Primera División 1978/79

Primera División 1978/79
master	real Madrid
European Cup of National Champions	real Madrid
Uefa cup	Sporting Gijón , Atlético Madrid , Real Sociedad
Cup winners	Valencia CF
European Cup Winners' Cup	Valencia FC Barcelona FC (defending champion)
Relegated	Celta Vigo , Racing Santander , Recreativo Huelva
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	825  (ø 2.7 per game)
Top scorer	Hans Krankl (FC Barcelona)
← Primera División 1977/78 Primera División 1979/80 →
Segunda División 1978/79 ↓

The Primera División 1978/79 was the 48th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on September 2, 1978 and ended on June 3, 1979.

Before the season

• The 18-time champions Real Madrid started the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was FC Barcelona .
• Moved up from the Segunda División are Real Zaragoza , Recreativo Huelva and Celta Vigo .

societies

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Español Barcelona Valencia CF Real Sociedad Hércules Alicante Real Zaragoza Racing Santander Sevilla FC Celta Vigo UD Salamanca Burgos CF Sporting Gijón Rayo Vallecano Recr. Huelva UD Las Palmas Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1978/79

society	city	Stadion
Hércules Alicante	Alicante	Estadio José Rico Pérez
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Español Barcelona	Barcelona	Estadi Sarrià
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	Estadio San Mamés
Burgos CF	Burgos	El Plantio
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Recreativo Huelva	Huelva	Estadio Colombino
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Estadio Insular
real Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Vicente Calderón
Rayo Vallecano	Madrid	Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio Helmántico
Real Sociedad	San Sebastian	Estadio de Atotxa
Racing Santander	Santander	Estadio El Sardinero
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Sevilla FC	Seville	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Luis Casanova
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Estadio Balaídos

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Real Madrid (M)	34	16	15th	3	061:360	+25	47:21
2.	Sporting Gijón	34	17th	9	8th	050:350	+15	43:25
3.	Atlético Madrid	34	14th	13	7th	055:370	+18	41:27
4th	Real Sociedad	34	18th	5	11	053:360	+17	41:27
5.	FC Barcelona (P)	34	16	6th	12	069:370	+32	38:30
6th	UD Las Palmas	34	14th	9	11	049:430	+6	37:31
7th	Valencia CF	34	14th	7th	13	044:390	+5	35:33
8th.	Español Barcelona	34	15th	5	14th	037:460	−9	35:33
9.	Athletic Bilbao	34	12	10	12	056:460	+10	34:34
10.	UD Salamanca	34	13	8th	13	036:400	−4	34:34
11.	Sevilla FC	34	12	9	13	047:480	−1	33:35
12.	Hércules Alicante	34	13	5	16	032:380	−6	31:37
13.	Burgos CF	34	10	12	12	038:470	−9	32:36
14th	Real Zaragoza (N)	34	12	6th	16	056:590	−3	30:38
15th	Rayo Vallecano	34	9	11	14th	031:540	−23	29:39
16.	Celta Vigo (N)	34	9	10	15th	035:550	−20	28:40
17th	Racing Santander	34	9	4th	21st	037:630	−26	22:46
18th	Recreativo Huelva (N)	34	8th	5	21st	039:660	−27	21:47

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Spanish champion and participation in the 1979/80 European Cup

Participation in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80 (as defending champion)

Copa del Rey winner and participation in the 1979/80 European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

1978/79
real Madrid		3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	4: 1	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	5: 1	4-0
Sporting Gijón	0: 1		4: 1	3: 2	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	0-0	4: 3	1-0	2-0	2-0	3-0	1-0	3-0	2: 2	1-0	2-0
Atlético Madrid	2: 2	0-0		2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	4-0	1-0	2: 2	3-0	1: 2	3: 1	0-0	4-0	3-0	1-0
Real Sociedad	0-0	2-0	0: 2		2-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	4: 1	4: 1	2-0	1-0	3-0	2: 3
FC Barcelona	2-0	6-0	2: 4	1: 3		4-0	1: 1	2: 1	4: 3	3-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	5-0	9-0	6-0	1-0	2-0
UD Las Palmas	2: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1		2-0	3-0	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	3-0
Valencia CF	0: 1	4-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 1		2: 1	0-0	0-0	5: 2	0-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	4-0	3: 1	1-0
Español Barcelona	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	2: 1	1-0		1-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1-0
Athletic Bilbao	3: 3	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0		3-0	2: 3	4: 1	1: 2	2: 2	2-0	3: 1	4: 1	5: 3
UD Salamanca	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 3	1-0	1-0	3: 1	2-0	1-0		3: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0
Sevilla FC	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	4: 3	0-0	2: 1		1-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1	6: 1
Hércules Alicante	1: 2	1-0	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1-0	3-0	3: 3	0: 1	1-0	1-0		1-0	1-0	4: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0
Burgos CF	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	2: 2	0-0		1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0
Real Zaragoza	1-0	1: 3	4: 3	4-0	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	8: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	1: 2	4: 2		2-0	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1
Rayo Vallecano	1: 1	2: 1	1: 3	0: 4	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	2: 2	1-0		2-0	2: 1	1: 1
Celta Vigo	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	5: 3	2: 1		2-0	3: 2
Racing Santander	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 4	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 4	2: 3	0: 2	2: 2	3: 2	1-0	2-0		1-0
Recreativo Huelva	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 4	4: 3	3: 1	3: 2	1: 2	2: 1	3: 1	1: 5	3-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 1

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - Real Madrid - European Champion Clubs' Cup
• 2. - Sporting Gijón - UEFA Cup
• 3rd - Atlético Madrid - UEFA Cup
• 4th - Real Sociedad - UEFA Cup
• Copa del Rey winners - Valencia CF - European Cup Winners' Cup
• FC Barcelona qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 16. - Celta Vigo
• 17th - Racing Santander
• 18 - Recreativo Huelva

Promoted to the Primera División

• AD Almería
• CD Málaga
• Betis Seville

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Hans Krankl	FC Barcelona	29
2		Quini	Sporting Gijón	23
3		Jesús María Satrústegui	Real Sociedad	20th
4th		Pichi Alonso	Real Zaragoza	19th
		Ruben Cano	Atlético Madrid	19th

The Real Madrid championship team

1.

real Madrid

Goal : Mariano García Remón (19 / -); Miguel Ángel (16 / -); José Maté (1 / -) Defense : Enrique Ernesto Wolff (34/1); Gregorio Benito (30/1); Isidoro San Jose (28/1); Pirri (25/5); Juan Cruz Sol (21 / -); Andrés Sabido (11/1); Rafael García Cortés (2 / -) Midfield : Vicente del Bosque (30/2); Francisco Aguilar (26/9); Uli Stielike (24/2); Isidro Díaz (18 / -); Francisco García Hernández (11/4); Alberto Vitoria (9 / -) Storm : Santillana (33/18); Juanito (29/6); Henning Jensen (27/3); Roberto Martínez (23/4); Carlos Alfredo Guerini (13/2) Coach : Luis Molowny

Web links

• Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Primera División 1978/79. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .