Primera División 1961/62

Primera División 1961/62
master	real Madrid
European Cup of National Champions	real Madrid
Trade fair trophy	CF Barcelona Real Zaragoza FC Valencia
Cup winners	Sevilla FC
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sevilla FC Atlético Madrid (defending champion)
Relegation ↓	Español Barcelona , Real Santander
Relegated	Español Barcelona, CD Tenerife , Real Santander, Real Sociedad ,
Teams	16
Games	240 + 4 relegation games
Gates	761  (ø 3.17 per game)
Top scorer	Juan Seminario ( Real Zaragoza )
← Primera División 1960/61 Primera División 1962/63 →
Segunda División 1961/62 ↓

The Primera División 1961/62 was the 31st season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on September 2, 1961 and ended on April 1, 1962.

Before the season

• The seven-time champions Real Madrid started the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was Atlético Madrid .
• Moved up from the Segunda División are CA Osasuna and CD Tenerife .

societies

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid CF Barcelona Español Barcelona Valencia CF Sevilla FC Real Sociedad Betis Seville Real Zaragoza Real Oviedo FC Elche Real Santander RCD Mallorca CA Osasuna CD Tenerife Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1961/62

society	city	Stadion
CF Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Español Barcelona	Barcelona	Estadi Sarrià
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	Estadio San Mamés
FC Elche	Moose	Camp de Altabix
real Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Metropolitano
RCD Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca	Estadio Lluis Sitjar
Real Oviedo	Oviedo	Estadio Carlos Tartiere
CA Osasuna	Pamplona	Estadio San Juan
CD Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Real Santander	Santander	Estadio El Sardinero
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Real Sociedad	San Sebastian	Estadio de Atotxa
Betis Seville	Seville	Estadio Benito Villamarín
Sevilla FC	Seville	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Mestalla

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Real Madrid (M)	30th	19th	5	6th	058:240	+34	43:17
2.	CF Barcelona	30th	18th	4th	8th	081:460	+35	40:20
3.	Atlético Madrid (P)	30th	15th	6th	9	050:360	+14	36:24
4th	Real Zaragoza	30th	15th	5	10	070:510	+19	35:25
5.	Atlético Bilbao	30th	12	8th	10	052:380	+14	32:28
6th	Sevilla FC	30th	12	7th	11	048:450	+3	31:29
7th	Valencia CF	30th	12	7th	11	050:500	± 0	31:29
8th.	FC Elche	30th	10	9	11	052:520	± 0	29:31
9.	Betis Seville	30th	10	8th	12	039:510	−12	28:32
10.	Real Oviedo	30th	10	7th	13	027:470	−20	27:33
11.	RCD Mallorca	30th	11	5	14th	030:470	−17	27:33
12.	CA Osasuna (N)	30th	10	7th	13	054:590	−5	27:33
13.	Español Barcelona	30th	8th	10	12	045:550	−10	26:34
14th	Real Santander	30th	11	4th	15th	035:540	−19	26:34
15th	Real Sociedad	30th	9	5	16	037:490	−12	23:37
16.	CD Tenerife (N)	30th	6th	7th	17th	033:570	−24	19:41

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Spanish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1962/63

Participation in the trade fair trophy 1962/63

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1962/63 (as defending champion)

Copa del Rey winner and participation in the 1962/63 European Cup Winners' Cup

Participation in the relegation games against the runners-up in Groups I and II of the Segunda División

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

1961/62
real Madrid		2-0	2: 1	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	4: 1	3: 1	2-0	4: 1	2-0	2: 2	3: 1	6-0	1-0	0-0
CF Barcelona	3: 1		5: 1	1: 1	4: 2	3: 2	4-0	3: 2	6: 1	4: 1	3: 2	3: 1	2-0	8-0	5-0	5: 2
Atlético Madrid	1-0	1: 1		3-0	2-0	4-0	0-0	5: 2	1-0	5: 1	1: 1	4: 2	5: 2	1-0	1-0	1-0
Real Zaragoza	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1		4: 2	3: 2	3-0	1: 1	4-0	5: 1	3-0	6: 3	3-0	6: 1	6: 3	3: 1
Atlético Bilbao	0: 2	3: 2	5: 1	1-0		5: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	3-0	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	3: 3	5-0
Sevilla FC	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	4-0	2: 1		2-0	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	0-0	0-0	3: 1	3: 1	3-0	2: 1
Valencia CF	3: 2	6: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1		0-0	2-0	3-0	3: 1	2-0	4: 2	2: 1	5: 1	2: 1
FC Elche	0-0	1: 2	1: 2	5: 3	2: 2	1-0	2: 1		1: 1	1: 1	2-0	6: 2	6: 2	2: 1	4: 2	3-0
Betis Seville	2: 1	2: 3	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	5: 1		2-0	0: 1	1: 1	3: 3	1-0	2: 1	2-0
Real Oviedo	1-0	0: 2	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1		1-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0
RCD Mallorca	0: 2	3: 1	0: 3	1-0	1: 3	3: 2	3-0	3: 1	1-0	2-0		2-0	1: 5	0-0	1-0	1: 1
CA Osasuna	1: 3	3: 1	3: 1	5: 1	0: 4	1: 3	5: 2	3-0	4-0	2: 2	4: 1		2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	3: 1
Español Barcelona	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	1: 3	0: 3	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 2	3-0		3: 2	2: 2	2-0
Real Santander	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	3: 2	3: 1	1-0	3-0	4-0	1: 3	1: 3		1-0	2: 1
Real Sociedad	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 2	4: 1	1: 1	2: 1	6-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	3-0		0: 1
CD Tenerife	0: 3	1: 3	0: 2	4: 2	1: 1	3: 3	2: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1: 4	3-0	3: 1	0-0	0-0	4: 1

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Español Barcelona	1: 2	Real Valladolid	1-0	0: 2
CD Málaga	3: 1	Real Santander	3-0	0: 1

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - Real Madrid - European Champion Clubs' Cup
• 2. - CF Barcelona - Exhibition Cup
• Defending champion European Cup Winners 'Cup - Atlético Madrid - European Cup Winners' Cup
• 4th - Real Saragossa - Fair Cup
• 7th - Valencia CF - Exhibition Cup
• Finalist of the Copa del Rey - Sevilla FC - European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 13. - Español Barcelona
• 14.- Real Santander
• 15.- Real Sociedad
• 16. - CD Tenerife

Promoted to the Primera División

• Deportivo La Coruña
• Cordoba FC
• Real Valladolid
• CD Málaga

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Juan Seminario	Real Zaragoza	25th
2		Ferenc Puskás	real Madrid	20th
		Evaristo de Macedo	CF Barcelona	20th

The Real Madrid championship team

1.

real Madrid

Goal : José Araquistain (25 / -); José Vicente Train (3 / -); Rogelio Domínguez (2 / -) Defense : Pedro Casado (17 / -); Marquitos (5 / -); Vicente Miera (25 / -); Pachín (26/1); Isidro Sánchez (19 / -); José Emilio Santamaría (26 / -) Midfield : Canário (4 / -); Antonio Ruiz Cervilla (15 / -); Felo (7 / -); Felix Ruiz (12/3); Luis del Sol (26/5); José María Vidal (9 / -); José María Zárraga (2 / -) Forward : Manuel Bueno (4/1); Antonio Gento (3 / -); Francisco Gento (25/6); Pepillo (5 / -); Ferenc Puskás (23/20); Alfredo Di Stefano (23/11); Justo Tejada (24/9) Coach : Miguel Muñoz

Web links

• Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Primera División 1961/62. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .