1959–60 La Liga

The 1959–60 La Liga was the 29th season since its establishment. The season started on September 13, 1959, and finished on April 17, 1960.

Primera División
Season1959–60
ChampionsBarcelona
(8th title)
RelegatedOsasuna
Las Palmas
European CupBarcelona
Real Madrid (as title holders)
Inter-Cities Fairs CupBarcelona
Matches played240
Goals scored807 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerFerenc Puskás
(25 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 11–2 Elche
Biggest away winLas Palmas 0–8 Barcelona
Highest scoringReal Madrid 11–2 Elche
Longest winning run8 matches
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Barcelona
Longest winless run15 matches
Las Palmas
Longest losing run11 matches
Las Palmas

Team locations
Location of teams in 1959–60 La Liga
Canary Islands
Team Home city Stadium
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaNou Camp
ElcheElcheAltabix
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
GranadaGranadaLos Cármenes
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
OsasunaPamplonaSan Juan
OviedoOviedoCarlos Tartiere
Real BetisSevilleHeliópolis
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla
ZaragozaZaragozaLa Romareda

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 30 22 2 6 86 28 +58 46 Qualified for the European Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2 Real Madrid[lower-alpha 1] 30 21 4 5 92 36 +56 46 Qualified for the European Cup
3 Atlético Bilbao 30 19 1 10 74 45 +29 39
4 Sevilla 30 16 4 10 63 44 +19 36
5 Atlético Madrid 30 15 3 12 59 40 +19 33
6 Oviedo 30 13 7 10 38 51 −13 33
7 Real Betis 30 15 3 12 42 53 −11 33
8 Español 30 11 8 11 33 29 +4 30
9 Valencia 30 11 6 13 37 33 +4 28
10 Elche 30 11 5 14 41 64 −23 27
11 Zaragoza 30 10 5 15 49 58 −9 25
12 Granada 30 10 5 15 38 52 −14 25
13 Valladolid (O) 30 11 3 16 48 61 −13 25 Qualified for the relegation play-offs
14 Real Sociedad (O) 30 10 3 17 41 61 −20 23
15 Las Palmas (R) 30 8 2 20 42 75 −33 18 Relegated to Segunda División
16 Osasuna (R) 30 5 3 22 24 77 −53 13
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
Notes:
  1. Real Madrid qualified as title holders.

Results
Home \ Away ATB ATM BAR ELC ESP GRA LPA OSA OVI BET RMA RSO SEV VAL VAD ZAR
Atlético Bilbao — 5–2 4–1 5–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–1 6–0 4–1 1–3 4–0 2–5 2–0 4–3 3–1
Atlético Madrid 0–1 — 0–1 5–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 4–0 6–1 3–3 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–1
Barcelona 4–1 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 5–4 8–0 6–0 3–1 6–0 3–1 3–0 5–0 2–1 5–1 5–0
Elche 0–1 3–4 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–5 3–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 5–0
Español 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 — 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–1
Granada 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 5–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1
Las Palmas 0–2 0–3 0–8 1–1 0–2 1–2 — 2–4 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0
Osasuna 1–4 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–0 2–0 4–1 — 4–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 2–3
Oviedo 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 5–0
Real Betis 1–0 1–4 0–3 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 — 1–0 3–0 1–4 2–0 0–0 1–2
Real Madrid 3–1 3–2 2–0 11–2 4–0 6–0 2–0 7–0 8–1 7–1 — 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Real Sociedad 1–3 0–3 0–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 6–0 4–1 6–2 1–0 1–3 — 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–0
Sevilla 5–0 3–0 0–3 4–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 — 1–1 5–0 1–0
Valencia 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–3 — 1–0 4–0
Valladolid 2–2 0–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 3–2 5–0 5–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 3–1 3–2 — 2–1
Zaragoza 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 6–2 6–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–1 4–0 —
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Play-off between Córdoba and Real Sociedad was decided after a tie-break match, where Real Sociedad won 1–0.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Celta Vigo 2–5 Valladolid 2–2 0–5
Córdoba 2–2 Real Sociedad 2–1 0–1

Pichichi Trophy
Position Player Club Goals
1 Spain Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 25
2 Spain Eulogio Martínez Barcelona 23
3 Spain Eneko Arieta Atlético Bilbao 18
4 Spain Joaquín Peiró Atlético Madrid 17
5 Spain Félix Marcaida Atlético Bilbao 16
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