1961–62 La Liga

The 1961–62 La Liga was the 31st season since its establishment. The season started on September 2, 1961, and finished on April 1, 1962.

Primera División

Season	1961–62
Champions	Real Madrid (8th title)
Relegated	Español Real Santander Real Sociedad Tenerife
European Cup	Real Madrid
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sevilla Atlético Madrid (as title holders)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	761 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juan Seminario (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 8–0 Real Santander
Biggest away win	Mallorca 1–5 Español Osasuna 0–4 Atlético Bilbao
Highest scoring	Zaragoza 6–3 Osasuna Zaragoza 6–3 Real Sociedad
Longest winning run	8 matches Real Madrid
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Barcelona
Longest winless run	8 matches Español
Longest losing run	5 matches Real Sociedad Tenerife
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Team locations

Bilbao

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Elche

Espanyol

Mallorca

Real Madrid

Osasuna

Racing

Oviedo

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Zaragoza

Location of teams in the 1961–62 La Liga

Tenerife

Canary Islands

Tenerife made their debut in La Liga, thus becoming the second Canarian team to play in the top tier.

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Metropolitano
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Elche	Elche	Altabix
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Mallorca	Palma	Lluís Sitjar
Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Santander	Santander, Spain	El Sardinero
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	30	19	5	6	58	24	+34	43	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Barcelona	30	18	4	8	81	46	+35	40	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Atlético Madrid	30	15	6	9	50	36	+14	36	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Zaragoza	30	15	5	10	70	51	+19	35	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Atlético Bilbao	30	12	8	10	52	38	+14	32
6	Sevilla	30	12	7	11	48	45	+3	31	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[lower-alpha 2]
7	Valencia	30	12	7	11	50	50	0	31	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8	Elche	30	10	9	11	52	52	0	29
9	Real Betis	30	10	8	12	39	51	−12	28
10	Oviedo	30	10	7	13	27	47	−20	27
11	Osasuna	30	11	5	14	30	47	−17	27
12	Mallorca	30	10	7	13	54	59	−5	27
13	Español (R)	30	8	10	12	45	55	−10	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	Real Santander (R)	30	11	4	15	35	54	−19	26
15	Real Sociedad (R)	30	9	5	16	37	49	−12	23	Relegation to the Segunda División
16	Tenerife (R)	30	6	7	17	33	57	−24	19

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Atlético Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as title holders.
2. Sevilla qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions as runners-up of the Copa del Generalísimo, due to the qualification of Real Madrid to the European Cup.

Results

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

Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Español	1–2	Valladolid	1–0	0–2
Málaga	3–1	Real Santander	3–0	0–1

Pichichi Trophy

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juan Seminario	Zaragoza	25
2	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	20
	Evaristo de Macedo	Barcelona	20
4	Juan Romero Isasi	Elche	18
5	Sándor Kocsis	Barcelona	17
	Joaquín Murillo	Zaragoza	17

External links

• (in Spanish) Official LFP Site