Primera División 1979/80

	Primera División 1979/80
master	real Madrid
European Cup of ; National Champions	real Madrid
Uefa cup	Real Sociedad , Sporting Gijón , ; FC Barcelona
Cup winners	real Madrid
European ; Cup Winners' Cup	Valencia CF (defending champion)
Relegated	Rayo Vallecano , Burgos CF , ; CD Málaga
Teams	18th
Games	306 (including 1 criminally verified)
Gates	769 (ø 2.52 per game) ; (excluding criminally verified games)
Top scorer	Quini ( Sporting Gijón )
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	Segunda División 1979/80 ↓

The Primera División 1979/80 was the 49th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on September 8, 1979 and ended on May 18, 1980.

Real Madrid became Spanish champions for the 20th time. The decisive factor was Real Sociedad's only defeat of the season on the penultimate matchday. Real Madrid took over the championship lead by one point.

Before the season

The 19-time champions Real Madrid started the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was Sporting Gijón .
Moved up from the Segunda División are AD Almería , CD Málaga and Betis Sevilla .

societies

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1979/80

society	city	Stadion
AD Almería	Almeria	Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas
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
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
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
UD Salamanca	Salamanca	Estadio Helmántico
Real Sociedad	San Sebastian	Estadio de Atotxa
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Betis Seville	Seville	Estadio Benito Villamarín
Sevilla FC	Seville	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Luis Casanova

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Real Madrid (M)	34	22nd	9	3	070:330	+37	53:15
2.	Real Sociedad	34	19th	14th	1	054:200	+34	52:16
3.	Sporting Gijón	34	16	7th	11	047:340	+13	39:29
4th	FC Barcelona	34	13	12	9	042:330	+9	38:30
5.	Betis Seville (N)	34	12	12	10	042:400	+2	36:32
6th	Valencia CF (P)	34	12	12	10	050:420	+8	36:32
7th	Athletic Bilbao	34	15th	5	14th	052:440	+8	35:33
8th.	Sevilla FC	34	14th	6th	14th	050:470	+3	34:34
9.	UD Salamanca	34	13	8th	13	037:370	± 0	34:34
10.	AD Almería (N)	34	11	11	12	042:500	−8	33:35
11.	Real Zaragoza	34	13	7th	14th	043:400	+3	33:35
12.	UD Las Palmas	34	13	6th	15th	036:490	−13	32:36
13.	Atlético Madrid	34	10	11	13	038:440	−6	31:37
14th	Español Barcelona	34	9	12	13	028:370	−9	30:38
15th	Hércules Alicante	34	8th	12	14th	036:390	−3	28:40
16.	Rayo Vallecano	34	9	8th	17th	046:610	−15	26:42
17th	Burgos CF	34	5	10	19th	029:610	−32	20:48
18th	CD Málaga (N) ¹	34	8th	6th	20th	028:590	−31	19:49

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

¹ CD Málaga was deducted three points because the club did not play against AD Almería. The game was rated as a 1-0 victory for Almería.

Spanish champion and participation in the 1980/81 European Cup

Participation in the 1980/81 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1980/81 European Cup Winners' Cup (as defending champion)

Relegation to the Segunda División

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

Crosstab

1979/80
real Madrid		2: 2	1-0	3: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	2-0	4: 1	3: 2	3: 1	4-0	2-0	5-0	7-0	2: 1	2: 1
Real Sociedad	4-0		4: 1	4: 3	0-0	0-0	4-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	4-0	2: 2	3: 1
Sporting Gijón	1: 1	0: 1		4: 1	3: 1	4: 2	2-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 4	4: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	0: 1
FC Barcelona	0: 2	0-0	0-0		5-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	3-0
Betis Seville	2: 3	1: 1	1-0	2: 1		3-0	0-0	4-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	2: 1
Valencia CF	2-0	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 2		2-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3-0	4-0	2: 1	5: 1	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	3: 1
Athletic Bilbao	3-0	0: 1	2: 3	2: 1	2: 2	4-0		4: 3	2-0	3-0	3: 1	3-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	4: 1	1-0	3: 1
Sevilla FC	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1		2-0	3: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	6: 1	3: 1
UD Salamanca	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1		2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 3	3-0
AD Almería	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	4: 2	2: 2	2-0		1-0	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 3	2-0	3: 2
Real Zaragoza	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	2: 2	5: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	0-0		4-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	5-0	3: 1
UD Las Palmas	1: 2	2: 2	4: 2	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 2	0-0		4: 2	1-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	1: 1
Atlético Madrid	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	2: 1	3: 1	0: 1	0: 1	3: 2	0: 1	4: 1	3-0	0-0		1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0
Español Barcelona	0-0	1: 2	1-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	5: 2	2-0	0: 1	0: 1		0-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1
Hércules Alicante	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	4-0	4-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 3	0: 1		2: 2	3-0	1-0
Rayo Vallecano	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	4: 1	2: 2	2: 1		5: 2	5: 1
Burgos CF	1: 2	1: 3	0: 3	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1		1-0
CD Málaga	1: 4	0-0	0: 3	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 3 ²	0: 1 ¹	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	1: 3	3: 1

² The game CD Málaga - UD Salamanca (0: 3) was initially canceled and Salamanca was penalized with a deduction of two points because Salamanca had manipulated the game.
This decision was annulled on May 25, 1982 and the result was confirmed.

After the season

International competitions

1. - Real Madrid - European Champion Clubs' Cup
2nd - Real Sociedad - UEFA Cup
3rd - Sporting Gijón - UEFA Cup
4th - FC Barcelona - UEFA Cup
Finalist of the Copa del Rey - Real Madrid Castilla ( Segunda División ) - European Cup Winners' Cup
Defending champion of the European Cup Winners 'Cup - Valencia CF - European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

Promoted to the Primera División

Pichichi trophy

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

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1	Spain 1977	Quini	Sporting Gijón	24
2	Spain 1977	Santillana	real Madrid	23
3	Argentina	Mario Kempes	Valencia CF	22nd
4th	Spain 1977	Daniel Ruiz-Bazan	Athletic Bilbao	21st
	Uruguay	Fernando Morena	Rayo Vallecano	21st

The Real Madrid championship team

1.	real Madrid
	Goal : Mariano García Remón (33 / -); Miguel Ángel (1 / -) Defense : José Antonio Camacho (33 / -); Gregorio Benito (27/4); Pirri (27/2); Andrés Sabido (19 / -); Isidoro San José (19 / -); Isidro Díaz (10/1); Ángel Pérez García (5 / -); Antonio García Navajas (5 / -)(C) Midfield : Ángel (32/3); Vicente del Bosque (32 / -); Uli Stielike (31/5); Francisco García Hernández (22/6); Miguel Ángel Portugal (8/1) Storm : Santillana (33/23); Juanito (31/10); Laurie Cunningham (29/8); Roberto Martínez (22/5); Poli Rincon (8/2) Coach : Vujadin Boškov

Web links

Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

↑ Primera División 1979/80. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
↑ El Málaga-Salamanca ¿amañado? (Malaga - Salamanca manipulated?). In: mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 (Spanish).

[1] Primera División 1979/80. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .

[2] El Málaga-Salamanca ¿amañado? (Malaga - Salamanca manipulated?). In: mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 (Spanish).

Primera División 1979/80

master	real Madrid
European Cup of National Champions	real Madrid
Uefa cup	Real Sociedad , Sporting Gijón , FC Barcelona
Cup winners	real Madrid
European Cup Winners' Cup	Valencia CF (defending champion)
Relegated	Rayo Vallecano , Burgos CF , CD Málaga
Teams	18th
Games	306 (including 1 criminally verified)
Gates	769 (ø 2.52 per game) (excluding criminally verified games)
Top scorer	Quini ( Sporting Gijón )
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