2015–16 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid
2015–16 season
	Sergio Ramos (left) and Zinedine Zidane (right) with the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League trophy, 29 May 2016
President	Florentino Pérez
Head coach	Rafael Benítez; (until 4 January 2016); Zinedine Zidane; (from 4 January 2016)
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Rey	Round of 32 (disqualified)
UEFA Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cristiano Ronaldo (35); All: ; Cristiano Ronaldo (51)
Highest home attendance	80,148 (vs Barcelona, 21 November 2015)
Lowest home attendance	60,663 (vs Malmö FF, 8 December 2015)
Average home league attendance	68,929
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 112th season in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Under new manager Rafael Benítez, Real Madrid remained unbeaten in the league until a 3–2 loss at Sevilla on the matchday 11. Perhaps, his reign is best remembered by multiple lopsided wins achieved both in La Liga and the Champions League (6–0 vs Espanyol, 8–0 vs Malmö, 10–2 vs Rayo Vallecano and others). In the Copa del Rey round of 32, Real accidentally fielded an ineligible player, who was suspended from the previous season (when he was representing a different team), resulting in the team's controversial disqualification from the tournament by the competition judge despite protests from President Pérez.^[1] In the meantime, Real comfortably topped their UCL group with 16 points and a +16 goal difference. Benítez was relieved of his duties mid-season, following allegations of unpopularity with supporters, displeasure with players and a failure to get good results against top teams.^[2] Benítez's departure was announced along with the promotion of Zinedine Zidane to his first head coaching role.^[3] Under Zidane, Madrid managed to turn the odds in its favor, ultimately winning the Champions League, something no one expected. The notable results include a 2–1 away victory over reigning treble winners Barcelona, who were on a record-breaking winning streak, a fantastic comeback against Wolfsburg in the Champions League quarter-finals (after losing the away game 0–2, Madrid erased the deficit and won 3–0 at home, courtesy of a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick), as well as a 12-game winning streak to conclude the league campaign, meaning Real finished second, with 90 points and just one point behind champions Barcelona, coming agonizingly close to clinching the title and overcoming a 12-point deficit in the process.^[4] Finally, on 28 May, Real Madrid's eleventh Champions League title was won thanks to a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory over rivals Atlético Madrid after a 1–1 draw in the final, with the achievement being termed "La Undécima".^[5]^[6]^[7]

This season was for the very first time since 1998–99 not featuring the all-time legendary goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who after 16 years of his service with Los Merengues, bidded farewell to later on join Porto. Casillas won 19 trophies altogether.

Season overview[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

La Décima winning coach Carlo Ancelotti left the club on 25 May 2015, after winning two out of possible six trophies in the 2014–15 season and narrowly missing out both on the league and Champions League titles.^[8] He was then replaced by Rafael Benítez on 3 June 2015.^[9]

Brazilian duo Casemiro and Danilo were bought from Porto for a fee of €7.5 million and €31.5 million respectively. Both signed long-term deals with the club, with Casemiro returning after Real Madrid exercised their buy-back clause option on the player.^[10] Spanish wingers Marco Asensio and Lucas Vázquez also joined the club, while Sami Khedira signed for Juventus after his contract was not renewed by the club.^[11] Javier Hernández soon departed back to Manchester United after Madrid did not make his season-long loan from the last campaign a permanent deal.

The contracts of Dani Carvajal, Marcelo and Sergio Ramos were renewed for another six years and were set to expire in the summer of 2020.^[12]^[13]^[14] Pepe extended his contract until 2017.^[15] Casemiro's contract was extended to 2021.^[16]

Iker Casillas left the club on 11 July 2015 and was transferred to Porto after 16 years with Los Blancos.^[17]^[18] Kiko Casilla was signed as a replacement on 17 July 2015.^[19]

The schedule of the season was announced on 14 July 2015.^[20]

On 18 August 2015, Mateo Kovačić was signed from Internazionale,^[21] while Marco Asensio was loaned to Espanyol.^[22]

August[edit]

Madrid started off their 2015–16 league campaign with a goalless draw at Sporting de Gijón.^[23]

Asier Illarramendi was sold to Real Sociedad on 26 August 2015, while Fábio Coentrão was loaned to Monaco and Lucas Silva to Marseille.^[24]^[25]^[26]

Madrid thrashed Real Betis in their home opener by a score of 5–0 after braces from Gareth Bale and James Rodríguez and a goal from Karim Benzema.^[27]

September[edit]

Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals and had an assist for Benzema in a 6–0 away rout of Espanyol.^[28] With the five goals, Ronaldo set his Spanish league goal tally to 230 goals in 203 games, surpassing Raúl's record of 228 goals in 550 games for Real Madrid in La Liga, becoming the all-time top scorer for Real Madrid in the Spanish league.^[29]^[30]

Real started the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League season with a 4–0 home victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. Benzema scored the opener and Ronaldo had yet another hat-trick just four days after his last.^[31]

A lone goal by Benzema lifted Madrid over Granada to maintain their winning streak.^[32]

Benzema scored a brace to help Real record another victory at Athletic Bilbao.^[33]

Against Málaga, Madrid came out with a goalless draw.^[34]

October[edit]

Real visited Atlético Madrid in the first Madrid Derby of the season. Benzema gave Real the lead, but the game eventually ended in a 1–1 draw.^[35]

Ronaldo became the all-time top goalscorer for Real Madrid with a goal in a 3–0 victory over Levante. Marcelo and Jesé scored the other goals.^[36]

Madrid faced Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and came away with a goalless draw,^[37] which extended Madrid's unbeaten group stage streak to three years.^[38]

In the top match of the ninth round, against Celta de Vigo, Madrid came away with a 3–1 victory, thanks to goals from Ronaldo, Marcelo and Danilo (his first goal as a Real player).^[39]

Goals from Isco, Ronaldo and Jesé wrapped up the month of October up with a 3–1 home win over Las Palmas.^[40]

November[edit]

The new month started with a narrow 1–0 victory against Paris Saint-Germain, which saw Madrid going through to the round of 16 in the Champions League. The lone goal was scored by Nacho.^[41]

Goals from Sergio Ramos and James Rodríguez were not enough to get by Sevilla, as Real lost the game 2–3 and the lead position of the table.^[42]

After the international break, Real hosted arch-rivals Barcelona and suffered a 0–4 loss, their heaviest defeat in El Clásico since 0–5 in 2010.^[43]

Madrid secured the top spot of their Champions League group by defeating Shakhtar Donetsk 4–3 away after a brace from Ronaldo and goals from Luka Modrić and Dani Carvajal.^[44]

Goals from Bale and Ronaldo snapped a two-game losing streak in the league with a 2–0 victory over Eibar.^[45]

December[edit]

Madrid started the cup season in style with a 3–1 victory over Cádiz by a brace from Isco and a goal from Denis Cheryshev.^[46] The match was controversial, however, as Cheryshev was suspended from the previous season for three yellow cards (when he was representing a different team) but played the game nonetheless due to an accounting mistake by Madrid officials. Real was disqualified from the 2015–16 Copa del Rey two days later by the competition judge despite protests from President Pérez.^[47]^[1]^[48]

A brace from Benzema and goals from Bale and Ronaldo gave Madrid the edge to win 4–1 over Getafe.^[49]

Four goals from Ronaldo, a hat-trick from Benzema and a goal from Mateo Kovačić wrapped up the group stage of the Champions League with an 8–0 thrashing of Malmö FF.^[50]

Madrid had a rough awakening back in La Liga when they lost 0–1 at Villarreal.^[51]

A record 10–2 victory over Rayo Vallecano helped Madrid to secure the third spot in the league table with four goals from Bale, a hat-trick from Benzema, a Ronaldo brace and a goal from Danilo.^[52]

Two goals from Ronaldo and a goal from Lucas Vázquez secured a 3–1 victory against Real Sociedad to end the year.^[53]

January[edit]

The new year started with a 2–2 draw at Valencia, with goals from Benzema and Bale securing ten-man Real Madrid a point.^[54]

On 4 January 2016, it was announced that Benítez was sacked and replaced by former assistant coach Zinedine Zidane.^[55]

The Zidane era was opened with a 5–0 win over Deportivo de La Coruña thanks to a hat-trick by Bale and a brace from Benzema.^[56]

Gijón was defeated 5–1 with braces from Ronaldo and Benzema plus a Bale goal.^[57]

A goal from Benzema was not enough in a 1–1 draw against Betis.^[58]

Real then thrashed Espanyol 6–0, with Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick and Rodríguez and Benzema adding the other goals alongside an own goal.^[59]

February[edit]

Cheryshev was loaned out to Valencia on 1 February 2016.^[60]

A late goal from Modrić saved the 2–1 win against Granada, after Benzema opened the scoring.^[61]

A stunning Ronaldo brace and goals from Rodríguez and Toni Kroos gave Madrid a 4–2 victory over Bilbao.^[62]

Against Roma in the Champions League round of 16, Ronaldo and Jesé helped Zidane to get off to a good start in Europe with a 2–0 win.^[63]

Madrid managed to get a 1–1 draw at Málaga with the goal being scored by Ronaldo.^[64]

The home match against Atlético Madrid was lost 0–1 and the gap to the first place blew to 12 points.^[65]

March[edit]

The new month was opened with a 3–1 victory at Levante with goals from Ronaldo, Isco and an own goal.^[66]

Four goals from Ronaldo and goals by Pepe, Bale and Jesé secured Madrid a 7–1 win over Celta Vigo.^[67]

Goals from Ronaldo and Rodríguez secured a 2–0 win over Roma (aggregate 4–0) in the round of 16 of the Champions League.^[68]

Casemiro secured the three points with a late goal, after Ramos initially put Madrid in the lead in a 2–1 away victory over Las Palmas.^[69]

Goals from Benzema, Ronaldo, Bale and Jesé secured Los Blancos a 4–0 win over Sevilla.^[70]

April[edit]

El Clásico was won 2–1 away from home with a Benzema equalizer and a late winner from Ronaldo, snapping Barcelona's 39-game unbeaten streak.^[71] Madrid outplayed Barça despite having been reduced to ten men in the second half with a Ramos red card and having a goal ruled out for a non-existent foul by Bale.^[72]^[73]

The first leg of the quarter-finals at the Champions League was lost 0–2 away from home to VfL Wolfsburg.^[74]

Against Eibar, Madrid was able to get a 4–0 victory with goals from Rodríguez, Vázquez, Ronaldo and Jesé.^[75]

In the penultimate home leg against Wolfsburg, a perfect Ronaldo hat-trick propelled Madrid's comeback, with a 3–0 home win overturning the deficit and ensuring a 3–2 aggregate victory. The result also signified Madrid's progression to their sixth consecutive Champions League semi-finals.^[76]

Benzema, Isco, Bale, Rodríguez and Ronaldo gave Madrid a 5–1 victory at Getafe.^[77]

Goals from Benzema, Vázquez and Modrić secured Madrid the three points in a 3–0 win over Villarreal.^[78]

A brace from Bale and a goal from Vázquez gave Madrid a comeback win against Rayo Vallecano after being down 0–2.^[79]

The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals against Manchester City ended in a goalless draw.^[80]

A Bale header gave Madrid a late 1–0 win at Real Sociedad.^[81]

May[edit]

Fernando scored an own goal as Real Madrid progressed into the Champions League final by beating Manchester City, setting up a clash with neighbours Atlético Madrid for the second time in three years.^[82]

A brace from Ronaldo and a goal from Benzema secured a narrow 3–2 win over Valencia. With this win, Real moved up to second place in the league with a chance at the title.^[83]

Madrid won 2–0 at Deportivo thanks to another Ronaldo brace at the last matchday of the league. With that win, Madrid finished second, just a point behind league champions Barcelona, also producing a remarkable 12-game winning streak to conclude the campaign.^[84]

On 28 May 2016, Real Madrid's 11th Champions League title was won thanks to a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory over Atlético Madrid after a 1–1 draw, with Ramos giving Real an early lead.^[85]

Kits[edit]

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Players[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Keylor Navas	28	EU	2014	46	0	2020	€10M	Second nationality: Spain
2	DF	Raphaël Varane	22	EU	2011	150	6	2020	€10M
3	DF	Pepe (2nd VC)	32	EU	2007	317	13	2017	€30M	Second nationality: Brazil
4	DF	Sergio Ramos (captain)	29	EU	2005	478	58	2020	€28M
6	DF	Nacho	25	EU	2012	79	2	2021	Youth system
7	FW	Cristiano Ronaldo (3rd VC)	30	EU	2009	348	364	2018	€94M
8	MF	Toni Kroos	25	EU	2014	101	3	2020	€25M
9	FW	Karim Benzema	27	EU	2009	317	161	2019	€35M	Second nationality: Algeria
10	MF	James Rodríguez	24	Non-EU	2014	78	25	2020	€80M
11	FW	Gareth Bale	26	EU	2013	123	58	2019	€100M
12	DF	Marcelo (VC)	27	EU	2007 (Winter)	360	25	2020	€6.5M	Second nationality: Spain
13	GK	Kiko Casilla	28	EU	2015	7	0	2020	€6M	Originally from youth system
15	DF	Dani Carvajal	23	EU	2013	118	3	2020	€6.5M	Originally from youth system
16	MF	Mateo Kovačić	21	EU	2015	34	1	2021	€29M
17	DF	Álvaro Arbeloa	32	EU	2009	237	6	2016	€4.5M	Originally from youth system
18	FW	Lucas Vázquez	24	EU	2015	33	4	2020	€1M	Originally from youth system
19	MF	Luka Modrić	29	EU	2012	174	10	2018	€30M
20	FW	Jesé	22	EU	2011	94	18	2018	Youth system
22	MF	Isco	23	EU	2013	149	21	2018	€27M
23	DF	Danilo	24	Non-EU	2015	31	2	2021	€31.5M
31	GK	Rubén Yáñez	21	EU	2015	0	0	2018	Youth system

Last updated: 28 May 2016
Source: realmadrid.com
Ordered by squad position.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
13	GK	Kiko Casilla	28	EU	Espanyol	Transfer	Summer	2020	€6M	Real Madrid CF
14	DM	Casemiro	23	Non-EU	Porto	End of loan	Summer	2017	Free	Real Madrid CF
16	CM	Mateo Kovačić	21	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	2021	€29M	Real Madrid CF
18	RW	Lucas Vázquez	24	EU	Espanyol	Buy-back clause	Summer	2020	€1M	Real Madrid CF
21	LW	Denis Cheryshev	24	EU	Villarreal	End of loan	Summer	2021	Free
23	RB	Danilo	23	Non-EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer	2021	€31.5M	Real Madrid CF
31	GK	Rubén Yáñez	21	EU	RM Castilla	Promotion	Summer	2016	Free
	AM	Marco Asensio	19	EU	Mallorca	Transfer	Summer	2021	€3.5M	Real Madrid CF
	CB	Jesús Vallejo	18	EU	Real Zaragoza	Transfer	Summer	2021	€5M	Real Madrid CF

Total spending: €83.5M

Out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK	Iker Casillas	34	EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer	Free	FC Porto
5	LB	Fábio Coentrão	27	EU	Monaco	Loan	Summer	Loan	AS Monaco FC
6	DM	Sami Khedira	28	EU	Juventus	End of contract	Summer	Free	Juventus F.C.
14	CF	Javier Hernández	27	Non-EU	Manchester United	End of loan	Summer	End of loan	Manchester United F.C.
16	DM	Lucas Silva	22	Non-EU	Marseille	Loan	Summer	€650K	Olympique de Marseille
24	DM	Asier Illarramendi	25	EU	Real Sociedad	Transfer	Summer	€15M	Real Sociedad
25	GK	Fernando Pacheco	23	EU	Alavés	Transfer	Summer	Free	Deportivo Alavés
	AM	Marco Asensio	19	EU	Espanyol	Loan	Summer	Loan	RCD Espanyol
	CB	Jesús Vallejo	18	EU	Real Zaragoza	Loan	Summer	Loan	Real Zaragoza
21	LW	Denis Cheryshev	25	EU	Valencia	Loan	Winter	Loan	Valencia CF

Total income: €15.65M Net income: €67.85M

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

18 July 2015^[86] 1	Real Madrid	0–0 (6–7 p)	Roma	Melbourne, Australia
19:00 (UTC+10)		Report		Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 80,746 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England) Man of the Match: Gervinho
	Penalties
	Danilo Kroos Silva Isco Benzema Nacho Vázquez		Pjanić Ljajić Destro Florenzi Iturbe Paredes Keita

24 July 2015^[86] 2	Manchester City	1–4	Real Madrid	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 (UTC+10)	Touré 45+4' (pen.)	Report	Benzema 21' Ronaldo 25' Pepe 44' Cheryshev 73'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 99,382 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo

27 July 2015^[87] 3	Internazionale	0–3	Real Madrid	Guangzhou, China
20:00 (UTC+8)	Hernanes 53' Juan 67'	Report	Jesé 29' Varane 56' Rodríguez 88' Arbeloa 90'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,896 Referee: Fu Ming (China) Man of the Match: Isco

30 July 2015^[87] 4	Real Madrid	0–0 (10–9 p)	Milan	Shanghai, China
20:00 (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Referee: Di Wang (China) Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo
	Penalties
	Rodríguez Marcelo Casemiro Ramos Kroos Carvajal Nacho Cheryshev Isco Jesé Casilla		De Jong Matri Bacca Honda Luiz Adriano Montolivo Zapata Mauri Calabria Paletta Donnarumma

4 August 2015^[88] 5	Real Madrid	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Munich, Germany
18:15 (UTC+2)	Rodríguez 36' Ramos 55' Bale 79'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Germany) Man of the Match: James Rodríguez

5 August 2015^[88] 6	Bayern Munich	1–0	Real Madrid	Munich, Germany
20:45 (UTC+2)	Alonso 36' Benatia 50' Lewandowski 88'	Report	Marcelo 33' Ramos 71'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

9 August 2015^[89] 7	Vålerenga	0–0	Real Madrid	Oslo, Norway
15:00 (UTC+2)		Report	Varane 63'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 27,010 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

18 August 2015^[90] 8	Real Madrid	2–1	Galatasaray	Madrid, Spain
22:30 (UTC+2)	Nacho 17' Marcelo 81'	Report	Sneijder 53'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	Matchday 1	Runners-up	23 August 2015	14 May 2016
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 32	2 December 2015	2 December 2015
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Winners	15 September 2015	28 May 2016

Updated to match played 28 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview[edit]

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	28	6	4	110	34	+76	073.68
Copa del Rey	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Champions League	13	9	3	1	28	6	+22	069.23
Total	52	38	9	5	141	41	+100	073.08

Last updated: 28 May 2016
Source: Competitions

La Liga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	38	29	4	5	112	29	+83	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Madrid	38	28	6	4	110	34	+76	90
3	Atlético Madrid	38	28	4	6	63	18	+45	88
4	Villarreal	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	28	6	4	110	34	+76	90	16	1	2	70	16	+54	12	5	2	40	18	+22

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: LaLiga.es

Results 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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	11	5	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: LaLiga.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

23 August 2015 1	Sporting Gijón	0–0	Real Madrid	Gijón
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cases 36' Carmona 66' Jony 71' Álvarez 74'	Report		Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 27,691 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

29 August 2015 2	Real Madrid	5–0	Real Betis	Madrid
22:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bale 2', 89' Kroos 24' Rodríguez 39', 50' Benzema 47' Varane 60' Casemiro 86'	Report	Vargas 29' Molinero 38' Torres 92'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 65,958 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

12 September 2015 3	Espanyol	0–6	Real Madrid	Cornellà de Llobregat
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	González 16' Cañas 66'	Report	Ronaldo 7', 17' (pen.), 20', 61', 81' Benzema 28', 36' Kovačić 69'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 27,395 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

19 September 2015 4	Real Madrid	1–0	Granada	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Isco 43' Benzema 55'	Report	Édgar 35' Márquez 70' Krhin 80'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 61,946 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

23 September 2015 5	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Real Madrid	Bilbao
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beñat 64' De Marcos 66' Merino 67' Ibai 81' García 90'	Report	Benzema 19', 70' Ronaldo 52' Pepe 57' Kroos 78'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 43,487 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

26 September 2015 6	Real Madrid	0–0	Málaga	Madrid
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Varane 48' Nacho 52' Carvajal 89' Ronaldo 90+4'	Report	Torres 27' Recio 66' Amrabat 77' Juanpi 87'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,361 Referee: José Luis González González

4 October 2015 7	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabi 17' Correa 39' Juanfran 60' Vietto 79', 83' Griezmann 82' Godín 88'	Report	Benzema 9' Ramos 21' Varane 59' Arbeloa 89'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 51,933 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

17 October 2015 8	Real Madrid	3–0	Levante	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marcelo 27' Ronaldo 30' Kovačić 45' Jesé 82'	Report	Feddal 13' Morales 38' Deyverson 48' José Mari 58'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 63,476 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

24 October 2015 9	Celta Vigo	1–3	Real Madrid	Vigo
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 37' 57' Fernández 57' Hernández 57' Aspas 57' Nolito 61', 85'	Report	Ronaldo 8' Danilo 23' Vázquez 52' Marcelo 90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 24,519 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

31 October 2015 10	Real Madrid	3–1	Las Palmas	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Isco 4' Ronaldo 14' Jesé 43'	Report	Hernán 30', 38' Gómez 51' Artiles 93'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 69,822 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

8 November 2015 11	Sevilla	3–2	Real Madrid	Seville
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Immobile 36', 37' Banega 61' Llorente 74'	Report	Nacho 5' Ramos 22' Rodríguez 90+3'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 40,395 Referee: José Luis González González

21 November 2015 12	Real Madrid	0–4	Barcelona	Madrid
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rodríguez 23' Ramos 51' Carvajal 83' Isco 84'	Report	Suárez 11', 74' Dani Alves 31' Neymar 39' Iniesta 53' Busquets 90+2'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,148 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

29 November 2015 13	Eibar	0–2	Real Madrid	Eibar
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mauro 31' Escalante 89' Verdi 93'	Report	Kovačić 37' Bale 42', 63' Pepe 61' Vázquez 77' Ronaldo 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,892 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

5 December 2015 14	Real Madrid	4–1	Getafe	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzema 4', 16' Bale 35' Danilo 37' Ronaldo 38'	Report	Alexis 70'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,897 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

13 December 2015 15	Villarreal	1–0	Real Madrid	Villarreal
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soldado 9' Bailly 72' Suárez 92'	Report	Marcelo 31' Ramos 66'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 19,477 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

20 December 2015 16	Real Madrid	10–2	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Danilo 3', 72' Bale 25', 41', 61', 70' Ronaldo 30' (pen.), 53' Benzema 48', 79', 90'	Report	Amaya 10' Jozabed 12' Tito 14' Trashorras 15' Baena 19' 28' Nacho 27'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 61,564 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

30 December 2015 17	Real Madrid	3–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ronaldo 42' (pen.), 67' Nacho 56' Vázquez 86'	Report	Jonathas 24' Berchiche 32' C. Martínez 40' Bruma 49' Illarramendi 62'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 60,907 Referee: José Luis González González

3 January 2016 18	Valencia	2–2	Real Madrid	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Parejo 45+1' (pen.) Barragán 57' Alcácer 83'	Report	Benzema 16' Pepe 45' Kovačić 68' Bale 82'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 47,217 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

9 January 2016 19	Real Madrid	5–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzema 15', 90+1' Bale 22', 49', 63'	Report	Lux 15' Mosquera 64' Arribas 60'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,267 Referee: Pedro Jesús Pérez Montero

17 January 2016 20	Real Madrid	5–1	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bale 7' Ronaldo 9', 18' Benzema 12', 41' Modrić 58'	Report	Guerrero 49' López 62'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,365 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

24 January 2016 21	Real Betis	1–1	Real Madrid	Seville
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cejudo 7' Vargas 58' Petros 61' Molinero 69'	Report	Danilo 64' Benzema 71' Carvajal 90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 45,162 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

31 January 2016 22	Real Madrid	6–0	Espanyol	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzema 7' Ronaldo 12' (pen.), 45', 82' Rodríguez 16' Duarte 86' (o.g.)	Report	Pérez 11' Diop 37' J. López 42' Sylla 42' Álvaro 77'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 65,768 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

7 February 2016 23	Granada	1–2	Real Madrid	Granada
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopes 19' Pérez 32' El-Arabi 60', 61'	Report	Benzema 30' Ramos 62' Carvajal 83' Modrić 85'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 17,060 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

13 February 2016 24	Real Madrid	4–2	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ronaldo 3', 87' Varane 16' 83' Rodríguez 37' Kroos 45' Modrić 71'	Report	Eraso 10' Etxeita 14' Balenziaga 43' Elustondo 90'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,100 Referee: Alfonso J. Álvarez Izquierdo

21 February 2016 25	Málaga	1–1	Real Madrid	Málaga
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Torres 2' Weligton 35' Juanpi 41' Camacho 55' Albentosa 66' Kameni 90'	Report	Marcelo 24' Ronaldo 33' Modrić 71'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 28,290 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

27 February 2016 26	Real Madrid	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vázquez 62' Carvajal 90+1' Ramos 90+2'	Report	Godín 31' Filipe Luís 37' Griezmann 53' Giménez 72' Correa 90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 74,258 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

2 March 2016 27	Levante	1–3	Real Madrid	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deyverson 39' Simão Mate 42' García 79'	Report	Ronaldo 34' (pen.) Mariño 38' (o.g.) Vázquez 39' Isco 90+2'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,985 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

5 March 2016 28	Real Madrid	7–1	Celta Vigo	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Danilo 25' Pepe 29', 41' Ronaldo 50', 58', 64', 76' Jesé 77' Bale 81'	Report	Nolito 40' Jonny 59' Aspas 62' Orellana 85'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,432 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

13 March 2016 29	Las Palmas	1–2	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
19:30 WET (UTC±00:00)	Montoro 38' Lemos 56' Bigas 60' Viera 75' Willian José 87'	Report	Casemiro 16', 89' Ramos 24', 55' 90' Isco 55' Pepe 61'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 25,846 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

20 March 2016 30	Real Madrid	4–0	Sevilla	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzema 6' Varane 26' Casemiro 54' Ronaldo 64' Bale 66' Jesé 86'	Report	Reyes 57' Krychowiak 62'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,782 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

2 April 2016 31	Barcelona	1–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Suárez 27' Mascherano 29' Piqué 56' Rakitić 59'	Report	Ramos 10' 83' Carvajal 18' Benzema 62' Ronaldo 80', 85'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,902 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

9 April 2016 32	Real Madrid	4–0	Eibar	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodríguez 5' Vázquez 18' Ronaldo 19' Jesé 39' Danilo 78'	Report	García 3' Escalante 62' Ramis 68'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 66,214 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

16 April 2016 33	Getafe	1–5	Real Madrid	Getafe
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Suárez 43' Vázquez 61' León 78' Gómez 81' Sarabia 84'	Report	Benzema 29' Isco 40' Bale 50' Rodríguez 88' Nacho 90' Ronaldo 90+2'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 10,951 Referee: Jose Luis González

20 April 2016 34	Real Madrid	3–0	Villarreal	Madrid
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benzema 41' Danilo 45' Vázquez 69' Modrić 76' Casemiro 86'	Report	Trigueros 44'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 62,085 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

23 April 2016 35	Rayo Vallecano	2–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Embarba 7' Miku 14' Jozabed 53' Crespo 62' Iturra 68' Trashorras 73' Amaya 77' Raț 83'	Report	Bale 35', 81' Vázquez 52' Kovačić 67'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 13,134 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

30 April 2016 36	Real Sociedad	0–1	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Illarramendi 36' Bergara 42' Prieto 48' Zaldúa 64'	Report	Bale 41', 80' Ramos 59' Nacho 62' Modrić 75'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 26,381 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

8 May 2016 37	Real Madrid	3–2	Valencia	Madrid
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronaldo 28', 58' Benzema 42' Casemiro 52'	Report	Pérez 13' Siqueira 39' Gomes 43', 81' Rodrigo 55', 83' Fuego 69'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,903 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

14 May 2016 38	Deportivo La Coruña	0–2	Real Madrid	A Coruña
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mosquera 57'	Report	Ronaldo 8', 25' Kroos 50' Ramos 86' Marcelo 90'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 28,017 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Copa del Rey[edit]

Round of 32[edit]