1955–56 La Liga

Primera División
Season	1955–56
Champions	Atlético Bilbao ; (6th title)
Relegated	Murcia ; Alavés ; Cultural Leonesa ; Hércules
European Cup	Atlético Bilbao; Real Madrid (as holders)
Latin Cup	Atlético Bilbao
Matches played	240
Goals scored	908 (3.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Di Stéfano; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 9–0 Hércules
Biggest away win	Deportivo La Coruña 0–7 Barcelona
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 8–3 Celta
Longest winning run	10 matches; Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches; Atlético Bilbao
Longest winless run	10 matches; Hércules; Las Palmas; Murcia
Longest losing run	6 matches; Cultural Leonesa
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 La Liga season was the 25th season of La Liga since its establishment. Atlético Bilbao won their sixth league title.

After this season, the relegation group was removed. It would later be brought back in the 1958–59 La Liga season.

Team locations

Location of teams in 1955–56 La Liga

Las Palmas

Location of teams in 1955–56 La Liga (Canary Islands)

Team	Home city	Stadium
Alavés	Vitoria	Mendizorroza
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Metropolitano
Barcelona	Barcelona	Las Corts
Celta	Vigo	Balaidos
Cultural Leonesa	León	La Puentecilla
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Hércules	Alicante	La Viña
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Nervión
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla
Valladolid	Valladolid	Municipal

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Bilbao (C)	30	22	4	4	79	31	+48	48	Qualification for the European Cup and for the Latin Cup
2	Barcelona	30	22	3	5	67	26	+41	47
3	Real Madrid	30	18	2	10	81	39	+42	38	Qualification for the European Cup^[a]
4	Sevilla	30	17	2	11	75	44	+31	36
5	Atlético Madrid	30	14	5	11	75	49	+26	33
6	Valencia	30	13	6	11	58	50	+8	32
7	Español	30	14	3	13	50	56	−6	31
8	Real Sociedad	30	11	8	11	48	53	−5	30
9	Valladolid	30	13	4	13	52	55	−3	30
10	Celta Vigo	30	12	3	15	52	75	−23	27
11	Las Palmas	30	11	4	15	49	60	−11	26
12	Deportivo La Coruña	30	11	4	15	60	80	−20	26
13	Murcia (R)	30	10	5	15	46	66	−20	25	Qualification for the relegation group
14	Alavés (R)	30	9	6	15	49	73	−24	24	Qualification for the relegation group
15	Cultural Leonesa (R)	30	5	4	21	34	65	−31	14	Relegation to the Segunda División
16	Hércules (R)	30	5	3	22	33	86	−53	13	Relegation to the Segunda División

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

↑ Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.

Results

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

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	España Industrial^[a] (O, P)	10	7	1	2	21	15	+6	15	Qualification to La Liga
2	Zaragoza (O, P)	10	5	2	3	18	13	+5	12	Qualification to La Liga
3	Oviedo	10	6	0	4	23	22	+1	12	Qualification to Segunda División
4	Murcia (R)	10	5	1	4	21	18	+3	11
5	Real Betis	10	2	2	6	21	22	−1	6
6	Alavés (R)	10	1	2	7	10	24	−14	4

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

↑ To play in La Liga, España Industrial stopped being the reserve team of Barcelona and was renamed to CD Condal.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ESP	MUR	OVI	BET	ZAR
Deportivo Alavés	—	2–3	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2
España Industrial	3–1	—	2–1	6–1	3–2	1–0
Murcia	3–2	1–1	—	4–1	5–1	4–3
Oviedo	2–0	0–1	3–0	—	3–2	6–0
Real Betis	6–0	1–2	0–1	4–5	—	3–1
Zaragoza	1–1	1–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	—

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	24
2	Mauro Rodríguez	Celta	23
3	Adrián Escudero	Atlético Madrid	21
4	Jesús Domingo	Real Valladolid	21
5	Francisco Molina	Atlético Madrid	16
6	Héctor Rial	Real Madrid	15
7	Silvestre Igoa	Real Sociedad	14
	Pahiño	Deportivo La Coruña
	Juan Arza	Sevilla
	José Luis Artetxe	Atlético Madrid
	László Kubala	Barcelona
	Eneko Arieta	Atlético Bilbao
	Julián Arcas	Español

Other websites

(in Spanish) Official LFP Site

[table_note_res_ECR0.72044870477191-1] Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.

[table_note_ESP0.97955293021144-2] To play in La Liga, España Industrial stopped being the reserve team of Barcelona and was renamed to CD Condal.

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