# 1976–77 La Liga

The 1976–77 La Liga was the 46th season since its establishment. It began on 4 September 1976, and concluded on 22 May 1977.

## 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 |
| Elche | Elche | Altabix |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Hércules | Alicante | José Rico Pérez |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Racing Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Helmántico |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Valencia | Valencia | Luis Casanova |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid (C) | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 46 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Las Palmas | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 36 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Real Betis | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Español | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 36 | |
| 7 | Valencia | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 36 | |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 34 | |
| 9 | Real Madrid | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 34 | |
| 10 | Sevilla | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 34 | |
| 11 | Elche | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 33 | |
| 12 | Salamanca | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 32 | |
| 13 | Hércules | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 32 | |
| 14 | Burgos | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 32 | |
| 15 | Racing Santander | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 31 | |
| 16 | Zaragoza (R) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 30 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 17 | Celta Vigo (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 18 | Málaga (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 18 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Real Betis qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | BAR | BET | BUR | CEL | ELC | ESP | HÉR | LPA | MLG | RAC | RMA | RSO | SAL | SEV | VAL | ZAR |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| FC Barcelona | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 2–1 |
| Betis | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Burgos | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Celta de Vigo | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Elche CF | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
| RCD Español | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Hércules CF | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| UD Las Palmas | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| CD Málaga | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Racing de Santander | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Real Madrid | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Real Sociedad | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| UD Salamanca | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sevilla FC | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Valencia CF | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 |
| Zaragoza | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mario Kempes | Valencia | 24 |
| 2 | Manuel Clares | Barcelona | 22 |
| 2 | Marañón | Español | 22 |
| 2 | Carlos Morete | Las Palmas | 22 |
| 5 | Rubén Cano | Atlético Madrid | 20 |
| 6 | Jesús María Satrústegui | Real Sociedad | 19 |
| 7 | Dani | Athletic Bilbao | 16 |
| 7 | Diarte | Valencia | 16 |
| 7 | Mario Finarolli | Elche | 16 |