# 1950–51 La Liga

The 1950–51 La Liga season was the 20th edition of the Spanish football top division. Defending champions Atlético Madrid achieved their fourth title, securing it with a 1–1 draw on the final matchday away to Sevilla, their direct rivals for the championship who would have taken the trophy with a win, had a 100% home record up to that point, and who won the league five years earlier in almost identical circumstances.

## Format

This was the first season after the expansion of the league to 16 teams. The two last qualified teams were directly relegated to Segunda División and teams in the 13th and 14th position joined the relegation play-offs with the second and third qualified teams of each one of the two groups of the Segunda División.

## Team locations

Lérida made their debut in La Liga.
| Club | City | Stadium |
| Alcoyano | Alcoy | El Collao |
| 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 |
| Lérida | Lérida | Campo de los Deportes |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Chamartín |
| Real Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atotxa |
| Sevilla | Seville | Nervión |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Valladolid | Valladolid | Municipal |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid (C) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 87 | 50 | +37 | 40 | Qualification for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Sevilla | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 38 | |
| 3 | Valencia | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 37 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 35 | |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 35 | |
| 6 | Valladolid | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 33 | |
| 7 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 88 | 56 | +32 | 33 | |
| 8 | Celta | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 33 | |
| 9 | Real Madrid | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 80 | 71 | +9 | 31 | |
| 10 | Real Santander | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 30 | |
| 11 | Español | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 82 | 72 | +10 | 30 | |
| 12 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 30 | |
| 13 | Málaga (R) | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 14 | Murcia (R) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 40 | 86 | −46 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 15 | Alcoyano (R) | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 92 | −56 | 14 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 16 | Lérida (R) | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 41 | 134 | −93 | 13 | Relegation to the Segunda División |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALC | ATB | ATM | BAR | MAL | CEL | DEP | ESP | LER | MUR | RSA | RMA | RSO | SEV | VAL | VAD |
| Alcoyano | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Atlético Bilbao | 8–1 | — | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 9–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 10–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 5–1 | 2–0 | — | 6–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 9–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 |
| Barcelona | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 7–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 8–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Málaga | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 9–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Celta | 6–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 4–1 | 10–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Español | 5–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 8–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Lérida | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–4 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 2–2 |
| Murcia | 3–1 | 3–6 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Real Santander | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Real Madrid | 7–0 | 2–2 | 3–6 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | — | 7–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| Sevilla | 7–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Valencia | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 4–1 |
| Valladolid | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Relegation group

Teams qualified in the 13th and 14th position joined the relegation group with the teams qualified in the second and third group of each one of the two groups of the Segunda División. The two top teams would play the next La Liga season.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Las Palmas (O, P) | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 16 | Qualification to La Liga |
| 2 | Zaragoza (O, P) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 15 | Qualification to La Liga |
| 3 | Málaga (R) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 15 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 4 | Murcia (R) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 6 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 5 | Sabadell | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 5 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 6 | Salamanca | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 33 | −25 | 3 | Qualification to Segunda División |

### Results

| Home \ Away | LPA | MAL | MUR | SAB | SAL | ZAR |
| Las Palmas | — | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Málaga | 2–0 | — | 5–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 |
| Murcia | 2–5 | 1–5 | — | 5–2 | 6–2 | 1–4 |
| Sabadell | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–4 |
| Salamanca | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Zaragoza | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | — |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Telmo Zarra | Atlético Bilbao | 38 |
| 2 | César Rodríguez | Barcelona | 29 |
| 3 | Pahiño | Real Madrid | 21 |
| 4 | Manuel Badenes | Valencia | 20 |
| 5 | Adrián Escudero | Atlético Madrid | 19 |
| 5 | Juan Araujo | Sevilla | 19 |
| 5 | Gerardo Coque | Valladolid | 19 |
| 8 | Francisco Javier Marcet | Español | 18 |
| 9 | Epi | Real Sociedad | 17 |
| 9 | José Caeiro | Real Sociedad | 17 |
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