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La Liga
Dates	1 September 1984 – 21 April 1985
Champions	Barcelona; 10th title
Relegated	Málaga; Elche; Murcia
European Cup	Barcelona
Cup Winners' Cup	Atlético Madrid
UEFA Cup	Athletic Bilbao; Sporting Gijón; Real Madrid; Osasuna
Matches played	306
Goals scored	662 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hugo Sánchez; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Barcelona 6–0 Murcia
Biggest away win	Real Madrid 0–4 Atlético Madrid; Real Sociedad 0–4 Atlético Madrid
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 La Liga season was the 54th since its establishment. It began on 1 September 1984, and concluded on 21 April 1985. The champions were Barcelona, who won the title by a 10-point margin over second-placed Atlético Madrid in their first season under the management of English coach Terry Venables.

Teams and locations

Location of teams in La Liga 1984–85

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Elche	Elche	Manuel Martínez Valero
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Hércules	Alicante	José Rico Pérez
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Murcia	Murcia	La Condomina
Osasuna	Pamplona	El Sadar
Racing Santander	Santander	El Sardinero
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	34	21	11	2	69	25	+44	53	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Atlético Madrid	34	16	11	7	51	28	+23	43	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Athletic Bilbao	34	13	15	6	39	26	+13	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Sporting Gijón	34	13	15	6	34	23	+11	41
5	Real Madrid	34	13	10	11	46	36	+10	36
6	Osasuna	34	13	8	13	38	38	0	34
7	Real Sociedad	34	11	12	11	41	33	+8	34
8	Español	34	11	12	11	40	44	−4	34
9	Valencia	34	9	15	10	40	37	+3	33
10	Zaragoza	34	11	11	12	39	39	0	33
11	Racing Santander	34	10	12	12	27	34	−7	32
12	Sevilla	34	10	11	13	29	41	−12	31
13	Valladolid	34	7	16	11	39	45	−6	30
14	Real Betis	34	11	8	15	37	43	−6	30
15	Hércules	34	9	12	13	28	45	−17	30
16	Málaga (R)	34	7	15	12	23	36	−13	29	Relegation to the Segunda División
17	Elche (R)	34	6	14	14	18	37	−19	26
18	Murcia (R)	34	6	10	18	24	52	−28	22

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

^ Atlético Madrid qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Results table

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	BAR	BET	ELC	ESP	HÉR	MLG	MUR	OSA	RAC	RMA	RSO	SEV	SPG	VAL	VLD	ZAR
Athletic Bilbao		2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	4–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–3
Atlético Madrid	0–0		1–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–1
FC Barcelona	0–0	2–2		4–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	4–0
Betis	0–2	0–1	1–2		2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0
Elche CF	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1		0–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0
RCD Español	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0		2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	3–2
Hércules CF	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0
CD Málaga	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0
Murcia	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	4–0		0–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3
Osasuna	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–1
Racing de Santander	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	5–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Real Madrid	2–2	0–4	0–3	3–2	6–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	5–0	1–0	3–0		1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2
Real Sociedad	1–2	0–4	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	0–3		5–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–1
Sevilla FC	3–0	2–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1		0–1	0–0	0–2	2–1
Sporting de Gijón	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0		1–1	1–3	0–2
Valencia CF	1–1	0–0	2–5	0–1	0–0	5–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–2		0–0	4–1
Valladolid	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–0		1–1
Zaragoza	1–0	1–1	2–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–1