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(Redirected from La Liga 1970-71) 40th season of La Liga Football league season

Primera División
Season	1970–71
Champions	Valencia (4th title)
Relegated	Elche Zaragoza
European Cup	Valencia
Cup Winners' Cup	Barcelona
UEFA Cup	Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Celta Vigo
Matches played	240
Goals scored	543 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Eulogio Gárate Carles Rexach (17 goals each)
Biggest home win	Elche 5–0 Sporting Gijón Las Palmas 5–0 Sabadell
Biggest away win	Zaragoza 0–5 Real Madrid
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 La Liga was the 40th season since its establishment. The season began on 12 September 1970, and concluded on 18 April 1971. Valencia won its fourth title.

Team locations

Zaragozaclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 1970–71 La Liga

Las Palmasclass=notpageimage| Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Elche	Elche	Altabix
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Granada	Granada	Los Cármenes
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sabadell	Sabadell	Creu Alta
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Valencia	Valencia	Luis Casanova
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valencia (C)	30	18	7	5	41	19	+22	43	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Barcelona	30	19	5	6	50	22	+28	43	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Atlético Madrid	30	17	8	5	51	20	+31	42	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Real Madrid	30	17	7	6	46	24	+22	41
5	Atlético Bilbao	30	14	7	9	40	31	+9	35
6	Celta Vigo	30	15	5	10	37	32	+5	35
7	Sevilla	30	13	6	11	34	42	−8	32
8	Real Sociedad	30	10	9	11	23	27	−4	29
9	Málaga	30	8	12	10	27	32	−5	28
10	Granada	30	10	8	12	33	34	−1	28
11	Español	30	8	9	13	18	25	−7	25
12	Sporting Gijón	30	10	5	15	35	44	−9	25
13	Sabadell	30	8	5	17	28	49	−21	21
14	Las Palmas	30	5	10	15	33	42	−9	20
15	Elche (R)	30	4	10	16	25	46	−21	18	Relegation to the Segunda División
16	Zaragoza (R)	30	3	9	18	22	54	−32	15	Relegation to the Segunda División

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

Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

Results table

Home \ Away	ATB	ATM	BAR	CEL	ELC	ESP	GRA	LPA	MLG	RGI	RMA	RSO	SAB	SEV	VAL	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0
Atlético Madrid	2–0		1–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–1	4–1	3–0	3–0
CF Barcelona	0–1	2–0		2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	4–1	5–2	0–2	5–2
Celta de Vigo	2–1	3–2	1–1		3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Elche CF	1–1	0–4	0–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1
RCD Español	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0
Granada CF	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–0
UD Las Palmas	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0		1–2	1–2	0–0	4–2	5–0	0–0	0–0	4–0
CD Málaga	3–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		3–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0
Sporting Gijón	3–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	3–0		0–1	2–0	3–2	4–0	0–1	1–1
Real Madrid	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–2	2–2	1–1		1–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1
Real Sociedad	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–0		2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0
CE Sabadell FC	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	5–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		2–1	0–1	2–1
Sevilla CF	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0		2–2	4–2
Valencia CF	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1		2–0
Zaragoza	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–5	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–2

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

Pichichi Trophy

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	José Eulogio Gárate	Atlético Madrid	17
1	Carles Rexach	Barcelona	17
3	Bernardo Acosta	Sevilla	13
	Pirri	Real Madrid	13
	Quini	Sporting Gijón	13
6	Javier Irureta	Atlético Madrid	12
7	Fidel Uriarte	Athletic Bilbao	11

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '70 '71 England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden '70 '71 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '70 '71 Mitropa Cup

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