The 1962–63 La Liga was the 32nd season since its establishment. The season began on 16 September 1962, and concluded on 21 April 1963.

Primera División
Season1962–63
ChampionsReal Madrid
(9th title)
RelegatedMallorca
Deportivo La Coruña
Osasuna
Málaga
European CupReal Madrid
Cup Winners' CupBarcelona
Matches played240
Goals scored744 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorerFerenc Puskás
(26 goals)
Biggest home winElche 8–1 Sevilla
Biggest away winMálaga 0–7 Barcelona
Highest scoringMálaga 4–6 Elche

Team locations

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Team Home city Stadium
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Metropolitano
Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp
Córdoba Córdoba El Arcángel
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Estadio Riazor
Elche Elche Altabix
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda
Mallorca Palma Lluís Sitjar
Osasuna Pamplona San Juan
Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia Valencia Mestalla
Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla
Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 30 23 3 4 83 33 +50 49 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Atlético Madrid 30 14 9 7 61 36 +25 37 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Oviedo 30 15 3 12 52 46 +6 33
4 Valladolid 30 15 3 12 51 53 −2 33
5 Zaragoza 30 14 4 12 54 39 +15 32 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6 Barcelona 30 11 9 10 45 36 +9 31 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
7 Valencia 30 14 3 13 49 36 +13 31 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8 Elche 30 11 7 12 48 59 −11 29
9 Real Betis 30 12 4 14 41 47 −6 28
10 Atlético Bilbao 30 10 8 12 41 40 +1 28
11 Sevilla 30 11 5 14 40 55 −15 27
12 Córdoba 30 12 3 15 35 39 −4 27
13 Mallorca (R) 30 11 4 15 47 57 −10 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 Deportivo La Coruña (R) 30 11 3 16 33 48 −15 25
15 Osasuna (R) 30 9 6 15 39 50 −11 24 Relegation to the Segunda División
16 Málaga (R) 30 8 4 18 25 70 −45 20
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

Results

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Home \ Away ATB ATM BAR COR DEP ELC MGA MLL OSA OVI BET RMA SEV VAL VAD ZAR
Atlético Bilbao 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 5–3 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–2
Atlético Madrid 2–0 4–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 6–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 5–2 2–1
Barcelona 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–2 4–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–5 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
Córdoba 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 5–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2
Elche 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 8–1 2–0 2–3 2–1
Málaga 2–0 1–1 0–7 1–0 1–0 4–6 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
Mallorca 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 5–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1
Osasuna 1–0 1–4 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–2
Oviedo 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 6–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 5–1 2–0 4–0 1–0
Real Betis 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0
Real Madrid 3–2 4–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–1 5–0 5–2 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 4–2
Sevilla 1–1 2–4 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–5 3–1 3–2 3–1
Valencia 2–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 7–2 4–1 5–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 5–3 2–1
Valladolid 2–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–1
Zaragoza 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 6–1 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–4 1–0 6–2
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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Español won their series against Mallorca after a tie-break match where Catalans won by 1–0.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Español 3–3 Mallorca 2–1 1–2
Deportivo La Coruña 2–4 Levante 1–2 1–2
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 26
2   Delio Morollón Valladolid 20
3   José María Rodilla Valladolid 16
4   Amancio Amaro Real Madrid 14
  Luis Aragonés Real Betis 14
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