1939–40 La Liga

9th season of La Liga April 2026 Primera División 1939–40 Atlético Aviación (1st title) Betis Racing Santander Victorio Unamuno(20 goals) Sevilla 8–2 Racing Santander Betis 0–4 Madrid FC Athletic Bilbao 7–5 Barcelona 132 501 5 matchesAtlético Aviación 4 matchesAthletic BilbaoCeltaEspañolRacing Santander 7 matchesSevilla 8 matchesZaragoza 1935–36 1940–41 The 1939–40 La Liga was the ninth season since its establishment and the first one after the Spanish Civil War, which forced the suspension of the competition for three years. The season started on 3 December 1939, and finished on 28 April 1940. Atlético Aviación won its first title ever. Format changes For this season, the team qualified in the 10th position would face the second qualified team from Segunda División in a single-game play-off at a neutral venue. The winner would play the next season of La Liga. Team locations Spain 400 right Location of teams in 1939–40 La Liga Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia left Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Madrid FC Spain 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis bottom Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Ath. Aviación left Spain 42.231356 -8.712447 Celta Spain 37.384039 -5.970583 Sevilla top Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic bottom Spain 43.476389 -3.793333 Racing left Spain 41.347861 2.0756667 Español right Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona Spain 38.357331 -0.492706 Hércules Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza bottom Due to the several damages in Estadio Buenavista after the Spanish Civil War, Oviedo did not play this season. However, the Spanish Football Federation assured them a berth in the 1940–41 La Liga. Athletic Madrid changed its name to Athletic Aviación, after its merge with Aviación Nacional. Despite being relegated to Segunda División, it remained in the league by winning a play-off match against Osasuna for occupying the vacant berth after the resignation of Oviedo. Due to the damages at Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, they played their games during this season at Estadio Chamartín, and one game at Vallecas. Celta and Zaragoza made their debut in La Liga. Club City Stadium Atlético Aviación Madrid Chamartín Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts Betis Seville Patronato Obrero Celta Vigo Balaídos Español Barcelona Sarriá Hércules Alicante Bardín Madrid FC Madrid Chamartín Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero Sevilla Seville Nervión Valencia Valencia Mestalla Zaragoza Zaragoza Torrero League table main WDL 5 complete 2 BDFútbol PO R R ATM 14 1 7 43 29 Atlético Aviación C SEV 11 6 5 60 44 Sevilla ATH 11 4 7 57 44 Athletic Bilbao RMA 12 1 9 47 35 Madrid FC ESP 11 2 9 43 43 Español HER 9 5 8 41 34 Hércules ZAR 7 7 8 30 40 Zaragoza VAL 9 3 10 40 36 Valencia BAR 8 3 11 32 38 Barcelona CEL 9 1 12 45 50 Celta O BET 6 4 12 26 51 Betis R RAC 6 1 15 37 57 Racing Santander R Barcelona finished ahead of Celta on head-to-head points: Celta–Barcelona 1–2, Barcelona–Celta 2–0. CEL Zaragoza finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Zaragoza–Valencia 1–0, Valencia–Zaragoza 0–0. ZAR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored. QR red1 Relegation to the Segunda División red2 Qualification for the relegation play-offs Results main BDFútbol complete FBR ATH AAV BAR BET CEL ESP HER MAD RAC ZAR SEV VAL Athletic Bilbao Atlético Aviación Barcelona Betis Celta Español Hércules Racing Santander Madrid FC Zaragoza Sevilla Valencia 1-3 7-5 6-1 4-1 4-0 4-1 3-2 3-1 1-1 3-4 1-2 3-1 3-0 0-0 4-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 5-1 4-2 2-0 0-2 1-2 2-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-1 1-2 4-1 0-0 1-2 3-0 2-0 2-0 4-3 2-1 0-4 0-0 3-2 0-3 2-4 1-0 1-2 4-2 2-0 4-0 5-1 2-3 5-1 3-3 2-1 3-4 2-0 1-1 5-0 4-1 3-3 3-1 5-4 2-0 2-1 2-3 1-0 4-1 1-2 3-0 6-1 1-2 3-1 0-2 5-1 3-3 2-1 3-0 0-2 2-3 4-2 6-2 2-3 0-1 2-1 1-0 3-3 2-1 4-1 2-0 2-1 3-0 2-1 3-1 0-1 3-2 5-1 1-3 2-1 1-1 4-3 3-1 1-1 3-2 4-1 0-0 3-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 3-3 4-1 2-1 4-3 1-4 4-0 1-1 8-2 3-2 3-0 4-2 3-4 1-0 3-1 4-0 1-1 1-3 2-1 4-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 Relegation play-off The play-off match was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa. Celta 1–0 Deportivo La Coruña |} Top scorers RankGoalscorersTeamGoals1Spain 1938 Victorio UnamunoAthletic Bilbao202Spain 1938 Raimundo BlancoSevilla183Spain 1938 VilanovaHércules174Spain 1938 Campanal ISevilla165Spain 1938 Guillermo GorostizaAthletic Bilbao14Spain 1938 AgustínCeltaSpain 1938 Antonio ChasRacing SantanderSpain 1938 MundoValencia9Spain 1938 Manuel AldayMadrid FC1310Spain 1938 Simón LecueMadrid FC12 http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1939-40.html Classification First Division 1939-40 References External links LFP website 1939–40 1 Spain