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1929 La Liga

Inaugural season of La Liga

Inaugural season of La Liga

FieldValue
competitionPrimera División
season1929
winnersBarcelona (1st title)
league topscorerPaco Bienzobas
(Real Sociedad, 17 goals)
biggest home winAthletic Bilbao 9–0 Español
biggest away winRacing Santander 0–4 Athletic Bilbao
matches90
total goals383
longest wins6 matches
Arenas
Barcelona
longest unbeaten11 matches
Barcelona
longest winless7 matches
Racing Santander
longest losses7 matches
Racing Santander
nextseason[1929–30](1929-30-la-liga)

(Real Sociedad, 17 goals) Arenas Barcelona Barcelona Racing Santander Racing Santander

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.

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.

Election of teams

After months of discussion, on 23 November 1928 the creation of a championship divided in divisions was finalized.

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).

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.

|25–26 December – Bilbao |Oviedo|2|4||Iberia|2|1| |25 December – Madrid |Real Betis|2|||Alavés|1||

|10–13 January – Chamartín de la Rosa |Racing Santander|2|2||Valencia|2|1| |13 January – Valencia |Oviedo|0|||Real Betis|1|| |13 January – León |Celta|3|||Sporting Gijón|2|| |17 January – Madrid |Sevilla|4|||Deportivo La Coruña|1||

|23 January – Chamartín de la Rosa |Real Betis|1|||Racing Santander|2|| |27 January – Madrid |Sevilla|2|||Celta|1||

|3, 6, 9 February – Madrid |Racing Santander|1|2|2|Sevilla|1|2|1

Team information

ClubCityStadium
ArenasGetxoIbaiondo
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Athletic MadridMadridMetropolitano
BarcelonaBarcelonaLes Corts
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
EuropaBarcelonaEl Guinardó
Racing SantanderSantanderEl Sardinero
Real MadridMadridChamartín
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
Real UniónIrunGal

League table

Results

Relegation play-off

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.

Top scorers

RankGoalscorersGoalTeam
1Spain **Paco Bienzobas**17Real Sociedad
2Spain Cosme Vázquez15Athletic Madrid
3Spain Luis Marín12Athletic Madrid
Spain LafuenteAthletic Bilbao
5Spain Manuel Parera11Barcelona
Spain Manuel CrosEuropa
Spain José María YermoArenas
Spain Luis RegueiroReal Unión
Spain Santiago UrtizbereaReal Unión
Spain Jaime LazcanoReal Madrid
Spain Gaspar RubioReal Madrid

Source:

[[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

GoalscorersGoalTeam
Spain **Paco Bienzobas**Real Sociedad
Spain LafuenteAthletic Bilbao
Spain Luis RegueiroReal Unión
Spain Gaspar RubioReal Madrid

References

References

  1. [http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1928-29.html BDFútbol.com]
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