1959–60 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid C.F.
1959–60 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Head coach	Manuel Fleitas; (until 11 April 1960); Miguel Muñoz
Stadium	Chamartín
Primera Division	2nd
Copa del Generalísimo	Runner-up
European Cup	Winners (in European Cup)
Top goalscorer	League: Ferenc Puskás (25); All: Puskás (47)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

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[]

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 , 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 the team reached the second spot, behind champions FC Barcelona: both squads tied in points (46), although Real Madrid had a record 92 goals scored in 30 rounds, finishing runners-up due to goal average. 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-final and final of the European Cup.

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: at Bilbao, the basque team won 3–0, nevertheless Real Madrid won the second leg by 8–1. In the final, at Chamartín, the team lost the match in front of 100,000 spectators against Atlético Madrid by 3–1.

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 quarterfinals 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, out due to a technical decision by Helenio Herrera, the team won both legs of the series with a 3–1 score (Alfredo Di Stéfano and Puskas were crucial to achieve victory), reaching the Final for the 5th time in a row. In the title match the squad (this time with Puskas as starter) defeated West Germany champions Eintracht Frankfurt by a 7–3 score in front of 120,000 spectators at Hampden Park, Glasgow.^[7]

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	ARG	Domínguez
—	DF	URU	Santamaría
—	DF	ESP	Marquítos
—	DF	ESP	Miche
—	MF	ESP	Vidal
—	MF	ESP	Antonio Ruiz
—	MF	BRA	Didi
—	FW	ESP	Gento
—	FW	ESP	Herrera
—	FW	HUN	Puskás
—	FW	ESP	Di Stéfano


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP
—	MF	ESP	Zárraga
—	FW	ESP	Pepillo
—	DF	ESP	Lesmes II
—	DF	ESP	Mateos
—	GK	ESP	Juan Alonso
—	MF	ESP	Santisteban
—	FW	ARG	Héctor Rial
—	FW	BRA	Canario
—	FW	ESP	Bueno
—	DF	ESP
—	DF	ESP	Pachín
—	MF	ESP	Luis del Sol
—	MF	ESP	Felo

Transfers[]

In
Pos.	Name	From	Type
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[]

Overall[]

Competition	Final position
Primera División	2nd
Copa del Rey	runner-up
European Cup	Winners

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	30	22	2	6	86	28	+58	46	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round and invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2	Real Madrid	30	21	4	5	92	36	+56	46	Qualification for the European Cup round of 16^[a]
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

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

^ Real Madrid qualified directly to the round of 16 as title holders.

1959-60

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
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

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1960-61 European Cup

Matches[]

^[8] Kickoff times are in CET. Win Draw Loss

13 September 1959 1	Real Madrid	7–1	Real Betis	Madrid
	Ríos 25' (own goal) Puskás 56' Puskás 65' Pepillo 71' Gento 80' Ríos 85' (own goal) Gento 89'	Report	Rojas 20'	Stadium: Chamartín

20 September 1959 2	Valencia CF	2–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Héctor Núñez 22' Roberto Gil 57'	Report	Gento 68'	Referee: Blanco Perez

27 September 1959 3	Real Madrid	4–0	Español	Madrid
	Puskás 4' Di Stéfano 25' Santisteban 37' Didí 39'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín

4 October 1959 4	Real Zaragoza	2–2	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Wilson 2' Marcelino 20'	Report	Di Stéfano 32' Puskás 85'

11 October 1959 5	Real Madrid	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Herrera 40' Puskás 49' Gento 73'	Report	Marcaida 28'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ruiz Casasola

18 October 1959 6	Elche CF	1–5	Real Madrid	Elche
	Fuertes 87'	Report	Herrera 39' Di Stéfano 44' Puskás 45' Gento 57' Gento 73'	Referee: Birigay Nieva

25 October 1959 7	Real Madrid	7–0	Osasuna	Madrid
	Puskás 25' Gento 44' Di Stéfano 47' Vidal 49' Didi 52' Puskás 75' Di Stéfano 83'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gomez Contreras

1 November 1959 8	Atlético Madrid	3–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Collar 13' Álvaro 16' Ramiro 85'	Report	Di Stéfano 4' Puskás 32' Gento 54'	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Rey Martinez

8 November 1959 9	Real Madrid	1–0	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Didi 42'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Blanco Perez

15 November 1959 10	Real Oviedo	1–1	Real Madrid	Oviedo
	Lalo 50'	Report	Mateos 46' (pen)	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: Gonzalez Echeverria

29 November 1959 11	Real Madrid	2–0	CF Barcelona	Madrid
	Mateos 5' Di Stéfano 82'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gardeazabal Garay

6 December 1959 12	Real Valladolid	3–1	Real Madrid	Valladolid
	Morollón 15' Mirlo 43' Endériz 56'	Report	Gento 54'	Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

13 December 1959 13	Real Madrid	6–0	Granada CF	Madrid
	Herrera 6' Gento 31' Vidal 48' Herrera 69' Gento 81' Mateos 85'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Azon Roma

20 December 1959 14	Real Sociedad	1–3	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Gallastegui 59'	Report	Herrera 44' Didi 53' Gento 54'	Referee: Birigay Nieva

27 December 1959 15	Real Madrid	2–0	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Gento 1' Didi 42'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gonzalez Echeverria

3 January 1960 16	Real Betis	1–0	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Isidro 78'	Report		Referee: Garcia Fernandez

10 January 1960 17	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Didi 40' Mateos 44'	Report	Aveiro 36'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gomez Contreras

17 January 1960 18	Español	1–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Sastre 2'	Report	Puskás 14'	Referee: Lacambra Canela

24 January 1960 19	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Pepillo 6' Puskás 44'	Report	Csabai 43'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Birigay Nieva

31 January 1960 20	Atletico de Bilbao	1–3	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Uribe 18'	Report	Pepillo 32' Puskás 67' Puskás 80'	Referee: Gonzalez Echeverria

7 February 1960 21	Real Madrid	11–2	Elche CF	Madrid
	Puskás 13' Puskás 17' Pepillo 22' Pepillo 27' Puskás 31' Pepillo 48' Pepillo 51' Gento 57' Santisteban 59' Pepillo 62' Puskás 82'	Report	Santisteban 40' (own goal) César 70'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Garcia Fernandez

14 February 1960 22	Osasuna	1–2	Real Madrid	Pamplona
	Félix Ruiz 1'	Report	Pepillo 45' Puskás 53'	Stadium: San Juan Referee: Gomez Contreras

21 February 1960 23	Real Madrid	3–2	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Di Stéfano 2' Puskás 27' Puskás 71' (pen) Juan Alonso 66'	Report	Peiró 7' Adelardo 60' Mendonca 67' Manuel Pazos 72' Collar 85'	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Lacambra Canela

28 February 1960 24	Sevilla CF	4–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Szalay 2' Pereda 11' Antoniet 43' Szalay 58'	Report	Puskás 18'	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil

6 March 1960 25	Real Madrid	8–1	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Di Stéfano 6' 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

20 March 1960 26	CF Barcelona	3–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Kocsis 50' Eulogio Martínez 60' Villaverde 62'	Report	Di Stéfano 58'	Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona Referee: Gonzalez Echeverria

27 March 1960 27	Real Madrid	1–0	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Puskás 12'	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gomez Contreras

3 April 1960 28	Granada CF	3–4	Real Madrid	Granada
	Carranza 18' Martínez 26' Arsenio Iglesias 72'	Report	Di Stéfano 2' Puskás 9' Puskás 73' Méndez 87' (own goal)	Referee: Gardeazabal Garay

10 April 1960 29	Real Madrid	4–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Pepillo 11' Pepillo 17' Pepillo 19' Irulegui 60' (own goal)	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gomez Arribas

17 April 1960 30	UD Las Palmas	0–1	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
		Report	Bueno 74'	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Blanco Perez

Copa del Rey[]

Final[]

26 June 1960	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
19:00 CET	Collar 51' Jones 76' Peiró 86'	Report (in Spanish)	Puskás 20'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu, Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Félix Birigay

European Cup[]

First round[]

21 October 1959	Real Madrid	7–0	Jeunesse Esch	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
	Di Stéfano 25' Puskás 34', 62', 83' Herrera 43', 77' Mateos 53'	Report		Attendance: 59,447 Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

4 November 1959	Jeunesse Esch	2–5	Real Madrid	Luxembourg City
	10' 15'	Report	Vidal 13' Mateos 18', 31' Di Stéfano 25' Puskás 29'	Stadium: Stade Municipal, Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

Quarter-finals[]

4 February 1960	Nice	3–2	Real Madrid	Nice
	Nurenberg 54', 67' (pen.), 72'	Report	Herrera 15' Rial 30'	Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray, Attendance: 21,422 Referee: (Portugal)

2 March 1960	Real Madrid	4–0	Nice	Madrid
	Pepillo 21' Gento 40' Di Stéfano 45' Puskás 51'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: (Portugal)

Semi-finals[]

15 April 1960	Real Madrid	3–1	CF Barcelona	Madrid
	Di Stéfano 17', 84' Puskás 28'	Report	Martínez 37'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Reginald Leafe

6 May 1960	CF Barcelona	1–3	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Kocsis 89'	Report	Puskás 25', 75' Gento 68'	Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis

Final[]

18 May 1960	Real Madrid	7–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Glasgow
19:30 BST	Di Stéfano 27' 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[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga		Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ARG	Domínguez	42	-51	28	-33	7	-8	7	-10
	DF	[[\|Spain]]	Marquítos	37	0	27	0	4	0	6	0
	DF	URU	Santamaría	43	0	30	0	7	0	6	0
	DF	[[\|Spain]]	Miche	22	0	10	0	9	0	3	0
	MF	[[\|Spain]]	Vidal	39	3	26	2	7	0	6	1
	MF	[[\|Spain]]	Antonio Ruiz	28	0	24	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	[[\|Spain]]	Zárraga	27	0	16	0	8	0	3	0
	FW	[[\|Spain]]	Herrera	39	13	25	7	9	3	5	3
	FW	HUN	Puskás	36	47	24	25	5	10	7	12
	FW	[[\|Spain]]	Di Stéfano	34	23	23	12	5	3	6	8
	FW	[[\|Spain]]	Gento	38	19	27	14	5	3	6	2
	GK	[[\|Spain]]		4	-2	2	-1	2	-1	0	0
	MF	[[\|Brazil]]	Didi	19	6	19	6	0	0	0	0
	FW	[[\|Spain]]	Pepillo	18	22	12	13	5	8	1	1
	DF	[[\|Spain]]	Lesmes II	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	[[\|Spain]]	Mateos	12	7	7	4	2	0	3	3
	GK	[[\|Spain]]		1	-2	1	-2	0	0	0	0
	MF	[[\|Spain]]	Santisteban	9	2	6	2	1	0	2	0
	FW	ARG	Héctor Rial	9	2	5	0	3	1	1	1
	FW	[[\|Brazil]]	Canario	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	[[\|Spain]]	Bueno	7	3	3	1	4	2	0	0
	DF	[[\|Spain]]		9	0	3	0	5	0	1	0
	DF	[[\|Spain]]	Pachín	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	[[\|Spain]]	Del Sol	10	4	0	0	7	4	3	0
	MF	[[\|Spain]]	Felo	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

References[]

Real Madrid – 1959–60 BDFutbol

^ 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

[table_note_res_EC10.79722381699701-8] Real Madrid qualified directly to the round of 16 as title holders.

[1] Chris Winterburn (12 May 2019). "Real Madrid's failed pursuit of Pele". marca.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[2] "Real Madrid - Coaches".

[3] Brian Glanville (15 May 2001). "Didi". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[4] "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

[5] "Del Sol". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[6] 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.

[7] "The greatest matches of all time". The Daily Telegraph. London. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

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