The 1950–51

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

season was the 20th edition of the Spanish football top division. Defending champions

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achieved their fourth title, securing it with a 1–1 draw on the final matchday away to

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, their direct rivals for the championship who would have taken the trophy with a win, had a 100% home record up to that point, and who won the league five years earlier in almost identical circumstances.

Format

This was the first season after the expansion of the league to 16 teams. The two last qualified teams were directly relegated to

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and teams in the 13th and 14th position joined the relegation play-offs with the second and third qualified teams of each one of the two groups of the Segunda División.

Team locations

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made their debut in La Liga.

League table

Results

Relegation group

Teams qualified in the 13th and 14th position joined the relegation group with the teams qualified in the second and third group of each one of the two groups of the

. The two top teams would play the next La Liga season.

Standings

Results

Top scorers

References

External links

Official LFP Site
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