# 1960–61 La Liga

The 1960–61 La Liga was the 30th season since its establishment. The season began on 11 September 1960, and concluded on 30 April 1961.
Real Madrid won their seventh title.

## 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 |
| Mallorca | Palma | Lluís Sitjar |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Real Betis | Seville | Heliópolis |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Santander | Santander, Spain | El Sardinero |
| 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 | Real Madrid (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 25 | +64 | 52 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 40 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Zaragoza | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 33 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 32 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Valencia | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 32 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 6 | Real Betis | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 30 | |
| 7 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 30 | |
| 9 | Mallorca | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Español | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 27 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 11 | Sevilla | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 27 | |
| 12 | Real Santander | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 26 | |
| 13 | Oviedo (O) | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 26 | Qualified for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Elche (O) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 25 | Qualified for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Valladolid (R) | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 25 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 16 | Granada (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 17 | Relegated to Segunda División |

## Results

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

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Oviedo | 3–2 | Celta Vigo | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Ceuta | 1–4 | Elche | 1–0 | 0–4 |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | 28 |
| 2 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Real Madrid | 21 |
| 2 | Juan Romero | Elche | 21 |
| 4 | Joaquín Murillo | Zaragoza | 20 |
| 5 | Luis del Sol | Real Madrid | 17 |