The 1939–40
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...
was the ninth season since its establishment and the first one after the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
, which forced the suspension of the competition for three years. The season started on December 3, 1939, and finished on April 28, 1940.
Despite being relegated in the previous season,
Atlético Aviación 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, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
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 () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) 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 th ...
did not play this season. However, the
Spanish Football Federation assured them a berth in the
1940–41 La Liga.
Athletic Madrid 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 association football, football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish ...
for occupying the vacant berth after the resignation of Oviedo. Due to the damages at
Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, they played their games during this season at
Estadio Chamartín, and one game at
Vallecas
Vallecas was a municipality of Spain that disappeared as such in 1950, when its annexation to the municipality of Madrid took place. Nowadays, the territory is roughly occupied by two districts: Puente de Vallecas (population 240,917) and V ...
.
Celta and
Zaragoza
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made their debut in La Liga.
League table
Results
Relegation play-off
The play-off match was played at
Estadio Chamartín in
Chamartín de la Rosa.
Top scorers
References
External links
LFP website
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