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	240
Goals	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 was the 29th season since its establishment. The season began on 13 September 1959, and concluded on 17 April 1960.

Season1959–60

ChampionsBarcelona
(8th title)

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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^[a]	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	Qualified for the relegation play-offs
15	Osasuna (R)	30	8	2	20	42	75	−33	18	Relegated to Segunda División
16	Las Palmas (R)	30	5	3	22	24	77	−53	13	Relegated to Segunda División

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	—

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

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	16

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