The 1947–48 La Liga was the 17th season since its establishment. Barcelona achieved their third title.

Primera División
Season1947–48
ChampionsBarcelona
(3rd title)
RelegatedReal Sociedad
Real Gijón
Matches played182
Goals scored696 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorerPahiño
(21 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Madrid 8–0 Sabadell
Biggest away winReal Gijón 2–7 Atlético Madrid
Highest scoringReal Gijón 2–7 Atlético Madrid
Longest winning run5 matches
Atlético Bilbao
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Barcelona
Valencia
Longest winless run6 matches
Real Gijón
Longest losing run4 matches
Español
Alcoyano
Sabadell
Real Sociedad

From this season on, the relegation play-offs were eliminated and the bottom two at the end of the season were relegated.

Team locations

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Real Madrid played the first half of the season at Estadio Metropolitano, until the opening of the Nuevo Estadio de Chamartín.

Club City Stadium
Alcoyano Alcoy El Collaro
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Metropolitano
Barcelona Barcelona Les Corts
Celta Vigo Balaídos
Gimnástico Tarragona Avenida de Cataluña
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Oviedo Oviedo Buenavista
Real Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Real Madrid Madrid Chamartín
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atotxa
Sabadell Sabadell Cruz Alta
Sevilla Seville Nervión
Valencia Valencia Mestalla

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 26 15 7 4 65 31 +34 37
2 Valencia 26 15 4 7 59 34 +25 34
3 Atlético Madrid 26 13 7 6 73 45 +28 33
4 Celta 26 14 3 9 59 48 +11 31
5 Sevilla 26 12 5 9 50 40 +10 29
6 Atlético Bilbao 26 12 4 10 56 44 +12 28
7 Gimnástico 26 10 4 12 49 55 −6 24[a]
8 Español 26 9 6 11 39 47 −8 24[a]
9 Oviedo 26 9 5 12 49 57 −8 23
10 Alcoyano 26 9 4 13 40 52 −12 22
11 Real Madrid 26 7 7 12 41 56 −15 21[b]
12 Sabadell 26 9 3 14 41 62 −21 21[b]
13 Real Sociedad (R) 26 8 3 15 38 56 −18 19 Relegated to the Segunda División
14 Real Gijón (R) 26 7 4 15 37 69 −32 18
Source: BDFútbol
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. ^ a b Gimnástico finished ahead of Español on overall goal difference.
  2. ^ a b Real Madrid finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Sabadell–Real Madrid 1–1, Real Madrid–Sabadell 4–0.

Results

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Home \ Away ALC ATB ATM BAR CEL ESP GIM OVI RGI RMA RSO SAB SEV VAL
Alcoyano 0–4 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 6–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–2
Atlético Bilbao 6–1 0–1 3–2 5–0 1–2 7–0 5–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–1
Atlético Madrid 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 5–2 5–2 4–0 5–3 5–0 4–3 8–0 5–3 2–2
Barcelona 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 4–2 6–0 2–1 6–0 1–1
Celta 2–0 5–1 4–1 3–2 4–0 5–0 4–2 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 5–2
Español 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–3
Gimnástico 4–3 7–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 3–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Oviedo 4–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 6–2 0–0 7–1 3–0 4–2 4–0 1–0
Real Gijón 1–1 1–2 2–7 1–4 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–4
Real Madrid 2–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–1
Real Sociedad 5–0 0–3 3–1 0–0 4–1 4–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2
Sabadell 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 3–3 2–2 1–2 5–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 3–2
Sevilla 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 5–1 3–1 2–3 5–0 3–0 3–0
Valencia 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 7–1 1–1 3–1 6–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 4–1 1–0
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Pahiño Celta 21
2   Francisco Peralta Gimnástico 20
3   Antonio Vidal Caturla Atlético Madrid 19
  César Rodríguez Barcelona
5   José Luis Panizo Atlético Bilbao 18
6   Esteban Echevarría Oviedo 16
  Juan Araujo Sevilla
8   Silvestre Igoa Valencia 15
9   José Juncosa Atlético Madrid 14
  Hermidita Celta
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