1940–41 La Liga

Primera División
Season	1940–41
Champions	Atlético Aviación ; (2nd title)
Relegated	Zaragoza ; Murcia
Matches played	132
Goals scored	569 (4.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pruden; (33 goals)
Biggest home win	Sevilla 11–1 Barcelona
Biggest away win	Atlético Bilbao 0–5 Atlético Aviación; Hércules 0–5 Celta
Highest scoring	Sevilla 10–3 Valencia
Longest winning run	6 matches; Atlético Bilbao
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Atlético Aviación
Longest winless run	9 matches; Zaragoza
Longest losing run	6 matches; Celta; Murcia
	← 1939–40 1941–42 →

The 1940–41 La Liga was the tenth season since its establishment. Atlético Aviación retained the title.

Format changes

Due to the expansion of the league to 14 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams, instead of being directly relegated to Segunda División, faced the third and fourth qualified teams in a single-game play-off match.

Team locations

Location of teams in La Liga 1940–41

After an absence of one season due to the damages in their stadium, Oviedo came back to La Liga. Murcia made its debut this season.

With the arrival of the Francoism, in 1941 a law that forbid the use of foreign names like Athletic, Sporting or Racing was approved. However, the clubs recovered their Royal patronages and started to use again the term Real in their denominations.

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Aviación	Madrid	Chamartín
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Barcelona	Barcelona	Les Corts
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Hércules	Alicante	Bardín
Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Oviedo	Oviedo	Buenavista
Madrid FC	Madrid	Chamartín
Sevilla	Seville	Nervión
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Torrero

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Aviación (C)	22	13	7	2	70	36	+34	33
2	Atlético Bilbao	22	13	5	4	49	24	+25	31
3	Valencia	22	11	5	6	60	52	+8	27^[a]
4	Barcelona	22	13	1	8	55	45	+10	27^[a]
5	Sevilla	22	12	2	8	70	43	+27	26
6	Madrid FC	22	11	2	9	51	38	+13	24
7	Español	22	10	2	10	50	54	−4	22
8	Oviedo	22	7	2	13	36	63	−27	16^[b]
9	Hércules	22	7	2	13	28	67	−39	16^[b]
10	Celta	22	7	1	14	45	51	−6	15
11	Zaragoza (R)	22	5	4	13	26	41	−15	14	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Murcia (R)	22	5	3	14	29	55	−26	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Valencia finished ahead of Barcelona on head-to-head goal difference: Valencia–Barcelona 3–1, Barcelona–Valencia 4–3.
^ ^a ^b Oviedo finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo–Hércules 6–0, Hércules–Oviedo 3–0.

Results

Home \ Away	AAV	ATB	BAR	CEL	ESP	HER	RMA	MUR	OVI	SEV	VAL	ZAR
Atlético Aviación	—	1–1	4–4	5–4	5–3	7–1	3–1	6–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–1
Atlético Bilbao	0–5	—	3–1	4–1	6–2	4–0	3–1	6–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	0–0
Barcelona	2–4	1–0	—	2–0	2–3	3–2	3–0	3–0	7–0	4–0	4–3	2–0
Celta	0–2	1–2	1–4	—	7–1	2–0	1–2	5–1	3–1	2–2	6–2	1–0
Español	2–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	—	1–2	3–2	2–1	5–0	4–3	2–1	3–0
Hércules	3–3	1–0	1–3	0–5	3–2	—	0–3	4–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0
Madrid FC	1–4	0–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	5–3	—	2–1	1–0	4–1	6–1	6–0
Murcia	1–1	1–3	1–3	3–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	—	1–2	2–1	2–5	1–0
Oviedo	4–3	0–2	3–1	4–3	3–3	6–0	0–2	2–1	—	0–4	3–3	5–4
Sevilla	1–1	1–0	11–1	3–0	3–1	8–3	5–4	3–2	4–1	—	10–3	4–1
Valencia	3–1	2–2	3–1	5–1	3–0	6–0	1–1	3–3	5–1	4–1	—	1–0
Zaragoza	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–3	7–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	—

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

Relegation play-offs

The match between Zaragoza and Castellón was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the one between Murcia and Deportivo La Coruña, in Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, in Vallecas.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zaragoza	2–3	Castellón
Murcia	1–2	Deportivo La Coruña

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Pruden	Atlético Aviación	33
2	Mundo	Valencia	21
3	Vicente Martínez Català	Español	18
4	Campanal I	Sevilla	17
5	Paco Campos	Atlético Aviación	16
6	Manuel Alday	Madrid FC	14
	Torrontegui	Sevilla
	Guillermo Gorostiza	Valencia
9	Mariano Martín	Barcelona	12
	Agustín	Celta
	Del Pino	Celta

External links

LFP website

[table_hth_VAL0.70280009913389-1] Valencia finished ahead of Barcelona on head-to-head goal difference: Valencia–Barcelona 3–1, Barcelona–Valencia 4–3.

[table_hth_OVI0.70280009913389-2] Oviedo finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo–Hércules 6–0, Hércules–Oviedo 3–0.

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