The La Liga is Spain’s premier footballing competition and is largely dominated by two clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Madrid and Barcelona based clubs have had a monopoly on the La Liga which is only now being challenged by Atletico Madrid.
Such is the dominance of the two clubs that they have won 10 Liga titles between them in the last 11 years, with only Atletico Madrid winning it once in 2014. The clubs routinely demolish defences of lower clubs, with scorelines like 5-0 and 6-0 becoming an almost weekly occurrence. Luis Suarez has just scored 8 goals in the span of a week, helping his team to 8-0 and 6-0 wins against lower opposition.
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In the last two seasons, we have seen scorelines like 9-1, 10-2 and 8-0 from Real Madrid and Barcelona, showing the gulf in class in the between the teams in La Liga. While these are impressive figures, they do not come close to the records set for biggest wins in La Liga history.
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Given the current scenario in La Liga, there are some unbelievable figures in the records for the biggest wins in the competition’s history. Prepare to be surprised as we list the biggest wins ever(by the number of goals scored) in the history of La Liga.
6) Real Madrid 10-2 Rayo Vallecano (2015)
Real Madrid boss Rafa Benitez had been under pressure after losing three out of five La Liga games. When Rayo Vallecano found themselves up 2-1 at the Bernabeu, they must have thought it was their lucky day. Then, midfielder Tito got sent off and it all went downhill from there.
Gareth Bale equalised with a header and Vallecano went down to 9 men after Raul Baena conceded a penalty which was promptly scored by Cristiano Ronaldo. Gareth Bale went on to score three more goals past a hopeless Rayo defence which had no answers to Madrid’s wave after wave of attacks.
In what was open season for Real Madrid forwards, Karim Benzema too scored a hat-trick. It was the first time in more than fifty years that Real Madrid had scored 10 goals in a game.
5) Barcelona 10-1 Gimnastic de Tarragona (1949)
Gimnastic de Tarragona, a club who last played in the La Liga in the 2006-2007 season were beaten twice by a 10-1 margin in the 1949-1950 season. Barcelona put ten past them after being 4-0 up at halftime. Nastic, as they are known, lost by the same margin to Celta Vigo in the same season. They ended up finishing 13th. Nastic now play in the Spanish Segunda division.
There are other clubs who have matched this result, Real Madrid beat Las Palmas in the 1958-1959 season, Athletic Bilbao beat Real Zaragoza in the 1951-1952 season and Deportivo La Coruna beat Lleida in the 1950-1951 season.
4) Athletic Bilbao 10-0 Celta Vigo (1942)
Athletic Bilbao are one of the legendary clubs in Spanish football history. They are one of the founders of the La Liga along with Real Madrid and Barcelona. Bilbao have never been relegated from the top flight of Spanish football since its inception.
The San Mames based club have won 8 La Liga titles and an amazing 24 Copa Del Rey titles. Bilbao are a regular feature in the conversation of biggest wins in La Liga.
The 1941-1942 season saw the Basque club beating Celta Vigo 10-0. In the same season, Sevilla beat Oviedo by the same margin in what were the fourth biggest win margins in the La Liga. In the 1950-1951 season, Athletic Bilbao beat Lleida by the same margin. It was the second time in the season that Lleida had conceded ten goals in a match.
3) Real Madrid 11-2 Elche (1960)
It is not surprising that this massive scoreline was achieved by La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid. A team having Ferenc Puskas, and Francisco Gento scored 11 goals past an Elche side that had no answers to Real Madrid’s attacking prowess. Puskas scored 4 and Spanish striker Pepillo scored 5 goals in a destruction of Elche.
This Los Blancos team had won 5 European titles in a row from 1956-1960.Surprisingly this Real Madrid team, boasting talents like Alfredo Di Stefano and Puskas, did not win the Liga that season. A dominant Barcelona side, coached by Helenio Herrera walked away with the title.
2) Sevilla 11-1 Barcelona (1940)
Although it is difficult to imagine Barcelona losing these days, let alone by 11 goals to one, Sevilla managed to achieve this feat way back in the 1940-1941 La Liga season.
Barcelona had taken the lead in the tenth minute only to be annihilated with a barrage of goals from Sevilla, who started scoring in the 23rd minute and scored their last goal in the 83rd minute, finishing with eleven goals to Barcelona’s one.
Inspite of this heavy defeat, Barcelona ended up fourth while Sevilla finished fifth.
1) Athletic Bilbao 12-1 Barcelona (1931)
The heaviest defeat ever in La Liga is a bit of a surprise. In the 1930-1931 season, Athletic Bilbao beat Barcelona by an eleven goal margin, In a scoreline which is unthinkable these days, Bilbao striker Bata scored 7 goals past Barcelona who only managed to score once.
These days though Athletic Bilbao play second fiddle to the Catalan giants. The Basque side try to qualify for the Champions League while Barcelona expect to win the competition every year.
