1977–78 La Liga
# 1977–78 La Liga

The 1977–78 La Liga was the 47th season since its establishment. It started on September 3, 1977, and finished on May 7, 1978.

## Team locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Athletic Bilbao | Bilbao | San Mamés |
| Atlético Madrid | Madrid | Vicente Calderón |
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Nou Camp |
| Burgos | Burgos | El Plantío |
| Cádiz | Cádiz | Ramón de Carranza |
| Elche | Elche | Altabix |
| Español | Barcelona | Sarriá |
| Hércules | Alicante | José Rico Pérez |
| Las Palmas | Las Palmas | Insular |
| Racing Santander | Santander | El Sardinero |
| Rayo Vallecano | Madrid | Vallecas |
| Real Betis | Seville | Benito Villamarín |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Real Sociedad | San Sebastián | Atocha |
| Salamanca | Salamanca | Helmántico |
| Sevilla | Seville | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
| Sporting Gijón | Gijón | El Molinón |
| Valencia | Valencia | Luis Casanova |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 41 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 40 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Valencia | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 39 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 39 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 36 | |
| 7 | Las Palmas | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Sevilla | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 34 | |
| 9 | Salamanca | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 34 | |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 33 | |
| 11 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 33 | |
| 12 | Burgos | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 31 | |
| 13 | Racing Santander | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 31 | |
| 14 | Español | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 30 | |
| 15 | Hércules | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 30 | |
| 16 | Real Betis (R) | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 30 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 17 | Elche (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 18 | Cádiz (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 22 | Relegation to the Segunda División |

* ↑ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATM | BAR | BET | BUR | CÁD | ELC | ESP | HÉR | LPA | RAC | RAY | RMA | RSO | SAL | SEV | SPG | VAL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletic Bilbao | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Atlético Madrid | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| FC Barcelona | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Betis | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Burgos | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Cádiz CF | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Elche CF | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| RCD Español | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Hércules CF | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| UD Las Palmas | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Racing de Santander | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Real Madrid | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Real Sociedad | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| UD Salamanca | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Sevilla FC | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Sporting de Gijón | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Valencia CF | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |

## Pichichi Trophy

| Rank | Player | Goals | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mario Kempes | 28 | Valencia CF |
| 2 | Santillana | 24 | Real Madrid |
| 3 | Rubén Cano | 21 | Atlético Madrid |
| 4 | Dani | 20 | Athletic Bilbao |
| 5 | Marañón | 18 | RCD Español |
| 5 | Carlos Morete | 18 | UD Las Palmas |
| 5 | Jesús María Satrústegui | 18 | Real Sociedad |
| 8 | Héctor Scotta | 16 | Sevilla FC |
| 8 | Carlos Ruiz | 16 | Athletic Bilbao |
