1951–52 La Liga

Primera División
Season 1951–52
Champions Barcelona
(5th title)
Relegated Las Palmas
Atlético Tetuán
Matches played 240
Goals scored 987 (4.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Pahiño
(28 goals)
Biggest home win Atlético Bilbao 10–1 Zaragoza
Barcelona 9–0 Real Gijón
Biggest away win Zaragoza 0–5 Atlético Madrid
Highest scoring Zaragoza 5–6 Español
Atlético Bilbao 10–1 Zaragoza
Longest winning run 8 matches
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run 13 matches
Real Madrid
Longest winless run 8 matches
Real Santander
Longest losing run 6 matches
Real Santander

The 1951–52 La Liga was the 21st season since its establishment. The season started on 9 September 1951 and finished on April 13, 1952. Barcelona achieved their fifth title.

Team locations

Location of teams in 1951–52 La Liga (Canary Islands)

Las Palmas and Atlético Tetuán made their debut in La Liga. The firsts became the first team from the Canary Islands to play in the top tier while the others, as they were part of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, were the first team based in the continental Africa to play in a European top division.

Club City Stadium
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Metropolitano
Atlético Tetuán Tetuán Varela
Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos
Deportivo La Coruña La Coruña Riazor
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular
Real Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín
Real Santander Santander El Sardinero
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atotxa
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla
Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla
Zaragoza Zaragoza Torrero

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 30 19 5 6 92 43 +49 43
2 Atlético Bilbao 30 17 6 7 78 46 +32 40
3 Real Madrid 30 16 6 8 79 50 +29 38
4 Atlético Madrid 30 16 5 9 80 57 +23 37
5 Valencia 30 15 5 10 68 51 +17 35
6 Sevilla 30 14 4 12 69 57 +12 32
7 Español 30 14 4 12 69 62 +7 32
8 Valladolid 30 9 11 10 47 43 +4 29
9 Celta Vigo 30 12 3 15 64 66 2 27
10 Real Sociedad 30 11 4 15 60 59 +1 26
11 Deportivo La Coruña 30 10 5 15 46 70 24 25
12 Zaragoza 30 10 5 15 54 73 19 25
13 Real Gijón (O) 30 10 5 15 49 75 26 25 Qualification to the relegation group
14 Real Santander (O) 30 9 7 14 45 65 20 25
15 Las Palmas (R) 30 9 4 17 36 85 49 22 Relegation to Segunda División
16 Atlético Tetuán (R) 30 7 5 18 51 85 34 19
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away ATB ATM TET BAR CEL DEP ESP LPA RGI RMA RSA RSO SEV VAL VAD ZAR
Atlético Bilbao 7–3 3–1 0–3 4–2 4–1 2–1 7–0 4–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 10–1
Atlético Madrid 1–2 8–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 4–0 7–3 3–2 7–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1
Atlético Tetuán 1–2 4–1 2–5 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–2 3–1 3–3 5–1 3–1 3–4 1–1 2–2 0–1
Barcelona 1–0 5–2 3–2 6–1 6–1 2–0 7–0 9–3 4–2 7–1 3–1 5–3 1–3 0–0 4–1
Celta Vigo 4–1 0–3 7–0 1–2 6–1 3–3 5–2 4–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1
Deportivo La Coruña 3–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Español 3–3 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–3 4–1 4–1 4–3 2–3 3–0 4–0
Las Palmas 1–1 1–3 4–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–3 1–1 4–2
Real Gijón 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–3 3–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Real Madrid 2–2 2–1 4–2 5–1 4–1 3–2 6–1 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 5–2 3–1 2–0 2–1
Real Santander 3–1 2–2 4–0 0–3 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 2–4 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–2
Real Sociedad 1–4 6–1 1–0 4–2 4–1 7–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 2–0
Sevilla 2–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 5–0 3–3 4–1 5–0 2–2 6–1 4–1 2–1
Valencia 2–3 3–0 5–1 2–2 7–2 3–0 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–2
Valladolid 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 1–3 4–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–0
Zaragoza 2–4 0–5 3–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 5–6 6–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 4–2 2–1
Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mestalla[lower-alpha 1] (O) 10 5 4 1 27 10 +17 14 Qualification to Segunda División
2 Real Gijón (O) 10 5 3 2 20 14 +6 13 Qualification to La Liga
3 Real Santander 10 5 1 4 27 20 +7 11
4 Alcoyano 10 4 1 5 23 21 +2 9 Qualification to Segunda División
5 Logroñés 10 3 2 5 11 21 10 8
6 Ferrol 10 2 1 7 13 35 22 5
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. Mestalla was ineligible for promotion, as they were the reserve team of Valencia.

Results

Home \ Away ALC FER LOG MES RGI RSA
Alcoyano 4–3 7–2 2–2 3–4 4–2
Ferrol 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–3 3–7
Logroñés 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0
Mestalla 2–0 4–0 5–1 2–2 6–1
Real Gijón 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
Real Santander 3–1 10–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: BDFútbol
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Goalscorers Team Goals
1 Spain Pahiño Real Madrid 28
2 Hungary László Kubala Barcelona 26
3 Spain César Rodríguez Barcelona 23
4 Spain Hermidita Celta Vigo 21
5 Spain Juan Araujo Sevilla 20
5 Spain Adolfo Atienza Celta Vigo 18
Spain Manuel Badenes Valencia
7 Spain Roque Olsen Real Madrid 17
8 Spain Venancio Atlético Bilbao 16
Spain José Juncosa Atlético Madrid
10 Spain José Egea Español 15
Spain Luis Molowny Real Madrid

References

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