1987–88 La Liga

57th season of La Liga La Liga Real Madrid23rd title MallorcaSabadellLas Palmas European Cup Real Madrid Cup Winners' Cup Barcelona UEFA Cup Real SociedadAtlético MadridAthletic Bilbao 380 29 August 1987 – 22 May 1988 909 Hugo Sánchez(29 goals) 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 La Liga season was the 57th since its establishment. It began on 29 August 1987, and concluded on 22 May 1988. Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the third season running, the runners-up this time being Real Sociedad, while Barcelona finished a disappointing sixth, though they did at least have Copa del Rey success as consolation for their lack of form in the league. Teams and location This season, the league was expanded to 20 teams and the relegation playoffs returned. Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 1987–88 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 36.502539 -6.272978 Cádiz right Spain 42.211842 -8.739706 Celta right Spain 41.393111 2.1331694 Español right Spain 42.501364 -2.573536 Logroñés left Spain 39.589936 2.6300778 Mallorca bottom Spain 37.986175 -1.121389 Murcia bottom Spain 42.796675 -1.637128 Osasuna bottom Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid right Spain 43.319211 -1.975292 Real Sociedad right Spain 41.780889 1.7228167 Sabadell top 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 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 Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos Español Barcelona Sarrià Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular Logroñés Logroño Las Gaunas Mallorca Palma Lluís Sitjar Murcia Murcia La Condomina Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha Sabadell Sabadell Nova Creu Alta 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 RMA 28 6 4 95 26 Real Madrid C RSO 22 7 9 61 33 Real Sociedad ATM 19 10 9 60 38 Atlético Madrid ATH 17 12 9 50 43 Athletic Bilbao OSA 15 10 13 40 34 Osasuna BAR 15 9 14 49 44 Barcelona CEL 14 11 13 43 40 Celta Vigo VAD 13 12 13 31 34 Valladolid SPO 14 10 14 44 49 Sporting Gijón SEV 13 11 14 41 46 Sevilla ZAR 11 14 13 54 56 Zaragoza CAD 11 13 14 47 54 Cádiz LOG 12 9 17 28 45 Logroñés VAL 10 13 15 44 53 Valencia ESP 11 11 16 44 55 Español BET 14 5 19 42 54 Real Betis MUR 9 13 16 31 42 Murcia O MLL 9 12 17 35 50 Mallorca R SAB 9 11 18 27 48 Sabadell R LPA 12 5 21 43 65 Las Palmas R EC CWC1 UC UC UC RP RP R 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 for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey. red2 Qualification for the relegation playoffs red1 Relegation to the Segunda División Relegation playoff Oviedo 2–1 Mallorca 2–1 0–0 1 Murcia 4–1 Rayo Vallecano 3–0 1–1 1 First leg EEF0FB 29 May 1988 Oviedo 2–1 Report es Mallorca Julià 78 Carlos 90+ García Cortés 89 pen. Carlos Tartiere Oviedo 22,000 José María Enríquez Negreira Catalonia 29 May 1988 Murcia 3–0 Report es Rayo Vallecano Mejías 20 Juanjo 59 Manolo 86 La Condomina Murcia 16,500 José Donato Pes Pérez Aragón Second leg EEF0FB 4 June 1988 20:00 Mallorca 0–0 1–2 Report es Oviedo Lluís Sitjar Majorca 25,000 Victoriano Sánchez Arminio Cantabria 5 June 1988 Rayo Vallecano 1–1 1–4 Report es Murcia Brown 55 o.g. Cordero 90 Vallecas Madrid 15,000 Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte Basque Country Results table main FBR grey ATH ATM FCB BET CÁD CEL ESP LPA LOG MLL MUR OSA RMA RSO SAB SFC RSG VCF VLD ZAR Athletic Bilbao 5–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 7–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 Barcelona 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–4 4–2 Betis 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 6–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 Cádiz 0–0 3–3 0–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 5–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 Celta de Vigo 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 1–1 Espanyol 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–1 3–2 1–3 3–1 4–2 2–1 Las Palmas 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–2 5–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 Logroñés 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 Mallorca 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–4 0–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 3–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 Murcia 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 Osasuna 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 Real Madrid 5–0 0–4 2–1 6–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 7–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 Real Sociedad 0–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 Sabadell 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 Sevilla 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 Sporting Gijón 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 Valencia 1–2 3–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 Valladolid 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 Zaragoza 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–7 1–0 1–2 8–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 LFP es Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1MEX Hugo SánchezReal Madrid292URU Rubén SosaZaragoza183ESP José Mari BakeroReal Sociedad174ENG Gary LinekerBarcelona16ESP Julio SalinasAtlético Madrid6ESP JoaquínSporting Gijón15ESP Pedro UraldeAthletic Bilbao8ESP MíchelReal Madrid149URU Pablo BengoecheaSevilla12ESP Emilio ButragueñoReal MadridCHI Jorge ContrerasLas PalmasESP Joaquín VillaSporting Gijón La Liga 1987–88 winners Real Madrid 23rd 1987–88 1 Spain