1947–48 La Liga

17th season of La Liga

Football league season

Primera División
Season	1947–48
Champions	Barcelona (3rd title)
Relegated	Real Sociedad Real Gijón
Matches played	182
Goals scored	696 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pahiño (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Madrid 8–0 Sabadell
Biggest away win	Real Gijón 2–7 Atlético Madrid
Highest scoring	Real Gijón 2–7 Atlético Madrid
Longest winning run	5 matches Atlético Bilbao
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches Barcelona Valencia
Longest winless run	6 matches Real Gijón
Longest losing run	4 matches Español Alcoyano Sabadell Real Sociedad
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 La Liga was the 17th season since its establishment. Barcelona achieved their third title.

Since this season, the relegation play-offs were eliminated, being relegated only the two last qualified teams at the end of the season.

Team locations

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Location of teams in 1947–48 La Liga

Real Madrid played the first half of the season at Estadio Metropolitano, until the opening of the Nuevo Estadio de Chamartín.

Club	City	Stadium
Alcoyano	Alcoy	El Collaro
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Metropolitano
Barcelona	Barcelona	Les Corts
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Gimnástico	Tarragona	Avenida de Cataluña
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Oviedo	Oviedo	Buenavista
Real Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Real Madrid	Madrid	Chamartín
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atotxa
Sabadell	Sabadell	Cruz Alta
Sevilla	Seville	Nervión
Valencia	Valencia	Mestalla

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	26	15	7	4	65	31	+34	37
2	Valencia	26	15	4	7	59	34	+25	34
3	Atlético Madrid	26	13	7	6	73	45	+28	33
4	Celta	26	14	3	9	59	48	+11	31
5	Sevilla	26	12	5	9	50	40	+10	29
6	Atlético Bilbao	26	12	4	10	56	44	+12	28
7	Gimnástico	26	10	4	12	49	55	−6	24^[a]
8	Español	26	9	6	11	39	47	−8	24^[a]
9	Oviedo	26	9	5	12	49	57	−8	23
10	Alcoyano	26	9	4	13	40	52	−12	22
11	Real Madrid	26	7	7	12	41	56	−15	21^[b]
12	Sabadell	26	9	3	14	41	62	−21	21^[b]
13	Real Sociedad (R)	26	8	3	15	38	56	−18	19	Relegated to the Segunda División
14	Real Gijón (R)	26	7	4	15	37	69	−32	18	Relegated to the Segunda División

Source: BDFútbol
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Gimnástico finished ahead of Español on overall goal difference.
^ ^a ^b Real Madrid finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Sabadell–Real Madrid 1–1, Real Madrid–Sabadell 4–0.

Results

Home \ Away	ALC	ATB	ATM	BAR	CEL	ESP	GIM	OVI	RGI	RMA	RSO	SAB	SEV	VAL
Alcoyano	—	0–4	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	6–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–2
Atlético Bilbao	6–1	—	0–1	3–2	5–0	1–2	7–0	5–1	0–0	3–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–1
Atlético Madrid	3–2	1–1	—	2–2	3–1	5–2	5–2	4–0	5–3	5–0	4–3	8–0	5–3	2–2
Barcelona	3–0	3–0	2–1	—	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	4–2	6–0	2–1	6–0	1–1
Celta	2–0	5–1	4–1	3–2	—	4–0	5–0	4–2	3–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–2
Español	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–3
Gimnástico	4–3	7–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	—	3–0	5–0	3–3	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0
Oviedo	4–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	6–2	—	0–0	7–1	3–0	4–2	4–0	1–0
Real Gijón	1–1	1–2	2–7	1–4	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	—	2–0	4–1	1–2	3–1	1–4
Real Madrid	2–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	—	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–1
Real Sociedad	5–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	4–1	4–2	3–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–2
Sabadell	3–2	0–2	1–2	2–4	2–0	3–3	2–2	1–2	5–0	1–1	4–2	—	3–1	3–2
Sevilla	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	5–1	3–1	2–3	5–0	3–0	—	3–0
Valencia	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–3	7–1	1–1	3–1	6–1	3–1	4–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	—

Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Pahiño	Celta	21
2	Francisco Peralta	Gimnástico	20
3	Antonio Vidal Caturla	Atlético Madrid	19
3	César Rodríguez	Barcelona	19
5	José Luis Panizo	Atlético Bilbao	18
6	Esteban Echevarría	Oviedo	16
6	Juan Araujo	Sevilla	16
8	Silvestre Igoa	Valencia	15
9	José Juncosa	Atlético Madrid	14
9	Hermidita	Celta	14

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