# 1959–60 La Liga

The 1959–60 La Liga was the 29th season since its establishment. The season began on 13 September 1959, and concluded on 17 April 1960.

## Team locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Atlético Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Metropolitano |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Nou Camp |
| Elche | Elche | Altabix |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Granada | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | San Juan |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Real Betis | Seville | Heliópolis |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 46 | Qualified for the European Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 92 | 36 | +56 | 46 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 3 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 39 | |
| 4 | Sevilla | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 36 | |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 33 | |
| 6 | Oviedo | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 33 | |
| 7 | Real Betis | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 33 | |
| 8 | Español | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 30 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Elche | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 27 | |
| 11 | Zaragoza | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 25 | |
| 12 | Granada | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 25 | |
| 13 | Valladolid (O) | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 25 | Qualified for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Real Sociedad (O) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 23 | Qualified for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Las Palmas (R) | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 42 | 75 | −33 | 18 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 16 | Osasuna (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 77 | −53 | 13 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ Real Madrid qualified as title holders.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATB | ATM | BAR | ELC | ESP | GRA | LPA | OSA | OVI | BET | RMA | RSO | SEV | VAL | VAD | ZAR |
| Atlético Bilbao | — | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Barcelona | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 8–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| Elche | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Español | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Granada | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Las Palmas | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–8 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Osasuna | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Oviedo | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Real Betis | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Real Madrid | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 11–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 8–1 | 7–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Sevilla | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Valencia | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Valladolid | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 |
| Zaragoza | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Play-off between Córdoba and Real Sociedad was decided after a tie-break match, where Real Sociedad won 1–0.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Celta Vigo | 2–5 | Valladolid | 2–2 | 0–5 |
| Córdoba | 2–2 | Real Sociedad | 2–1 | 0–1 |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | 25 |
| 2 | Eulogio Martínez | Barcelona | 23 |
| 3 | Eneko Arieta | Atlético Bilbao | 18 |
| 4 | Joaquín Peiró | Atlético Madrid | 17 |
| 5 | Félix Marcaida | Atlético Bilbao | 16 |