1977–78 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1977–78 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu; Raimundo Saporta ; (acting President)
Head coach	Miljan Miljanić; (until 7 September 1977); Luis Molowny
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	1st (in European Cup)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Santillana (24)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 75th season in existence and the club's 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

The club did not compete in UEFA competitions for the first time since the 1954–55 season. During the summer, the team was reinforced with the arrivals of: Argentine defender Enrique Wolff,^[1] and high-expected Forward Juanito^[2] from Burgos CF.^[3] Bernabeu traveled to West Germany seeking to replace Paul Breitner by signing Borussia Mönchengladbach's star Herbert Wimmer, but once he saw midfielder Uli Stielike play, he changed his mind and transferred the latter into the club.^[4]

President Santiago Bernabéu suffered a bowel obstruction on 29 August 1977 and was transferred to a hospital for emergency treatment being diagnosed with cancer days later.^[5] After three seasons, Miljan Miljanić left the club on 8 September 1977 signing an agreement with Santiago Bernabéu at the hospital in a bizarre event.^[6] Then, Luis Molowny was appointed by Raimundo Saporta as the new head coach. Also, Saporta was appointed as Acting President on 3 September 1977 due to Bernabeu health issues.^[7]

In spite of the turmoil, the club clinched its 18th League title ever closing the season on 7 May 1978 six points above runners-up FC Barcelona. Chairman Santiago Bernabéu died on 2 June 1978 ending Real Madrid's most successful era, with the club clinching 6 European Cups and 16 League titles under his presidency.

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	Miguel Ángel
—	DF	ESP	San José
—	DF	ARG	Enrique Wolff
—	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito
—	DF	ESP	Juan Sol
—	MF	FRG	Uli Stielike
—	MF	ESP	Pirri
—	MF	ESP	Vicente del Bosque
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ESP	Juanito
—	FW	DEN	Henning Jensen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	García Remón
—	FW	ARG	Carlos Guerini
—	FW	ARG	Roberto Martínez
—	FW	ESP	Isidro
—	DF	ESP	José Antonio Camacho
—	GK	ESP	Amador
—	MF	ESP	Alberto Vitoria
—	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar
—	DF	ESP	Uría
—	DF	ESP	Sabido
—	GK	ESP	Agustín
—	FW	ESP	José Macanás

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Enrique Wolff	UD Las Palmas
MF	Uli Stielike	Borussia Mönchengladbach	–
FW	Juanito	Burgos CF
FW	Isidro		–
DF	Andrés	CD Castellón	–
GK	Agustín		–

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Paul Breitner	Eintracht Braunschweig
MF	Manuel Velázquez	Toronto Blizzard	^{[note 1]}
DF	Benito Rubiñan	Burgos CF
MF	José Luis Sanchez Barrios	Sevilla CF
DF	Andrés González Ponce
FW	Eliseo Salamanca	Deportivo Alavés

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	13	3	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

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1978–79 European Cup; = 1978–79 UEFA Cup; = 1978–79 Segunda Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	34	22	3	9	77	40	+37	47	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Barcelona	34	16	9	9	49	29	+20	41	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Athletic Bilbao	34	16	8	10	62	36	+26	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Valencia	34	16	7	11	54	33	+21	39
5	Sporting Gijón	34	15	9	10	53	43	+10	39

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Matches

4 September 1977 1	UD Salamanca	2–1	Real Madrid	Salamanca
	Tome 46' Alves 73' (pen) Juanito Enrique	Report	14' Del Bosque Goyo Benito	Stadium: Estadio El Helmantico Referee: Jose Capelastegui

10 September 1977 2	Real Madrid	3–0	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Pirri 29' (pen) Santillana 77' Santillana 80' Camacho	Report	San Jose Rubio	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Felipe Aurre

18 September 1977 3	Español	1–4	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Marañon 60 ' Caseli Solsona Verdugo Amado Longhi Aquino Fernandez		29' Camacho 46' Camacho 75' Santillana 89 ' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio Sarriá Referee: Manuel Fernandez

25 September 1977 4	Real Madrid	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Pirri 21'	Report	Vidal Churruka	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Ron

2 October 1977 5	Real Madrid	3–0	Burgos CF	Madrid
	Juanito 54' Santillana 72' Guerini 89'	Report	Marcos	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Gonzalez

9 October 1977 6	Sporting Gijón	0–2	Real Madrid	Gijón
		Report	52' Juanito 76' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon Referee: Jose Abad

16 October 1977 7	Real Madrid	5–1	Elche CF	Madrid
	Juanito 12' Juanito 31' (pen) Del Bosque 19 ' Santillana 47 ' Santillana 68' (pen) Garcia Remon	Report	4' Palomares Erwood Indio Insaurralde	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Luis Gonzalez

30 October 1977 8	Rayo Vallecano	3–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Francisco 12 ' Tanko 66 ' Landaburu 82 ' Salazar Alvarito	Report	50' Pirri 58 ' Pirri Juan Sol	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Referee: Jose Perez

6 November 1977 9	Real Madrid	1–0	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Juanito 14' (pen) Santillana	Report	Cabral 70' Cordero Manzanedo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jesus Sanz

13 November 1977 10	Real Sociedad	2–3	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Ydigoras 72 ' José Ufarte 82' (o.g.) Kortabarriya Olaizola	Report	46' Santillana 80' Santillana 73' Juanito	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Victoriano Arminio

20 November 1977 11	Real Madrid	4–0	Real Betis	Madrid
	San Jose 51 ' Wolff 61 ' Stielike 63 ' Santillana 89 ' Goyo Benito	Report	Megido	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Fernandez

4 December 1977 12	FC Barcelona	2–3	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Rexach 30' Rexach 67' (pen) Migueli Zuviría	Report	Jensen 23' Santillana 35' Stielike 54' Goyo Benito Isidoro San José	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: De Burgos Nuñez

11 December 1977 13	Real Madrid	4–2	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Jensen 12 ' Santillana 41 ' Santillana 66 ' Del Bosque 89 '	Report	29' Aguilar 87' Cano 59' Capon 67' Ayala	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Victoriano Arminio

18 December 1977 14	Cádiz CF	1–0	Real Madrid	Cádiz
	Baena 12' Ortega	Report	Stielike	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Carranza

31 December 1977 15	Real Madrid	2–0	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Santillana 72' Guerini 87' Uli Stielike	Report	Arteche Madariaga 86' Genyupi Lolo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Fernandez

8 January 1978 16	Hércules CF	2–3	Real Madrid	Alicante
	Castronovo 14 ' Charles 85' (pen) Arasil	Report	1' (o.g.) Hervas 63' Santillana 81' Stielike Guerini	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Referee: Ernesto Nunez

15 January 1978 17	Real Madrid	1–1	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Santillana 58 ' Stielike Juan Sol	Report	56' Masiel Fernandez Morete Estevez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ildefonso Azpitare

22 January 1978 18	Real Madrid	0–0	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Juanito Stielike	Report	Rezza	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Emilio Muro

29 January 1978 19	Sevilla CF	1–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Scott 42' Barrios Rubio	Report	13' Juanito 68' Guerini	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Fernando Alvarez

5 February 1978 20	Real Madrid	2–1	Español	Madrid
	Stielike 30 ' Pirri 74' (pen) Juanito		82' Casely Marañon Lanchas	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Elizondo

12 February 1978 21	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Ruiz 76 ' Dani 89 ' Hisasola	Report		Stadium: San Mames Referee: Victoriano Arminio

19 February 1978 22	Burgos CF	3–2	Real Madrid	Burgos
	Tarres 16 ' Gonzalez 36' (o.g.) Viteri 69' Teka Quini	Report	53' Stielike 84' Juanito San Jose	Referee: Jose Capelastegui

26 February 1978 23	Real Madrid	3–2	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
	Santillana 35 ' Stielike 62 ' Pirri 86' Guerini Rubio	Report	4' Ferrero 14' Quini Doria Redondo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio del Barrio

5 March 1978 24	Elche CF	3–1	Real Madrid	Elche
	Anton 3' Volino 62 ' Palomares 88 ' Esteban	Report	10' Martinez	Stadium: Campo Altabix Referee: Jose Carrion

12 March 1978 25	Real Madrid	5–2	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
	Pirri 6 ' Santillana 18 ' Guerini 21 ' Stielike 77 ' Wolff 82 '	Report	31' Gonzalez 68' Gonzalez Astegiano	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Perzon

19 March 1978 26	Valencia CF	2–0	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Valdes 10' Kempes 54' (pen) Carrete Rivadeneira	Report	Gonzalez 89' Guerini	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Jose Perez

26 March 1978 27	Real Madrid	5–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Santillana 18 ' Santillana 83 ' Zamora 54' (o.g.) Jensen 57' Jensen 88 ' Stielike Aguilar Juan Sol	Report	Alonso	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Elizondo

2 April 1978 28	Real Betis	4–2	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Lopez 13 ' Anzarda 53' Gonzalez 56 ' Soriano 62 '	Report	66' Juanito 68 ' Jensen Sabido San Jose	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Manuel Hernandez

5 April 1978 29	Real Madrid	4–0	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Jensen 6' Jensen 10' Juanito 69' 80' Santillana 80' Goyo San José	Report	Migueli Bio	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Garcia Carreon

9 April 1978 30	Atlético Madrid	1–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Pina 79 ' Pereira Benegas	Report	47' Santillana 71' Stielike 87' Aguilar	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Emilio Muro

16 April 1978 31	Real Madrid	2–0	Cádiz CF	Madrid
	Wolff 7 ' Santillana 18 '	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Capelastegui

23 April 1978 32	Racing Santander	1–0	Real Madrid	Santander
	Jimenez 89 ' Carlos Arteche	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: Antonio Sanchez

30 April 1978 33	Real Madrid	3–0	Hércules CF	Madrid
	Stielike 10' Stielike 15' Stielike 56 '	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Quiroz

6 May 1978 34	UD Las Palmas	1–2	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
	Morete 41 '	Report	14' Stielike 62' Stielike	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Jose Fernandez

Copa del Rey

First round

14 September 1977	CD Valdepeñas	0–7	Real Madrid
			Gonzalez 5 ' Gonzalez 32 ' Aguilar 10 ' Santillana 21 ' Wolff 35 ' Perez 55 ' Del Bosque 79 '	Referee: Santiago Cuadrado

28 September 1977	Real Madrid	3–0	CD Valdepeñas	Madrid
	Martinez 31 ' Martinez 44 ' Gonzalez 89 '		De la Riva Vasquez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Quiroz

Second round

1 November 1977	Algeciras CF	0–6	Real Madrid	Algeciras
			Pirri 10 ' Juanito 37 ' Juanito 40 ' Gonzalez 44 ' Santillana 58 ' Martinez 60 '	Stadium: Nuevo Mirador Referee: Antonio Sanchez

16 November 1977	Real Madrid	4–2	Algeciras CF	Madrid
	Jensen 41 ' Stielike 55 ' Aguilar 56' Martinez 84 '		Meraio 10 ' Quindejo 14 '	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Sanchez

Third round

14 December 1977	Racing Santander	0–0	Real Madrid	Santander
			Juan Sol	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: Juan Elizondo

22 December 1977	Real Madrid	5–1	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Juanito 23' Juanito 42' (pen) Santillana 46' Santillana 65' Stielike 48 '		Arteche Rojo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Abad

Round of 32

Bye^[8]

Round of 16

18 January 1978	Real Sociedad	2–0	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Ufarte 2' Ufarte 77' ′		Santillana	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Manuel Hernandez

8 February 1978	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Pirri 18' (pen) Pirri 44 '		Satrustegui 75' Murillo Olaizola Garate Alonso	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Ron

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga^[9]		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel	34	-38	25+2	-34	7	-4
	DF	ESP	Juan Sol	41	0	31+2	0	8	0
	DF	ARG	Wolff	41	4	34	3	6+1	1
	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito	23	0	21+1	0	1	0
	DF	ESP	San José	40	1	32	1	7+1	0
	MF	FRG	Stielike	31	15	27	13	4	2
	MF	ESP	Pirri	28	10	26	7	2	3
	MF	ESP	Del Bosque	22	4	15+3	3	4	1
	FW	ESP	Juanito	36	14	32	10	4	4
	FW	ESP	Santillana	40	28	33+1	24	6	4
	FW	DEN	Jensen	32	8	26	7	5+1	1
	GK	ESP	García Remón	8	-6	8	-6	0	0
	FW	ARG	Guerini	26	3	19+2	3	5	0
	FW	ARG	Martínez	30	5	9+15	1	6	4
	FW	ESP	Isidro	26	4	14+4	0	6+2	4
	DF	ESP	Camacho	19	2	15	2	4	0
	GK	ESP	Amador	2	-2	1	0	1	-2
	MF	ESP	Vitoria	16	0	1+9	0	5+1	0
	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar	11	3	2+4	1	3+2	2
	DF	ESP	Uría	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ESP	Sabido	11	0	2+4	0	2+3	0
	GK	ESP	Agustín	0	0	0	0
	FW	ESP	Macanas	4	1	1	0	1+2	1

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1977-782.html

Notes

^ Transferred out on 1 January 1978

References

^ "I leave Real Madrid because some Rules..." El País. 4 July 1979. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Alfredo Relaño (29 August 1977). "Juanito, The New Great White Hope". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Juanito Will Play the Next Season at Bernabeu Stadium". El País (in Spanish). 20 November 1976. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Juan José Paradinas (29 April 1977). "Stielike, new Real Madrid football player". El País. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Yesterday, Don Santiago Bernabéu Passed Away". La Vanguardia. 3 June 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Miljanic did not lose the smile on his Departure". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Julian Garcia Candu (8 September 1977). "Saporta, a True Solution". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Matches played on 4 January 1978 and 11 January 1978 with Real Sociedad and Real Madrid exempted from competing in the round of 32 due to several rivals withdrawals over the previous rounds.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1977–78". bdfutbol.com.

External links

BDFútbol

[table_note_res_CWC10.48854810115348-9] Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

[8] Transferred out on 1 January 1978

[1] "I leave Real Madrid because some Rules..." El País. 4 July 1979. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[2] Alfredo Relaño (29 August 1977). "Juanito, The New Great White Hope". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] "Juanito Will Play the Next Season at Bernabeu Stadium". El País (in Spanish). 20 November 1976. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[4] Juan José Paradinas (29 April 1977). "Stielike, new Real Madrid football player". El País. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[5] "Yesterday, Don Santiago Bernabéu Passed Away". La Vanguardia. 3 June 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] "Miljanic did not lose the smile on his Departure". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[7] Julian Garcia Candu (8 September 1977). "Saporta, a True Solution". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[10] Matches played on 4 January 1978 and 11 January 1978 with Real Sociedad and Real Madrid exempted from competing in the round of 32 due to several rivals withdrawals over the previous rounds.

[11] "Real Madrid temporada 1977–78". bdfutbol.com.

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