# 1955–56 Real Madrid CF season

The 1955–56 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 53rd season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

The season is best remembered thanks to the first ever European Cup won, defeating Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine's Stade de Reims in an exciting Final with a 4–3 score.
The team reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Generalísimo (losing to Athletic Bilbao 3–4 on aggregate without Di Stéfano) and finished third in the league 10 points behind champions Bilbao with a record 81 goals scored.

## 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | Berasaluce |
| — | DF | ESP | Marquitos |
| — | DF | ESP | Navarro |
| — | DF | ESP | Oliva |
| — | DF | ESP | Lesmes II |
| — | DF | ESP | Zárraga |
| — | DF | ESP | Ángel Atienza Landeta |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Muñoz |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Molowny |
| — | MF | ESP | Wilson Alfredo Jones |
| — | FW | ARG | Rial |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| — | FW | ESP | Joseíto |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | FW | ESP | José Luis Perez Payá |
| — | FW | ARG | Roque Olsen |
| — | FW | ESP | Ramón Marsal |
| — | MF | ESP | Becerril |
| — | MF | ESP | Manolín |
| — | FW | ESP | Heliodoro Castaño Pedrosa |
| — | MF | ESP | Rubio |
| — | FW | ESP | Enrique Mateos |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| GK | Berasaluce | Deportivo Alaves | - |
| MF | Rubio | Murcia | - |
| DF | Arturo Seoane | Hercules | - |
| DF | Antonio Gonzalez | | - |
| GK | Juan Visa | | - |
| FW | Carlos Cela | RCD Espanyol | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| GK | Cosme | Cultural Leonesa | - |
| MF | Mario Duran | Real Oviedo | - |
| FW | Adolfo Atienza | Las Palmas | - |
| DF | Aurelio Campa | Las Palmas | - |
| DF | Felix Carrillo | CD Malaga | - |
| MF | Taranco | Extremadura | - |
| MF | Serrano | | - |
| FW | Julio Cesar Britos | | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Bilbao (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 79 | 31 | +48 | 48 | Qualification for the European Cup and for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 47 | |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 81 | 39 | +42 | 38 | Qualification for the European Cup |
| 4 | Sevilla | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 36 | |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 75 | 49 | +26 | 33 | |
* ↑ Real Madrid qualified for the European Cup as title holders.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### Round of 16
#### Final
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | GD |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | GD |
| La Liga | 38 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 81 | 39 | +42 |
| Copa del Generalísimo | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| European Cup | – | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| Total | | 52 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 113 | 55 | +58 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | 1955–56 European Cup | 1955–56 European Cup | 1956 Copa del Generalisimo | 1956 Copa del Generalisimo |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Alonso | 36 | -51 | 23 | -32 | 7 | -10 | 6 | -9 |
| | DF | ESP | Marquitos | 37 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Navarro | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zárraga | 40 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Lesmes | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Muñoz | 33 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Joseíto | 20 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| | FW | ARG | Olsen | 20 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Rial | 38 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| | FW | ARG | Di Stefano | 37 | 29 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 5 |
| | FW | ESP | Gento | 42 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| | GK | ESP | Berasaluce | 8 | -7 | 7 | -7 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Marsal | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | ESP | Oliva | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Molowny | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Atienza | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Becerril | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Manolín | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Pérez Payá | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | FW | ESP | Castaño | 16 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Rubio | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Mateos | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1955-562.html