1959–60 Real Madrid CF season
| 1959–60 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Head coach | Manuel Fleitas (until 11 April 1960) Miguel Muñoz |
| Stadium | Chamartín |
| Primera Division | 2nd |
| Copa del Generalísimo | Runners-up |
| European Cup | Winners (in European Cup) |
| Top goalscorer | League: Ferenc Puskás (25) All: Puskás (47) |
The 1959–60 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 57th season in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Summary
[edit ]During the summer French playmaker Raymond Kopa returned to Just Fontaine's Stade de Reims after three successful campaigns at Chamartín. Chairman Santiago Bernabéu, impressed by Brazil's style of play at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, made an offer to buy Pelé from Santos FC [1] however, it was rejected by the player. Then, the club hired a new manager, former Brazilian tournament winner Manuel Fleitas Solich [2] from Flamengo and transferred in Brazilian World Cup winner playmaker Didí [3] (who only played 19 matches and abandoned the team in January). Also, from América-RJ, came Brazilian midfielder Canário [4] and in April arrived from Real Betis youngstar Luis del Sol,[5] who played a superb season.[6]
In the Spanish league, Madrid and Barcelona finished tied in points (46). Although Real scored a record 92 goals in 30 rounds, it finished second on a goal average tie-breaker. After the squad lost the league title mathematically in round 29, Fleitas was fired. Then, former club player Miguel Muñoz took the head coach job in time for the semi-finals and final of the European Cup and the Copa del Generalísimo campaign.
In the European Cup, the team won its fifth consecutive title. In the round of sixteen, they won the series against Jeunesse Esch from Luxembourg (12–2, including four goals for Puskas, three for Enrique Mateos) and in the quarter-finals defeated French champions Nice 7–2, the second leg in front of 100,000 spectators. In the semi-finals against CF Barcelona, without star player László Kubala who was out due to a technical decision by coach Helenio Herrera, the team won both legs of the series with a 3–1 score (Alfredo Di Stéfano and Puskas were crucial to achieving victory), reaching the final for the fifth time in a row. In the title match, the squad (this time with Puskas as starter) defeated West German champions Eintracht Frankfurt by a 7–3 score in front of 120,000 spectators at Hampden Park, Glasgow.[7]
In the Copa del Generalísimo, the team defeated Barakaldo (4–1), Cultural Leonesa (9–0) and Sporting Gijón (13–1), reaching the semi-finals against Athletic Bilbao: in Bilbao, the basque team won 3–0; nevertheless Real Madrid mounted an incredible comeback in the second leg, winning 8–1 in Madrid. In the final, at Chamartín, the team lost 3–1 to Atlético Madrid in front of 100,000 spectators.
Squad
[edit ]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit ]| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Namemnsa | Fromtunisia | Typeplauer |
| MF | Didi | Botafogo | - |
| MF | Vidal | Granada | - |
| GK | Juan Bagur | Real Sociedad | |
| FW | Pepillo | Sevilla | |
| FW | Canario | - | - |
| FW | Bueno | Cadiz | - |
| DF | Pantaleon | Las Palmas | - |
| DF | Pachin | Osasuna | - |
| MF | Luis Del Sol | Real Betis | - |
| MF | Felo | Las Palmas | - |
| DF | Pedro Casado | Plus Ultra | - |
| FW | Laszlo Kaszas | - | - |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Raymond Kopa | Stade de Reims | - |
| FW | Joseito | Levante | - |
| MF | Hector Ramos | Plus Ultra | - |
| MF | Segurola | Sevilla | - |
| MF | Villa | Plus Ultra | - |
| FW | Joaquin Garcia | - | |
| FW | Ramón Marsal | Levante | - |
| DF | Pedro Casado | Plus Ultra | - |
Competitions
[edit ]Overall
[edit ]| Competition | Final position |
|---|---|
| Primera División | 2nd |
| Copa del Generalísimo | Runner-up |
| European Cup | Winners |
La Liga
[edit ]League table
[edit ]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 46 | Qualified for the European Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 2 | Real Madrid [a] | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 92 | 36 | +56 | 46 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 3 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 39 | |
| 4 | Sevilla | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 36 | |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 33 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Real Madrid qualified as title holders.
Position by round
[edit ]| Round | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Matches
[edit ][8] Kickoff times are in CET. Win Draw Loss
Di Stéfano 44'
Puskás 45'
Gento 57'
Gento 73' Stadium: Campo de Altabix
Referee: Birigay Nieva
Gento 44'
Di Stéfano 47'
Vidal 49'
Didi 52'
Puskás 75'
Di Stéfano 83' Report Stadium: Chamartín
Referee: Gomez Contreras
Álvaro 16'
Ramiro 85' Report Di Stéfano 4'
Puskás 32'
Gento 54' Stadium: Metropolitano
Referee: Rey Martinez
Puskás 27'
Puskás 71' (pen.)
Juan Alonso red cross icon66' Report Peiró 7'
Adelardo 60'
Mendonca soccer ball with red X67'
Manuel Pazos Red card 72'
Collar red cross icon85' Stadium: Chamartín
Referee: Lacambra Canela
Pereda 11'
Antoniet 43'
Szalay 58' Report Puskás 18' Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan
Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil
Pepillo 8'
Herrera 39'
Puskás 42' (pen.)
Gento 44'
Herrera 83'
Di Stéfano 85'
Puskás 87' Report Sanchez Lage 69' Stadium: Chamartín
Referee: Gardeazabal Garay
Eulogio Martínez 60'
Villaverde 62' Report Di Stéfano 58' Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona
Referee: Gonzalez Echeverria
Martínez 26'
Arsenio Iglesias 72' Report Di Stéfano 2'
Puskás 9'
Puskás 73'
Méndez 87' (own goal) Stadium: Los Cármenes
Referee: Gardeazabal Garay
Copa del Generalísimo
[edit ]Final
[edit ]European Cup
[edit ]First round
[edit ]Puskás 34', 62', 83'
Herrera 43', 77'
Mateos 53' Report Attendance: 59,447
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)
Schaak 15' Report Vidal 13'
Mateos 18', 31'
Di Stéfano 25'
Puskás 29' Stadium: Stade Municipal,
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
Quarter-finals
[edit ]Rial 30' Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray,
Attendance: 21,422
Referee: Abel da Costa (Portugal)
Gento 40'
Di Stéfano 45'
Puskás 51' Report Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Eduardo Rosa Gouveia (Portugal)
Semi-finals
[edit ]Puskás 28' Report Martínez 37' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: England Reginald Leafe
Gento 68' Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: England Arthur Edward Ellis
Final
[edit ]Di Stéfano 30'
Puskas 46'
Puskas 56' (pen.)
Puskas 60'
Puskas 71'
Di Stefano 73' Report Kreß 18'
Stein 72', 75' Stadium: Hampden Park,
Attendance: 127,621
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)
Statistics
[edit ]Players statistics
[edit ]| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Liga | Cup | Europe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Argentina ARG | Domínguez | 42 | -51 | 28 | -33 | 7 | -8 | 7 | -10 | |
| DF | Spain ESP | Marquítos | 37 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | Uruguay URU | Santamaría | 43 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DF | Spain ESP | Miche | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | Spain ESP | Vidal | 39 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| MF | Spain ESP | Antonio Ruiz | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | Spain ESP | Zárraga | 27 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | Spain ESP | Herrera | 39 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| FW | Hungary HUN | Puskás | 36 | 47 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 12 | |
| FW | Argentina ARG | Di Stéfano | 34 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
| FW | Spain ESP | Gento | 38 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| GK | Spain ESP | Bagur | 4 | -2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Brazil BRA | Didi | 19 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | Spain ESP | Pepillo | 18 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| DF | Spain ESP | Lesmes II | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| FW | Spain ESP | Mateos | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| GK | Spain ESP | Juan Alonso | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Spain ESP | Santisteban | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | Argentina ARG | Héctor Rial | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| FW | Brazil BRA | Canario | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | Spain ESP | Bueno | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| DF | Spain ESP | Pantaleón | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Spain ESP | Pachín | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | Spain ESP | Del Sol | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| MF | Spain ESP | Felo | |||||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ Chris Winterburn (12 May 2019). "Real Madrid's failed pursuit of Pele". marca.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Real Madrid - Coaches".
- ^ Brian Glanville (15 May 2001). "Didi". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ "Del Sol". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ López Sancho, Lorenzo (9 April 1960). "Del Sol, un andaluz nacido en tierras sorianas, firma un contrato fabuloso con el Real Madrid" [Del Sol, Andalusian from land of Soria, signs fabulous contract with Real Madrid]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "The greatest matches of all time". The Daily Telegraph . London. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ bdfutbol – partidos
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