# 1965–66 La Liga

The 1965–66 La Liga was the 35th season of La Liga since its establishment. The season began on 4 September 1965, and concluded on 3 April 1966.

## Team locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Atlético Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Metropolitano |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Nou Camp |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | El Arcángel |
| Elche | Elche | Altabix |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarrià |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Mallorca | Palma | Lluís Sitjar |
| Pontevedra | Pontevedra | Pasarón |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Sabadell | Sabadell | Creu Alta |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 20 | +34 | 44 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 43 | Qualification for the European Cup second round |
| 3 | Barcelona | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 38 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Zaragoza | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 36 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 34 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 6 | Elche | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 32 | |
| 7 | Pontevedra | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 31 | |
| 8 | Sevilla | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 27 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 9 | Valencia | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 27 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 10 | Las Palmas | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 26 | |
| 11 | Córdoba | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 25 | |
| 12 | Español | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 24 | |
| 13 | Málaga (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Sabadell (O) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Mallorca (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 16 | Real Betis (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 23 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.
* ↑ Zaragoza qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATB | ATM | BAR | BET | CÓR | ELC | ESP | LPA | MÁL | MLL | PON | RMA | SAB | SEV | VAL | ZAR |
| Atlético Bilbao | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| CF Barcelona | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Betis | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Córdoba CF | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Elche CF | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| RCD Español | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| UD Las Palmas | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| CD Málaga | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| RCD Mallorca | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–3 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pontevedra CF | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| CE Sabadell FC | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Sevilla CF | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Valencia CF | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| Zaragoza | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sabadell | 2–0 | Celta Vigo | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Granada | 3–2 | Málaga | 2–1 | 1–1 |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Vavá II | Elche | 19 |
| 2 | Luis Aragonés | Atlético Madrid | 18 |
| 3 | Nemesio Martín | Pontevedra | 14 |
| 3 | Javier Ormaza Garay | Atlético Bilbao | 14 |
| 5 | Danny Bergara | Mallorca | 13 |