# 1978–79 La Liga

The 1978–79 La Liga was the 48th season since its establishment. It began on 2 September 1978, and concluded on 3 June 1979.

## 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 |
| Español de cornella | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Hércules | Alicante | José Rico Pérez |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Racing Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Recretivo | Huelva | Colombino |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Helmántico |
| 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 | Real Madrid (C) | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Barcelona | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 38 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Las Palmas | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 37 | |
| 7 | Valencia | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Español | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 35 | |
| 9 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 34 | |
| 10 | Salamanca | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 34 | |
| 11 | Sevilla | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 33 | |
| 12 | Hércules | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 32 | |
| 13 | Burgos | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 32 | |
| 14 | Zaragoza | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 30 | |
| 15 | Rayo Vallecano | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 29 | |
| 16 | Celta Vigo (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 28 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 17 | Racing Santander (R) | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 22 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 18 | Recreativo (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 21 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* 1 2 Valencia qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey and Barcelona as title holders of the competition.

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | BAR | BUR | CEL | ESP | HÉR | LPA | RAC | RAY | RMA | RSO | REC | SAL | SEV | SPG | VAL | ZAR |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Madrid | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| FC Barcelona | 4–3 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Burgos | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Celta de Vigo | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 |
| RCD Español | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Hércules CF | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| UD Las Palmas | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Racing de Santander | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Real Madrid | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Recreativo de Huelva | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 |
| UD Salamanca | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Sevilla FC | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Sporting de Gijón | 4–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Valencia CF | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | | 3–1 |
| Zaragoza | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hans Krankl | Barcelona | 29 |
| 2 | Quini | Sporting Gijón | 23 |
| 3 | Jesús María Satrústegui | Real Sociedad | 20 |
| 4 | Pichi Alonso | Zaragoza | 19 |
| 4 | Rubén Cano | Atlético Madrid | 19 |
| 6 | Santillana | Real Madrid | 18 |
| 7 | Carlos Morete | Las Palmas | 16 |
| 8 | Miguel Brindisi | Las Palmas | 14 |
| 9 | Dani | Athletic Bilbao | 13 |