1973–74 La Liga

The 1973–74 La Liga was the 43rd season since its establishment. It started on September 1, 1973, and finished on May 20, 1974.

Primera División

Season	1973–74
Champions	Barcelona (9th title)
Relegated	Castellón Racing Santander Oviedo
European Cup	Barcelona
Cup Winners' Cup	Real Madrid
UEFA Cup	Atlético Madrid Zaragoza Real Sociedad
Matches played	306
Goals scored	710 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Quini (20)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Team locations

 

 

Bilbao

 

Atlético

 

Barcelona

 

Castellón

 

Celta

 

Elche

 

Español

 

Granada

 

Málaga

 

Racing

 

Murcia

 

Oviedo

 

Real Madrid

 

Real Sociedad

 

Sporting

 

Valencia

 

Zaragoza

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Location of teams in La Liga 1973–74

 

 

Las Palmas

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Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Elche	Elche	Altabix
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Granada	Granada	Los Cármenes
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
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	Barcelona (C)	34	21	8	5	75	24	+51	50	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Atlético Madrid	34	16	8	10	50	31	+19	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Zaragoza	34	16	7	11	51	38	+13	39
4	Real Sociedad	34	15	8	11	46	45	+1	38
5	Athletic Bilbao	34	15	7	12	35	31	+4	37
6	Granada	34	12	12	10	34	35	−1	36
7	Málaga	34	12	12	10	31	32	−1	36
8	Real Madrid	34	13	8	13	48	38	+10	34	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
9	Español	34	13	8	13	34	38	−4	34
10	Valencia	34	13	7	14	41	33	+8	33
11	Las Palmas	34	14	5	15	28	35	−7	33
12	Celta	34	12	6	16	43	49	−6	30
13	Sporting Gijón	34	13	4	17	49	59	−10	30
14	Elche	34	11	7	16	25	33	−8	29
15	Murcia	34	10	9	15	27	37	−10	29
16	Castellón (R)	34	9	11	14	28	46	−18	29	Relegation to the Segunda División
17	Oviedo (R)	34	8	11	15	36	54	−18	27
18	Racing Santander (R)	34	9	6	19	29	52	−23	24

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

1. Real Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

Results table

Home \ Away	ATB	ATM	BAR	CAS	CEL	ELC	ESP	GRA	LPA	MLG	MUR	RGI	RMA	ROV	RSA	RSO	VAL	ZAR
Atlético Bilbao		2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1
Atlético Madrid	1–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	0–0
FC Barcelona	2–0	2–1		5–0	5–2	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	6–2	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–0
CD Castellón	0–0	1–1	0–2		1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1
Celta de Vigo	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–1		1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	5–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	5–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0
Elche CF	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
RCD Español	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–1
Granada CF	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0		2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–2
UD Las Palmas	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
CD Málaga	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1
Murcia	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		2–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Real Gijón	2–0	0–3	2–4	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		4–3	0–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–2
Real Madrid	1–0	2–0	0–5	0–0	6–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	2–2		2–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	4–0
Real Oviedo	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		2–1	0–2	1–2	1–0
Real Santander	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	2–0		0–0	0–1	1–1
Real Sociedad	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–1		3–2	2–0
Valencia CF	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	6–1	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–2		0–0
Zaragoza	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	5–1	0–0	2–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy

Rank	Player	Goals	Team
1	Quini	20	Real Gijón
2	Marcial Pina	17	FC Barcelona
	Saturnino Arrúa	17	Zaragoza
4	Johan Cruyff	16	FC Barcelona
5	Marianín	12	Real Oviedo
	Rafael de Diego	12	RCD Español
	Enrique Galán	12	Real Oviedo
	Fernando Ansola	12	Real Sociedad

References

• La Liga 1973-74
• Primera División 1973/74
• Futbolme.com
• All rounds in La Liga 1973/74
• List of La Liga Champions

External links

• (in Spanish) Official LFP Site