Isidro Lángara

Isidro Lángara Galarraga had a very prolific goalscoring record. He was a big. powerful man, nicknamed  El Tanque,  capable of serving up unstoppable shots from as far out as 50 metres from goal. His career spanned the years 1930-1948. Here we will focus on his first spell at Real Oviedo from 1930-36, during which he was also capped 12 times by Spain, scoring 17 goals. In the season 1933-34 he scored  60 goals in 32 games for Oviedo and another 9 goals in 5 games for Spain, which remains the highest  season goal tally  for any Spanish player.
Lángara won the  Pichichi Trophy three times in a row.
During the Civil War he joined the Republican forces. When Bilbao was taken by the Fascists Lángara went to Central America with the Basque National team. Calling themselves  Euzkadi they joined the Mexican league. After the war Lángara, like a lot of his countrymen, remained in exile, playing in Argentina.

season	League		All Football
	Goals	Games	Goals	Games
1930–31	15	18	15	18
1931–32	22	16	38	29
1932–33	24	18	37	23
1933–34	27	18	60	32	Pichichi winner
1934–35	26	22	34	27	Pichichi winner
1935–36	28	21	47	31	Pichichi winner

               

Internationals
date	Opposition	Goals
24.04.32	Yugoslavia	1
11.03.34	Portugal	5
18.03.34	Portugal	2
27.05.34	Brazil (World Cup)	2
31.05.34	Italy (World Cup)
24.01.35	France
05.05.35	Portugal	2
12.05.35	Germany	2
19.01.36	Austria	2
23.02.36	Germany	0
24.04.36	Czechoslovakia
03.05.36	Switzerland	1

La Liga 1929 - 1936

A director of the Basque club Arenas Club de Getxo first proposed a national league for the whole of Spain. 

The Real Federación Española de Fútbol selected 10 clubs to make up the original Primera División:  

Barcelona Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Real Sociedad Arenas Club de Getxo Real Unión Irun	Selected as previous winners of the Copa del Rey
Atlético Madrid Espanyol Europa	Selected as previous runners up in  Copa del Rey
Racing de Santander	Qualified via tournament

1928-29 Barcelona
No Camp Nou (les Courts) or Bernabau (Estadio Chamartín), but a familiar look to the top of the first ever La Liga table, with Barcelona beating Real Madrid by two points. 

1929–30 Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao were to emerge as the dominant team of the era. They won La Liga by 7 points from Barcelona,with a goal difference of +35 in an undefeated season.

1930–31 Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Racing de Santander all finished the season on 22 points, but a goal difference of +40 ensured that Bilbao retained the title. 

1931–32 Madrid CF (Real Madrid)
Madrid  (no longer 'Royal' due to Spain becoming a Republic) won La Liga for the first time, going through the season undefeated with 28 points. 

1932–33  Madrid CF (Real Madrid)
28 points again won it for Madrid.

1933–34 Athletic Bilbao
Having finished runners up to Madrid in the two previous seasons Bilbao turned the tables, scoring 61 goals in the process (goal difference +34).

1934–35 Betis Balompié 
La Liga was expanded to 12 teams.
Managed by Patrick O'Connell, (an Irish international who had played for The Wednesday, Hull City and Manchester United) the side now known as Real Betis won their only La Liga title to date.

1935–36 Athletic Bilbao
A return to form for  Athletic Bilbao. They beat reigning champions Betis 7-0 at home (Bilbao scored 4 or more goals in 7 of their 11 home games).
Betis finished only 7th as they lost players to more affluent clubs. 
Real Oviedo's Isidro Lángara was top scorer for the third consecutive season (an aggregate of  81 goals in 61 league games).

The Fascist invasion of Republican Spain then led to The Civil War. Football was suspended and on its resumption in 1940 many surviving players who had supported the Republic were forced into permanent exile in South America.