1989–90 La Liga

59th season of La Liga
Football league season
La Liga
Season1989 (1989)–90
Dates2 September 1989 – 6 May 1990
ChampionsReal Madrid
25th title
RelegatedCD Málaga
Celta
Rayo Vallecano
European CupReal Madrid
UEFA CupValencia CF
Atlético Madrid
Real Sociedad
Sevilla
Cup Winners' CupFC Barcelona
Matches played380
Goals scored921 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerHugo Sánchez
(38 goals)
← 1988–89
1990–91 →

The 1989–90 La Liga season, the 59th since its establishment, started on September 2, 1989, and finished on May 6, 1990. Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the fifth season running.

Team information

Clubs and locations

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Team Home city Stadium
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón
Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp
Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza
Castellón Castellón de la Plana Castalia
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos
Logroñés Logroño Las Gaunas
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda
Mallorca Palma Lluís Sitjar
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar
Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere
Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas
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 Real Madrid (C) 38 26 10 2 107 38 +69 62 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Valencia 38 20 13 5 67 42 +25 53 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Barcelona 38 23 5 10 83 39 +44 51 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Atlético Madrid 38 20 10 8 55 35 +20 50 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 Real Sociedad 38 15 14 9 43 35 +8 44
6 Sevilla 38 18 7 13 64 46 +18 43
7 Logroñés 38 18 5 15 47 51 −4 41
8 Osasuna 38 14 12 12 42 42 0 40
9 Zaragoza 38 16 8 14 52 52 0 40
10 Mallorca 38 11 17 10 36 34 +2 39
11 Oviedo 38 12 15 11 41 46 −5 39
12 Athletic Bilbao 38 11 15 12 37 39 −2 37
13 Sporting Gijón 38 12 10 16 37 34 +3 34
14 Castellón 38 9 14 15 30 48 −18 32
15 Cádiz 38 12 6 20 28 63 −35 30
16 Valladolid 38 8 14 16 31 41 −10 30
17 Málaga (R) 38 9 10 19 23 50 −27 28 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18 Tenerife (O) 38 8 10 20 42 60 −18 26
19 Celta Vigo (R) 38 5 12 21 24 51 −27 22 Relegation to the Segunda División
20 Rayo Vallecano (R) 38 6 7 25 32 75 −43 19
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. ^ Barcelona 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
Tenerife 1–0 Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 1–0
Español 1–1 (6–5 p) Málaga 1–0 0–1

First leg

CD Tenerife v Deportivo La Coruña
2 June 1990 CD Tenerife 0–0 Deportivo La Coruña Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18:00 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marco Castile and León
RCD Español v CD Málaga
2 June 1990 RCD Español 1–0 CD Málaga Barcelona
20:00 Gabino 76' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Sarrià
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Raúl García de Loza Galicia (Spain)

Second leg

Deportivo La Coruña v CD Tenerife
10 June 1990 Deportivo La Coruña 0–1
(0–1 agg.)
CD Tenerife A Coruña
19:00 Report (in Spanish) Eduardo 13' Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: José María Enríquez Negreira Catalonia
CD Málaga v RCD Español
10 June 1990 CD Málaga 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(5–6 p)
RCD Español Málaga
19:00 Rivas 47' Report & Report (in Spanish) Stadium: La Rosaleda
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Joaquín Urío Velázquez Basque Country (autonomous community)
Penalties
Antonio Mata soccer ball with check mark
Usuriaga soccer ball with check mark
Rivas soccer ball with red X
Paquito soccer ball with check mark
Jaro soccer ball with red X
Matosas soccer ball with check mark
Merino soccer ball with check mark
Villa soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with red X Zubillaga
soccer ball with check mark Gay
soccer ball with check mark Escaich
soccer ball with red X Andrés
soccer ball with check mark Wuttke
soccer ball with check mark Maestre
soccer ball with check mark Martín
soccer ball with check mark Albesa

Results

Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB CÁD CAS CEL LOG MCF MLL OSA RVA RMA ROV RSO SFC RSG TEN VCF VLD ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0
Atlético Madrid 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1
Barcelona 4–2 0–2 5–0 2–0 6–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 7–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–4 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1
Cádiz 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1
Castellón 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Celta de Vigo 0–0 2–0 1–2 5–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2
Logroñés 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–5 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Málaga 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3
Mallorca 1–0 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1
Osasuna 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0
Rayo Vallecano 0–0 4–4 1–4 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2
Real Madrid 4–0 3–1 3–2 4–1 7–0 3–0 3–3 4–0 1–1 4–1 5–2 5–2 3–0 5–2 2–0 5–2 6–2 4–0 7–2
Oviedo 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–2 0–1 5–0 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2
Real Sociedad 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1
Sevilla 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 4–0
Sporting Gijón 0–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Tenerife 1–1 2–3 1–4 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2
Valencia 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–3 2–1
Valladolid 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–1
Zaragoza 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi

Rank Goalscorers Team Goals
1
Mexico Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid
38
2
Austria Toni Polster Sevilla
33
3
Brazil Baltazar Atlético Madrid
18
4
Republic of Ireland John Aldridge Real Sociedad
16
5
Spain Julio Salinas Barcelona
15
Spain Miguel Pardeza Zaragoza
7
Spain Carlos Oviedo
14
Spain Rafael Martín Vázquez Real Madrid
Netherlands Ronald Koeman Barcelona
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