# 1954–55 Real Madrid CF season

The 1954–55 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 52nd season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

The club won the second league championship in a row despite changes on the bench: a young Villalonga who was appointed manager of Real Madrid in the middle of the season replacing Enrique Fernandez Viola. Meanwhile, it was a great campaign for Francisco Gento and the club acquired Argentine Héctor Rial from the Nacional Montevideo, an arrival to boost the offensive line. Argentine forward Alfredo Di Stéfano scored 25 goals playing another superb season. After its fourth ever league win (second in a row), the team proceeded to clinch the Latin Cup in June. However, in the Copa del Generalísimo, without Di Stéfano (who still had not obtained his Spanish citizenship), Madrid were knocked out in the semi-finals by Sevilla. Also, winning the domestic title gave Real Madrid the right to participate in the inaugural 1955–56 European Cup season.

## 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 | Juanito |
| — | DF | ESP | Navarro |
| — | DF | ESP | Oliva |
| — | DF | ESP | Lesmes II |
| — | DF | ESP | Zárraga |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Muñoz |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Molowny |
| — | FW | ARG | Rial |
| — | FW | ARG | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| — | FW | ESP | Joseíto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | GK | ESP | Juan Alonso |
| — | DF | ESP | Ángel Atienza Landeta |
| — | FW | ESP | José Luis Perez Payá |
| — | FW | ARG | Roque Olsen |
| — | FW | ESP | Mateos |
| — | GK | ESP | Cosme |
| — | DF | ESP | Marcos Alonso |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| DF | Marquitos | Racing Santander | |
| DF | Atienza | Real Zaragoza | – |
| FW | Hector Rial | Nacional | – |
| MF | Mario Duran Rubies | Hercules | – |
| FW | Heliodoro Castaño Pedrosa | Mestalla | – |
| MF | Manolin | Athletic | – |
| FW | Ramón Marsal | Hercules | – |
| GK | Garcia | | – |
| MF | Trujillo | | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Manuel Pazos | Hercules | – |
| MF | Sergio Rodriguez Viera | Hercules | – |
| FW | Juan Vazquez Toledo | Las Palmas | – |
| DF | Gabriel Alonso | CD Malaga | – |
| FW | Alvarito | Aviles | – |
| DF | Seoane | Hercules | – |
| MF | Jesus Narro | | – |
| MF | Goñi | Racing Santander | – |
| MF | Eduardo Sobrado | Racing Santander | – |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 31 | +49 | 46 | Qualification for the European Cup and for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 41 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 78 | 39 | +39 | 39 | |
| 4 | Sevilla | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 58 | +16 | 34 | |
| 5 | Valencia | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 33 | |

#### Results 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Latin Cup
#### Final
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | GD |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | GD |
| 1954–55 La Liga | 46 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 31 | +49 |
| Copa del Generalísimo | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| Latin Cup | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +3 |
| Total | | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 85 | 39 | +46 |

## Squad
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa del Generalísimo | Copa del Generalísimo | Latin Cup | Latin Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Alonso | 30 | -34 | 24 | -24 | 4 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Marquitos | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Navarro | 32 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Lesmes | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Atienza | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Muñoz | 33 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Joseíto | 18 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Perez Payá | 21 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Rial | 36 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Di Stefano | 32 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Gento | 29 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Juanito | 7 | -7 | 7 | -7 |
| | DF | ESP | Oliva | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zárraga | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Molowny | 15 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Olsen | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Mateos | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | GK | ESP | Cosme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Duran | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Atienza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Castaño | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Manolin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1954-552.html