1979–80 La Liga

49th season of La Liga Primera División 1979–80 8 September 1979 – 18 May 1980 Real Madrid (20th title) Rayo VallecanoBurgosMálaga European Cup Real Madrid UEFA Cup Winners' Cup ValenciaCastilla CF UEFA Cup Real SociedadSporting GijónBarcelona Quini(24 goals) Real Madrid 7–0 Rayo Vallecano 306 766 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 La Liga season was the 49th since its establishment. It began on 8 September 1979, and concluded on 18 May 1980. Real Madrid achieved their 20th title. They also won the Copa del Rey against their reserve team, Castilla CF; thus Castilla qualified for next season's Cup Winners Cup. Overview Once finished the championship on June 20, 1980, the Competition Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation quashed the game of the 31st round between Málaga and Salamanca (0–3), considering that it had been rigged, and sanctioned the salmantino club with the deduction of two points. Thus, Salamanca ended in the 14th position with 30 points and with a record of 12 wins, 8 draws and 13 defeats in 33 games, totaling 34 goals for and 37 against. However, a year later, on May 8, 1981, the Higher Committee of Sports Justice of the Superior Sports Council overturned the sanctions due to lack of evidence. Teams and locations Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1979–80 Spain 36.840028 -2.435436 Almería bottom Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic left Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona bottom Spain 37.486419 -5.981750 Betis top Spain 42.591364 -3.773536 Burgos left Spain 41.393111 2.1331694 Español right Spain 38.357331 -0.492706 Hércules right Spain 36.734217 -4.426603 Málaga top Spain 40.325728 -3.714950 Rayo Vallecano bottom Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid right Spain 43.319211 -1.975292 Real Sociedad right Spain 40.995508 -5.665058 Salamanca right Spain 37.384039 -5.970583 Sevilla bottom Spain 43.536256 -5.637419 Sporting top Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia bottom Spain 41.636472 -0.901828 Zaragoza bottom Spain Canary Islands 150 right Canary Islands 28.100367 -15.456714 Las Palmas right Team Home city Stadium Almería Almería Juan Rojas Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp Burgos Burgos El Plantío Español Barcelona Sarriá Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha Salamanca Villares de la Reina Helmántico Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón Valencia Valencia Luis Casanova Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda League table main WDL 5 complete 2 BDFútbol EC CWC1 UC UC UC R R R RMA 22 9 3 70 33 Real Madrid C RSO 19 14 1 54 20 Real Sociedad SPO 16 7 11 47 34 Sporting Gijón BAR 13 12 9 42 33 Barcelona CEL 12 12 10 42 40 Real Betis VAL 12 12 10 50 42 Valencia ATH 15 5 14 52 44 Athletic Bilbao SEV 14 6 14 50 47 Sevilla SAL 13 8 13 37 37 Salamanca RSA 11 11 12 41 50 Almería ZAR 13 7 14 43 40 Zaragoza LPA 13 6 15 36 49 Las Palmas ATM 10 11 13 38 44 Atlético Madrid ESP 9 12 13 28 37 Español HER 8 12 14 36 39 Hércules RAY 9 8 17 46 61 Rayo Vallecano R BUR 5 10 19 29 61 Burgos R REC 8 6 20 28 58 Málaga R -3 Málaga did not show up for the match of the 27th round, against Almería, which was played in Algeciras after Málaga's La Rosaleda Stadium had been closed. The Royal Spanish Football Federation awarded a win to Almería, while Málaga were also penalized with a three-point deduction. 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Valencia qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as holders. red1 Relegation to the Segunda División Results table main FBR grey ALM ATH ATM BAR BET BUR ESP HÉR LPA MLG RAY RMA RSO SAL SEV SPG VAL ZAR AD Almería 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 Athletic Bilbao 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–3 2–3 4–0 3–1 Atlético Madrid 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 FC Barcelona 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 Betis 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 Burgos 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 RCD Español 5–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 Hércules CF 4–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 UD Las Palmas 3–2 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 CD Málaga 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–0 – 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 Rayo Vallecano 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 5–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 Real Madrid 4–1 3–1 4–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 7–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 Real Sociedad 1–0 4–0 2–0 4–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 UD Salamanca 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 Sevilla FC 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Sporting de Gijón 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–4 Valencia CF 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 Zaragoza 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 5–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 Awarded See overview complete Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1ESP QuiniSporting Gijón242ESP SantillanaReal Madrid233ARG Mario KempesValencia224ESP DaniAthletic Bilbao21URU Fernando MorenaRayo Vallecano216ESP Pichi AlonsoZaragoza207ESP MarañónEspanyol17ESP Jesús María SatrústeguiReal Sociedad179ARG Daniel BertoniSevilla16ARG Héctor ScottaSevilla16 La Liga 1979–80 WinnersReal Madrid20th Title External links 1979/80 Spanish league at RSSSF 1979–80 1 Spain