# 1971–72 La Liga

The 1971–72 La Liga was the 41st season since its establishment. The season began on 4 September 1971, and concluded on 14 May 1972. It was played by 18 clubs after the expansion from the previous season.

## Team locations

| 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 |
| Córdoba | Córdoba | El Arcángel |
| Deportivo La Coruña | A Coruña | Riazor |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Granada | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Sabadell | Sabadell | Creu Alta |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Sporting Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| Valencia | Valencia | Luis Casanova |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Valencia | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Barcelona | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Las Palmas | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 38 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Granada | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 36 | |
| 7 | Málaga | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 34 | |
| 10 | Celta Vigo | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 33 | |
| 11 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 32 | |
| 12 | Español | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 32 | |
| 13 | Real Betis | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 30 | |
| 14 | Deportivo La Coruña | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 30 | |
| 15 | Burgos | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 29 | |
| 16 | Sevilla (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 27 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 17 | Sabadell (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 25 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 18 | Córdoba (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 23 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Atlético Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ATB | ATM | BAR | BET | BUR | CEL | CÓR | DEP | ESP | GRA | LPA | MLG | RGI | RMA | RSO | SAB | SEV | VAL |
| Atlético Bilbao | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| CF Barcelona | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Betis | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Burgos | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Celta de Vigo | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Córdoba CF | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| RCD Español | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Granada CF | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| UD Las Palmas | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| CD Málaga | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Real Gijón | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Real Madrid | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| CE Sabadell FC | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sevilla CF | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Valencia CF | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Enrique Porta | Granada | 20 |
| 2 | Germán Dévora | Las Palmas | 15 |
| 3 | Juan María Amiano | Espanyol | 14 |
| 4 | Joaquín Sierra Gallego | Valencia | 13 |
| 5 | Bernardo Acosta | Sevilla | 12 |
| 5 | Fernando Ansola | Real Sociedad | 12 |
| 5 | Fidel Uriarte | Atlético Bilbao | 12 |
| 8 | Luis Aragonés | Atlético Madrid | 11 |
| 8 | Pirri | Real Madrid | 11 |