1980–81 La Liga

The 1980–81 La Liga season, the 50th since its establishment, started on September 6, 1980, and finished on April 26, 1981.

Primera División
Season1980–81
Dates6 September 1980 – 26 April 1981
ChampionsReal Sociedad
(1st title)
RelegatedMurcia
Salamanca
Almería
European CupReal Sociedad
Cup Winners' CupBarcelona
UEFA CupReal Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Valencia
Matches played306
Goals scored829 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerQuini
(20 goals)

Real Sociedad won their first title ever.

Teams and location edit

TeamHome cityStadium
AlmeríaAlmeríaJuan Rojas
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridVicente Calderón
BarcelonaBarcelonaNou Camp
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
HérculesAlicanteJosé Rico Pérez
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
OsasunaPamplonaEl Sadar
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SalamancaSalamancaHelmántico
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting GijónGijónEl Molinón
ValenciaValenciaLuis Casanova
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla
ZaragozaZaragozaLa Romareda

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Real Sociedad (C)3419785229+2345Qualification for the European Cup first round
2Real Madrid3420596637+2945Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3Atlético Madrid3417895941+1842
4Valencia34161084639+742
5Barcelona34185116641+2541Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
6Real Betis34176115538+1740
7Sporting Gijón341410105840+1838
8Sevilla34149113442−837
9Athletic Bilbao34147136453+1135
10Español34146143742−534
11Osasuna34128143546−1132
12Valladolid34913124046−631
13Hércules341010144248−630
14Zaragoza34911143144−1329
15Las Palmas34124184761−1428
16Murcia (R)3487193549−1423Relegation to the Segunda División
17Salamanca (R)3477203267−3521
18Almería (R)3467213066−3619
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:
  1. ^ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Results table edit

Home \ AwayALMATHATMBARBETESPHÉRLPAMUROSARMARSOSALSEVSPGVALVLDZAR
AD Almería1–12–12–50–22–00–30–10–01–11–23–23–20–01–11–01–13–1
Athletic Bilbao5–13–14–12–01–25–31–33–01–11–10–26–13–01–14–04–10–1
Atlético Madrid2–12–11–00–41–01–02–22–10–03–12–01–12–00–03–15–21–2
FC Barcelona6–00–14–21–33–16–01–01–06–02–12–03–03–13–10–32–10–0
Betis2–02–00–11–11–22–04–11–01–11–11–05–02–02–01–12–22–0
RCD Español1–01–02–01–01–22–13–12–10–02–10–02–12–21–01–20–01–1
Hércules CF1–01–21–20–10–12–02–31–00–01–22–03–25–11–11–11–11–1
UD Las Palmas3–01–31–11–42–42–01–11–22–01–00–31–11–23–11–40–23–0
Murcia2–15–40–21–22–01–12–21–21–01–10–21–10–02–10–20–00–1
Osasuna2–12–00–01–01–21–01–21–03–11–20–31–12–13–02–02–01–0
Real Madrid4–07–12–03–04–21–23–03–04–03–11–02–03–21–02–11–12–0
Real Sociedad3–14–12–22–02–22–11–12–01–02–13–11–03–01–22–11–01–0
UD Salamanca2–13–21–12–12–03–20–10–20–31–21–30–20–02–20–12–13–1
Sevilla FC1–02–01–11–12–12–00–03–21–01–02–00–01–03–21–01–00–0
Sporting de Gijón5–21–13–02–12–00–13–12–12–05–14–02–24–03–00–04–11–1
Valencia CF3–10–01–13–33–13–10–23–13–24–12–13–23–02–03–12–23–0
Valladolid0–00–00–21–12–13–12–13–11–02–11–30–03–02–31–22–01–1
Zaragoza1–02–30–11–22–02–11–12–31–63–10–00–12–02–00–01–11–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy edit

GoalscorersGoalTeam
Quini
20
FC Barcelona
Juanito
19
Real Madrid
Dani
17
Athletic Bilbao
Enrique Morán Blanco
16
Betis
Jesús María Satrústegui
16
Real Sociedad
La Liga 1980–81 Winners
Real Sociedad
1st Title