# 1942–43 La Liga

The 1942–43 La Liga was the 12th season since its establishment. Athletic Bilbao achieved their fifth title.

## Team locations

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atlético Aviación | Madrid | Metropolitano |
| Atlético Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Les Corts |
| Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | El Sequiol |
| Celta | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Granada | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Buenavista |
| Real Betis | Seville | Patronato Obrero |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Chamartín |
| Sevilla | Seville | Nervión |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Torrero |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Bilbao (C) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 36 | |
| 2 | Sevilla | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 33 | |
| 3 | Barcelona | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 77 | 50 | +27 | 32 | |
| 4 | Castellón | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 31 | |
| 5 | Celta | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 30 | |
| 6 | Oviedo | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 28 | |
| 7 | Valencia | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 27 | |
| 8 | Atlético Aviación | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 27 | |
| 9 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 26 | |
| 10 | Real Madrid | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 25 | |
| 11 | Español (O) | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Granada (O) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Zaragoza (R) | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 57 | −32 | 13 | Relegated to the Segunda División |
| 14 | Real Betis (R) | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 74 | −46 | 10 | Relegated to the Segunda División |
* 1 2 Valencia finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head points: Valencia–Atlético Aviación 3–0, Atlético Aviación–Valencia 1–1.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAV | ATB | BAR | CAS | CEL | DEP | ESP | GRA | OVI | BET | RMA | SEV | VAL | ZAR |
| Atlético Aviación | — | 2–3 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Atlético Bilbao | 5–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 8–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Barcelona | 5–0 | 1–3 | — | 7–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 5–5 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Castellón | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Celta | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 8–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Español | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Granada | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Oviedo | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Betis | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Real Madrid | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Sevilla | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Valencia | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 8–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | — | 7–0 |
| Zaragoza | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Match between Español and Real Gijón was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the other one was held at Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Español | 2–1 | Real Gijón |
| Granada | 2–0 | Valladolid |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mariano Martín | Barcelona | 30 |
| 2 | Mundo | Valencia | 23 |
| 3 | Basilio | Castellón | 22 |
| 3 | José Juncosa | Española | 22 |
| 5 | Zarra | Atlético Bilbao | 17 |
| 6 | Mariano Uceda | Atlético Aviación | 16 |
| 6 | Manuel Alday | Real Madrid | 16 |
| 6 | Francisco Roig | Celta | 16 |
| 6 | Pepillo | Sevilla | 16 |
| 10 | Paco Campos | Atlético Aviación | 15 |
| 10 | Juan del Pino | Celta | 15 |