1978–79 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
President	Luis de Carlos
Head coach	Luis Molowny
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	1st (in European Cup)
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
European Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Santillana (18); All: Santillana (26)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 77th season in existence and the club's 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary edit

Nineteen days after the death of Santiago Bernabéu, Luis De Carlos was appointed as new President of the club on 21 June 1978.^[1] The new Chairman released a new board of directors on 1 September 1978 in an attempt to normalize the club after the turmoil of last year.^[2] Owing to financial issues including a growing debt, De Carlos did not reinforced the squad with high-profile players, instead of that, there had a few low-cost arrivals such as: Rafael García Cortés and Francisco García Hernández along Maté and Hipólito Rincón in a sign of austerity for upcoming years, in an era known as "The Madrid of Los Garcia" until 1982.^[3]

In the European Cup the team, shockingly, was eliminated early in the second round by underdogs Swiss side Grasshopper Club Zürich on the away goals rule.^[4] Meanwhile, in the Copa del Rey the squad advanced to the final where it was defeated by Valencia CF 2–0 at Vicente Calderón Stadium.

The club clinched its 19th League title also second in a row, four points above runners-up Sporting Gijón. Had they also won the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid would've clinched the double, something they would achieve next season.

Squad edit

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	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	DEN	Henning Jensen
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ESP	Juanito


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel
—	FW	ARG	Carlos Guerini
—	FW	ARG	Roberto Martínez
—	FW	ESP	Isidro
—	DF	ESP	José Antonio Camacho
—	DF	ESP	Rafael García Cortés
—	MF	ESP	Alberto Vitoria
—	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar
—	DF	ESP	Andrés Sabido
—	GK	ESP	Maté
—	MF	ESP	Francisco García Hernández

Transfers edit

In
Pos.	Name	From	Type
DF	Maté
MF	García Hernández		–
DF	García Cortés
FW	Hipólito Rincón	Recreativo Huelva	–

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Amador	Hércules CF
DF	José Macanás	Hércules CF
GK	Agustín	Castilla
DF	Uría	Sporting Gijón
MF	Escribano	Castilla

Competitions edit

La Liga edit

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W
Position	4	5	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1979-80 European Cup; = 1979-80 UEFA Cup

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	34	16	15	3	61	36	+25	47	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Sporting Gijón	34	17	9	8	50	35	+15	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Atlético Madrid	34	14	13	7	55	37	+18	41
4	Real Sociedad	34	18	5	11	53	36	+17	41
5	Barcelona	34	16	6	12	69	37	+32	38	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]

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

^ Valencia qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey and Barcelona as title holders of the competition.

Matches edit

3 September 1978 1	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Pirri 29' (pen) Stielike 34'	Report	44' Arias Diarte	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ernesto Nunez

10 September 1978 2	UD Salamanca	1–1	Real Madrid	Salamanca
	Baez 89' Pedraza	Report	18' Wolff	Stadium: Estadio El Helmántico Referee: Felipe Aurre

17 September 1978 3	Hércules CF	1–2	Real Madrid	Alicante
	Abad 14' Arasil Hervas Saccardi		76' Ico Aguilar 82' Stielike	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Referee: Juan Pezo

23 September 1978 4	Real Madrid	3–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Santillana 29' Jensen 32' Santillana 46' Stielike	Report	Neeskens 15' Olmo Krankl	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Fandos Hernandez

2 October 1978 5	UD Las Palmas	2–2	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
	Masiel 28' Marrero 75 ' Felipe Robaina	Report	San Jose 48 ' Santillana 88 ' Del Bosque Gonzalez	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Juan Elizondo

9 October 1978 6	Real Madrid	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Santillana 46 ' Ico Aguilar 87' (pen)	Report	Argote 71 ' Rojo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Angel Martinez

22 October 1978 7	Burgos CF	2–2	Real Madrid	Burgos
	Valdes 42' (pen) Lopez 77 ' Chazaretta Gorospe	Report	Juanito 23 ' Ico Aguilar 66 '	Referee: Jose Carrion

30 October 1978 8	Real Madrid	4–0	Recreativo Huelva	Madrid
	Santillana 24 ' Santillana 55 ' Pirri 27' Pirri 73'	Report	Benito	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Benito Uriz

5 November 1978 9	Celta Vigo	2–2	Real Madrid	Vigo
	Ademir 26 ' Castro 64 ' Mori Manolo Canosa	Report	Guerini 42 ' Martinez 79 ' Pirri	Stadium: Estadio Balaídos Referee: Ildefonso Azpitare

19 November 1978 10	Real Madrid	3–2	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
	Jensen 11 ' Santillana 48 ' Guerini 61 ' Benito	Report	Ciriaco 52 ' Abel 86 '	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Marguenda

26 November 1978 11	Atlético Madrid	2–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Livigna 24 ' Cano 86' Pereira 89 ' Marcelino Eusebio	Report	Juanito 4 ' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Jose Carrion

3 December 1978 12	Real Madrid	0–0	Español	Madrid
		Report	Molinos Lanshas	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Fernandez

17 December 1978 13	Real Zaragoza	1–0	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	San Jose 37 ' (o.g.) Camus	Report	Guerini	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Ernesto Nunez

30 December 1978 14	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Santillana 36' Santillana 62 ' San Jose Wolff	Report	Satrustegui 12 ' Garate 50' Arconada	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Luis Gonzalez

7 January 1979 15	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Landaburu 57 ' Clares Tanko Alvarito	Report	Santillana 76 ' Benito Jensen	Stadium: Campo Vallecas Referee: Jose Perez

14 January 1979 16	Real Madrid	1–1	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Santillana 39 '	Report	64 ' Rubio	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Victoriano Arminio

21 January 1979 17	Racing Santander	1–1	Real Madrid	Santander
	Jimenez 53 ' Matsiko 82' Genyupi	Report	29 ' Santillana Stielike	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: Manuel Hernandez

28 January 1979 18	Valencia CF	0–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Felman	Report	Hernandez 58 ' Del Bosque	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Angel Martinez

3 February 1979 19	Real Madrid	3–1	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Santillana 10 ' Santillana 69 ' Juanito 85 '	Report	Corominas 79 '	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Gonzalez

11 February 1979 20	Real Madrid	0–0	Hércules CF	Madrid
		Report	Zaccardi	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Perez

12 February 1979 21	FC Barcelona	2–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Krankl 52' Asensi 61'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Garcia Carrion

25 February 1979 22	Real Madrid	1–1	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Santillana 8'	Report	35' Morete	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Palanquez

11 March 1979 23	Athletic Bilbao	3–3	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Villar 22 ' Dani 23 ' Pirri 73 ' (o.g.)	Report	Hernandez 38' Ico Aguilar 56' Ico Aguilar 89 '	Stadium: San Mames Referee: Jesus Sanz

18 March 1979 24	Real Madrid	4–1	Burgos CF	Madrid
	Hernandez 20 ' Ico Aguilar 23 ' Pirri 50 ' (pen) Sabido 89 '	Report	Chazaretta 75 ' Lopez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Perez

25 March 1979 25	Recreativo Huelva	1–2	Real Madrid	Huelva
	Vilazan 77 '	Report	Aguilar 64 ' Benito 89 ' Gonzalez	Referee: Manuel Hernandez

7 April 1979 26	Real Madrid	2–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
	Juanito 42' Aguilar 62 ' Stielike	Report	Castro Villar Vidal Lago Fenoi	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Marquenda

15 April 1979 27	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Real Madrid	Gijón
		Report	Santillana 65 ' Pirri Stielike	Stadium: Estadio El Molinon Referee: Jose Perez

22 April 1979 28	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Betis	Madrid
	Santillana 28 ' Stielike Juanito San Jose Del Bosque Benito	Report	Bermejo 57' Cano 61' Arteche Guzman Pereira Levigna Robi	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Sanchez

4 December 1979 29	Español	1–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Canito 11' Ayufich		Aguilar 43 ' Hernandez Wolff	Stadium: Estadio Sarriá Referee: Ernesto Nunez

6 May 1979 30	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Martinez 50 ' Juanito 77' Pirri	Report	Lasa 63' (pen) Muñoz	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Fernandez

13 May 1979 31	Real Sociedad	0–0	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
		Report	Martinez	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta Referee: Manuel Hernandez

20 May 1979 32	Real Madrid	4–1	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Del Bosque 22' Del Bosque 54 ' Ukeda 42' (o.g.) Juanito 85'	Report	Alvarito 45 '	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio del Barrio

27 May 1979 33	Sevilla CF	2–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Bertoni 12 ' Yu 58 ' Blanco Sanjose 60'	Report	Pirri 6' (pen) Gonzalez	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Benito Uris

3 June 1979 34	Real Madrid	5–1	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Hernandez 15 ' Carlos 48' (o.g.) Jensen 63 ' Martinez 68 ' Martinez 78 '	Report	2' Seten	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Luis Gonzalez

Copa del Rey edit

Final edit

30 June 1979	Valencia CF	2–0	Real Madrid	Madrid
21:00 CEST	Kempes 24' Kempes 90' Saura Cervero	Report (in Spanish)	28' Wolff San Jose	Stadium: Vicente Calderón, Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Emilio Guruceta

European Cup edit

First round edit

13 September 1978	Real Madrid	5–0	Progrès Niedercorn	Madrid
	Jensen 12' Juanito 30', 66' Del Bosque 40' Wolff 84'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Mário Luís

27 September 1978	Progrès Niedercorn	0–7	Real Madrid	Differdange
		Report	Pirri 10' Jensen 19' Stielike 28' Santillana 46', 87' García Hernández 65' Margue 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade du Thillenberg Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jan Peeters

Second round edit

18 October 1978	Real Madrid	3–1	Grasshopper	Madrid
	Juanito 5' García Hernández 65' Santillana 77'	Report	Sulser 59'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot

1 November 1978	Grasshopper	2–0	Real Madrid	Zürich
	Sulser 8' Sulser 86'	Report		Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Adolf Prokop

Statistics edit

Players statistics edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division^[5]		Copa del Rey		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	García Remón	30	-26	17+2	-17	10	-9	1	0
	DF	ESP	Juan Sol	28	1	21	1	3	0	4	0
	DF	ARG	Wolff	49	2	34	1	11	0	4	1
	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito	43	1	29+1	1	10	0	3	0
	DF	ESP	San José	39	1	28	1	7	0	4	0
	MF	FRG	Stielike	33	3	24	2	7	0	2	1
	MF	ESP	Pirri	37	8	25	5	8	2	4	1
	MF	ESP	Del Bosque	43	3	28+2	2	9	0	4	1
	FW	ESP	Juanito	40	10	28+1	6	7	0	4	4
	FW	ESP	Santillana	48	26	33	18	11	6	4	2
	FW	DEN	Jensen	38	5	27	3	8	0	3	2
	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel	20	-22	16	-18	1	-1	3	-3
	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar	35	13	16+10	9	7	4	1+1	0
	FW	ESP	Isidro	29	1	14+4	0	7+2	1	2	0
	FW	ARG	Martínez	32	5	3+20	4	3+5	1	0+1	0
	FW	ARG	Guerini	17	2	11+2	2	3	0	1	0
	GK	ESP	Maté	2	-2	1	-1	0+1	-1
	MF	ESP	García Hernández	21	8	9+2	4	4+4	2	0+2	2
	DF	ESP	Sabido	18	1	6+5	1	5+2	0
	MF	ESP	Vitoria	16	0	2+7	0	0+5	0	0+2	0
	DF	ESP	García Cortés	2	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Camacho	0	0	0	0
	FW	ESP	Rincon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1978-792.html

References edit

^ "Luis De Carlos will be The New Real Madrid Chairman". El País. 22 June 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Luis De Carlos appointed a new Board of Directors". El País (in Spanish). 31 August 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Real Madrid: The Madrid of Los García". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Grasshoppers, a easy rival in Theory, visits Chamartín". El País (in Spanish). 17 October 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1978–79". bdfutbol.com.

External links edit

BDFútbol

[table_note_res_CWC10.24513284268097-5] Valencia qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey and Barcelona as title holders of the competition.

[1] "Luis De Carlos will be The New Real Madrid Chairman". El País. 22 June 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[2] "Luis De Carlos appointed a new Board of Directors". El País (in Spanish). 31 August 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] "Real Madrid: The Madrid of Los García". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[4] "Grasshoppers, a easy rival in Theory, visits Chamartín". El País (in Spanish). 17 October 1978. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] "Real Madrid temporada 1978–79". bdfutbol.com.

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