1949–50 La Liga
# 1949–50 La Liga

The 1949–50 La Liga was the 19th season since its establishment. Atlético de Madrid conquered their third title.

## Format

Due to the expansion of the league to 16 teams for the next season, the two last qualified teams played the relegation playoffs against the third and fourth qualified teams of the promotion play-offs from Segunda División.

## Team locations

Málaga made their debut in La Liga.

| Club | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Atlético Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Metropolitano |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Les Corts |
| Celta | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor |
| Gimnástico | Tarragona | Avenida de Cataluña |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Buenavista |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Chamartín |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atotxa |
| Sevilla | Seville | Nervión |
| Valencia | Valencia | Mestalla |
| Valladolid | Valladolid | Municipal |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid (C) | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 33 | Qualification for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 32 | |
| 3 | Valencia | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 31 | |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 31 | |
| 5 | Barcelona | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 29 | |
| 6 | Atlético Bilbao | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 29 | |
| 7 | Celta | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 28 | |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 27 | |
| 9 | Valladolid | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 25 | |
| 10 | Sevilla | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 25 | |
| 11 | Español | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 22 | |
| 12 | Málaga | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 21 | |
| 13 | Gimnástico (R) | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 39 | 99 | −60 | 16 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Oviedo (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 65 | −35 | 15 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

* 1 2 Valencia finished ahead of Real Madrid on overall goal difference.
* 1 2 Barcelona finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Barcelona 5–0 Atlético Bilbao, Atlético Bilbao 3–1 Barcelona.
* 1 2 Valladolid finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Valladolid 1–1 Sevilla, Sevilla 2–3 Valladolid.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATB | ATM | BAR | CEL | DEP | ESP | GIM | MAL | OVI | RMA | RSO | SEV | VAL | VAD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlético Bilbao | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 3–6 | 3–2 |
| Atlético Madrid | 6–6 | — | 4–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 |
| Barcelona | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 10–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Celta | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–4 | — | 2–3 | 4–1 | 10–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Español | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–4 | 0–4 |
| Gimnástico | 5–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Málaga | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Oviedo | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Real Madrid | 2–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | — | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Sevilla | 5–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Valencia | 4–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | — | 4–1 |
| Valladolid | 6–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Gimnástico played their match at Sarrià Stadium and Oviedo at Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Gimnástico | 3–6 | Alcoyano |
| Oviedo | 0–2 | Murcia |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Telmo Zarra | Atlético Bilbao | 24 |
| 2 | Silvestre Igoa | Valencia | 22 |
| 3 | Hermidita | Celta | 21 |
| 4 | Pahiño | Real Madrid | 20 |
| 5 | César Rodríguez | Barcelona | 17 |
| 6 | Manuel Torres | Málaga | 15 |
| 7 | Rafael Franco | Deportivo La Coruña | 14 |
| 7 | Juan Araujo | Sevilla | 14 |
| 9 | Vicente Seguí | Valencia | 13 |
| 9 | José Caeiro | Real Sociedad | 13 |
