1987–88 La Liga
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The 1987–88 La Liga season, the 57th since its establishment, started on August 29, 1987 and finished on May 22, 1988.
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.
It was composed of the following clubs:
- This season, the league was expanded to 20 teams and the relegation playoff (promoción) returned.
Final table
| P | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 95 | 26 | 62 | +69 | Champion of La Liga European Cup |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 33 | 51 | +28 | UEFA Cup |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 38 | 48 | +22 | UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 43 | 46 | +7 | UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Osasuna | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 34 | 40 | +6 | |
| 6 | FC Barcelona | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 44 | 39 | +5 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (winner of Copa del Rey) |
| 7 | Celta de Vigo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 40 | 39 | +3 | |
| 8 | Valladolid | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 34 | 38 | -3 | |
| 9 | Sporting de Gijón | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 38 | -5 | |
| 10 | Sevilla FC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 46 | 37 | -5 | |
| 11 | Zaragoza | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 56 | 36 | -2 | |
| 12 | Cádiz CF | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 54 | 35 | -7 | |
| 13 | CD Logroñés | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 33 | -17 | |
| 14 | Valencia CF | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 44 | 53 | 33 | -9 | |
| 15 | RCD Español | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 55 | 33 | -11 | |
| 16 | Betis | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 54 | 33 | -12 | |
| 17 | Murcia | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 31 | -11 | Relegation playoff |
| 18 | RCD Mallorca | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 50 | 30 | -15 | Relegation playoff |
| 19 | CE Sabadell FC | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 48 | 29 | -21 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 20 | UD Las Palmas | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 43 | 65 | 29 | -22 | Relegated to Segunda División |
Relegation playoff
| Home Matches: | |||
| Murcia | 3-0 | Rayo Vallecano | |
| Real Oviedo | 2-1 | RCD Mallorca |
| Away Matches: | |||
| Rayo Vallecano | 1-1 | Murcia | Agg:1-4 |
| RCD Mallorca | 0-0 | Real Oviedo | Agg:1-2 |
Results table
| Home ╲ Away | ATH | ATM | BAR | BET | CÁD | CEL | ESP | LPA | LOG | MLL | MUR | OSA | RMA | RSO | SAB | SEV | SPG | VAL | 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 de 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 |
Source: LFP (Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Pichichi Trophy
| Goalscorers | Goal | Team |
|---|---|---|
 Hugo Sánchez |
|
Real Madrid |
 Rubén Sosa |
|
Zaragoza |
 José Mari Bakero |
|
Real Sociedad |
| Julio Salinas |
|
Atlético Madrid |
 Gary Lineker |
|
FC Barcelona |
| La Liga 1987-88 Winners |
|---|
| Real Madrid 23rd Title |
