1987–88 La Liga

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La Liga
Dates29 August 1987 – 22 May 1988
Champions Real Madrid
23rd title
Relegated Mallorca
Sabadell
Las Palmas
European Cup Real Madrid
Cup Winners' Cup Barcelona
UEFA Cup Real Sociedad
Atlético Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Matches played380
Goals scored909 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer Hugo Sánchez
(29 goals)
1988–89 →

The 1987–88 La Liga season was the 57th since its establishment. It began on 29 August 1987, and concluded on 22 May 1988.

Contents

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.

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Location of teams in La Liga 1987–88
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TeamHome cityStadium
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón
Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp
Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza
Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos
Español Barcelona Sarrià
Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular
Logroñés Logroño Las Gaunas
Mallorca Palma Lluís Sitjar
Murcia Murcia La Condomina
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha
Sabadell Sabadell Nova Creu Alta
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Valencia Valencia Luis Casanova
Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla
Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C)3828649526+6962Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Real Sociedad 3822796133+2851Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Atlético Madrid 38191096038+2248
4 Athletic Bilbao 38171295043+746
5 Osasuna 381510134034+640
6 Barcelona 38159144944+539Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
7 Celta Vigo 381411134340+339
8 Valladolid 381312133134−338
9 Sporting Gijón 381410144449−538
10 Sevilla 381311144146−537
11 Zaragoza 381114135456−236
12 Cádiz 381113144754−735
13 Logroñés 38129172845−1733
14 Valencia 381013154453−933
15 Español 381111164455−1133
16 Real Betis 38145194254−1233
17 Murcia (O)38913163142−1131Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18 Mallorca (R)38912173550−1530
19 Sabadell (R)38911182748−2129Relegation to the Segunda División
20 Las Palmas (R)38125214365−2229
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Barcelona qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

Relegation playoff

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Oviedo 2–1 Mallorca 2–10–0
Murcia 4–1 Rayo Vallecano 3–01–1

First leg

29 May 1988 Oviedo 2–1 Mallorca Oviedo
Julià Soccerball shade.svg78'
Carlos Soccerball shade.svg90+'		 Report (in Spanish) García Cortés Soccerball shade.svg89' (pen.)Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: José María Enríquez Negreira Flag of Catalonia.svg
29 May 1988 Murcia 3–0 Rayo Vallecano Murcia
Mejías Soccerball shade.svg20'
Juanjo Soccerball shade.svg59'
Manolo Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report (in Spanish)Stadium: La Condomina
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: José Donato Pes Pérez Flag of Aragon.svg

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 Flag of Cantabria.svg
5 June 1988 Rayo Vallecano 1–1
(1–4 agg.)		 Murcia Madrid
Brown Soccerball shade.svg55' (o.g.) Report (in Spanish) Cordero Soccerball shade.svg90'Stadium: Vallecas
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte Flag of the Basque Country.svg

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 5–11–02–00–01–02–04–11–02–11–22–10–01–42–02–11–11–11–02–2
Atlético Madrid 1–00–21–02–12–11–11–03–07–01–03–11–30–21–00–11–22–13–02–0
Barcelona 1–21–20–13–12–03–21–12–12–24–10–12–02–00–01–21–00–12–44–2
Betis 0–01–11–23–23–13–11–11–11–00–01–02–11–36–00–12–02–01–01–0
Cádiz 0–03–30–24–11–21–12–00–00–05–21–10–42–23–21–02–02–01–00–2
Celta de Vigo 2–11–03–12–04–13–00–10–01–12–01–00–02–02–02–01–33–31–11–1
Espanyol 1–10–22–04–12–20–11–20–03–01–00–00–20–41–13–21–33–14–22–1
Las Palmas 3–10–31–21–21–02–00–20–21–21–00–20–23–20–21–25–22–14–02–1
Logroñés 1–10–20–12–01–20–02–11–11–01–00–11–31–11–12–11–02–11–02–1
Mallorca 0–11–11–03–11–40–03–00–04–03–32–10–21–12–01–02–02–30–20–0
Murcia 2–30–00–02–00–01–00–12–02–30–01–01–11–22–01–00–00–01–11–1
Osasuna 3–12–11–11–01–13–00–02–12–01–01–02–11–20–01–30–01–14–14–1
Real Madrid 5–00–42–16–04–02–02–05–02–03–13–13–01–03–13–17–04–02–12–1
Real Sociedad 0–10–04–13–22–13–21–03–24–01–00–10–02–21–00–13–03–01–02–1
Sabadell 3–11–10–12–10–10–02–22–10–12–00–00–00–20–22–11–01–00–01–2
Sevilla 1–11–11–11–22–10–32–24–02–00–01–20–21–11–02–02–00–01–01–1
Sporting Gijón 2–22–01–01–03–04–11–24–11–02–11–11–01–21–13–00–02–20–02–1
Valencia 1–23–41–11–01–12–02–03–12–01–12–01–01–10–12–11–11–10–11–3
Valladolid 1–00–01–11–01–00–01–00–01–02–01–03–00–20–10–00–02–02–11–1
Zaragoza 1–12–21–13–11–11–11–11–31–01–02–11–01–71–01–28–12–02–21–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1
 Flag of Mexico.svg Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid
29
2
 Flag of Uruguay.svg Rubén Sosa Zaragoza
18
3
 Flag of Spain.svg José Mari Bakero Real Sociedad
17
4
 Flag of England.svg Gary Lineker Barcelona
16
Flag of Spain.svg Julio Salinas Atlético Madrid
6
 Flag of Spain.svg Joaquín Sporting Gijón
15
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Uralde Athletic Bilbao
8
 Flag of Spain.svg Míchel Real Madrid
14
9
 Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Bengoechea Sevilla
12
Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid
Flag of Chile.svg Jorge Contreras Las Palmas
Flag of Spain.svg Joaquín Villa Sporting Gijón
 La Liga 1987–88 winners 
Real Madrid
23rd title
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