1990–91 La Liga

The 1990–91 La Liga season, the 60th since its establishment, started on September 1, 1990, and finished on June 9, 1991. Barcelona ended Real Madrid's five-year run as champions to seal the title.

La Liga

Season	1990 (1990)–91
Dates	1 September 1990 – 9 June 1991
Champions	Barcelona 11th title
Relegated	Castellón Betis
European Cup	Barcelona
Cup Winners' Cup	Atlético Madrid
UEFA Cup	Real Madrid Osasuna Sporting de Gijón Oviedo
Matches played	380
Goals scored	822 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emilio Butragueño (19 goals)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Team information

Clubs and locations

Athletic

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Burgos

Cádiz

Castellón

Español

Logroñés

Mallorca

Osasuna

Oviedo

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Sevilla

Sporting

Valencia

Valladolid

Zaragoza

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Location of teams in La Liga 1990–91

Tenerife

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Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Cádiz	Cádiz	Ramón de Carranza
Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia
Español	Barcelona	Sarrià
Logroñés	Logroño	Las Gaunas
Mallorca	Palma	Lluís Sitjar
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar
Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Real Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sevilla	Seville	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Valencia	Valencia	Luis Casanova
Valladolid	Valladolid	José Zorrilla
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	25	7	6	74	33	+41	57	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Atlético Madrid	38	17	13	8	52	28	+24	47	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Real Madrid	38	20	6	12	63	37	+26	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Osasuna	38	15	15	8	43	34	+9	45
5	Sporting Gijón	38	16	12	10	50	37	+13	44
6	Oviedo	38	13	16	9	36	35	+1	42
7	Valencia	38	15	10	13	44	40	+4	40
8	Sevilla	38	15	8	15	45	47	−2	38
9	Valladolid	38	12	13	13	38	40	−2	37
10	Logroñés	38	13	11	14	28	35	−7	37
11	Real Burgos	38	10	17	11	32	27	+5	37
12	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	6	17	41	50	−9	36
13	Real Sociedad	38	11	14	13	39	45	−6	36
14	Tenerife	38	14	7	17	37	53	−16	35
15	Mallorca	38	9	16	13	32	40	−8	34
16	Español	38	12	10	16	39	47	−8	34
17	Zaragoza (O)	38	11	11	16	36	40	−4	33	Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18	Cádiz (O)	38	7	15	16	29	41	−12	29
19	Castellón (R)	38	8	12	18	27	48	−21	28	Relegation to the Segunda División
20	Real Betis (R)	38	6	13	19	37	65	−28	25

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

Promotion playoff

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Murcia	2–5	Zaragoza	0–0	2–5
Málaga	1–1 (4–5 p)	Cádiz	1–0	0–1

First leg

Murcia v Zaragoza

12 June 1991	Murcia	0–0	Zaragoza	Murcia
21:30		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Condomina Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Málaga v Cádiz

12 June 1991	Málaga	1–0	Cádiz	Málaga
21:30	Esteban 61'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marcos

Second leg

Zaragoza v Murcia

19 June 1991	Zaragoza	5–2 (5–2 agg.)	Murcia	Zaragoza
21:30	Poyet 8', 31' Pardeza 41', 86' Higuera 78'	Report (in Spanish)	Eraña 40' Juanito 84'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Antonio Martín Navarrete

Cádiz v Málaga

19 June 1991	Cádiz	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (5–4 p)	Málaga	Cádiz
21:30	José 57'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte
	Penalties
	Oliva Raúl Poli José Carmelo Juan José		Quino Txirri Esteban Álvarez Antonio Mata Emilio

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	FCB	BET	CÁD	CAS	ESP	LOG	MLL	OSA	RBU	RMA	ROV	RSO	SFC	RSG	TEN	VCF	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		2–1	0–6	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0
Atlético Madrid	2–0		2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–0
Barcelona	4–1	1–1		4–2	2–0	6–0	5–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1
Betis	1–0	0–0	2–3		3–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1
Cádiz	2–3	0–1	4–0	1–2		0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Castellón	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	0–0
Espanyol	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0		0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	4–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Logroñés	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1
Mallorca	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–2
Osasuna	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	3–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Real Burgos	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1		2–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
Real Madrid	4–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–4	0–1		1–1	2–3	7–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–0
Oviedo	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Real Sociedad	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1		1–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0
Sevilla	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0		1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2
Sporting Gijón	3–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0		2–1	1–1	4–0	1–0
Tenerife	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–4	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–2
Valencia	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–2		2–0	2–0
Valladolid	1–0	0–0	1–5	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–0	6–2	3–1		0–0
Zaragoza	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy

Rank	Goalscorers	Team	Goals
1	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	19
2	John Aldridge	Real Sociedad	17
3	Manolo	Atlético Madrid	16
	Milan Luhový	Sporting de Gijón
5	Gregorio Fonseca	Valladolid	14
	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao
	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique	Sporting de Gijón
	Pepe Mel	Betis
	Jan Urban	Osasuna