1931–32 La Liga season started 22 November 1931, and finished 3 April 1932. As the Spanish Second Republic was established preceding the season, all the applicable clubs dropped the Royal patronage from their names and remove the crowns from their crests.

Primera División
Season1931–32
ChampionsMadrid FC (1st title)
RelegatedUnion Club
Matches90
Goals351 (3.9 per match)
Top goalscorerGuillermo Gorostiza (12)
Biggest home winDonostia 7–0 Arenas
Biggest away winUnion Club 1–5 Athletic Bilbao
Highest scoringValencia 6–4 Racing Santander
Longest winning run5 matches
Madrid FC
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Madrid FC
Longest winless run6 matches
Alavés
Racing Santander
Valencia
Longest losing run5 matches
Alavés

Athletic Bilbao was the defending champion. Madrid FC won its first title after finishing the season unbeaten. Valencia took part for the first time.

Team information

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Madrid FC (C) 18 10 8 0 37 15 +22 28
2 Athletic Bilbao 18 11 3 4 47 23 +24 25
3 FC Barcelona 18 10 4 4 40 26 +14 24
4 Racing Santander 18 7 6 5 36 35 +1 20
5 Arenas 18 7 3 8 35 42 7 17
6 Español 18 7 1 10 34 39 5 15[a]
7 Valencia 18 6 3 9 38 47 9 15[a]
8 Donostia 18 7 0 11 38 35 +3 14
9 Alavés 18 5 1 12 22 44 22 11[b]
10 Unión Club (R) 18 4 3 11 24 45 21 11[b] Relegation to the Segunda División
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Español finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head goal difference: Valencia–Español 3–1, Español–Valencia 3–0.
  2. 1 2 Alavés finished ahead of Unión Club on head-to-head points: Alavés–Unión Club 1–0, Unión Club–Alavés 0–2.

Results

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Home \ Away ALA ARE ATH BAR DON ESP MAD RAC UNI VAL
Alavés 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Arenas 4–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 2–2 3–1 5–0 4–1
Athletic Bilbao 3–2 4–1 3–0 5–1 4–0 3–3 3–2 2–1 7–2
Barcelona 6–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 3–2 3–2
Donostia 4–1 7–0 3–2 0–1 5–2 1–2 1–5 5–0 7–1
Español 4–0 4–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–2 6–1 3–1 3–0
Madrid FC 5–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 4–1
Racing Santander 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 4–1
Unión Club 0–2 1–0 1–5 1–3 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–2
Valencia 5–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 6–4 5–1
Source: BDFútbol.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Goalscorers Goal Team
1 Spain Bata 15 Athletic Bilbao
2 Spain Josep Samitier 11 Barcelona
Spain Cholín Donostia
Spain Manuel Olivares Madrid FC
5 Spain Edelmiro Lorenzo 10 Español
Spain Julio Antonio Elícegui Real Unión
Spain Cisco Racing Santander
8 Spain Guillermo Gorostiza 9 Athletic Bilbao
Spain José Iraragorri Athletic Bilbao
Spain Capillas Valencia

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

Goalscorers Goal Team
Spain Guillermo Gorostiza
12
Athletic Bilbao
Spain Bata
11
Athletic Bilbao
Spain Cholín
10
Donostia
Spain Cisco
10
Racing de Santander

References

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