1953–54 La Liga

Primera División
Season1953–54
ChampionsReal Madrid
(3rd title)
RelegatedOsasuna
Jaén
Oviedo
Real Gijón
Matches played240
Goals scored844 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorerAlfredo Di Stéfano
(27 goals)
Biggest home winBarcelona 9–0 Oviedo
Biggest away winOviedo 0–4 Real Madrid
Highest scoringReal Sociedad 3–6 Real Madrid
Barcelona 9–0 Oviedo
Longest winning run5 matches
Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
Longest winless run12 matches
Real Gijón
Longest losing run10 matches
Real Gijón

The 1953–54 La Liga was the 23rd season since its establishment. Real Madrid conquered their third title, 21 years after their last one.

Team locations

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Location of teams in 1953–54 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
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Jaén Jaén La Victoria
Osasuna Pamplona San Juan
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Real Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín
Real Santander Santander El Sardinero
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atotxa
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla
Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 30 17 6 7 72 41 +31 40
2 Barcelona 30 16 4 10 74 39 +35 36
3 Valencia 30 14 6 10 69 51 +18 34
4 Español 30 14 6 10 50 36 +14 34
5 Sevilla 30 15 2 13 57 49 +8 32
6 Atlético Bilbao 30 12 8 10 54 44 +10 32
7 Deportivo La Coruña 30 13 5 12 41 46 −5 31
8 Real Santander 30 12 7 11 53 61 −8 31
9 Real Sociedad 30 11 7 12 44 58 −14 29
10 Celta Vigo 30 12 5 13 47 54 −7 29
11 Atlético Madrid 30 11 7 12 57 47 +10 29
12 Valladolid 30 12 5 13 50 60 −10 29
13 Osasuna (R) 30 12 4 14 46 54 −8 28 Qualification to the relegation group
14 Jaén (R) 30 11 6 13 55 70 −15 28
15 Oviedo (R) 30 8 6 16 31 53 −22 22 Relegation to the Segunda División
16 Real Gijón (R) 30 7 2 21 44 81 −37 16
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ATB ATM BAR CEL DEP ESP JAE OVI OSA RGI RMA RSA RSO SEV VAL VAD
Atlético Bilbao — 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 3–1 2–3 5–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–1
Atlético Madrid 2–5 — 1–0 5–0 3–1 2–2 6–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 3–4 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–2
Barcelona 2–0 1–1 — 4–2 6–1 1–4 6–2 9–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 6–0 6–0 4–1 2–0 4–1
Celta 4–2 1–0 0–0 — 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 5–2 5–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–4 2–1
Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 1–0 6–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
Español 0–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 — 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–1
Jaén 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–0 4–0 — 2–2 5–3 6–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 4–2
Oviedo 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 — 3–0 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–1
Osasuna 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 — 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–0
Real Gijón 1–2 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 — 1–1 3–5 0–1 3–1 5–2 3–1
Real Madrid 2–3 2–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 4–3 6–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 — 4–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–2
Real Santander 1–1 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 — 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–3
Real Sociedad 1–1 1–1 0–3 4–4 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–6 1–2 — 3–2 0–3 1–0
Sevilla 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 6–3 2–1 2–1 5–0 — 1–1 3–1
Valencia 3–0 4–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 4–2 4–0 3–0 1–1 8–0 0–0 4–1 4–3 2–3 — 3–3
Valladolid 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 4–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Málaga (O, P) 10 6 3 1 21 15 +6 15 Qualification to La Liga
2 Hércules (O, P) 10 5 3 2 16 10 +6 13
3 Osasuna (R) 10 4 3 3 23 20 +3 11 Qualification to Segunda División
4 Baracaldo 10 3 3 4 18 20 −2 9
5 Lérida 10 3 2 5 27 30 −3 8
6 Jaén (R) 10 1 2 7 15 25 −10 4
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BAR HER JAE LER MAL OSA
Baracaldo — 0–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 3–3
Hércules 2–2 — 2–0 6–1 1–1 2–0
Jaén 0–0 0–1 — 4–3 1–2 0–1
Lérida 7–2 5–1 2–2 — 1–2 2–2
Málaga 3–2 0–0 3–2 5–3 — 1–1
Osasuna 2–1 1–0 8–4 2–3 3–4 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 27
2 Spain László Kubala Barcelona 23
3 Netherlands Faas Wilkes Valencia 18
4 Spain Adrián Escudero Atlético Madrid 16
5 Argentina Roque Olsen Real Madrid 15
6 Spain Pahiño Deportivo La Coruña 14
Spain Justo Tejada Barcelona
8 Spain Sabino Andonegui Osasuna 13
Spain Luis Molowny Real Madrid
Spain Loren Sevilla