# 1968–69 Real Madrid CF season

The 1968–69 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 66th season in existence and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

The club won its 14th League title and second Three-peat,. The team set a record for the best start to a La Liga season with nine straight wins rounds the team clinched the trophy nine points above runners-up UD Las Palmas. The squad was defeated only once in 38 rounds by Elche CF. Also, Amancio won the Pichichi Trophy with 14 goals scored tied along José Eulogio Gárate from Atlético Madrid.
Shockingly, the team was early eliminated in the Round of 16 of the European Cup by Austrian side Rapid Wien which won 1:0 in the first leg in Wien and advanced to Quarter-finals due to away goals after losing 1:2 in Madrid in. In the Copa del Generalísimo, the club was eliminated in the Round of 16 by Atlético Madrid.
The "Ye-yé" era started to collapse for this campaign as three members Araquistáin, Serena and Pachín were transferred out.

## 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 | Antonio Betancort |
| — | GK | ESP | Andrés Junquera |
| — | DF | ESP | Pedro de Felipe |
| — | DF | ESP | Manuel Sanchís |
| — | DF | ESP | Antonio Calpe |
| — | DF | ESP | Ignacio Zoco |
| — | DF | ESP | José Luis |
| — | MF | ESP | Manuel Velázquez |
| — | MF | ESP | Pirri |
| — | FW | ESP | Amancio Amaro |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | FW | ESP | Ramón Grosso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Fernando Zunzunegui |
| — | FW | ARG | Miguel Pérez |
| — | FW | ESP | Manuel Bueno |
| — | DF | ESP | Grande |
| — | FW | ESP | José Luis Veloso |
| — | DF | ESP | Vicente Miera |
| — | DF | ESP | Pascual Babiloni |
| — | MF | ESP | Vidal |
| — | MF | ESP | Chato González |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafael de Diego |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Grande | Rayo Vallecano | – |
| DF | Babiloni | Castellón | – |
| FW | Vidal | CE Sabadell CF | – |
| DF | Gerardo Ortega de Francisco | Rayo Vallecano | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | José Araquistáin | Elche CF | – |
| FW | Fernando Serena | Elche CF | – |
| MF | Pachín | Real Betis | – |
| MF | Antonio Iznata | Real Murcia | – |
| FW | Jaime Blanco | Real Betis | – |
| MF | Fernando Rovira | Calvo Sotelo | – |

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

| Team / 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 |
| 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 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Las Palmas | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 38 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Barcelona | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 36 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Sabadell | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 32 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Valencia | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 31 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### Preliminary round
#### Eightfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa | Copa | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Betancort | 35 | -25 | 30 | -21 | 2 | -2 | 3 | -2 |
| | DF | ESP | De Felipe | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sanchis | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | José Luis | 22 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Calpe | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Pirri | 28 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| | MF | ESP | Zoco | 27 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Velazquez | 35 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Amancio | 32 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Grosso | 29 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Gento | 30 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Junquera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zunzunegui | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Pérez | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Bueno | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Grande | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Veloso | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Miera | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Babiloni | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Vidal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | González | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | De Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1968-692.html