# 1989–90 La Liga

The 1989–90 La Liga season was the 59th since its establishment. It began on 2 September 1989, and concluded on 6 May 1990. Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the fifth season running.

## Team information
### Clubs and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Nou Camp |
| Cádiz | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | Castalia |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Mallorca | Palma | Lluís Sitjar |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Sporting Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López |
| Valencia | Valencia | Luis Casanova |
| Valladolid | Valladolid | José Zorrilla |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 107 | 38 | +69 | 62 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Valencia | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Barcelona | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 83 | 39 | +44 | 51 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Sevilla | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Logroñés | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 41 | |
| 8 | Osasuna | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Zaragoza | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 40 | |
| 10 | Mallorca | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 39 | |
| 11 | Oviedo | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 39 | |
| 12 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 37 | |
| 13 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 34 | |
| 14 | Castellón | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 32 | |
| 15 | Cádiz | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 30 | |
| 16 | Valladolid | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 30 | |
| 17 | Málaga (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 18 | Tenerife (O) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 19 | Celta Vigo (R) | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 22 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Rayo Vallecano (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 75 | −43 | 19 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Barcelona qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

## Relegation playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tenerife | 1–0 | Deportivo La Coruña | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Español | 1–1 (6–5 p) | Málaga | 1–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg
## Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | FCB | CÁD | CAS | CEL | LOG | MCF | MLL | OSA | RVA | RMA | ROV | RSO | SFC | RSG | TEN | VCF | VLD | ZAR |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Barcelona | 4–2 | 0–2 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Cádiz | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Castellón | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Celta de Vigo | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Logroñés | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Málaga | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Mallorca | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Osasuna | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Real Madrid | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | | 5–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 7–2 |
| Oviedo | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 5–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Real Sociedad | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Sevilla | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Sporting Gijón | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Tenerife | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Valencia | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Valladolid | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 2–1 |
| Zaragoza | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hugo Sánchez | Real Madrid | 38 |
| 2 | Toni Polster | Sevilla | 33 |
| 3 | Baltazar | Atlético Madrid | 18 |
| 4 | John Aldridge | Real Sociedad | 16 |
| 5 | Miguel Pardeza | Zaragoza | 15 |
| 5 | Julio Salinas | Barcelona | 15 |
| 7 | Carlos | Oviedo | 14 |
| 7 | Ronald Koeman | Barcelona | 14 |
| 7 | Rafael Martín Vázquez | Real Madrid | 14 |