# 1962–63 Real Madrid CF season

The 1962–63 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 60th season in existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

Owing to a disappointing performance of Spain in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the Spanish Federation imposed a ban on the transfers of foreign players, with the measure lasting 11 years until 1973 with oriundo players exemptions. During the summer midfielder Luis Del Sol was sold to Juventus. The club transferred in defender Ignacio Zoco from Osasuna an arrival to reinforce the back-up line. The transitional stage in the club continued with new arrivals such as right winger Amancio Amaro Nicknamed 'The Wizard' from Deportivo La Coruña French midfielder Lucien Muller (Di Stefano saw him during a Spain-France match and asked him to play in Real Madrid) slovak Yanko Daucik and FC Barcelona Brazilian forward Evaristo de Macedo.
The club repeated defended its La Liga title from the previous season, its ninth overall, also marking Real Madrid's first ever three-peat. The team finished 12 points above runners-up Atlético Madrid. In the Copa del Generalísimo, the squad reached the semi-finals where it was defeated by Zaragoza. In the European Cup, Madrid was eliminated in the preliminary round, surprisingly losing to Belgian squad RSC Anderlecht. Additionally, 36-years-old forward Ferenc Puskás again won the individual League top-scorer trophy with 26 goals.

## Players

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 | Vicente |
| — | GK | ESP | Fermín |
| — | DF | URU | José Santamaría |
| — | DF | ESP | Pedro Casado |
| — | DF | ESP | Pachín |
| — | DF | ESP | Marquitos |
| — | DF | ESP | Ignacio Zoco |
| — | DF | ESP | Isidro |
| — | DF | ESP | Miera |
| — | MF | ESP | Félix Ruiz |
| — | MF | ESP | Felo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Antonio Ruiz |
| — | MF | FRA | Lucien Muller |
| — | FW | ESP | Amancio |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | FW | HUN | Ferenc Puskás |
| — | FW | ARG | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| — | FW | BRA | Evaristo de Macedo |
| — | FW | ESP | Manuel Bueno |
| — | FW | ESP | Pepillo |
| — | FW | ESP | Tejada |
| — | FW | TCH | Yanko Daucik |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| MF | Lucien Muller | Stade de Reims - | - |
| FW | Amancio Amaro | Deportivo La Coruña | - |
| DF | Ignacio Zoco | Osasuna | - |
| FW | Evaristo de Macedo | FC Barcelona | - |
| GK | Fermin | Oviedo | - |
| FW | Yanko | Real Betis | - |
| MF | Villa | Real Sociedad | - |
| GK | Moncho | Deportivo | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Luis Del Sol | Juventus | - |
| MF | Antonio Ruiz | Deportivo | - |
| FW | Canario | Sevilla | - |
| FW | Antonio Gento | Levante | - |
| MF | Zarraga | - | - |
| GK | Juan Bagur | - | - |
| FW | Ramon Marsal | Murcia | - |
| DF | Miche | Deportivo | - |
| GK | Betancort | Deportivo | - |
| FW | Jesus Herrera | - | - |
| DF | Marcos Alonso Imaz Marquitos | Hercules | - |
| FW | Pepillo | Mallorca | - |
| MF | Vidal | Malaga | - |
| MF | Villa | Zaragoza | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 33 | +50 | 49 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 37 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Oviedo | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 33 | |
| 4 | Valladolid | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 33 | |
| 5 | Zaragoza | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 32 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |

#### 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 | A | H | 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 |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 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 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### Preliminary round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 2 September 1962 | 1 April 1963 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 33 | +50 | 076.67 |
| 1962–63 Copa del Generalísimo | 14 February 1963 | 8 July 1963 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 088.89 |
| European Cup | 5 September 1962 | 26 September 1962 | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 114 | 46 | +68 | 075.61 |
Last updated: 22 September 2019 Source: Competitions

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa del Generalisimo | Copa del Generalisimo | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Vicente | 35 | -35 | 28 | -26 | 6 | -8 | 1 | -1 |
| | DF | ESP | Isidro | 33 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | URU | Santamaria | 40 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Casado | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Pachín | 36 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Ruiz | 29 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | FRA | Muller | 28 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Gento | 31 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Amancio | 38 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | HUN | Puskas | 39 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Di Stefano | 24 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| | GK | ESP | Araquistáin | 7 | -11 | 3 | -7 | 3 | -1 | 1 | -3 |
| | GK | ESP | Fermín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Marquitos | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zoco | 24 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Ruiz | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Evaristo | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Bueno | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Pepillo | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Miera | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Tejada | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Felo | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | TCH | Yanko | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1962-632.html