The 1988–89 La Liga season was the 58th since its establishment. It began on 3 September 1988, and concluded on 25 June 1989.
Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the fourth year running, while Barcelona recovered under new coach Johan Cruyff to finish second.
Teams
Team Home city Stadium Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza Celta Vigo Vigo Balaídos Elche Elche Manuel Martínez Valero Español Barcelona Sarrià Logroñés Logroño Las Gaunas Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda Murcia Murcia La Condomina Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón Valencia Valencia Luis Casanova Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda
League table
Relegation playoff
First leg
Second leg
Results
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 BaltazarAtlético Madrid 35 2 Hugo SánchezReal Madrid 27 3 Julio SalinasBarcelona 20 4 AmarildoCelta Vigo 16 5 Emilio ButragueñoReal Madrid 15 6 FernandoValencia 14 7 MíchelReal Madrid 13 Pedro UraldeAthletic Bilbao 9 Txiki BegiristainBarcelona 12 10 RobertoBarcelona 11