1991–92 La Liga

The 1991–92 La Liga season was the 61st since its establishment. It began on 31 August 1991, and concluded on 7 June 1992. After the penultimate game, Real Madrid led by 1 point and needed to win away to Tenerife, managed by their former player Jorge Valdano, to seal the title. Despite taking a 2-0 lead, Madrid lost 3-2.^[1] The result meant that Barcelona – which also won the European Cup for the first time in club history – finished the season as champions for the second season running.^[2]

La Liga

Season	1991 (1991)–92
Dates	31 August 1991 – 7 June 1992
Champions	Barcelona 12th title
Relegated	Valladolid Mallorca
Champions League	Barcelona
Cup Winners' Cup	Atlético Madrid
UEFA Cup	Real Madrid Valencia Real Sociedad Zaragoza
Matches played	380
Goals scored	913 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manolo (27 goals)
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Team information

Clubs and locations

Albacete

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Burgos

Cádiz

Deportivo

Español

Logroñés

Mallorca

Osasuna

Oviedo

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1991–92

Tenerife

Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Albacete	Albacete	Carlos Belmonte
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor
Español	Barcelona	Sarrià
Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Mallorca	Palma	Lluís Sitjar
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Real Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López
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	Barcelona (C)	38	23	9	6	87	37	+50	55	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Real Madrid	38	23	8	7	78	32	+46	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Atlético Madrid	38	24	5	9	67	35	+32	53	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4	Valencia	38	20	7	11	63	42	+21	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Real Sociedad	38	16	12	10	44	38	+6	44
6	Zaragoza	38	17	7	14	40	41	−1	41
7	Albacete	38	16	8	14	45	47	−2	40
8	Sporting Gijón	38	15	8	15	37	43	−6	38
9	Real Burgos	38	12	13	13	40	43	−3	37
10	Logroñés	38	13	10	15	36	51	−15	36
11	Oviedo	38	14	8	16	41	46	−5	36
12	Sevilla	38	13	8	17	48	45	+3	34
13	Tenerife	38	12	10	16	46	50	−4	34
14	Athletic Bilbao	38	13	7	18	38	58	−20	33
15	Osasuna	38	10	13	15	30	40	−10	33
16	Español	38	12	8	18	43	60	−17	32
17	Deportivo La Coruña (O)	38	8	15	15	37	48	−11	31	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18	Cádiz (O)	38	7	14	17	32	55	−23	28
19	Valladolid (R)	38	7	13	18	31	53	−22	27	Relegation to the Segunda División
20	Mallorca (R)	38	10	7	21	30	49	−19	27

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Atlético Madrid qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

Relegation playoff

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Real Betis	2–1	0–0
Cádiz	3–1	Figueres	2–0	1–1

First leg

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Betis

10 June 1992	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Real Betis	A Coruña
21:00	Albístegui 25' (pen.) Kiryakov 59'	Report (in Spanish)	Loreto 46'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Joaquín Urio Velázquez

Cádiz v Figueres

14 June 1992	Cádiz	2–0	Figueres	Cádiz
20:00	Tilico 42' Fali 79'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Second leg

Real Betis v Deportivo La Coruña

17 June 1992	Real Betis	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
21:30		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca

Figueres v Cádiz

21 June 1992	Figueres	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Cádiz	Figueres
20:00	Altimira 86'	Report (in Spanish)	Quevedo 75'	Stadium: Vilatenim Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Raúl García de Loza

Results table

Home \ Away	ALB	ATH	ATM	FCB	CÁD	RCD	ESP	LOG	MLL	OSA	RBU	RMA	ROV	RSO	SFC	RSG	TEN	VCF	VLD	ZAR
Albacete		4–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1
Athletic Bilbao	1–0		3–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–0
Atlético Madrid	4–1	3–1		2–2	5–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	2–1
Barcelona	7–1	2–0	1–0		4–1	4–1	4–3	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	5–3	3–1	2–1	3–1
Cádiz	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2		1–0	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–4	1–1		2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	5–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0
Espanyol	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–4	3–1	0–3		3–0	3–2	3–2	0–0	1–5	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–0
Logroñés	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2
Mallorca	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–1		1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
Osasuna	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Real Burgos	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–0		0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
Real Madrid	2–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	7–0	3–0	2–0	5–2	2–0		0–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0
Oviedo	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1
Real Sociedad	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0
Sevilla	3–0	1–2	0–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–2		2–1	4–1	2–3	2–1	3–0
Sporting Gijón	0–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–4	1–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–3	1–0	1–2
Tenerife	2–3	4–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–0		2–1	0–0	1–0
Valencia	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	6–3	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–0		3–1	0–1
Valladolid	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–6	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–4		0–0
Zaragoza	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–3	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	Manolo	Atlético Madrid	27
2	Fernando Hierro	Real Madrid	21
3	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona	17
4	Ronald Koeman	Barcelona	16
5	Gregorio Fonseca	Valladolid	15
	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Tenerife	15
7	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	14
	Anton Polster	Logroñés	14
9	Meho Kodro	Real Sociedad	13
	Luboslav Penev	Valencia	13
	José Zalazar	Albacete	13