# 1953–54 La Liga

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

| 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 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 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 | Relegation to the Segunda División |

## 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 | — |

## 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 | Qualification to La Liga |
| 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 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 5 | Lérida | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 8 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 6 | Jaén (R) | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 4 | Qualification to Segunda División |

### 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 | — |

## Top scorers

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