# 1955–56 La Liga

The 1955–56 La Liga was the 25th season since its establishment. Athletic Bilbao achieved their sixth title.

## Team locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Alavés | Vitoria | Mendizorroza |
| Atlético Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Metropolitano |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Las Corts |
| Celta | Vigo | Balaidos |
| Cultural Leonesa | León | La Puentecilla |
| Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Hércules | Alicante | La Viña |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| 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 Bilbao (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 79 | 31 | +48 | 48 | Qualification for the European Cup and for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 47 | |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 81 | 39 | +42 | 38 | Qualification for the European Cup |
| 4 | Sevilla | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 36 | |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 75 | 49 | +26 | 33 | |
| 6 | Valencia | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 32 | |
| 7 | Español | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 31 | |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 30 | |
| 9 | Valladolid | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Celta Vigo | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 75 | −23 | 27 | |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 26 | |
| 12 | Deportivo La Coruña | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 60 | 80 | −20 | 26 | |
| 13 | Murcia (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 14 | Alavés (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 73 | −24 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 15 | Cultural Leonesa (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 14 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 16 | Hércules (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 33 | 86 | −53 | 13 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ATB | ATM | BAR | CEL | CUL | DEP | ESP | HER | LPA | MUR | RMA | RSO | SEV | VAL | VAD |
| Alavés | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| Atlético Bilbao | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Atlético Madrid | 8–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 9–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Barcelona | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Celta | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Cultural Leonesa | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 5–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–7 | 5–0 | 4–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Español | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 |
| Hércules | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Las Palmas | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Murcia | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Real Madrid | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 8–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 7–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Sevilla | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Valencia | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 5–1 |
| Valladolid | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — |

## Relegation group
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | España Industrial (O, P) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 15 | Qualification to La Liga |
| 2 | Zaragoza (O, P) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 12 | Qualification to La Liga |
| 3 | Oviedo | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 12 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 4 | Murcia (R) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 11 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 5 | Real Betis | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 6 | Qualification to Segunda División |
| 6 | Alavés (R) | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 4 | Qualification to Segunda División |
* ↑ For playing in La Liga, España Industrial resigned to continue being the reserve team of Barcelona and was renamed as Condal.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | ESP | MUR | OVI | BET | ZAR |
| Deportivo Alavés | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| España Industrial | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Murcia | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 |
| Oviedo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| Real Betis | 6–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–5 | — | 3–1 |
| Zaragoza | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Real Madrid | 24 |
| 2 | Mauro | Celta | 23 |
| 3 | Adrián Escudero | Atlético Madrid | 21 |