# 1990–91 La Liga

The 1990–91 La Liga season was the 60th since its establishment. It began on 1 September 1990, and concluded on 9 June 1991. Barcelona ended Real Madrid's five-year run as champions to seal the title.

## 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 |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarrià |
| Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Mallorca | Palma | Lluís Sitjar |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín |
| Real Burgos | Burgos | El Plantío |
| 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 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Osasuna | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Oviedo | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Valencia | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Sevilla | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 38 | |
| 9 | Valladolid | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 37 | |
| 10 | Logroñés | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 37 | |
| 11 | Real Burgos | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 37 | |
| 12 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 36 | |
| 13 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 36 | |
| 14 | Tenerife | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 35 | |
| 15 | Mallorca | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 16 | Español | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 34 | |
| 17 | Zaragoza (O) | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 18 | Cádiz (O) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 19 | Castellón (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 28 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Real Betis (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 25 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Atlético Madrid qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

## Promotion playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Murcia | 2–5 | Zaragoza | 0–0 | 2–5 |
| Málaga | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Cádiz | 1–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg
## Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | FCB | BET | CÁD | CAS | ESP | LOG | MLL | OSA | RBU | RMA | ROV | RSO | SFC | RSG | TEN | VCF | VLD | ZAR |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 2–1 | 0–6 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Barcelona | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Betis | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Cádiz | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Castellón | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Espanyol | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Logroñés | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Mallorca | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Osasuna | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Real Burgos | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Real Madrid | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Oviedo | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sevilla | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sporting Gijón | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Tenerife | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Valencia | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Valladolid | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zaragoza | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Emilio Butragueño | Real Madrid | 19 |
| 2 | John Aldridge | Real Sociedad | 17 |
| 3 | Milan Luhový | Sporting Gijón | 16 |
| 3 | Manolo | Atlético Madrid | 16 |
| 5 | Luis Enrique | Sporting Gijón | 14 |
| 5 | Gregorio Fonseca | Valladolid | 14 |
| 5 | Pepe Mel | Real Betis | 14 |
| 5 | Hristo Stoichkov | Barcelona | 14 |
| 5 | Jan Urban | Osasuna | 14 |
| 5 | Ernesto Valverde | Athletic Bilbao | 14 |