1976–77 La Liga

Primera División

Season	1976–77
Champions	Atlético Madrid (8th title)
Relegated	Zaragoza Celta de Vigo CD Málaga
European Cup	Atlético Madrid
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Betis
UEFA Cup	FC Barcelona Athletic Bilbao UD Las Palmas
Matches played	306
Goals scored	829 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mario Kempes (24)
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La Liga 1976–77 season was the 46th since its establishment. The season started on September 4, 1976 and finished on May 22, 1977. It consisted of the following clubs:

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Betis Burgos Celta de Vigo Elche CF RCD Español Hércules CF

UD Las Palmas CD Málaga Racing de Santander Real Madrid Real Sociedad UD Salamanca Sevilla FC Valencia CF Zaragoza

Team locations

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Burgos

Celta

Elche

Español

Hércules

Málaga

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Salamanca

Sevilla

Valencia

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1976–77

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Final table

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Comments
1	Atlético Madrid	34	19	8	7	62	33	46	+29	Champion of La Liga European Cup
2	FC Barcelona	34	18	9	7	69	34	45	+35	UEFA Cup
3	Athletic Bilbao1	34	15	8	11	55	45	38	+10	UEFA Cup
4	UD Las Palmas	34	15	6	13	56	51	36	+5	UEFA Cup
5	Betis	34	15	6	13	42	42	36	0	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (winner of Copa del Rey)
6	RCD Español	34	14	8	12	61	59	36	+2
7	Valencia CF	34	13	10	11	53	47	36	+6
8	Real Sociedad	34	13	8	13	54	41	34	+13
9	Real Madrid	34	12	10	12	57	53	34	+4
10	Sevilla FC	34	11	12	11	32	39	34	-7
11	Elche CF	34	11	11	12	45	47	33	-2
12	UD Salamanca	34	13	6	15	30	34	32	-4
13	Hércules CF	34	11	10	13	35	41	32	-6
14	Burgos	34	14	4	16	46	50	32	-4
15	Racing de Santander	34	12	7	15	41	62	31	-21
16	Zaragoza	34	10	10	14	42	51	30	-9	Relegated to Segunda División
17	Celta de Vigo	34	9	11	14	22	40	29	-18	Relegated to Segunda División
18	CD Málaga	34	6	6	22	27	60	18	-33	Relegated to Segunda División

¹ Atlético Bilbao was renamed Athletic Bilbao in May 1977.

Results table

• Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	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

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

• La Liga 1976/1977
• Primera División 1976/77
• List of La Liga Champions

External links

• (Spanish) Official LFP Site