1987–88 La Liga

La Liga
Dates 29 August 1987–22 May 1988
Champions Real Madrid
23rd title
Relegated Mallorca
Sabadell
Las Palmas
European Cup Real Madrid
Cup Winners' Cup Barcelona
UEFA Cup Real Sociedad
Atlético Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Matches played 380
Goals scored 909 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer Hugo Sánchez
(29 goals)

The 1987–88 La Liga season, the 57th since its establishment, started on August 29, 1987, and finished on May 22, 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.

Canary Islands
Team Home city Stadium
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridVicente Calderón
BarcelonaBarcelonaNou Camp
CádizCádizRamón de Carranza
Celta VigoVigoBalaídos
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
LogroñésLogroñoLas Gaunas
MallorcaPalmaLluís Sitjar
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
OsasunaPamplonaEl Sadar
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SabadellSabadellNova Creu Alta
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting GijónGijónEl Molinón
ValenciaValenciaLuis Casanova
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla
ZaragozaZaragozaLa Romareda

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 28 6 4 95 26 +69 62 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Real Sociedad 38 22 7 9 61 33 +28 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Atlético Madrid 38 19 10 9 60 38 +22 48
4 Athletic Bilbao 38 17 12 9 50 43 +7 46
5 Osasuna 38 15 10 13 40 34 +6 40
6 Barcelona 38 15 9 14 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Celta Vigo 38 14 11 13 43 40 +3 39
8 Valladolid 38 13 12 13 31 34 −3 38
9 Sporting Gijón 38 14 10 14 44 49 −5 38
10 Sevilla 38 13 11 14 41 46 −5 37
11 Zaragoza 38 11 14 13 54 56 −2 36
12 Cádiz 38 11 13 14 47 54 −7 35
13 Logroñés 38 12 9 17 28 45 −17 33
14 Valencia 38 10 13 15 44 53 −9 33
15 Español 38 11 11 16 44 55 −11 33
16 Real Betis 38 14 5 19 42 54 −12 33
17 Murcia (O) 38 9 13 16 31 42 −11 31 Qualification to the relegation playoffs
18 Mallorca (R) 38 9 12 17 35 50 −15 30
19 Sabadell (R) 38 9 11 18 27 48 −21 29 Relegation to Segunda División
20 Las Palmas (R) 38 12 5 21 43 65 −22 29
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Barcelona qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

Relegation playoff

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oviedo 2–1 Mallorca 2–1 0–0
Murcia 4–1 Rayo Vallecano 3–0 1–1

First leg

Second leg

Results table

Home \ Away[1] ATH ATM FCBBETCÁDCELESPLPALOGMLLMUROSARMARSOSABSFCRSGVCFVLDZAR
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

Source: LFP (in Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers Goal Team
Mexico Hugo Sánchez
29
 Real Madrid
Uruguay Rubén Sosa
18
 Zaragoza
Spain José Mari Bakero
17
 Real Sociedad
Spain Julio Salinas
16
 Atlético Madrid
England Gary Lineker
16
 FC Barcelona
La Liga 1987-88 Winners
Real Madrid
23rd Title
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