1987–88 La Liga

The 1987–88 La Liga season, the 57th since its establishment, started on August 29, 1987, and finished on May 22, 1988.

La Liga
Dates29 August 1987–22 May 1988
ChampionsReal Madrid
23rd title
RelegatedMallorca
Sabadell
Las Palmas
European CupReal Madrid
Cup Winners' CupBarcelona
UEFA CupReal Sociedad
Atlético Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Matches played380
Goals scored909 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorerHugo Sánchez
(29 goals)

Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the third season running, the runners-up this time being Real Sociedad, while Barcelona finished a disappointing sixth, though they did at least have Copa Del Rey success as consolation for their lack of form in the league.

Teams and location

This season, the league was expanded to 20 teams and the relegation playoffs returned.

Location of teams in La Liga 1987–88
Canary Islands
Team Home city Stadium
Athletic BilbaoBilbaoSan Mamés
Atlético MadridMadridVicente Calderón
BarcelonaBarcelonaNou Camp
CádizCádizRamón de Carranza
Celta VigoVigoBalaídos
EspañolBarcelonaSarriá
Las PalmasLas PalmasInsular
LogroñésLogroñoLas Gaunas
MallorcaPalmaLluís Sitjar
MurciaMurciaLa Condomina
OsasunaPamplonaEl Sadar
Real BetisSevilleBenito Villamarín
Real MadridMadridSantiago Bernabéu
Real SociedadSan SebastiánAtocha
SabadellSabadellNova Creu Alta
SevillaSevilleRamón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting GijónGijónEl Molinón
ValenciaValenciaLuis Casanova
ValladolidValladolidJosé Zorrilla
ZaragozaZaragozaLa Romareda

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 28 6 4 95 26 +69 62 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Real Sociedad 38 22 7 9 61 33 +28 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Atlético Madrid 38 19 10 9 60 38 +22 48
4 Athletic Bilbao 38 17 12 9 50 43 +7 46
5 Osasuna 38 15 10 13 40 34 +6 40
6 Barcelona 38 15 9 14 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Celta Vigo 38 14 11 13 43 40 +3 39
8 Valladolid 38 13 12 13 31 34 −3 38
9 Sporting Gijón 38 14 10 14 44 49 −5 38
10 Sevilla 38 13 11 14 41 46 −5 37
11 Zaragoza 38 11 14 13 54 56 −2 36
12 Cádiz 38 11 13 14 47 54 −7 35
13 Logroñés 38 12 9 17 28 45 −17 33
14 Valencia 38 10 13 15 44 53 −9 33
15 Español 38 11 11 16 44 55 −11 33
16 Real Betis 38 14 5 19 42 54 −12 33
17 Murcia (O) 38 9 13 16 31 42 −11 31 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18 Mallorca (R) 38 9 12 17 35 50 −15 30
19 Sabadell (R) 38 9 11 18 27 48 −21 29 Relegation to the Segunda División
20 Las Palmas (R) 38 12 5 21 43 65 −22 29
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Barcelona qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

Relegation playoff
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oviedo 2–1 Mallorca 2–1 0–0
Murcia 4–1 Rayo Vallecano 3–0 1–1

First leg
29 May 1988 Oviedo 2–1 Mallorca Oviedo
Julià  78'
Carlos  90+'		 Report (in Spanish) García Cortés  89' (pen.) Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: José María Enríquez Negreira
29 May 1988 Murcia 3–0 Rayo Vallecano Murcia
Mejías  20'
Juanjo  59'
Manolo  86'		 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: La Condomina
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: José Donato Pes Pérez

Second leg
4 June 1988 Mallorca 0–0
(1–2 agg.)		 Oviedo Majorca
20:00 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: Lluís Sitjar
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
5 June 1988 Rayo Vallecano 1–1
(1–4 agg.)		 Murcia Madrid
Brown  55' (o.g.) Report (in Spanish) Cordero  90' Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte

Results table
Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB BET CÁD CEL ESP LPA LOG MLL MUR OSA RMA RSO SAB SFC RSG VCF VLD ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 5–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 7–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–0
Barcelona 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–4 4–2
Betis 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 6–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Cádiz 0–0 3–3 0–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 5–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2
Celta de Vigo 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 1–1
Espanyol 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–1 3–2 1–3 3–1 4–2 2–1
Las Palmas 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–2 5–2 2–1 4–0 2–1
Logroñés 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Mallorca 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–4 0–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 3–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 0–0
Murcia 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Osasuna 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 4–1
Real Madrid 5–0 0–4 2–1 6–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 7–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Real Sociedad 0–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Sabadell 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
Sevilla 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Sporting Gijón 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1
Valencia 1–2 3–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3
Valladolid 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Zaragoza 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–7 1–0 1–2 8–1 2–0 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy
Rank Goalscorers Team Goals
1
 Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid
29
2
 Rubén Sosa Zaragoza
18
3
 José Mari Bakero Real Sociedad
17
4
 Julio Salinas Atlético Madrid
16
5
 Gary Lineker Barcelona
16
6
 Pedro Uralde Athletic Bilbao
15
Joaquín Sporting de Gijón
8
 Míchel Real Madrid
14
9
 Pablo Bengoechea Sevilla
12
Joaquín Villa Sporting de Gijón
Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid
Jorge Contreras Las Palmas
 La Liga 1987-88 Winners 
Real Madrid
23rd title
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