The 1968–69 La Liga was the 38th season since its establishment. The season began on 14 September 1968, and concluded on 20 April 1969.

Primera División
Season1968–69
ChampionsReal Madrid
(14th title)
RelegatedMálaga
Español
Córdoba
European CupReal Madrid
Cup Winners' CupAtlético Bilbao
Matches played240
Goals scored561 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerAmancio
José Eulogio Gárate
(14 goals each)
Biggest home winZaragoza 6–0 Granada
Biggest away winMálaga 0–3 Barcelona
Highest scoringAtlético Madrid 4–4 Atlético Bilbao
Real Madrid 5–3 Sabadell

Competition format

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The relegation playoffs were disestablished and the three last qualified teams were directly relegated to Segunda División.

Team locations

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Team Home city Stadium
Atlético Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón
Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp
Córdoba Córdoba El Arcángel
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor
Elche Elche Altabix
Español Barcelona Sarrià
Granada Granada Los Cármenes
Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda
Pontevedra Pontevedra Pasarón
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha
Sabadell Sabadell Creu Alta
Valencia Valencia Mestalla
Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 30 18 11 1 46 21 +25 47 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Las Palmas 30 15 8 7 45 34 +11 38 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Barcelona 30 13 10 7 40 18 +22 36
4 Sabadell 30 10 12 8 33 34 −1 32
5 Valencia 30 10 11 9 36 39 −3 31
6 Atlético Madrid 30 10 10 10 40 37 +3 30
7 Real Sociedad 30 10 9 11 36 33 +3 29
8 Granada 30 11 7 12 26 38 −12 29
9 Elche 30 7 15 8 25 23 +2 29
10 Deportivo La Coruña 30 11 6 13 39 44 −5 28
11 Atlético Bilbao 30 10 8 12 42 46 −4 28 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
12 Pontevedra 30 7 13 10 20 23 −3 27
13 Zaragoza 30 8 10 12 36 36 0 26
14 Málaga (R) 30 9 7 14 37 42 −5 25 Relegation to the Segunda División
15 Español (R) 30 8 8 14 29 36 −7 24
16 Córdoba (R) 30 5 11 14 31 57 −26 21
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:
  1. ^ Atlético Bilbao qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

Results table

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Home \ Away ATB ATM BAR CÓR DEP ELC ESP GRA LPA MÁL PON RMA RSO SAB VAL ZAR
Atlético Bilbao 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 4–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–0
Atlético Madrid 4–4 0–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0
CF Barcelona 0–1 4–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0
Córdoba CF 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–4 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1
Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1
Elche CF 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0
RCD Español 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1
Granada CF 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0
UD Las Palmas 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–1
CD Málaga 4–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–2 4–1 1–1
Pontevedra CF 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Real Madrid 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 5–3 0–0 2–0
Real Sociedad 2–0 2–2 2–1 5–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–0 2–1
CE Sabadell FC 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Valencia CF 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0
Zaragoza 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 6–0 2–3 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–1
Source: BDFútbol
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Amancio Real Madrid 14
  José Eulogio Gárate Atlético Madrid 14
3   Sebastián Fleitas Málaga 13
4   José Manuel León Las Palmas 11
  Antonio Eduardo López Beci Deportivo La Coruña 11
  José Antonio Zaldúa Barcelona 11
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