1940–41 La Liga

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The 1940–41

Atlético Aviación
retained the title.

Format changes

Due to the expansion of the league to 14 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams, instead of being directly relegated to Segunda División, faced the third and fourth qualified teams in a single-game play-off match.

Team locations

Murcia
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Location of teams in La Liga 1940–41

After an absence of one season due to the damages in their stadium,

Murcia
made its debut this season.

With the arrival of the

Francoism
, in 1941 a law that forbid the use of foreign names like Athletic, Sporting or Racing was approved. However, the clubs recovered their Royal patronages and started to use again the term Real in their denominations.

Club City Stadium
Atlético Aviación
 Madrid Chamartín
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao
San Mamés
Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts
Celta
 Vigo Balaídos
Español Barcelona
Sarriá
Hércules Alicante Bardín
Murcia
 Murcia La Condomina
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Madrid FC
 Madrid Chamartín
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla
Zaragoza Zaragoza Torrero

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Atlético Aviación
(C) 		22 13 7 2 70 36 +34 33
2
Atlético Bilbao
 22 13 5 4 49 24 +25 31
3 Valencia 22 11 5 6 60 52 +8 27[a]
4 Barcelona 22 13 1 8 55 45 +10 27[a]
5 Sevilla 22 12 2 8 70 43 +27 26
6
Madrid FC
 22 11 2 9 51 38 +13 24
7 Español 22 10 2 10 50 54 −4 22
8 Oviedo 22 7 2 13 36 63 −27 16[b]
9 Hércules 22 7 2 13 28 67 −39 16[b]
10
Celta
 22 7 1 14 45 51 −6 15
11 Zaragoza (R) 22 5 4 13 26 41 −15 14 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12
Murcia
(R) 		22 5 3 14 29 55 −26 13
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 Valencia finished ahead of Barcelona on head-to-head goal difference: Valencia–Barcelona 3–1, Barcelona–Valencia 4–3.
  2. ^ a b Oviedo finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo–Hércules 6–0, Hércules–Oviedo 3–0.

Results

Home \ Away
AAV
ATB
 BAR
CEL
 ESP HER
RMA
MUR
 OVI SEV VAL ZAR
Atlético Aviación
 — 1–1 4–4 5–4 5–3 7–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–1
Atlético Bilbao
 0–5 — 3–1 4–1 6–2 4–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–0
Barcelona 2–4 1–0 — 2–0 2–3 3–2 3–0 3–0 7–0 4–0 4–3 2–0
Celta
 0–2 1–2 1–4 — 7–1 2–0 1–2 5–1 3–1 2–2 6–2 1–0
Español 2–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 — 1–2 3–2 2–1 5–0 4–3 2–1 3–0
Hércules 3–3 1–0 1–3 0–5 3–2 — 0–3 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0
Madrid FC
 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 5–3 — 2–1 1–0 4–1 6–1 6–0
Murcia
 1–1 1–3 1–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 — 1–2 2–1 2–5 1–0
Oviedo 4–3 0–2 3–1 4–3 3–3 6–0 0–2 2–1 — 0–4 3–3 5–4
Sevilla 1–1 1–0 11–1 3–0 3–1 8–3 5–4 3–2 4–1 — 10–3 4–1
Valencia 3–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 3–0 6–0 1–1 3–3 5–1 4–1 — 1–0
Zaragoza 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–3 7–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The match between Zaragoza and Castellón was played at

Chamartín de la Rosa, while the one between Murcia and Deportivo La Coruña, in Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, in Vallecas
.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zaragoza 2–3 Castellón
Murcia
 1–2
Deportivo La Coruña

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Spain Pruden
Atlético Aviación
 33
2 Spain Mundo Valencia 21
3 Spain Vicente Martínez Català Español 18
4 Spain Campanal I Sevilla 17
5 Spain Paco Campos
Atlético Aviación
 16
6
Manuel Alday
Madrid FC
 14
Spain Torrontegui Sevilla
Spain Guillermo Gorostiza Valencia
9 Spain Mariano Martín Barcelona 12
Spain Agustín
Celta
Spain Del Pino
Celta

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