorostiza Valencia 16
Spain José Escolà Barcelona
6 Spain César Rodríguez Barcelona 15
7 Spain Emilín Oviedo 14
8 Spain Vicente Morera Murcia 13
Spain Juan Arza Sevilla
10 Five players 12