1955–56 La Liga

The 1955–56 La Liga was the 25th season since its establishment. Athletic Bilbao achieved their sixth title.

Primera División
Season1955–56
ChampionsAthletic Bilbao
(6th title)
RelegatedMurcia
Alavés
Cultural Leonesa
Hércules
European CupAthletic Bilbao
Real Madrid (as holders)
Latin CupAthletic Bilbao
Matches played240
Goals scored908 (3.78 per match)
Top goalscorerAlfredo di Stéfano
(24 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Madrid 9–0 Hércules
Biggest away winDeportivo La Coruña 0–7 Barcelona
Highest scoringReal Madrid 8–3 Celta
Longest winning run10 matches
Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Longest winless run10 matches
Hércules
Las Palmas
Murcia
Longest losing run6 matches
Cultural Leonesa

Team locations
Location of teams in 1955–56 La Liga
Location of teams in 1955–56 La Liga (Canary Islands)
Team Home city Stadium
AlavésVitoriaMendizorroza
Atlético BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaLas Corts
CeltaVigoBalaidos
Cultural LeonesaLeónLa Puentecilla
Deportivo La CoruñaA CoruñaRiazor
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
HérculesAlicanteLa Viña
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SevillaSevilleNervión
ValenciaValenciaMestalla
ValladolidValladolidMunicipal

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[lower-alpha 1]
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 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 Real 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
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
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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[lower-alpha 1] (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
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 winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. For playing in La Liga, España Industrial resigned to continue being the reserve team of Barcelona and was renamed as 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 Spain Alfredo di Stéfano Real Madrid 24
2 Spain Mauro Celta 23
3 Spain Adrián Escudero Atlético Madrid 21
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