1959–60 La Liga

Primera División

Season	1959–60
Champions	Barcelona (8th title)
Relegated	Osasuna Las Palmas
European Cup	Barcelona Real Madrid (as title holders)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Barcelona
Matches played	240
Goals scored	807 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ferenc Puskás (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 11–2 Elche
Biggest away win	Las Palmas 0–8 Barcelona
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 11–2 Elche
Longest winning run	8 matches Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Barcelona
Longest winless run	15 matches Las Palmas
Longest losing run	11 matches Las Palmas
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 La Liga season was the 29th season of La Liga since its establishment. The season began on 13 September 1959, and ended on 17 April 1960. Barcelona won their eigth league title, and second in a row.

Team locations

At. Bilbao

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Elche

Granada

Español

Osasuna

Real Madrid

Oviedo

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid

Zaragoza

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Location of teams in 1959–60 La Liga

Las Palmas

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Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Metropolitano
Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Elche	Elche	Altabix
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Granada	Granada	Los Cármenes
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Osasuna	Pamplona	San Juan
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis	Seville	Heliópolis
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	30	22	2	6	86	28	+58	46	Qualified for the European Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2	Real Madrid	30	21	4	5	92	36	+56	46	Qualified for the European Cup
3	Atlético Bilbao	30	19	1	10	74	45	+29	39
4	Sevilla	30	16	4	10	63	44	+19	36
5	Atlético Madrid	30	15	3	12	59	40	+19	33
6	Oviedo	30	13	7	10	38	51	−13	33
7	Real Betis	30	15	3	12	42	53	−11	33
8	Español	30	11	8	11	33	29	+4	30
9	Valencia	30	11	6	13	37	33	+4	28
10	Elche	30	11	5	14	41	64	−23	27
11	Zaragoza	30	10	5	15	49	58	−9	25
12	Granada	30	10	5	15	38	52	−14	25
13	Valladolid (O)	30	11	3	16	48	61	−13	25	Qualified for the relegation play-offs
14	Real Sociedad (O)	30	10	3	17	41	61	−20	23
15	Las Palmas (R)	30	8	2	20	42	75	−33	18	Relegated to Segunda División
16	Osasuna (R)	30	5	3	22	24	77	−53	13

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

Results

Home \ Away	ATB	ATM	BAR	ELC	ESP	GRA	LPA	OSA	OVI	BET	RMA	RSO	SEV	VAL	VAD	ZAR
Atlético Bilbao	—	5–2	4–1	5–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	4–1	6–0	4–1	1–3	4–0	2–5	2–0	4–3	3–1
Atlético Madrid	0–1	—	0–1	5–1	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	4–0	6–1	3–3	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–3	1–1
Barcelona	4–1	2–1	—	2–0	1–0	5–4	8–0	6–0	3–1	6–0	3–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	5–1	5–0
Elche	0–1	3–4	2–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–5	3–2	3–2	2–1	2–1	5–0
Español	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	—	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–1
Granada	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	5–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–4	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1
Las Palmas	0–2	0–3	0–8	1–1	0–2	1–2	—	2–4	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0
Osasuna	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–3	1–0	2–0	4–1	—	4–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–3
Oviedo	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	5–0
Real Betis	1–0	1–4	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	—	1–0	3–0	1–4	2–0	0–0	1–2
Real Madrid	3–1	3–2	2–0	11–2	4–0	6–0	2–0	7–0	8–1	7–1	—	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Real Sociedad	1–3	0–3	0–0	4–2	0–2	1–0	6–0	4–1	6–2	1–0	1–3	—	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–0
Sevilla	5–0	3–0	0–3	4–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	—	1–1	5–0	1–0
Valencia	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–3	—	1–0	4–0
Valladolid	2–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	3–2	5–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	3–1	3–2	—	2–1
Zaragoza	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	6–2	6–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	—

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

Relegation play-offs

Play-off between Córdoba and Real Sociedad was decided after a tie-break match, where Real Sociedad won 1–0.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celta Vigo	2–5	Valladolid	2–2	0–5
Córdoba	2–2	Real Sociedad	2–1	0–1

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	25
2	Eulogio Martínez	Barcelona	23
3	Eneko Arieta	Atlético Bilbao	18
4	Joaquín Peiró	Atlético Madrid	17
5	Félix Marcaida	Atlético Bilbao	15
6	Paco Gento	Real Madrid	14
	Tibor Szalay	Sevilla
8	José Carlos Diéguez	Sevilla	13
	Evaristo	Barcelona
	Pepillo II	Real Madrid
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona

Other websites

• (in Spanish) Official LFP Site