1942–43 La Liga

The 1942–43 La Liga was the 12th season since its establishment. Athletic Bilbao achieved their fifth title.

Primera División

Season	1942–43
Champions	Athletic Bilbao (5th title)
Relegated	Zaragoza Real Betis
Matches played	182
Goals scored	712 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mariano Martín (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 8–0 Celta
Biggest away win	Sevilla 0–5 Oviedo
Highest scoring	Celta 8–3 Granada Valencia 8–3 Real Betis
Longest winning run	4 matches Atlético Bilbao Celta
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Atlético Bilbao
Longest winless run	15 matches Zaragoza
Longest losing run	5 matches Atlético Aviación
← 1941–42 1943–44 →

Team locations

Valencia

Real Madrid

At. Madrid

Sevilla

Deportivo

At. Bilbao

Oviedo

Espanyol

Barcelona

Castellón

Granada

Celta

Zaragoza

Betis

Location of teams in 1942–43 La Liga

Club	City	Stadium
Atlético Aviación	Madrid	Metropolitano
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Barcelona	Barcelona	Les Corts
Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	El Sequiol
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Deportivo de La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Granada	Granada	Los Cármenes
Oviedo	Oviedo	Buenavista
Real Betis	Seville	Patronato Obrero
Real Madrid	Madrid	Chamartín
Sevilla	Seville	Nervión
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Torrero

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Bilbao (C)	26	16	4	6	73	38	+35	36
2	Sevilla	26	15	3	8	63	47	+16	33
3	Barcelona	26	14	4	8	77	50	+27	32
4	Castellón	26	13	5	8	41	43	−2	31
5	Celta	26	14	2	10	52	50	+2	30
6	Oviedo	26	12	4	10	53	63	−10	28
7	Valencia	26	10	7	9	58	45	+13	27[a]
8	Atlético Aviación	26	11	5	10	54	44	+10	27[a]
9	Deportivo de La Coruña	26	7	12	7	35	32	+3	26
10	Real Madrid	26	10	5	11	52	50	+2	25
11	Español (O)	26	9	6	11	45	51	−6	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12	Granada (O)	26	9	4	13	56	68	−12	22
13	Zaragoza (R)	26	2	9	15	25	57	−32	13	Relegated to the Segunda División
14	Real Betis (R)	26	2	6	18	28	74	−46	10

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Valencia finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head points: Valencia–Atlético Aviación 3–0, Atlético Aviación–Valencia 1–1.

Results

Home \ Away	AAV	ATB	BAR	CAS	CEL	DEP	ESP	GRA	OVI	BET	RMA	SEV	VAL	ZAR
Atlético Aviación	—	2–3	4–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	7–1	3–0	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1
Atlético Bilbao	5–2	—	5–2	4–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	4–1	8–1	5–0	3–2	5–0	5–1	2–0
Barcelona	5–0	1–3	—	7–1	8–0	1–1	2–0	5–2	6–2	4–1	5–5	3–1	1–2	4–1
Castellón	0–0	2–2	0–2	—	5–0	3–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
Celta	1–1	4–1	4–2	5–0	—	0–1	3–2	8–3	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2
Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	—	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–1
Español	4–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–1	5–0	3–0	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–0
Granada	3–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–2	—	3–1	6–2	1–0	4–3	4–2	1–1
Oviedo	2–1	3–3	3–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	—	4–1	3–4	4–4	4–1	1–1
Real Betis	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	—	3–1	2–5	2–2	1–1
Real Madrid	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–4	4–3	7–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	—	1–1	0–1	2–1
Sevilla	2–1	2–0	4–2	4–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–2	0–5	5–0	3–0	—	3–1	6–0
Valencia	3–0	2–2	2–4	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	7–0	8–3	3–3	4–2	—	7–0
Zaragoza	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–2	3–4	0–0	—

Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Match between Español and Real Gijón was played at Estadio Chamartín in Chamartín de la Rosa, while the other one was held at Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Español	2–1	Real Gijón
Granada	2–0	Valladolid

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Mariano Martín	Barcelona	30
2	Mundo	Valencia	23
3	Basilio	Castellón	22
	José Juncosa	Española
5	Zarra	Atlético Bilbao	17
6	Mariano Uceda	Atlético Aviación	16
	Manuel Alday	Real Madrid
	Francisco Roig	Celta
	Pepillo	Sevilla
10	Paco Campos	Atlético Aviación	15
	Juan del Pino	Celta

External links

• LFP website