1970–71 La Liga

Primera División
Season	1970–71
Champions	Valencia CF (4th title)
Relegated	Elche CF Zaragoza
European Cup	Valencia CF
UEFA Cup	Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Atlético Bilbao Celta de Vigo
Matches played	240
Goals scored	543 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Eulogio Gárate Carles Rexach (17)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

La Liga 1970-71 season was the 40th since its establishment. The season started on September 12, 1970 and finished on April 18, 1971. It consisted of the following clubs:

Team locations

Location of teams in La Liga 1970–71

Las Palmas

Canary Islands

Final table

P	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Comments
1	Valencia CF¹	30	18	7	5	41	19	43	+22	Champion of La Liga European Cup
2	CF Barcelona	30	19	5	6	50	22	43	+28	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Winner of Copa del Rey)
3	Atlético Madrid	30	17	8	5	51	20	42	+31	UEFA Cup
4	Real Madrid	30	17	7	6	46	24	41	+22	UEFA Cup
5	Atlético Bilbao	30	14	7	9	40	31	35	+9	UEFA Cup
6	Celta de Vigo	30	15	5	10	37	32	35	+5	UEFA Cup
7	Sevilla CF	30	13	6	11	34	42	32	-8
8	Real Sociedad	30	10	9	11	23	27	29	-4
9	CD Málaga	30	8	12	10	27	32	28	-5
10	Granada CF	30	10	8	12	33	34	28	-1
11	RCD Español	30	8	9	13	18	25	25	-7
12	Real Gijón	30	10	5	15	35	44	25	-9
13	CD Sabadell	30	8	5	17	28	49	21	-21
14	UD Las Palmas	30	5	10	15	33	42	20	-9
15	Elche CF	30	4	10	16	25	46	18	-21	Relegated to Segunda División
16	Zaragoza	30	3	9	18	22	54	15	-32	Relegated to Segunda División

¹ Although runner-up CF Barcelona had a greater goal difference (+28 to +22), Valencia boasted a superior head-to-head record against Barcelona that season, drawing 1–1 at the Mestalla and then winning 2–0 at the Camp Nou.

Results table

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

	ATB	ATM	BAR	CEL	ELC	ESP	GRA	LPA	MLG	RGI	RMA	RSO	SAB	SEV	VAL	ZAR
Atlético 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
Real 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

Pichichi Trophy

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

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