1954–55 La Liga

Primera División

Season	1954–55
Champions	Real Madrid (4th title)
Relegated	Real Santander Málaga
European Cup	Real Madrid
Latin Cup	Real Madrid
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Barcelona
Matches played	240
Goals scored	899 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juan Arza (29 goals)
Biggest away win	Real Santander 0–4 Real Madrid
Highest scoring	Atlético Bilbao 9–2 Las Palmas
Longest winning run	6 matches Atlético Bilbao
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Real Madrid
Longest winless run	7 matches Celta Málaga
Longest losing run	5 matches Málaga
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 La Liga was the 24th season since its establishment. Real Madrid were the defending champions and successfully retained the title.

Teams

Stadia and locations

At. Bilbao

At. Madrid

Barcelona

Celta

Alavés

Deportivo

Español

Hércules

Málaga

R. Santander

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid

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Location of teams in 1954–55 La Liga

Las Palmas

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Location of teams in 1954–55 (Canary Islands)

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza	7,500
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés	40,400
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Metropolitano	56,717
Barcelona	Barcelona	Las Corts	46,000
Celta	Vigo	Balaidos	15,850
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor	22,182
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá	30,000
Hércules	Alicante	La Viña	14,024
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular	12,000
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda	8,734
Real Madrid	Madrid	Nuevo Chamartín	90,123
Real Santander	Santander	El Sardinero	21,800
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha	21,650
Sevilla	Seville	Nervión	30,000
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla	33,567
Valladolid	Valladolid	Municipal	16,555

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	30	20	6	4	80	31	+49	46	Qualification for the European Cup and for the Latin Cup
2	Barcelona	30	17	7	6	75	39	+36	41	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Atlético Bilbao	30	15	9	6	78	39	+39	39
4	Sevilla	30	15	4	11	74	58	+16	34
5	Valencia	30	15	3	12	71	60	+11	33
6	Hércules	30	11	9	10	46	57	−11	31
7	Deportivo La Coruña	30	12	6	12	52	59	−7	30
8	Atlético Madrid	30	11	7	12	59	64	−5	29
9	Valladolid	30	11	5	14	48	56	−8	27
10	Alavés	30	11	5	14	51	62	−11	27
11	Celta Vigo	30	10	7	13	55	60	−5	27
12	Las Palmas	30	10	7	13	45	69	−24	27
13	Español (O)	30	8	10	12	42	46	−4	26	Qualification for the relegation group
14	Real Sociedad (O)	30	9	6	15	48	53	−5	24
15	Real Santander (R)	30	9	2	19	39	81	−42	20	Relegation to the Segunda División
16	Málaga (R)	30	6	7	17	36	65	−29	19

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ATB	ATM	BAR	CEL	DEP	ESP	HER	LPA	MAL	RMA	RSA	RSO	SEV	VAL	VAD
Alavés	—	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	5–1	2–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	7–0	1–4
Atlético Bilbao	4–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	1–2	3–0	9–2	6–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	7–0	1–0
Atlético Madrid	4–1	1–2	—	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–4	3–1	4–0	0–3	2–3	5–4
Barcelona	5–2	2–3	4–0	—	5–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	7–0	4–1	4–2	4–1	5–0
Celta	2–0	1–0	8–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	5–1	2–1	2–2
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	—	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–2	3–3	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–1
Español	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–4	4–0	2–2	—	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Hércules	2–2	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	—	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	2–1
Las Palmas	2–2	3–3	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–0
Málaga	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	—	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–2
Real Madrid	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	5–1	5–1	3–0	7–0	4–1	—	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0
Real Santander	0–2	1–4	2–4	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	—	3–3	3–1	3–2	2–1
Real Sociedad	2–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	5–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	—	1–2	3–0	3–3
Sevilla	1–2	1–1	3–3	0–2	5–2	3–2	3–2	6–1	4–0	6–1	1–0	5–2	5–2	—	2–1	5–1
Valencia	6–1	3–2	4–4	4–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	8–2	4–0	0–2	1–3	8–1	2–0	3–1	—	2–1
Valladolid	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–5	2–3	—

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

Relegation group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Español (O, P)	10	7	1	2	17	8	+9	15	Qualification to La Liga
2	Real Sociedad (O, P)	10	6	1	3	20	14	+6	13
3	Oviedo	10	5	1	4	22	20	+2	11	Qualification to Segunda División
4	Atlético Tetuán	10	4	2	4	17	15	+2	10
5	Zaragoza	10	3	0	7	13	17	−4	6
6	Granada	10	2	1	7	13	28	−15	5

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	TET	ESP	GRA	OVI	RSO	ZAR
Atlético Tetuán	—	1–2	4–0	2–3	2–2	2–0
Español	4–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0
Granada	3–1	1–3	—	2–3	1–2	3–1
Oviedo	0–0	1–3	6–2	—	1–0	6–0
Real Sociedad	1–2	2–1	6–1	3–2	—	0–2
Zaragoza	0–2	0–1	2–0	7–0	1–2	—

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juan Arza	Sevilla	29
2	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	25
3	Manuel Badenes	Valencia	22
4	Arieta I	Athletic Bilbao	19
5	Héctor Rial	Real Madrid	18
	Pahiño	Deportivo La Coruña
7	Wilson	Alavés	17
8	José Artetxe	Athletic Bilbao	16
	Juan Araujo	Sevilla
10	Pablo Olmedo	Celta	15
	Joaquín Murillo	Valladolid

External links

• (in Spanish) Official LFP Site