1955–56 La Liga

Primera División
Season	1955–56
Champions	Athletic Bilbao ; (6th title)
Relegated	Murcia ; Alavés ; Cultural Leonesa ; Hércules
European Cup	Athletic Bilbao; Real Madrid (as holders)
Latin Cup	Athletic Bilbao
Matches played	240
Goals scored	908 (3.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alfredo Di Stéfano; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 9–0 Hércules
Biggest away win	Deportivo La Coruña 0–7 Barcelona
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 8–3 Celta
Longest winning run	10 matches; Barcelona
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches; Atlético Bilbao
Longest winless run	10 matches; Hércules; Las Palmas; Murcia
Longest losing run	6 matches; Cultural Leonesa
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

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

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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^[a]
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 Vigo	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	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	Qualification for the relegation group
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	Relegation to the Segunda División

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	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	España Industrial^[a] (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	Qualification to La Liga
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

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	—

Team locations

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	24
2	Mauro	Celta	23
3	Adrián Escudero	Atlético Madrid	21