1980–81 La Liga

50th season of La Liga Primera División 1980–81 6 September 1980 – 26 April 1981 Real Sociedad(1st title) MurciaSalamancaAlmería European Cup Real Sociedad Cup Winners' Cup Barcelona UEFA Cup Real MadridAtlético MadridValencia Quini(20 goals) 306 829 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 La Liga season was the 50th since its establishment. It began on 6 September 1980, and concluded on 26 April 1981. Real Sociedad won a first-ever title. Teams and location Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1980–81 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 41.393111 2.1331694 Español right Spain 38.357331 -0.492706 Hércules right Spain 38.042247 -1.144739 Murcia left Spain 42.796675 -1.637128 Osasuna 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 41.644444 -4.761111 Valladolid top 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 Español Barcelona Sarriá Hércules Alicante José Rico Pérez Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular Murcia Murcia La Condomina Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar 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 Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda League table main WDL 5 complete 2 BDFútbol EC CWC1 UC UC UC R R R Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Madrid on head-to-head goal-difference: Real Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 3-1 Real Madrid. RSO Atlético Madrid finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Atlético Madrid 3-1 Valencia, Valencia 0-0 Atlético Madrid. ATM RMA 20 5 9 66 37 Real Madrid C RSO 19 7 8 52 29 Real Sociedad VAL 16 10 8 46 39 Valencia ATM 17 8 9 59 41 Atlético Madrid BAR 18 5 11 66 41 Barcelona BET 17 6 11 55 38 Real Betis SPO 14 10 10 58 40 Sporting Gijón SEV 14 9 11 34 42 Sevilla ATH 14 7 13 64 53 Athletic Bilbao ESP 14 6 14 37 42 Español OSA 12 8 14 35 46 Osasuna VAD 9 13 12 40 46 Valladolid HER 10 10 14 42 48 Hércules ZAR 9 11 14 31 44 Zaragoza LPA 12 4 18 47 61 Las Palmas REC 8 7 19 35 49 Murcia R SAL 7 7 20 32 67 Salamanca R ALM 6 7 21 30 66 Almería 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 Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey. red1 Relegation to the Segunda División Results table main FBR grey ALM ATH ATM BAR BET ESP HÉR LPA MUR OSA RMA RSO SAL SEV SPG VAL VLD ZAR AD Almería 1–1 2–1 2–5 0–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 Athletic Bilbao 5–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–2 5–3 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 6–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 Atlético Madrid 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 5–2 1–2 FC Barcelona 6–0 0–1 4–2 1–3 3–1 6–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 Betis 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 RCD Español 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 Hércules CF 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 UD Las Palmas 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–4 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–2 3–0 Murcia 2–1 5–4 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 Osasuna 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 Real Madrid 4–0 7–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 Real Sociedad 3–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 UD Salamanca 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 Sevilla FC 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 Sporting de Gijón 5–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 4–0 2–2 4–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 Valencia CF 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 Valladolid 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 Zaragoza 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–6 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 complete Pichichi Trophy RankPlayerClubGoals1Spain 1977 QuiniBarcelona202Spain 1977 JuanitoReal Madrid193Spain 1977 DaniAthletic Bilbao174Spain 1977 Enrique MoránReal Betis16Spain 1977 Jesús María SatrústeguiReal Sociedad16 La Liga 1980–81 WinnersReal Sociedad1st Title 1980–81 1 Spain