1939–40 La Liga

Primera División

Season	1939–40
Champions	Athletic Aviación Club (1st title)
Relegated	Betis Balompié Racing de Santander
Matches played	132
Goals scored	501 (3.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Víctor Unamuno (20)
Biggest home win	Sevilla FC 8-2 Racing de Santander
Biggest away win	Betis Balompié 0-4 Madrid CF
Highest scoring	Athletic Bilbao 7-5 Barcelona
← 1935–36 1940–41 →

La Liga 1939–40 season was the ninth since its establishment. The season started on December 3, 1939 and finished on April 28, 1940. It involved the following clubs:

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Aviación Club FC Barcelona Betis Balompié Celta de Vigo CE Espanyol

Hércules CF Madrid CF Racing de Santander Sevilla FC Valencia CF Zaragoza

Team locations

Valencia

Real Madrid

Betis

Aviacion

Celta

Sevilla

Athletic

Racing    

Espanyol

Barcelona

Hércules

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1939-40

Final table

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Comments
1	Athletic Aviación Club^1	22	14	1	7	43	29	29	+14	Champion of La Liga
2	Sevilla FC	22	11	6	5	60	44	28	+16	Champion of 1939 Copa del Rey
3	Athletic Bilbao	22	11	4	7	57	44	26	+13
4	Madrid CF	22	12	1	9	47	35	25	+12
5	CE Espanyol	22	11	2	9	43	43	24	0	Champion of 1940 Copa del Rey
6	Hércules CF	22	9	5	8	41	34	23	+7
7	Zaragoza	22	7	7	8	30	40	21	-10
8	Valencia CF	22	9	3	10	40	36	21	+4
9	FC Barcelona	22	8	3	11	32	38	19	-6
10	Celta de Vigo	22	9	1	12	45	50	19	-5
11	Betis Balompié	22	6	4	12	26	51	16	-25	Relegated to Segunda División
12	Racing de Santander	22	6	1	15	37	57	13	-20	Relegated to Segunda División

¹ Oviedo CF did not play in the first division 1939/40 due to the poor condition of their field at Buenavista after the Civil War. It was decided to allow Oviedo CF one season to improve their pitch, automatically allowing them to play in the first division in 1940/41. For the open place in the first division in 1939-40 a playoff between Athletic Aviación Club and Atlético Osasuna, the two teams relegated after the 1935-36 season was organized. Athletic Aviación Club won 3-1.

Since Oviedo CF was promised one spot in the first division in the 1940-41 season, only the first-placed team from the Segunda División in 1939-40 would be given an automatic berth to the first division. The second-placed team could also earn promotion in a special play-off against the 10th-placed team in the first division. Celta de Vigo won the playoff and remained in the top division.

Results table

• Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Ath	AtM	Bar	Bet	Cel	Esp	Hér	Mad	Rac	Sev	Val	Zar
Athletic Bilbao		1-3	7-5	6-1	4-1	4-0	4-1	3-1	3-2	3-4	1-2	1-1
Athletic Aviación Club	3-1		3-0	0-0	4-1	2-0	2-1	2-1	2-1	4-2	2-0	5-1
FC Barcelona	0-2	1-2		2-0	2-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-1	1-2	4-1	2-1
Betis Balompié	0-0	1-2	3-0		2-0	2-0	4-3	0-4	2-1	3-2	0-3	0-0
Celta de Vigo	2-4	1-0	1-2	4-2		2-0	4-0	2-3	5-1	2-0	3-2	5-1
CE Espanyol	3-4	2-0	1-1	5-0	4-1		3-3	5-4	3-1	2-1	2-3	2-0
Hércules CF	1-0	4-1	1-2	3-0	6-1	1-2		0-2	3-1	3-3	2-1	5-1
Madrid CF	4-1	2-0	2-1	3-0	2-1	3-1	0-1		3-2	1-3	2-1	5-1
Racing de Santander	3-0	0-2	2-3	4-2	6-2	2-3	0-1	2-1		3-3	2-1	1-0
Sevilla FC	3-3	4-1	2-1	4-3	1-4	4-0	1-1	3-2	8-2		4-2	3-0
Valencia CF	3-4	1-0	3-1	4-0	1-1	1-3	2-1	3-1	4-0	2-2		0-0
Zaragoza	1-1	4-3	3-1	1-1	3-2	4-1	0-0	3-1	3-0	1-1	1-0

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Víctor Unamuno	20	Athletic Bilbao
Raimundo Blanco	18	Sevilla FC
Vilanova	17	Hércules CF
Campanal I	16	Sevilla CF

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References

1. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1939-40.html

External links

• LFP website