1965–66 La Liga

Primera División

Season	1965–66
Champions	Atlético Madrid (5th title)
Relegated	CD Málaga RCD Mallorca Real Betis
Matches played	240
Goals scored	609 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vavá II (19)
Highest scoring	Valencia CF 6-3 Real Betis
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

La Liga 1965-66 season was the 35th since its establishment. The season started on September 4, 1965 and finished on April 3, 1966. It consisted of the following clubs:

Atlético Bilbao Atlético Madrid CF Barcelona Betis Córdoba CF Elche CF RCD Español UD Las Palmas

CD Málaga RCD Mallorca Pontevedra CF Real Madrid CD Sabadell Sevilla CF Valencia CF Zaragoza

Team locations

Bilbao

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Córdoba

Elche

Espanyol

Málaga

Mallorca

Pontevedra

Real Madrid

Sabadell

Sevilla

Valencia

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1965–66

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Final table

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Comments
1	Atlético Madrid	30	18	8	4	54	20	44	34	Champion of La Liga European Cup
2	Real Madrid	30	19	5	6	53	30	43	23	European Cup 1
3	CF Barcelona	30	16	6	8	51	27	38	24	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Zaragoza	30	14	8	8	47	29	36	18	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Winner of Copa del Rey)
5	Atlético Bilbao	30	14	6	10	43	32	34	11	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Elche CF	30	12	8	10	36	37	32	-1
7	Pontevedra CF	30	13	5	12	31	34	31	-3
8	Sevilla CF	30	9	9	12	27	38	27	-11	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
9	Valencia CF	30	11	5	14	40	35	27	5	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
10	UD Las Palmas	30	9	8	13	32	39	26	-7
11	Córdoba CF	30	10	5	15	34	42	25	-8
12	RCD Español	30	7	10	13	31	48	24	-17
13	CD Málaga	30	8	8	14	24	37	24	-13	Relegated to Segunda División
14	CD Sabadell	30	10	3	17	30	46	23	-16	Relegation playoff
15	RCD Mallorca	30	9	5	16	40	55	23	-15	Relegated to Segunda División
16	Betis	30	7	9	14	36	60	23	-24	Relegated to Segunda División

¹ Qualify for European Cup as holders.

Relegation playoff

Home Matches:
CD Málaga	1-1	Granada CF
Celta de Vigo	0-0	CD Sabadell

Away Matches:
Granada CF	2-1	CD Málaga	Agg:3-2
CD Sabadell	2-0	Celta de Vigo	Agg:2-0

Results table

• Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	AtB	AtM	Bar	Bet	Cór	Elc	Esp	LPa	Mál	Mall	Pon	RMa	Sab	Sev	Val	Zar
Atlético Bilbao		0-2	1-0	6-1	3-2	2-0	3-1	1-1	1-1	4-0	2-0	2-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	2-0
Atlético Madrid	1-0		0-1	3-0	2-0	3-0	5-2	2-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	1-1	3-0	6-1	2-2	0-1
CF Barcelona	1-0	1-4		4-1	3-1	0-0	4-2	3-2	4-0	3-1	3-0	2-1	5-0	3-0	1-2	0-1
Betis	2-0	1-2	0-0		0-4	2-1	1-1	1-0	4-0	1-2	3-0	1-2	2-1	1-2	1-1	1-0
Córdoba CF	1-0	0-1	0-0	3-3		1-0	2-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	0-2	1-2	3-0	0-0	1-0	2-1
Elche CF	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	2-0		3-0	1-1	0-2	3-2	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-1	2-1	3-1
RCD Español	3-4	0-2	1-1	1-1	1-0	0-3		1-1	3-2	1-1	2-0	1-1	2-1	1-0	2-0	1-1
UD Las Palmas	1-1	1-1	2-1	4-1	5-1	1-0	1-1		2-0	0-0	0-1	1-2	1-0	1-0	0-2	2-1
CD Málaga	2-0	1-1	1-0	1-1	1-3	0-1	0-0	1-0		2-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	0-1	2-1	0-1
RCD Mallorca	3-1	0-0	1-2	4-0	2-1	4-2	3-0	4-1	2-2		0-3	2-5	0-1	2-1	2-0	0-0
Pontevedra CF	3-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	3-0	1-0	3-0	2-1		1-3	2-1	2-1	2-0	1-1
Real Madrid	2-0	3-1	1-3	2-0	2-1	2-1	0-0	3-1	1-0	5-1	1-0		1-0	4-0	2-1	2-0
CE Sabadell FC	1-2	0-1	1-3	4-1	2-1	3-4	2-0	1-0	3-2	1-0	1-0	1-1		2-2	0-1	3-1
Sevilla CF	0-0	1-1	1-1	1-1	2-1	2-0	0-2	0-1	0-1	3-1	1-0	2-1	2-0		1-1	1-1
Valencia CF	1-1	1-2	0-2	6-3	1-0	1-2	2-1	4-0	1-0	4-1	4-0	3-0	0-1	0-1		0-0
Zaragoza	3-2	2-2	0-0	4-1	4-0	6-1	1-0	3-1	1-1	4-0	2-0	2-3	1-0	2-0	2-0

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Vavá II	19	Elche CF
Luis Aragonés	18	Atlético Madrid
Nemesio Martín Montijo	14	Pontevedra CF
Javier Ormaza Garay	14	Atlético Bilbao
Danny Bergara	13	RCD Mallorca

External links

• (Spanish) Official LFP Site