The 1939–40

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 ...

was the ninth season since its establishment and the first one after the

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, that forced to suspend the competition during three years. The season started on December 3, 1939, and finished on April 28, 1940. Despite being relegated in the previous season,

Atlético Aviación Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

won its first title ever.

Format changes

For this season, the team qualified in the 10th position would face the second qualified team from

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

in a single-game play-off at a neutral venue. The winner would play the next season of La Liga.

Team locations

Due to the several damages in Estadio Buenavista after the Spanish Civil War,

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

did not play this season. However, the

Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 ...

assured them a berth in the 1940–41 La Liga.

Athletic Madrid Athletic may refer to: * An athlete, a sportsperson * Athletic director, a position at many American universities and schools * Athletic type, a physical/psychological type in the classification of Ernst Kretschmer * Athletic of Philadelphia, a ba ...

changed its name to ''Athletic Aviación'', after its merge with Aviación Nacional. Despite being relegated to Segunda División, it remained in the league by winning a play-off match against

Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...

for occupying the vacant berth after the resignation of Oviedo. Due to the damages at

Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid was a multi-use stadium in Madrid, Spain. It was used as the stadium of Atlético Madrid matches before the Vicente Calderón Stadium opened in 1966. The stadium held 35,800 people and was built in 1923, replacing C ...

, they played their games during this season at

Estadio Chamartín Estadio Chamartín was a multi-use stadium in Madrid, Spain. It was initially used as the stadium of Real Madrid matches before the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium opened in 1947. The stadium held 22,500 people and was built in 1924. The stadium wa ...

, and one game at

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and

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made their debut in La Liga.

League table

Results

Relegation play-off

The play-off match was played at

in Chamartín de la Rosa.

Top scorers

References

External links

LFP website
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