1976–77 La Liga

Primera División
Season	1976–77
Champions	Atlético Madrid ; (8th title)
Relegated	Zaragoza ; Celta; Málaga
European Cup	Atlético Madrid
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Betis
UEFA Cup	Barcelona ; Athletic Bilbao ; Las Palmas
Matches played	306
Goals scored	829 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mario Kempes (24)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 La Liga was the 46th season since its establishment. It started on September 4, 1976, and finished on May 22, 1977.

Team locations[]

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Celta

Español

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Salamanca

Sevilla

Valencia

Zaragoza

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Location of teams in La Liga 1976–77

Las Palmas

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Canary Islands

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
Elche	Elche	Altabix
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Hércules	Alicante	José Rico Pérez
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Salamanca	Salamanca	Helmántico
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia	Valencia	Luis Casanova
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Madrid (C)	34	19	8	7	62	33	+29	46	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Barcelona	34	18	9	7	69	34	+35	45	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Athletic Bilbao	34	15	8	11	55	45	+10	38
4	Las Palmas	34	15	6	13	56	51	+5	36
5	Real Betis	34	15	6	13	42	42	0	36	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
6	Español	34	14	8	12	61	59	+2	36
7	Valencia	34	13	10	11	53	47	+6	36
8	Real Sociedad	34	13	8	13	54	41	+13	34
9	Real Madrid	34	12	10	12	57	53	+4	34
10	Sevilla	34	11	12	11	32	39	−7	34
11	Elche	34	11	11	12	45	47	−2	33
12	Salamanca	34	13	6	15	30	34	−4	32
13	Hércules	34	11	10	13	35	41	−6	32
14	Burgos	34	14	4	16	46	50	−4	32
15	Racing Santander	34	12	7	15	41	62	−21	31
16	Zaragoza (R)	34	10	10	14	42	51	−9	30	Relegation to the Segunda División
17	Celta (R)	34	9	11	14	22	40	−18	29
18	Málaga (R)	34	6	6	22	27	60	−33	18

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Real Betis qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Results table[]

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	BUR	CEL	ELC	ESP	HÉR	LPA	MLG	RAC	RMA	RSO	SAL	SEV	VAL	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		0–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	5–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	4–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–1
Atlético Madrid	2–1		3–1	3–1	0–3	3–0	5–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	4–0	5–1	2–1	3–3	2–3	2–0
FC Barcelona	0–2	1–1		3–1	3–0	4–0	4–1	4–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	7–0	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–3	6–1	2–1
Betis	2–1	1–0	1–3		2–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1
Burgos	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–0
Celta de Vigo	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1		1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0
Elche CF	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1		4–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–4	2–0
RCD Español	4–0	1–4	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0		3–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	2–0
Hércules CF	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–1
UD Las Palmas	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	0–0	5–0	1–0		2–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–4
CD Málaga	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2		1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Racing de Santander	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–2		3–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0
Real Madrid	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	5–2	4–1	4–0	3–0	4–1	3–1		2–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–2
Real Sociedad	5–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	4–1	4–0	0–0	3–3	3–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
UD Salamanca	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–0
Sevilla FC	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–0		0–0	4–1
Valencia CF	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–0		1–1
Zaragoza	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–3	3–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2

Source: kicker.de
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy[]

Rank	Player	Goals	Team
1	Mario Kempes	24	Valencia CF
2	Marañón	22	RCD Español
	Carlos Morete	22	UD Las Palmas
	Manuel Clares	22	FC Barcelona
5	Rubén Cano	20	Atlético Madrid
6	Jesús María Satrústegui	19	Real Sociedad
7	Dani	16	Athletic Bilbao
	Diarte	16	Valencia CF
	Mario Finarolli	16	Elche CF

References[]

External links[]

(in Spanish) Official LFP Site

[table_note_res_CWC10.20355007760392-1] Real Betis qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

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