# 1952–53 Real Madrid CF season

The 1952–53 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 50th season in existence and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

During Summer Juan Antonio Ipiña took the job as new coach. The squad reached a decent third place on League table three points below Champions FC Barcelona. Striker Pahiño chose to not renew his contract and left the club towards Deportivo La Coruña on 1 August 1953. under pressure President Santiago Bernabéu reached and agreement with Joseíto and the forward chose to remain another season.
In June, the squad reached 1953 Copa del Generalísimo semi-finals being defeated after two matches by Atletico Bilbao with a 3–4 aggregate score.

## 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 | Juan Alonso |
| — | DF | ESP | Navarro |
| — | DF | ESP | Oliva |
| — | DF | ESP | Alonso |
| — | DF | ESP | Zárraga |
| — | MF | ESP | Olmedo |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Muñoz |
| — | MF | ARG | Roque Olsen |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Molowny |
| — | FW | ESP | Joseíto |
| — | FW | ESP | Pahiño |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Cosme |
| — | FW | ESP | Arsuaga |
| — | DF | FRA | Hon |
| — | DF | ESP | Lesmes II |
| — | GK | ESP | Adauto |
| — | MF | ESP | Sobrado |
| — | FW | ESP | Cabrera |
| — | FW | ESP | Juan Cedrés Cabrera |
| — | FW | ESP | Espina |
| — | MF | ESP | Montalvo |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| GK | Cosme | Hércules CF |
| DF | Lesmes | Real Valladolid |
| MF | Juan Cedrés Cabrera | UD Las Palmas |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Greus | |
| MF | Guillermo Pont | CD Málaga |
| DF | José Manuel González López | Granada CF |
| FW | Nemes | |
| MF | Luciano | UD Las Palmas |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 42 | |
| 2 | Valencia | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 40 | Qualification for the Latin Cup |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 39 | |
| 4 | Español | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 36 | |
| 5 | Sevilla | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 34 | |
* ↑ The winner of the 1952–53 La Liga, Barcelona, had to play the 1953 Copa del Generalísimo and had no dates available to play the Latin 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 | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Generalísimo
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | GD |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | GD |
| 1952–53 La Liga | 40 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 72 | 41 | +31 |
| Copa del Generalísimo | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| Total | | 42 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 113 | 55 | +58 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1952–53 La Liga | 1952–53 La Liga | 1952–53 Copa del Generalísimo | 1952–53 Copa del Generalísimo |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Juan Alonso | 25 | -38 | 25 | -38 |
| | DF | ESP | Navarro | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Oliva | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Alonso | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zárraga | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Olmedo | 25 | 6 | 25 | 6 |
| | MF | ESP | Miguel Muñoz | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| | MF | ARG | Roque Olsen | 23 | 10 | 23 | 10 |
| | MF | ESP | Luis Molowny | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 |
| | FW | ESP | Joseíto | 28 | 11 | 28 | 11 |
| | FW | ESP | Pahiño | 25 | 19 | 25 | 19 |
| | GK | ESP | Cosme | 8 | -11 | 8 | -11 |
| | FW | ESP | Arsuaga | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| | DF | FRA | Hon | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Lesmes II | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Adauto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Sobrado | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Cabrera | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Cedrés | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Espina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1952-532.html