# 1977–78 Real Madrid CF season

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, and high-expected Forward Juanito from Burgos CF. 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.
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. 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. 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.
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 |
| MF | Paul Breitner | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| MF | Manuel Velázquez | Toronto Blizzard |
| 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 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 39 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 32

Bye

#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | 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