1971–72 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1971–72 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Head coach	Miguel Muñoz
Stadium	Chamartín
La Liga	1st (in European Cup)
Copa del Generalísimo	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Pirri (11); All: Santillana (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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.

Summary

During summer President Santiago Bernabéu 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 Córdoba 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 Generalísimo semi-finals 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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	García Remón
—	DF	ESP	Verdugo
—	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito
—	DF	ESP	Ignacio Zoco
—	DF	ARG	Touriño
—	MF	ESP	Manuel Velázquez
—	MF	ESP	Pirri
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ESP	Ramón Grosso
—	FW	ESP	Aguilar
—	FW	ESP	Amancio Amaro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel
—	MF	ESP	Grande
—	FW	ARG	Anzarda
—	DF	ESP	Pedro de Felipe
—	MF	ESP	González
—	GK	ESP	Andrés Junquera
—	FW	ESP	Rafael Marañón
—	FW	PAR	Fleitas
—	DF	ESP	Zunzunegui
—	MF	ESP	Ortuño
—	GK	ESP	Borja
—	DF	ESP	José Luis
—	FW	ARG	Miguel Pérez

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	García Remón	Real Oviedo	loan ended
DF	Verdugo	Córdoba CF	–
FW	Santillana	Racing Santander	–
FW	Ico Aguilar	Racing Santander	–
FW	Anzarda	River Plate	–
MF	González	Racing Santander	–
GK	Corral	Racing Santander	–

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Sanchis	Córdoba 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	Córdoba 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
Equipo / Jornada
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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Atlético Madrid	34	14	11	9	45	28	+17	39	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
5	Las Palmas	34	15	8	11	40	36	+4	38	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
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
	Aguilar 25' Amancio 32'	Report	Bizcocho	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ricardo Coscolin

12 September 1971 2	Burgos	1–2	Real Madrid	Burgos
	Regejo 45' Raul Astorga	Report	14' Anzarda 76' Santillana	Stadium: El Plantio Referee: Fortuny

19 September 1971 3	Real Madrid	3–0	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
	Anzarda 19' Anzarda 44 ' Zunzunegi 66 '	Report	Lescano Jimenez Rivas	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Bachero

26 September 1971 4	Córdoba CF	2–2	Real Madrid	Córdoba
	Manolin Cuesta 17' Cruz Carrascosa 88' Molina Rodri 58' Torres Fermin Tejada	Report	41' Anzarda 57' (pen) Amancio Santillana

3 October 1971 5	Real Madrid	2–0	CE Sabadell CF	Madrid
	Ico Aguilar 43' Ico Aguilar 65'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Segrelles del Pilar

10 October 1971 6	CD Málaga	1–1	Real Madrid	Málaga
	Pons 28' Arias Viberti	Report	33' Amancio	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Referee: Orellana Alvarez

16 October 1971 7	Real Madrid	1–0	Atletico de Bilbao	Madrid
	Amancio 61' Goyo Benito	Report	87' Iribar Igartua	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Segrelles del Pilar

31 October 1971 8	Real Sociedad	0–2	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
		Report	19' Santillana 77' Aguilar	Stadium: Atocha Referee: Juan Elizondo

15 November 1971 9	Real Madrid	1–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Santillana 30'	Report	44' Quino Vidajani	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Fernando Tejerina

21 November 1971 10	Español	0–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
		Report	Verdugo	Stadium: Sarria Referee: Pedro Illordi

28 November 1971 11	Real Madrid	1–1	CF Barcelona	Madrid
	Grosso 6'	Report	68' Asensi	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Luis Diaz

4 December 1971 12	UD Las Palmas	2–0	Real Madrid	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
	Gilberto 26' Devora 77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Juan Elizondo

12 December 1971 13	Real Madrid	4–2	Granada CF	Madrid
	Pirri 5' Pirri 75' (pen) Pirri 81' Grosso 6' Verdugo Amancio 32'	Report	32' Fernandez 83' Porta 89' Suarez	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Jose Paez

19 December 1971 14	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Real Madrid	Gijón
	Quini 54' Alonso	Report	7' Pirri	Stadium: Estadio El Molinón Referee: Pablo Ibañez

2 January 1972 15	Real Madrid	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Anzarda 45'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Jaime Fortuny

3 January 1972 16	Real Madrid	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Santillana 6' Anzarda Goyo Benito 80'	Report	Iglesias	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Mariano Iglesias

16 January 1972 17	Sevilla CF	0–2	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Velazquez 5' Anzarda 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Juan Elizondo

23 January 1972 18	Real Betis	0–0	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Bizcocho	Report		Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Referee: Vicente Balchero

30 January 1972 19	Real Madrid	1–1	Burgos	Madrid
	Amancio 55' (pen)	Report	80' Aguirre Angelin	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Pedro Illordi

6 February 1972 20	Celta Vigo	1–1	Real Madrid	Vigo
	Vilela 67' Jimenez	Report	80' Pirri	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos Referee: Pablo Ibañez

13 February 1972 21	Real Madrid	4–1	Córdoba CF	Madrid
	Velazquez 14' Pirri 47' Santillana 55' Santillana 73'	Report	4' Ortega Alarcon	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Jose Paez

20 February 1972 22	CE Sabadell CF	1–2	Real Madrid	Sabadell
	Cristo 48'	Report	30' (pen) Pirri 42' Ico Aguilar	Stadium: Estadio Cruz Alta Referee: Alvarez

27 February 1972 23	Real Madrid	1–0	CD Málaga	Madrid
	Velazquez 38'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Alvarez

5 March 1972 24	Atletico de Bilbao	1–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Uriarte 13'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Muro

12 March 1972 25	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Pirri 1' Santillana 6'	Report	22' Boronat Oyarsabal	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Elordi

21 March 1972 26	Valencia CF	1–2	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Anton 68'	Report	48' Grosso 80' Oyarzabal	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Ibanez

26 March 1972 27	Real Madrid	3–0	Español	Madrid
	Santillana 3' Velazquez 26' Grande 61'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Alvarez

3 April 1972 28	CF Barcelona	1–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Asensi 11'	Report		Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona Referee: Sancristobal

9 April 1972 29	Real Madrid	2–0	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Pirri 83' Santillana 88'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Mendibil

16 April 1972 30	Granada CF	2–1	Real Madrid	Granada
	Fernandez 16' Porta 46' Frances	Report	25' Marañon	Stadium: Los Carmenes Referee: Alvarez

23 April 1972 31	Real Madrid	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
	Grande 29'	Report	Alonso Fabian	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Bachero

30 April 1972 32	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Real Madrid	La Coruña
	Llorca 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

7 May 1972 33	Atlético Madrid	4–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Alberto 18' Adelardo 20' José Eulogio Gárate 53' Grosso 85' (own goal)	Report	Velázquez 31'	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Sanchez Rios

14 May 1972 34	Real Madrid	4–1	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Amancio 17 ' Santillana 24 ' Pirri 66 ' Pirri 71 '	Report	86' Acosta	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Juan Elizondo

Copa del Generalísimo

Eightfinals

4 June 1972	San Andrés	1–1	Real Madrid	San Andrés
		Report

10 June 1972	Real Madrid	5–1 (6–2 agg.)	San Andrés	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

Quarter-finals

17 June 1972	Real Madrid	3-0-	Español	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

25 June 1972	Español	3–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Sarria

Semi-finals

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	Real Madrid	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Hasler 32'	Report	Aguilar 33' Santillana 75'	Referee: Ken Burns (England)

29 September 1971	Real Madrid	2–1	Basel	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
21:00	Aguilar 48' Santillana 78'	Report	Siegenthaler 57'	Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Eightfinals

20 October 1971	Real Madrid	3–1	PSV Eindhoven	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

3 November 1971	PSV Eindhoven	2–0 (3a-3 agg.)	Real Madrid	Eindhoven
		Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division^[7]		Copa		UEFA
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	García Remón	39	-35	29	-24	6	-6	4	-5
	DF	ESP	Verdugo	44	0	34	0	6	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito	42	0	34	0	4	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Zoco	36	0	29	0	3	0	4	0
	DF	ARG	Touriño	36	0	28	0	6	0	2	0
	MF	ESP	Pirri	30	14	19+4	11	5	3	0+2	0
	MF	ESP	Grosso	39	3	32	3	3	0	4	0
	MF	ESP	Velazquez	42	5	32	5	6	0	4	0
	FW	ESP	Amancio	37	7	28	6	6	0	3	1
	FW	ESP	Santillana	44	15	34	10	6	3	4	2
	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar	38	10	28+3	6	0+3	1	4	3
	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel	6	-3	5+1	-3
	MF	ESP	Grande	32	2	10+14	2	3+2	0	1+2	0
	FW	ARG	Anzarda	20	7	16	6	0	0	4	1
	DF	ESP	De Felipe	17	0	5+6	0	5	0	0+1	0
	MF	ESP	González	13	0	3+7	0	1+2	0
	GK	ESP	Junquera	0	0	0	0
	FW	ESP	Marañon	14	3	3+5	1	6	2
	FW	PAR	Fleitas	8	0	0+7	0	0	0	0+1	0
	DF	ESP	Zunzunegui	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0
	MF	ESP	Ortuño	2	0	1+1	0
	GK	ESP	Borja	0	0	0	0
	DF	ESP	José Luis	0	0	0	0
	FW	ARG	Miguel Pérez	0	0	0	0

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1971-722.html

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 Córdoba CF, Real Madrid offered 100,000 pesetas (Spanish currency) for each Córdoba player to not let Barcelona (then in 2nd place of the League table) win the match. "There Had Money from Madrid to Córdoba". Mundo Deportivo.
^ "The Day when Real Madrid pay Córdoba 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.
^ "Valencia advanced to the Copa del Generalísimo Final". ABC (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1971–72". bdfutbol.com.

External links

BDFútbol

[table_note_res_CWC10.64313663991314-7] Atlético Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

[1] "The Dilemma of Real Madrid in 1971" (PDF). as.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[2] For this campaign Primera División championship format was expanded from 15 to 17 teams competing and from 30 to 34 rounds

[3] According to Eduardo Campanero, Honorary President (Chairman) of Córdoba CF, Real Madrid offered 100,000 pesetas (Spanish currency) for each Córdoba player to not let Barcelona (then in 2nd place of the League table) win the match. "There Had Money from Madrid to Córdoba". Mundo Deportivo.

[4] "The Day when Real Madrid pay Córdoba to not let Barcelona win a Match" (in Spanish). Diario Marca. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[5] "Why a 3–1 is dangerous for Real Madrid?". UEFA.

[6] "Valencia advanced to the Copa del Generalísimo Final". ABC (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[8] "Real Madrid temporada 1971–72". bdfutbol.com.

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1971–72 Real Madrid CF season

Summary

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

League table

Matches

Copa del Generalísimo

Eightfinals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Cup

Eightfinals

Statistics

Players statistics

References

External links

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