| Season | 1929 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Barcelona (1st title) |
| Matches | 90 |
| Goals | 383 (4.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Paco Bienzobas (Real Sociedad, 17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Athletic Bilbao 9–0Español |
| Biggest away win | Racing Santander 0–4Athletic 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 → | |
The1929Primera 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 theRoyal Spanish Football Federation was finally reached for the creation of a national league.
Barcelona won the title after beatingReal Unión in the last round and taking advantage of the loss ofReal Madrid atAthletic 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 theSpanish Championship (Arenas,Athletic Bilbao,Barcelona,Real Madrid,Real Sociedad andReal Unión) and three teams that qualified for at least one final (Athletic Madrid,Español andEuropa).[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 theSegunda División withRacing Madrid.
Racing Santander achieved the last place in the inaugural season of La Liga after beatingSevilla 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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[a] | |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 20[a] | |
| 5 | Arenas | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 19 | |
| 6 | Athletic Madrid | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 18[b] | |
| 7 | Español | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 18[b] | |
| 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 therelegation play-offs |
| 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 | — |
Last placed teamRacing Santander facedSevilla, winner of the1929 Segunda División, in a two-legged play-off. Racing won 3–2 on aggregate, thus remaining in La Liga.
| 1929 | Racing Santander | 2–0 (3–2agg.) | Sevilla | Santander |
Source:[1]
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 |
|---|---|---|
14 | Real Sociedad | |
12 | Athletic Bilbao | |
12 | Real Unión | |
12 | Real Madrid |