1940–41 La Liga

10th season of La Liga April 2026 Primera División 1940–41 Atlético Aviación (2nd title) Zaragoza Murcia Pruden(33 goals) Sevilla 11–1 Barcelona Atlético Bilbao 0–5 Atlético AviaciónHércules 0–5 Celta Sevilla 10–3 Valencia 132 569 6 matchesAtlético Bilbao 6 matchesCeltaMurcia 11 matchesAtlético Aviación 9 matchesZaragoza 1939–40 1941–42 The 1940–41 La Liga was the tenth season since its establishment. Atlético Aviación retained the title. Format changes 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 Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1940–41 Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia left Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Madrid FC Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atl. Aviación left Spain 42.231356 -8.712447 Celta Spain 37.384039 -5.970583 Sevilla top Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Atl. Bilbao bottom Spain 41.347861 2.0756667 Español right Spain 43.25 -5.5042 Oviedo Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona Spain 38.357331 -0.492706 Hércules Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza bottom Spain 38.042247 -1.144739 Murcia bottom 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 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 main WDL 5 complete 2 BDFútbol R R ATM 13 7 2 70 36 Atlético Aviación C ATH 13 5 4 49 24 Atlético Bilbao VAL 11 5 6 60 52 Valencia BAR 13 1 8 55 45 Barcelona SEV 12 2 8 70 43 Sevilla RMA 11 2 9 51 38 Madrid FC ESP 10 2 10 50 54 Español OVI 7 2 13 36 63 Oviedo HER 7 2 13 28 67 Hércules CEL 7 1 14 45 51 Celta ZAR 5 4 13 26 41 Zaragoza R MUR 5 3 14 29 55 Murcia R Valencia finished ahead of Barcelona on head-to-head goal difference: Valencia–Barcelona 3–1, Barcelona–Valencia 4–3. VAL Oviedo finished ahead of Hércules on head-to-head goal difference: Oviedo–Hércules 6–0, Hércules–Oviedo 3–0. OVI 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored. Q red1 Qualification for the relegation play-offs Results main BDFútbol complete FBR ATM ATH BAR CEL ESP HER RMA MUR OVI SEV VAL ZAR Atlético Aviación AAV Atlético Bilbao ATB Barcelona Celta Español Hércules Madrid FC Murcia Oviedo Sevilla Valencia Zaragoza 0-5 3-1 4-1 6-2 4-0 6-1 3-1 2-1 0-0 2-1 5-0 1-1 4-4 5-4 5-3 7-1 6-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 2-2 1-0 2-4 2-0 2-3 3-2 3-0 3-0 7-0 2-0 4-0 4-3 1-2 0-2 1-4 7-1 2-0 5-1 1-2 3-1 1-0 2-2 6-2 1-1 2-3 3-1 4-1 1-2 2-1 3-2 5-0 3-0 4-3 2-1 1-0 3-3 1-3 0-5 3-2 4-0 0-3 3-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-3 1-1 1-3 3-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 2-5 0-1 1-4 1-2 3-1 4-1 5-3 2-1 1-0 6-0 4-1 6-1 0-2 4-3 3-1 4-3 3-3 6-0 2-1 0-2 5-4 0-4 3-3 2-2 1-1 2-1 1-0 0-3 7-0 2-1 1-1 3-0 0-3 1-2 1-0 1-1 11-1 3-0 3-1 8-3 3-2 5-4 4-1 4-1 10-3 2-2 3-1 3-1 5-1 3-0 6-0 3-3 1-1 5-1 1-0 4-1 Relegation play-offs 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. Zaragoza 2–3 Castellón Murcia 1–2 Deportivo La Coruña |} Top scorers Rank Player Team Goals1 ESP 1938 Pruden Atlético Aviación 332 ESP 1938 Mundo Valencia 213 ESP 1938 Vicente Martínez Català Español 184 ESP 1938 Campanal I Sevilla 175 ESP 1938 Paco Campos Atlético Aviación 166 ESP 1938 Manuel Alday Madrid FC 14 ESP 1938 Torrontegui Sevilla ESP 1938 Guillermo Gorostiza Valencia9 ESP 1938 Mariano Martín Barcelona 12 ESP 1938 Agustín Celta ESP 1938 Del Pino Celta External links LFP website 1940–41 1 Spain