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won the title after beating

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in the last round and taking advantage of the loss of Real Madrid at Athletic Bilbao. Therefore, the Catalans were proclaimed the inaugural champions.

Election of teams

After months of discussion, on 23 November 1928 the creation of a championship divided in divisions was finalized. The first division would be joined by the six teams that won any time the Spanish Championship ( Arenas, Athletic Bilbao,

, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and

) and three teams that qualified for at least one final ( Athletic Madrid, Español and

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). 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 the Segunda División with Racing Madrid.

Qualifying tournament

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achieved the last place in the inaugural season of La Liga after beating

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in the second tie-break match.

Team information

League table

Results

Relegation play-off

Last placed team

faced

, winner of the 1929 Segunda División, in a two-legged play-off. Racing won 3–2 on aggregate, thus remaining in La Liga.

Top scorers

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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''

References

La liga top scorers 1928/29
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