# 1976–77 Real Madrid CF season

The 1976–77 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 74th season in existence and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

During summer the club failed to replace ageing Gunter Netzer with Brazilian midfielder Zico from Flamengo or English Forward Kevin Keegan from Liverpool F.C. both offers rejected by their teams. The club collapsed to the 9th place in the most disastrous League campaign under Bernabeu Presidency era finishing 12 points below Champions Atlético Madrid despite the arrival of international Danish striker Henning Jensen from Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, even with the chaotic club performance, head coach Miljan Miljanić remained in his position and was ratified by President Santiago Bernabéu on 7 June 1977
Shockingly, in European Cup the squad was defeated by Belgian squad Club Brugge after a 0–0 draw in Valencia, the team lost 0–2 in Brugge being the last away trip of Santiago Bernabéu with the squad.
The club was early eliminated in 1976–77 Copa del Rey Third Round by underdogs Hércules CF.
The overall poor performance in La Liga and Copa del Rey meant that Real Madrid would not compete in any European competition for first time in the history.

## 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | García Remón |
| — | GK | ESP | Amador |
| — | DF | ESP | Juan Sol |
| — | DF | ESP | José Antonio Camacho |
| — | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito |
| — | DF | ESP | Uría |
| — | DF | FRG | Paul Breitner |
| — | DF | ESP | Benito Rubiñan |
| — | DF | ESP | José Luis Sánchez Barrios |
| — | DF | ESP | Jose Macanas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | San José |
| — | DF | ESP | Andrés |
| — | MF | ESP | Vicente del Bosque |
| — | MF | ESP | Pirri |
| — | MF | ESP | Manuel Velazquez |
| — | MF | ESP | Alberto Vitoria |
| — | FW | ESP | Santillana |
| — | FW | ARG | Roberto Martínez |
| — | FW | DEN | Henning Jensen |
| — | FW | ARG | Carlos Guerini |
| — | FW | ESP | Ico Aguilar |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Henning Jensen | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
| GK | Amador | | – |
| DF | San José | Castilla | |
| FW | Salamanca | Rayo Vallecano | – |
| MF | Escribano | | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Günter Netzer | Grasshopper Club Zürich | |
| FW | Amancio Amaro | | retired |
| GK | Andres Junquera | Real Zaragoza | |
| DF | José Luis | | retired |
| MF | Grosso | | retired |
| DF | Touriño | Independiente Medellín | |
| GK | Pedro Corral | CD Málaga | |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Valencia | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 36 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 34 |
| 9 | Real Madrid | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 34 |
| 10 | Sevilla | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 34 |
| 11 | Elche | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 33 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### First round
#### Second round
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel | 39 | -58 | 33 | -52 | 2 | -3 | 4 | -3 |
| | DF | ESP | Juan Sol | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito | 29 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Uría | 26 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Camacho | 38 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Breitner | 33 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Del Bosque | 29 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Pirri | 36 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Velazquez | 25 | 2 | 17+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Santillana | 36 | 13 | 28+2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | DEN | Jensen | 32 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | García Remón | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Martínez | 24 | 10 | 16+5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Rubiñan | 25 | 2 | 13+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Vitoria | 22 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Guerini | 22 | 4 | 14+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Ico Aguilar | 17 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sánchez Barrios | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | San José | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Macanas | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1976-772.html