Editing La Liga (section)

===1930s: Athletic Bilbao dominion===
[[File:Athletic Club Copa 1933.png|thumb|Athletic Bilbao team in 1933.]]
Although [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] won the first ''Liga'' in [[1929 La Liga|1929]] and [[Ricardo Zamora]]'s [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] won their first titles in [[1931–32 La Liga|1932]] and [[1932–33 La Liga|1933]], it was [[Athletic Bilbao]] that set the early pace winning La Liga in [[1929–30 La Liga|1930]], [[1930–31 La Liga|1931]], [[1933–34 La Liga|1934]] and [[1935–36 La Liga|1936]] (in addition to four [[Copa del Rey|Copa]] trophies), and they also achieved the biggest win in La Liga history by beating Barcelona 12–1; This team, coached by [[Fred Pentland]], is known by the nickname ''First historic squad'', notably forming an attacking partnership with [[Bata (footballer)|Bata]], [[Guillermo Gorostiza]], [[José Iraragorri]], [[Ignacio Agirrezabala|Chirri II]] and [[Lafuente (footballer, born 1907)|Lafuente]]. In [[1934–35 La Liga|1935]], [[Real Betis]], then known as ''Betis Balompié'', won their only title to date. ''Primera División'' was suspended during the [[Spanish Civil War]].

In 1937, the teams in the [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] area of Spain, with the notable exception of the two [[Madrid]] clubs, competed in the [[Mediterranean League]] and Barcelona emerged as champions. Seventy years later, on 28 September 2007, Barcelona requested the [[Royal Spanish Football Federation]] (Spanish acronym RFEF) to recognise that title as a ''Liga'' title. This action was taken after RFEF was asked to recognise [[Levante FC|Levante]]'s [[Copa de la España Libre]] win as equivalent to {{Lang|es|Copa del Rey|italic=no}} trophy. Nevertheless, the governing body of Spanish football has not made an outright decision yet.