1978–79 La Liga

48th season of La Liga Primera División 1978–79 2 September 1978 – 3 June 1979 Real Madrid (19th title) Celta Vigo Racing Santander Recreativo European Cup Real Madrid UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Barcelona (as title holders) Valencia UEFA Cup Sporting Gijón Atlético Madrid Real Sociedad Hans Krankl (29 goals) 306 825 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 La Liga was the 48th season since its establishment. It began on 2 September 1978, and concluded on 3 June 1979. Team locations Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1978–79 Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic left Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona bottom Spain 42.591364 -3.773536 Burgos left Spain 42.211842 -8.739706 Celta right Spain 41.393111 2.1331694 Español right Spain 38.357331 -0.492706 Hércules right Spain 43.476292 -3.793278 Racing 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 37.246517 -6.954050 Recreativo left 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 200 right Canary Islands 28.100367 -15.456714 Las Palmas right Team Home city Stadium Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp Burgos Burgos El Plantío Celta Vigo Balaídos Español Barcelona Sarriá Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero Rayo Vallecano Madrid Vallecas Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha Recretivo Huelva Colombino 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 CWC1 UC UC UC R R R RMA 16 15 3 61 36 Real Madrid C SPO 17 9 8 50 35 Sporting Gijón ATM 14 13 7 55 37 Atlético Madrid RSO 18 5 11 53 36 Real Sociedad BAR 16 6 12 69 37 Barcelona LPA 14 9 11 49 43 Las Palmas VAL 14 7 13 44 39 Valencia ESP 15 5 14 37 46 Español ATH 12 10 12 56 46 Athletic Bilbao SAL 13 8 13 36 40 Salamanca SEV 12 9 13 47 48 Sevilla HER 13 6 15 32 38 Hércules BUR 10 12 12 38 47 Burgos ZAR 12 6 16 56 59 Zaragoza RAY 9 11 14 31 54 Rayo Vallecano CEL 9 10 15 35 55 Celta Vigo R RSA 9 4 21 37 63 Racing Santander R REC 8 5 21 39 66 Recreativo R 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 winners of the Copa del Rey and Barcelona as title holders of the competition. red1 Relegation to the Segunda División Results table main FBR grey ATH ATM BAR BUR CEL ESP HÉR LPA RAC RAY RMA RSO REC SAL SEV SPG VAL ZAR Athletic Bilbao 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 5–3 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 Atlético Madrid 4–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 FC Barcelona 4–3 2–4 2–0 6–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 9–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 6–0 1–1 5–0 Burgos 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 Celta de Vigo 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–3 RCD Español 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 Hércules CF 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 UD Las Palmas 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 Racing de Santander 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–4 2–3 0–2 3–1 3–2 Rayo Vallecano 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 Real Madrid 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 Real Sociedad 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 Recreativo de Huelva 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–5 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–3 3–0 UD Salamanca 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 Sevilla FC 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 6–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 Sporting de Gijón 4–3 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 Valencia CF 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–2 4–0 3–1 Zaragoza 1–1 4–3 1–1 4–2 2–1 8–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 3–0 complete Pichichi Trophy RankPlayerClubGoals 1Austria Hans KranklBarcelona29 2Spain 1977 QuiniSporting Gijón23 3Spain 1977 Jesús María SatrústeguiReal Sociedad204Spain 1977 Pichi AlonsoZaragoza19Spain 1977 Rubén CanoAtlético Madrid19 6Spain 1977 SantillanaReal Madrid18 7Argentina Carlos MoreteLas Palmas16 8Argentina Miguel Ángel BrindisiLas Palmas14 9Spain 1977 DaniAthletic Bilbao13 References La Liga 1978/1979 Primera División 1978/79 List of La Liga Champions External links es Official LFP Site 1978–79 1 Spain