# 1978–79 Real Madrid CF season

The 1978–79 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 77th season in existence and the club's 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

Nineteen days after the death of Santiago Bernabéu, Luis De Carlos was appointed as new President of the club on 21 June 1978. The new chairman released a new board of directors on 1 September 1978 in an attempt to normalize the club after the turmoil of last year. Owing to financial issues including a growing debt, De Carlos did not reinforced the squad with high-profile players, instead of that, there had a few low-cost arrivals such as: Rafael García Cortés and Francisco García Hernández along Maté and Hipólito Rincón in a sign of austerity for upcoming years, in an era known as "The Madrid of Los Garcia" until 1982.
In the European Cup the team, shockingly, was eliminated early in the second round by underdogs Swiss side Grasshopper Club Zürich on the away goals rule. Meanwhile, in the Copa del Rey the squad advanced to the final where it was defeated by Valencia CF 2–0 at Vicente Calderón Stadium.
The club clinched its 19th League title also second in a row, four points above runners-up Sporting Gijón. Had they also won the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid would've clinched the double, something they would achieve next season.

## 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 | San José |
| — | DF | ARG | Enrique Wolff |
| — | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito |
| — | DF | ESP | Juan Sol |
| — | MF | FRG | Uli Stielike |
| — | MF | ESP | Pirri |
| — | MF | ESP | Vicente del Bosque |
| — | FW | DEN | Henning Jensen |
| — | FW | ESP | Santillana |
| — | FW | ESP | Juanito |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel |
| — | FW | ARG | Carlos Guerini |
| — | FW | ARG | Roberto Martínez |
| — | FW | ESP | Isidro |
| — | DF | ESP | José Antonio Camacho |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafael García Cortés |
| — | MF | ESP | Alberto Vitoria |
| — | FW | ESP | Ico Aguilar |
| — | DF | ESP | Andrés Sabido |
| — | GK | ESP | Maté |
| — | MF | ESP | Francisco García Hernández |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| DF | Maté | | |
| MF | García Hernández | | – |
| DF | García Cortés | | |
| FW | Hipólito Rincón | Recreativo Huelva | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| GK | Amador | Hércules CF |
| DF | José Macanás | Hércules CF |
| GK | Agustín | Castilla |
| DF | Uría | Sporting Gijón |
| MF | Escribano | Castilla |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Barcelona | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 38 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
* ↑ Valencia qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey and Barcelona as title holders of the competition.

#### 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 | García Remón | 30 | -26 | 17+2 | -17 | 10 | -9 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Juan Sol | 28 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Wolff | 49 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito | 43 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | San José | 39 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Stielike | 33 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Pirri | 37 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Del Bosque | 43 | 3 | 28+2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Juanito | 40 | 10 | 28+1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | FW | ESP | Santillana | 48 | 26 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | DEN | Jensen | 38 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel | 20 | -22 | 16 | -18 | 1 | -1 | 3 | -3 |
| | FW | ESP | Ico Aguilar | 35 | 13 | 16+10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Isidro | 29 | 1 | 14+4 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Martínez | 32 | 5 | 3+20 | 4 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Guerini | 17 | 2 | 11+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Maté | 2 | -2 | 1 | -1 | 0+1 | -1 |
| | MF | ESP | García Hernández | 21 | 8 | 9+2 | 4 | 4+4 | 2 | 0+2 | 2 |
| | DF | ESP | Sabido | 18 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Vitoria | 16 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | García Cortés | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Camacho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Rincon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1978-792.html