1977–78 La Liga

47th season of La Liga

Football league season

Primera División
Season	1977–78
Dates	3 September 1977 – 7 May 1978
Champions	Real Madrid (18th title)
Relegated	Real Betis Elche Cádiz
European Cup	Real Madrid
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Barcelona
UEFA Cup	Athletic Bilbao Valencia Sporting Gijón
Matches played	306
Goals scored	843 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mario Kempes (28)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 La Liga was the 47th season since its establishment. It started on September 3, 1977, and finished on May 7, 1978.

Team locations

Athletic

Barcelona

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Location of teams in La Liga 1977–78

Las Palmas

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Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Elche	Elche	Altabix
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Hércules	Alicante	José Rico Pérez
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Vallecas
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Salamanca	Salamanca	Helmántico
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Valencia	Valencia	Luis Casanova

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	34	22	3	9	77	40	+37	47	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Barcelona	34	16	9	9	49	29	+20	41	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Athletic Bilbao	34	16	8	10	62	36	+26	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Valencia	34	16	7	11	54	33	+21	39
5	Sporting Gijón	34	15	9	10	53	43	+10	39
6	Atlético Madrid	34	16	4	14	61	52	+9	36
7	Las Palmas	34	12	11	11	43	41	+2	35
8	Sevilla	34	13	8	13	38	45	−7	34
9	Salamanca	34	14	6	14	37	40	−3	34
10	Rayo Vallecano	34	12	9	13	50	59	−9	33
11	Real Sociedad	34	12	9	13	52	46	+6	33
12	Burgos	34	10	11	13	33	47	−14	31
13	Racing Santander	34	11	9	14	29	45	−16	31
14	Español	34	12	6	16	48	60	−12	30
15	Hércules	34	10	10	14	32	40	−8	30
16	Real Betis (R)	34	11	8	15	51	52	−1	30	Relegation to the Segunda División
17	Elche (R)	34	11	5	18	44	66	−22	27
18	Cádiz (R)	34	7	8	19	30	69	−39	22

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

^ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Results table

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	BUR	CÁD	ELC	ESP	HÉR	LPA	RAC	RAY	RMA	RSO	SAL	SEV	SPG	VAL
Athletic Bilbao		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	6–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	6–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–1
Atlético Madrid	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	4–2	1–0	5–1	3–0
FC Barcelona	3–1	1–0		1–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0
Betis	2–2	4–3	0–0		2–1	3–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1
Burgos	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0
Cádiz CF	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–5	4–0		0–0	2–4	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2
Elche CF	2–1	4–4	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2
RCD Español	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	4–1	4–2	3–1		2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–4	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2
Hércules CF	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–2	4–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0
UD Las Palmas	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	4–1	4–2	0–1		3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0
Racing de Santander	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–2
Rayo Vallecano	3–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	6–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		3–2	1–0	3–3	4–1	3–1	3–0
Real Madrid	1–0	4–2	4–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	5–2		5–0	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–0
Real Sociedad	2–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	6–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–3		2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1
UD Salamanca	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0		1–1	2–3	0–1
Sevilla FC	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–2	1–0
Sporting de Gijón	2–2	3–2	1–0	4–3	3–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	6–2	3–0	1–0		0–0
Valencia CF	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	6–1	0–1	0–0	7–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy

Rank	Player	Goals	Team
1	Mario Kempes	28	Valencia CF
2	Santillana	24	Real Madrid
3	Rubén Cano	21	Atlético Madrid
4	Dani	20	Athletic Bilbao
5	Marañón	18	RCD Español
	Carlos Morete	18	UD Las Palmas
	Jesús María Satrústegui	18	Real Sociedad
8	Héctor Scotta	16	Sevilla FC
8	Carlos Ruiz	16	Athletic Bilbao

References

La Liga 1977/1978
Primera División 1977/78
List of La Liga Champions

External links

(in Spanish) Official LFP Site

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78