# 1988–89 La Liga

The 1988–89 La Liga season was the 58th since its establishment. It began on 3 September 1988, and concluded on 25 June 1989.
Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the fourth year running, while Barcelona recovered under new coach Johan Cruyff to finish second.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Nou Camp |
| Cádiz | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| Celta Vigo | Vigo | Balaídos |
| Elche | Elche | Manuel Martínez Valero |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Logroñés | Logroño | Las Gaunas |
| Málaga | Málaga | La Rosaleda |
| Murcia | Murcia | La Condomina |
| Osasuna | Pamplona | El Sadar |
| Oviedo | Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Sporting Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| 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 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 91 | 37 | +54 | 62 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 57 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Zaragoza | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Valladolid | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 42 | |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 39 | |
| 9 | Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 38 | |
| 10 | Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 37 | |
| 11 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 36 | |
| 12 | Oviedo | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 35 | |
| 14 | Logroñés | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 34 | |
| 15 | Cádiz | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | |
| 16 | Málaga | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 33 | |
| 17 | Español (R) | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 18 | Real Betis (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
| 19 | Murcia (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 24 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Elche (R) | 38 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 71 | −42 | 15 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Qualify for Cup Winners' Cup as holders.
* ↑ Runner-up of Copa del Rey.

## Relegation playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Español | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Mallorca | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Tenerife | 4–1 | Real Betis | 4–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg
## Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | FCB | BET | CÁD | CEL | ELC | ESP | LOG | MCF | MUR | OSA | RMA | ROV | RSO | SFC | RSG | VCF | VLD | ZAR |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Barcelona | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Betis | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Cádiz | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Celta de Vigo | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Elche | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Espanyol | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Logroñés | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Málaga | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Murcia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 6–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Osasuna | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Real Madrid | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Oviedo | 0–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Sociedad | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sevilla | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Sporting Gijón | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Valencia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Valladolid | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Zaragoza | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Baltazar | Atlético Madrid | 35 |
| 2 | Hugo Sánchez | Real Madrid | 27 |
| 3 | Julio Salinas | Barcelona | 20 |
| 4 | Amarildo | Celta Vigo | 16 |
| 5 | Emilio Butragueño | Real Madrid | 15 |
| 6 | Fernando | Valencia | 14 |
| 7 | Míchel | Real Madrid | 13 |
| 7 | Pedro Uralde | Athletic Bilbao | 13 |
| 9 | Txiki Begiristain | Barcelona | 12 |
| 10 | Roberto | Barcelona | 11 |
* La Liga 1988–89 winners
* Real Madrid 24th title