1940–41 La Liga

10th season of La Liga

Football league season

Primera DivisiónSeason| 1940–41

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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

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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

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Valencia

Madrid FC

Atl. Aviación

Celta

Sevilla

Atl. Bilbao

Español

Oviedo

Barcelona

Hércules

Zaragoza

Murcia

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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

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

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:

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

## Results

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Home \ Away  | AAV | ATB | BAR | CEL | ESP | HER | RMA | MUR | OVI | SEV | VAL | ZAR

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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

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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

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Zaragoza | 2–3  | Castellón
Murcia | 1–2  | Deportivo La Coruña

## Top scorers

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Rank | Player | Team | Goals

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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

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