# 1970–71 La Liga

The 1970–71 La Liga was the 40th season since its establishment. The season began on 12 September 1970, and concluded on 18 April 1971. Valencia won its fourth title.

## Team locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Nou Camp |
| Celta | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Elche | Elche | Altabix |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Granada | Granada | Los Cármenes |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| 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 |
| Zaragoza | Zaragoza | La Romareda |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Valencia (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 43 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 43 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Sevilla | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 29 | |
| 9 | Málaga | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 28 | |
| 10 | Granada | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Español | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 25 | |
| 12 | Sporting Gijón | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 25 | |
| 13 | Sabadell | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 21 | |
| 14 | Las Palmas | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 20 | |
| 15 | Elche (R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 18 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 16 | Zaragoza (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 15 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ATB | ATM | BAR | CEL | ELC | ESP | GRA | LPA | MLG | RGI | RMA | RSO | SAB | SEV | VAL | ZAR |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| CF Barcelona | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 |
| Celta de Vigo | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Elche CF | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| RCD Español | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Granada CF | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| UD Las Palmas | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| CD Málaga | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Sporting Gijón | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Madrid | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| CE Sabadell FC | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Sevilla CF | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Valencia CF | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| Zaragoza | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | José Eulogio Gárate | Atlético Madrid | 17 |
| 1 | Carles Rexach | Barcelona | 17 |
| 3 | Bernardo Acosta | Sevilla | 13 |
| 3 | Pirri | Real Madrid | 13 |
| 3 | Quini | Sporting Gijón | 13 |
| 6 | Javier Irureta | Atlético Madrid | 12 |
| 7 | Fidel Uriarte | Athletic Bilbao | 11 |