1988–89 La Liga

The 1988–89 La Liga season was the 58th since its establishment. It began on 3 September 1988, and concluded on 25 June 1989.

La Liga

Season	1988 (1988)–89
Dates	3 September 1988 – 25 June 1989
Champions	Real Madrid (24th title)
Relegated	Real Betis Murcia Elche
European Cup	Real Madrid
UEFA Cup	Valencia Atlético Madrid Zaragoza
Cup Winners' Cup	Barcelona Valladolid
Matches played	380
Goals scored	868 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Baltazar (35 goals)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the fourth year running, while Barcelona recovered under new coach Johan Cruyff to finish second.

Teams

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Cádiz

Celta

Elche

Español

Logroñés

Málaga

Murcia

Osasuna

Oviedo

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1988–89

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Balaídos
Elche	Elche	Manuel Martínez Valero
Español	Barcelona	Sarrià
Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Valencia	Valencia	Luis Casanova
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	25	12	1	91	37	+54	62	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Barcelona	38	23	11	4	80	26	+54	57	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Valencia	38	18	13	7	39	26	+13	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Atlético Madrid	38	19	8	11	69	45	+24	46
5	Zaragoza	38	15	13	10	48	42	+6	43
6	Valladolid	38	18	7	13	40	31	+9	43	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	12	11	45	35	+10	42
8	Celta Vigo	38	14	11	13	42	48	−6	39
9	Sevilla	38	13	12	13	38	39	−1	38
10	Osasuna	38	13	11	14	39	43	−4	37
11	Real Sociedad	38	11	14	13	38	47	−9	36
12	Oviedo	38	12	11	15	41	48	−7	35
13	Sporting Gijón	38	13	9	16	42	42	0	35
14	Logroñés	38	9	16	13	25	37	−12	34
15	Cádiz	38	9	15	14	31	41	−10	33
16	Málaga	38	12	9	17	39	53	−14	33
17	Español (R)	38	7	16	15	29	44	−15	30	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18	Real Betis (R)	38	9	11	18	36	55	−19	29
19	Murcia (R)	38	9	6	23	27	58	−31	24	Relegation to the Segunda División
20	Elche (R)	38	4	7	27	29	71	−42	15

Source: BDFútbol
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Qualify for Cup Winners' Cup as holders.
2. Runner-up of Copa del Rey.

Relegation playoff

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Español	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mallorca	1–0	0–2
Tenerife	4–1	Real Betis	4–0	0–1

First leg

Español v Mallorca

28 June 1989	Español	1–0	Mallorca	Barcelona
	Golobart 58'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Sarrià Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio

Tenerife v Real Betis

28 June 1989	Tenerife	4–0	Real Betis	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
	Rommel Fernández 29', 45' Julio 77' (o.g.) El Ghareff 79'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José María Enriquez Negreira

Second leg

Mallorca v Español

2 July 1989	Mallorca	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	Español	Palma
	Nadal 12' Vidal 93'	Report & Report(in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Joaquín Urío Velázquez

Real Betis v Tenerife

2 July 1989	Real Betis	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Tenerife	Seville
	Chano 80'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marco

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	FCB	BET	CÁD	CEL	ELC	ESP	LOG	MCF	MUR	OSA	RMA	ROV	RSO	SFC	RSG	VCF	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	3–0	1–4	1–2	2–0	1–1
Atlético Madrid	0–1		1–3	6–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	6–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–3	2–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	3–1
Barcelona	3–0	3–0		3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	7–1	4–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–0
Betis	2–0	0–1	0–2		1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1
Cádiz	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1
Celta de Vigo	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	3–2		3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Elche	2–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–1		1–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–4
Espanyol	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1		2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2
Logroñés	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Málaga	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3
Murcia	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		6–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–3
Osasuna	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–0
Real Madrid	3–3	2–1	3–2	5–1	4–0	4–1	4–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–2		1–0	2–2	3–0	5–1	2–1	3–2	4–0
Oviedo	0–3	5–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	3–2	1–3		1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Real Sociedad	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Sevilla	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–4	0–1
Sporting Gijón	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–2	0–0		1–0	2–1	1–2
Valencia	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–2
Valladolid	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		1–0
Zaragoza	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–4	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Baltazar	Atlético Madrid	35
2	Hugo Sánchez	Real Madrid	27
3	Julio Salinas	Barcelona	20
4	Amarildo	Celta Vigo	16
5	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	15
6	Fernando	Valencia	14
7	Míchel	Real Madrid	13
	Pedro Uralde	Athletic Bilbao
9	Txiki Begiristain	Barcelona	12
10	Roberto	Barcelona	11

La Liga 1988–89 winners
Real Madrid 24th title