1971–72 Real Madrid CF season
The 1971–72 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 69th season in existence and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
1971–72 season | |||
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President | Santiago Bernabéu | ||
Head coach | Miguel Muñoz | ||
Stadium | Chamartín | ||
La Liga | 1st (in European Cup) | ||
Copa del Generalísimo | Semifinals | ||
UEFA Cup | Eightfinals | ||
Top goalscorer | Pirri (11) | ||
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Summary
During summer President Santiago Bernabeu transferred out several players such as Sanchis, Bueno, Planelles, Gento (retired), Betancort, Calpe, De La Fuente, Jimenez, Espíldora and Fermín. The club new arrivals were goalkeeper García Remón and a teenage 19-yrs-old forward Santillana in a sign of rejuvenate the squad and a reduced transfers budget for the upcoming years.[1]
The club won its 15th League title[2] two points above Defending Champions Valencia CF after a 0–0 draw of CF Barcelona[3] against Cordoba CF at Los Carmenes one round before season finale.[4] The team played the UEFA Cup for the first time and was early eliminated in Eightfinals by Dutch side PSV Eindhoven due to away goals.[5] During June, the squad reached the 1971-72 Copa del Generalisimo semifinals being defeated by Valencia CF lost 1–0 at Mestalla and a draw 0–0 in Madrid.[6]
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
GK | García Remón | Real Oviedo | loan ended |
DF | Verdugo | Cordoba CF | - |
FW | Santillana | Racing Santander | - |
FW | Ico Aguilar | Racing Santander | - |
FW | Anzarda | River Plate | - |
MF | González | Racing Santander | - |
GK | Corral | Racing Santander | - |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
DF | Sanchis | Cordoba CF | end of contract |
FW | Manuel Bueno | Sevilla CF | end of contract |
MF | Planelles | Castellón | - |
MF | Francisco Gento | retired | end of contract |
GK | Antonio Betancort | UD Las Palmas | end of contract |
DF | Antonio Calpe | end of contract | |
DF | Luis María De La Fuente | Racing Santander | end of contract |
FW | Jimenez | Xerez | - |
DF | Espíldora | Racing Santander | - |
MF | Fermín | Cordoba CF | - |
Competitions
La Liga
Position by round
Equipo / Jornada |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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Real Madrid | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Real Madrid (C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Valencia | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Barcelona | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 43 | |
4 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Las Palmas | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 38 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- Atlético Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.
Matches
5 September 1971 1 | Real Madrid | 2-0 | Real Betis | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
16 October 1971 7 | Real Madrid | 1-0 | Atletico de Bilbao | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
31 October 1971 8 | Real Sociedad | 0-2 | Real Madrid | San Sebastián |
Report | Stadium: Atocha |
15 November 1971 9 | Real Madrid | 1-1 | Valencia CF | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
28 November 1971 11 | Real Madrid | 1-1 | CF Barcelona | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
4 December 1971 12 | UD Las Palmas | 2-0 | Real Madrid | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Insular |
12 December 1971 13 | Real Madrid | 4-2 | Granada CF | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
23 January 1972 18 | Real Betis | 0-0 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín |
5 March 1972 24 | Atletico de Bilbao | 1-0 | Real Madrid | Bilbao |
Report | Stadium: San Mamés |
12 March 1972 25 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
21 March 1972 26 | Valencia CF | 1-2 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
3 April 1972 28 | CF Barcelona | 1-0 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
Report | Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona |
9 April 1972 29 | Real Madrid | 2-0 | UD Las Palmas | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
16 April 1972 30 | Granada CF | 2-1 | Real Madrid | Granada |
Report | Stadium: Los Carmenes |
30 April 1972 32 | Deportivo La Coruña | 1-0 | Real Madrid | La Coruña |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Riazor |
7 May 1972 33 | Atletico Madrid | 4-1 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
Alberto Adelardo José Eulogio Gárate Grosso |
Report | Velázquez |
Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon Referee: Sanchez Rios |
Copa del Generalísimo
Eightfinals
4 June 1972 | San Andrés | 1-1 | Real Madrid | San Andrés |
Report |
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
29 June 1972 | Valencia CF | 1-0 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Mestalla |
2 July 1972 | Real Madrid | 0-0 | Valencia CF | Madrid |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
UEFA Cup
15 September 1971 | Basel | 1–2 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | |
20:00 | Hasler |
Report | Aguilar Santillana |
Referee: Ken Burns (England) |
29 September 1971 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium | |
21:00 | Aguilar Santillana |
Report | Siegenthaler |
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy) |
Eightfinals
20 October 1971 | Real Madrid | 3–1 | Madrid | |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín |
3 November 1971 | PSV Eindhoven | 2-0 (3a-3 agg.) | Eindhoven | |
Report | Stadium: Philips Stadion |
Statistics
Players statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 1971-72 La Liga[7] | 1971-72 Copa del Generalísimo | 1971-72 UEFA Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | García Remón | 29 | -24 | 29 | -24 | ||||||
DF | Verdugo | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||||||
DF | Goyo Benito | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||||||
DF | Ignacio Zoco | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||||
DF | Touriño | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||||
MF | Manuel Velázquez | 32 | 5 | 32 | 5 | ||||||
MF | Pirri | 23 | 11 | 23 | 11 | ||||||
FW | Santillana | 34 | 10 | 34 | 10 | ||||||
FW | Ramón Grosso | 32 | 3 | 32 | 3 | ||||||
FW | Ico Aguilar | 31 | 6 | 31 | 6 | ||||||
FW | Amancio Amaro | 28 | 6 | 28 | 6 | ||||||
GK | Miguel Ángel | 6 | -3 | 6 | -3 | ||||||
MF | Grande | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 | ||||||
FW | Anzarda | 16 | 6 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
DF | Pedro de Felipe | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
MF | González | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
GK | Andrés Junquera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
FW | Rafael Marañón | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
FW | Fleitas | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
DF | Zunzunegui | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
MF | Ortuño | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
GK | Borja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
DF | José Luis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
FW | Miguel Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Source:
References
- "The Dilemma of Real Madrid in 1971" (PDF). as.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- For this campaign Primera División championship format was expanded from 15 to 17 teams competing and from 30 to 34 rounds
- According to Eduardo Campanero, Honorary President (Chairman) of Cordoba CF, Real Madrid offered 100,000 pesetas (Spanish currency) for each Cordoba player to not let Barcelona (then in 2nd place of the League table) win the match. "There Had Money from Madrid to Cordoba". Mundo Deportivo.
- "The Day when Real Madrid pay Cordoba to not let Barcelona win a Match" (in Spanish). Diario Marca. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- "Why a 3-1 is dangerous for Real Madrid?". uefa.com.
- "Valencia advanced to the Copa del Generalisimo Final" (in Spanish). abc.es. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- "Real Madrid temporada 1971-72". bdfutbol.com.