1958–59 La Liga

The 1958–59 La Liga season was the 28th since its establishment. The season started on September 14, 1958, and finished on April 19, 1959.

Primera División
Season1958–59
ChampionsBarcelona (7th title)
RelegatedReal Gijón
Celta
European CupBarcelona
Real Madrid (as title holders)
Matches played240
Goals scored775 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorerAlfredo di Stéfano
(23 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Bilbao 9–0 Celta
Atlético Bilbao 9–0 Real Gijón
Real Madrid 10–1 Las Palmas
Biggest away winOsasuna 1–8 Atlético Bilbao
Highest scoringReal Madrid 10–1 Las Palmas
Longest winning run9 matches
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Barcelona
Longest winless run11 matches
Celta
Longest losing run5 matches
Celta
Las Palmas

Competition format

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For this season, the relegation play-offs were re-established. 13th and 14th qualified teams would play a double-legged playoff against the second qualified teams of the two groups of Segunda División.

Team locations

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Sevilla inaugurated this season the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.

TeamHome cityStadium
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaNou Camp
CeltaVigoBalaídos
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
GranadaGranadaLos Cármenes
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
OsasunaPamplonaSan Juan
OviedoOviedoCarlos Tartiere
Real BetisSevilleHeliópolis
Real GijónGijónEl Molinón
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ZaragozaZaragozaLa Romareda

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Barcelona (C)3024339626+7051Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2Real Madrid3021548929+6047Qualification for the European Cup round of 16[a]
3Atlético Bilbao30172117233+3936
4Valencia30137104741+633
5Atlético Madrid30136115848+1032
6Betis30144125453+132
7Español30117124245−329
8Osasuna30124144459−1528
9Zaragoza30124144760−1328
10Real Sociedad30910113233−128
11Oviedo30115143149−1827
12Sevilla30122164458−1426
13Granada (O)30114153043−1326Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14Las Palmas (O)30104164369−2624
15Real Gijón (R)3076172570−4520Relegation to the Segunda División
16Celta (R)3045212159−3813
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 directly to the round of 16 as title holders.

Results

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Atlético Bilbao1–21–29–04–13–03–03–10–17–09–04–11–02–12–13–2
Atlético Madrid0–11–13–13–24–03–12–02–03–11–12–12–05–01–27–1
Barcelona3–05–02–05–33–05–16–17–14–14–14–04–24–06–03–0
Celta0–30–10–11–23–00–03–01–11–11–02–40–00–11–22–0
Español2–12–20–32–11–01–12–22–02–02–02–02–01–22–01–1
Granada1–01–01–42–01–14–11–01–10–06–00–31–01–01–04–1
Las Palmas1–02–20–23–11–21–05–12–12–04–01–20–03–02–43–1
Osasuna1–83–12–24–02–12–12–01–03–04–11–22–12–20–33–0
Oviedo1–22–12–41–01–01–02–11–30–32–00–21–11–01–14–1
Real Betis4–03–22–52–13–12–12–01–02–05–32–30–12–01–17–0
Real Gijón0–23–22–12–21–00–12–02–10–31–10–01–00–42–10–2
Real Madrid0–05–01–03–03–32–010–18–04–04–25–16–18–03–03–0
Real Sociedad1–10–01–13–02–13–16–20–21–13–10–00–04–00–01–0
Sevilla3–23–30–22–03–03–03–41–04–02–43–01–30–11–03–1
Valencia2–04–21–23–01–13–05–10–01–22–02–01–12–01–03–3
Zaragoza2–02–12–12–01–01–15–02–12–01–22–21–21–04–26–1
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Granada6–1Sabadell5–01–1
Levante2–3Las Palmas1–21–1
PositionPlayerClubGoals
1 Alfredo Di StéfanoReal Madrid23
2 Ferenc PuskásReal Madrid21
3 Evaristo de MacedoBarcelona20
4 Justo TejadaBarcelona19
5 VaváAtlético Madrid16
6 AntonietSevilla FC15
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