1929 La Liga

Inaugural season of La Liga April 2026 Primera División 1929 Barcelona (1st title) Paco Bienzobas(Real Sociedad, 17 goals) Athletic Bilbao 9–0 Español Racing Santander 0–4 Athletic Bilbao 90 383 6 matchesArenasBarcelona 11 matchesBarcelona 7 matchesRacing Santander 7 matchesRacing Santander 1929–30 The 1929 Primera División season was the inaugural season of the Primera División. It started on 10 February 1929 and finished on 23 June 1929. A total of 10 teams participated in the league. After the failure to create a national league in 1928, that ended with the teams split into two unconcluded leagues, an agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation was finally reached for the creation of a national league. Barcelona won the title after beating Real Unión in the last round and taking advantage of the loss of Real Madrid at Athletic Bilbao. Therefore, the Catalans were proclaimed the inaugural champions. Election of teams After months of discussion, on 23 November 1928 the creation of a championship divided in divisions was finalized.November 2020 The first division would be joined by the six teams that won any time the Spanish Championship (Arenas, Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Real Unión) and three teams that qualified for at least one final (Athletic Madrid, Español and Europa).April 2018 The tenth place would be decided in a tournament where only the winner would join La Liga, while the rest of the participant teams played the Segunda División with Racing Madrid. Qualifying tournament Racing Santander achieved the last place in the inaugural season of La Liga after beating Sevilla in the second tie-break match. main 4 high 3 no First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 25 1;2;5;6;7;8 yes 25–26 December – Bilbao Oviedo 2 4 Iberia 2 1 25 December – Madrid Real Betis 2 Alavés 1 10–13 January – Chamartín de la Rosa Racing Santander 2 2 Valencia 2 1 13 January – Valencia Oviedo 0 Real Betis 1 13 January – León Celta 3 Sporting Gijón 2 17 January – Madrid Sevilla 4 Deportivo La Coruña 1 23 January – Chamartín de la Rosa Real Betis 1 Racing Santander 2 27 January – Madrid Sevilla 2 Celta 1 3, 6, 9 February – Madrid Racing Santander 1 2 2 Sevilla 1 2 1 Team information Spain 400 right Location of teams in 1929 La LigaTeams in Barcelona: Barcelona, Español, EuropaTeams in Madrid: Ath. Madrid, Real Madrid Spain 43.2641327 -2.949438 Ath. Bilbao left Spain 40.447527 -3.716147 Madrid right Spain 41.380896 2.1206311 Barcelona right Spain 43.301393 -1.973682 R. Sociedad bottom Spain 43.344167 -3.006389 Arenas top Spain 43.338 -1.789 R. Unión right Spain 43.5146 -3.7818 Racing left Club City Stadium Arenas Getxo Ibaiondo Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés Athletic Madrid Madrid Metropolitano Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts Español Barcelona SarriáEuropa Barcelona El Guinardó Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha Real Unión Irun Gal League table main WDL complete 2 BDFútbol 5 BAR 11 3 4 37 23 Barcelona C RMA 11 1 6 40 27 Real Madrid ATH 8 4 6 47 34 Athletic Bilbao RSO 8 4 6 46 41 Real Sociedad ARE 8 3 7 33 43 Arenas ATM 8 2 8 43 41 Athletic Madrid ESP 7 4 7 32 38 Español EUR 6 4 8 45 49 Europa RUN 5 2 11 40 42 Real Unión RAC 3 3 12 25 50 Racing Santander O Athletic Bilbao finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head points: Athletic Bilbao–Real Sociedad 4–2, Real Sociedad–Athletic Bilbao 1–1. ATH Athletic Madrid finished ahead of Español on head-to-head goal difference: Athletic Madrid–Español 7–1, Español–Athletic Madrid 3–2 ATM 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored. R PO red1 Qualification for the relegation play-offs Results main BDFútbol complete FBR ARE ATH ATM BAR ESP EUR RAC RMA RSO RUN Arenas Athletic Bilbao Athletic Madrid Barcelona Español Europa Racing Santander Real Madrid Real Sociedad Real Unión 1-0 2-3 0-2 3-0 2-2 2-1 3-2 3-0 1-1 2-3 3-3 5-1 9-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 4-2 2-1 1-2 2-3 4-1 7-1 5-4 4-0 0-3 0-3 3-1 2-2 3-0 4-0 1-0 5-2 5-1 1-2 1-0 4-1 1-2 4-1 3-2 1-1 3-1 3-0 4-0 1-1 3-2 5-2 1-1 4-1 1-1 0-3 4-1 5-2 4-3 3-3 5-1 0-4 1-2 0-2 1-1 3-2 1-3 6-1 1-3 2-0 5-1 2-1 0-1 2-0 5-0 2-2 2-1 2-0 3-2 1-1 3-3 3-0 1-1 5-4 8-1 5-4 3-2 7-1 6-3 1-2 1-2 4-3 2-3 3-1 0-2 2-3 Relegation play-off Last placed team Racing Santander faced Sevilla, winner of the 1929 Segunda División, in a two-legged play-off. Racing won 3–2 on aggregate, thus remaining in La Liga. 1929 Sevilla 2–1 Racing Santander Seville 1929 Racing Santander 2–0 3–2 Sevilla Santander Top scorers RankGoalscorersGoalTeam1Spain 1874 Paco Bienzobas17Real Sociedad2Spain 1874 Cosme Vázquez15Athletic Madrid3Spain 1874 Luis Marín12Athletic MadridSpain 1874 LafuenteAthletic Bilbao5Spain 1874 Manuel Parera11BarcelonaSpain 1874 Manuel CrosEuropaSpain 1874 José María YermoArenasSpain 1874 Luis RegueiroReal UniónSpain 1874 Santiago UrtizbereaReal UniónSpain 1874 Jaime LazcanoReal MadridSpain 1874 Gaspar RubioReal Madrid Source:BDFútbol.com Pichichi Trophy Note: This list is the alternative top scorers list provided by newspaper Diario Marca, it differs from the one above which is based on official match reports GoalscorersGoalTeamSpain 1874 Paco Bienzobas14Real SociedadSpain 1874 Lafuente12Athletic BilbaoSpain 1874 Luis Regueiro12Real UniónSpain 1874 Gaspar Rubio12Real Madrid See also 1929 Copa del Rey References La liga top scorers 1928/29 1929 1 Spain