# 1971–72 Real Madrid CF season

The 1971–72 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 69th season in existence and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

During summer President Santiago Bernabéu transferred out several players such as Sanchis, Bueno, Planelles, Gento (retired), Betancort, Calpe, De La Fuente, Jimenez, Espíldora and Fermín. The club new arrivals were goalkeeper García Remón and a teenage 19-yrs-old forward Santillana in a sign of rejuvenate the squad and a reduced transfers budget for the upcoming years.
The club won its 15th League title two points above Defending Champions Valencia CF after a 0–0 draw of CF Barcelona against Córdoba CF at Los Carmenes one round before season finale. The team played the UEFA Cup for the first time and was early eliminated in Eightfinals by Dutch side PSV Eindhoven due to away goals. During June, the squad reached the 1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo semi-finals being defeated by Valencia CF lost 1–0 at Mestalla and a draw 0–0 in Madrid.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | García Remón |
| — | DF | ESP | Verdugo |
| — | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito |
| — | DF | ESP | Ignacio Zoco |
| — | DF | ARG | Touriño |
| — | MF | ESP | Manuel Velázquez |
| — | MF | ESP | Pirri |
| — | FW | ESP | Santillana |
| — | FW | ESP | Ramón Grosso |
| — | FW | ESP | Aguilar |
| — | FW | ESP | Amancio Amaro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel |
| — | MF | ESP | Grande |
| — | FW | ARG | Anzarda |
| — | DF | ESP | Pedro de Felipe |
| — | MF | ESP | González |
| — | GK | ESP | Andrés Junquera |
| — | FW | ESP | Rafael Marañón |
| — | FW | PAR | Fleitas |
| — | DF | ESP | Zunzunegui |
| — | MF | ESP | Ortuño |
| — | GK | ESP | Borja |
| — | DF | ESP | José Luis |
| — | FW | ARG | Miguel Pérez |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| GK | García Remón | Real Oviedo | loan ended |
| DF | Verdugo | Córdoba CF | – |
| FW | Santillana | Racing Santander | – |
| FW | Ico Aguilar | Racing Santander | – |
| FW | Anzarda | River Plate | – |
| MF | González | Racing Santander | – |
| GK | Corral | Racing Santander | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Sanchis | Córdoba CF | end of contract |
| FW | Manuel Bueno | Sevilla CF | end of contract |
| MF | Planelles | Castellón | – |
| MF | Francisco Gento | retired | end of contract |
| GK | Antonio Betancort | UD Las Palmas | end of contract |
| DF | Antonio Calpe | | end of contract |
| DF | Luis María De La Fuente | Racing Santander | end of contract |
| FW | Jimenez | Xerez | – |
| DF | Espíldora | Racing Santander | – |
| MF | Fermín | Córdoba CF | – |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### Position by round

| Equipo / Jornada | 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 |
| Real Madrid | 2 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Valencia | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Barcelona | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Las Palmas | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 38 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Atlético Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Eightfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa | Copa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | García Remón | 39 | -35 | 29 | -24 | 6 | -6 | 4 | -5 |
| | DF | ESP | Verdugo | 44 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zoco | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Touriño | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Pirri | 30 | 14 | 19+4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Grosso | 39 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Velazquez | 42 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Amancio | 37 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Santillana | 44 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Ico Aguilar | 38 | 10 | 28+3 | 6 | 0+3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel | 6 | -3 | 5+1 | -3 |
| | MF | ESP | Grande | 32 | 2 | 10+14 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Anzarda | 20 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | De Felipe | 17 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | González | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Junquera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Marañon | 14 | 3 | 3+5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | PAR | Fleitas | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zunzunegui | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Ortuño | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Borja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Luis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Miguel Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1971-722.html