La_Liga_1929
1929 La Liga
Inaugural season of La Liga
The 1929 Primera División season was the inaugural season of the Primera División. It started on 10 February 1929 and finished on 23 June 1929. A total of 10 teams participated in the league.
| Season | 1929 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Barcelona (1st title) |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 383 (4.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Paco Bienzobas (Real Sociedad, 17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Athletic Bilbao 9–0 Español |
| Biggest away win | Racing Santander 0–4 Athletic Bilbao |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Arenas Barcelona |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches Barcelona |
| Longest winless run | 7 matches Racing Santander |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Racing Santander |
1929–30 → | |
After the failure to create a national league in 1928, that ended with the teams split into two unconcluded leagues, an agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation was finally reached for the creation of a national league.
Barcelona won the title after beating Real Unión in the last round and taking advantage of the loss of Real Madrid at Athletic Bilbao. Therefore, the Catalans were proclaimed the inaugural champions.
After months of discussion, on 23 November 1928 the creation of a championship divided in divisions was finalized.[citation needed]
The first division would be joined by the six teams that won any time the Spanish Championship (Arenas, Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Real Unión) and three teams that qualified for at least one final (Athletic Madrid, Español and Europa).[citation needed]
The tenth place would be decided in a tournament where only the winner would join La Liga, while the rest of the participant teams played the Segunda División with Racing Madrid.
Qualifying tournament
Racing Santander achieved the last place in the inaugural season of La Liga after beating Sevilla in the second tie-break match.
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10–13 January – Chamartín de la Rosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racing Santander | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Valencia | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 January – Chamartín de la Rosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Real Betis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25–26 December – Bilbao | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racing Santander | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Oviedo | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 January – Valencia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iberia | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oviedo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 December – Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Real Betis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Real Betis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3, 6, 9 February – Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alavés | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Racing Santander | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sevilla | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 January – León | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Celta | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting Gijón | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 January – Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sevilla | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Celta | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 January – Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sevilla | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deportivo La Coruña | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teams in Barcelona: Barcelona, Español, Europa
Teams in Madrid: Ath. Madrid, Real Madrid
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 25 | |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 23 | |
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 20[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 20[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | Arenas | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 19 | |
| 6 | Athletic Madrid | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 18[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 7 | Español | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 18[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 8 | Europa | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 16 | |
| 9 | Real Unión | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 12 | |
| 10 | Racing Santander (O) | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 9 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
| Home \ Away | ARE | ATH | ATM | BAR | ESP | EUR | RAC | RMA | RSO | RUN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arenas | — | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 2–3 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Athletic Madrid | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 4–1 | 7–1 | 5–4 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Barcelona | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Español | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Europa | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 4–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 |
| Racing Santander | 5–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–3 | 6–1 | 1–3 |
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Real Sociedad | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 5–4 | — | 3–2 |
| Real Unión | 7–1 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Last placed team Racing Santander faced Sevilla, winner of the 1929 Segunda División, in a two-legged play-off. Racing won 3–2 on aggregate, thus remaining in La Liga.
| 1929 | Sevilla | 2–1 | Racing Santander | Seville |
| 1929 | Racing Santander | 2–0 (3–2 agg.) | Sevilla | Santander |
| Rank | Goalscorers | Goal | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paco Bienzobas |
17 | Real Sociedad |
| 2 | Cosme Vázquez |
15 | Athletic Madrid |
| 3 | Luis Marín |
12 | Athletic Madrid |
| Lafuente |
Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 5 | Manuel Parera |
11 | Barcelona |
| Manuel Cros |
Europa | ||
| José María Yermo |
Arenas | ||
| Luis Regueiro |
Real Unión | ||
| Santiago Urtizberea |
Real Unión | ||
| Jaime Lazcano |
Real Madrid | ||
| Gaspar Rubio |
Real Madrid |
Source:[1]
Pichichi Trophy
Note: This list is the alternative top scorers list provided by newspaper Diario Marca, it differs from the one above which is based on official match reports
| Goalscorers | Goal | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Paco Bienzobas |
14 |
Real Sociedad |
| Lafuente |
12 |
Athletic Bilbao |
| Luis Regueiro |
12 |
Real Unión |
| Gaspar Rubio |
12 |
Real Madrid |