1984–85 La Liga

The 1984–85 La Liga season, the 54th since its establishment, started on September 1, 1984 and finished on April 21, 1985. The champions were Barcelona, who won the title by a 10-point margin over second-placed Atletico Madrid in their first season under the management of English coach Terry Venables.

It was composed of the following clubs:

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Elche

Español

Hércules

Málaga

Murcia

Osasuna

Racing

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Zaragoza

Location of teams in La Liga 1984–85

Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Betis Elche CF RCD Español Hércules CF CD Málaga Murcia

Osasuna Racing de Santander Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla FC Sporting de Gijón Valencia CF Valladolid Zaragoza

Final table

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Comments
1	FC Barcelona	34	21	11	2	69	25	53	+44	Champion of La Liga European Cup
2	Atlético Madrid	34	16	11	7	51	28	43	+23	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (winner of Copa del Rey)
3	Athletic Bilbao	34	13	15	6	39	26	41	+13	UEFA Cup
4	Sporting de Gijón	34	13	15	6	34	23	41	+11	UEFA Cup
5	Real Madrid	34	13	10	11	46	36	36	+10	UEFA Cup
6	Osasuna	34	13	8	13	38	38	34	0	UEFA Cup
7	Real Sociedad	34	11	12	11	41	33	34	+8
8	RCD Español	34	11	12	11	40	44	34	-4
9	Valencia CF	34	9	15	10	40	37	33	+3
10	Zaragoza	34	11	11	12	39	39	33	0
11	Racing de Santander	34	10	12	12	27	34	32	-7
12	Sevilla FC	34	10	11	13	29	41	31	-12
13	Valladolid	34	7	16	11	39	45	30	-6
14	Betis	34	11	8	15	37	43	30	-6
15	Hércules CF	34	9	12	13	28	45	30	-17
16	CD Málaga	34	7	15	12	23	36	29	-13	Relegated to Segunda División
17	Elche CF	34	6	14	14	18	37	26	-19	Relegated to Segunda División
18	Murcia	34	6	10	18	24	52	22	-28	Relegated to Segunda División

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	ELC	ESP	HÉR	MLG	MUR	OSA	RAC	RMA	RSO	SEV	SPG	VAL	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		2-2	1-0	1-1	0-0	2-1	4-1	4-1	1-0	5-0	1-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	2-0	3-2	1-1	0-3
Atlético Madrid	0-0		1-2	2-0	1-0	2-2	1-0	3-0	2-1	3-0	2-1	0-1	2-1	1-1	0-0	2-3	2-0	0-1
FC Barcelona	0-0	2-2		4-0	4-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	6-0	2-0	2-0	3-2	1-1	3-1	2-0	1-1	4-2	4-0
Betis	0-2	0-1	1-2		2-0	3-1	1-0	0-1	0-2	3-1	1-2	4-1	0-0	1-2	1-2	1-3	1-1	2-0
Elche CF	1-0	1-0	0-0	2-1		0-3	2-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	0-0
RCD Español	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0		2-2	0-0	1-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	1-3	1-0	2-2	3-2	2-2	3-2
Hércules CF	0-0	1-3	1-0	2-2	1-0	0-0		1-1	2-1	1-1	2-0	2-2	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	2-1	0-0
CD Málaga	0-1	1-0	1-2	1-1	0-0	1-1	1-1		0-0	2-1	2-0	1-1	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-1	2-0
Murcia	0-0	0-1	1-1	0-1	2-1	1-0	0-2	4-0		0-0	3-1	0-1	2-2	2-0	0-3	0-3	1-2	0-3
Osasuna	1-2	0-0	1-2	1-2	2-2	5-0	2-1	1-0	2-0		0-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	0-1
Racing de Santander	1-0	1-2	0-0	1-1	2-0	1-3	2-0	2-0	2-2	5-0		0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	1-1
Real Madrid	2-2	0-4	0-3	3-2	6-1	4-1	0-1	0-0	5-0	1-0	3-0		1-1	1-2	0-0	1-0	2-0	1-2
Real Sociedad	1-2	0-4	0-0	0-1	2-0	2-0	4-0	0-1	4-0	0-2	0-0	0-3		5-1	0-0	4-1	0-0	2-1
Sevilla FC	3-0	2-4	2-2	1-0	1-1	0-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-2	0-0	1-0	0-1		0-1	0-0	0-2	2-1
Sporting de Gijón	1-1	2-1	2-2	1-1	2-0	1-0	4-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	2-0		1-1	1-3	0-2
Valencia CF	1-1	0-0	2-5	0-1	0-0	5-1	3-0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-2		0-0	4-1
Valladolid	0-0	2-2	1-2	3-1	1-2	1-1	3-1	1-1	1-1	2-3	1-0	1-1	1-1	2-3	0-0	1-0		1-1
Zaragoza	1-0	1-1	2-4	0-0	1-0	1-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	1-2	0-0	0-2	1-2	4-1	2-0	2-2	1-1

Pichichi Trophy

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Hugo Sánchez	19	Atlético Madrid
Jorge Valdano	17	Real Madrid
Steve Archibald	15	FC Barcelona
Michel Pineda	14	RCD Español
Luis Mario Cabrera	14	Atlético Madrid

La Liga 1984–85 Winners
FC Barcelona 10th Title