1956–57 La Liga

Primera División
Season	1956–57
Champions	Real Madrid ; (5th title)
Relegated	Deportivo La Coruña ; Condal
European Cup	Real Madrid; Sevilla (as Real Madrid qualified as holders)
Latin Cup	Real Madrid
Matches played	240
Goals scored	777 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Di Stéfano; (31 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 8–1 Español
Biggest away win	Deportivo La Coruña 0–6 Barcelona
Highest scoring	Barcelona 7–3 Atlético Madrid
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 La Liga season was the 26th season of La Liga since its establishment. The season began on 9 September 1956, and ended on 21 April 1957. Real Madrid won their fifth league title.

This was the first season without the relegation group since the 1950–51 La Liga season. Instead, the bottom two teams were directly relegated to Segunda División.

Team locations

Location of teams in 1956–57 La Liga

1956–57 La Liga is located in Canary Islands

Las Palmas

Location of teams in 1956–57 La Liga (Canary Islands)

After their promotion in the 1955–56 season, España Industrial was renamed as Condal.

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Metropolitano
Barcelona	Barcelona	Las Corts
Celta	Vigo	Balaidos
Condal	Barcelona	Las Corts
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Jaén	Jaén	La Victoria
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Nervión
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla
Valladolid	Valladolid	Municipal
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Torrero

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	30	20	4	6	74	35	+39	44	Qualification for the European Cup first round and for the Latin Cup
2	Sevilla	30	17	5	8	64	49	+15	39	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round^[a]
3	Barcelona	30	16	7	7	70	37	+33	39
4	Atlético Bilbao	30	16	5	9	59	45	+14	37
5	Atlético Madrid	30	15	4	11	65	45	+20	34
6	Osasuna	30	12	7	11	40	38	+2	31
7	Español	30	11	8	11	39	48	−9	30
8	Valladolid	30	11	6	13	52	58	−6	28
9	Zaragoza	30	11	6	13	37	51	−14	28
10	Las Palmas	30	9	9	12	41	58	−17	27
11	Valencia	30	10	7	13	43	46	−3	27
12	Real Sociedad	30	9	8	13	39	47	−8	26
13	Celta Vigo	30	8	7	15	39	47	−8	23
14	Jaén	30	9	5	16	37	55	−18	23
15	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	30	10	2	18	41	61	−20	22	Relegation to the Segunda División
16	Condal (R)	30	7	8	15	37	57	−20	22	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:

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

Results

Home \ Away	ATB	ATM	BAR	CEL	CON	DEP	ESP	JAE	LPA	OSA	RMA	RSO	SEV	VAL	VAD	ZAR
Atlético Bilbao	—	1–4	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	4–0	5–0
Atlético Madrid	0–0	—	2–1	1–0	6–2	6–0	8–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–4	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–1
Barcelona	2–0	7–3	—	4–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	6–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	4–2
Celta	3–0	1–0	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–3	1–0	0–3	2–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	5–0
Condal	3–3	1–2	1–1	0–3	—	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	4–0	0–0
Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	0–4	1–3	0–6	3–0	—	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–1
Español	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	—	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	2–0
Jaén	4–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–3	0–0	—	0–0	2–0	2–4	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–1
Las Palmas	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	2–2	2–0	—	1–1	1–5	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–1
Osasuna	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–1	—	2–0	1–2	5–2	2–0	1–0	2–0
Real Madrid	3–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	6–0	1–0	7–2	7–1	3–0	2–1	—	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–3
Real Sociedad	3–4	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	—	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1
Sevilla	4–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	—	3–2	2–0	3–0
Valencia	1–2	2–2	3–3	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	—	0–0	1–0
Valladolid	2–0	4–3	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	1–2	6–2	3–0	3–3	2–2	1–2	4–0	—	4–1
Zaragoza	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	—

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	31
2	Joaquín Murillo	Real Valladolid	18
3	Manuel Badenes	Real Valladolid	17
4	Mauro Rodríguez	Celta	16
5	Lorenzo Pérez	Sevilla	14
	Enrique Mateos	Real Madrid
	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid
	Pepillo II	Sevilla
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona

References

Other websites

(in Spanish) Official LFP Site

[table_note_res_ECR0.92405117998088-1] Sevilla qualified for the European Cup as Real Madrid qualified as title holders.

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