# 1960–61 Real Madrid CF season

The 1960–61 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 58th season in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

After winning the European Cup semi-finals and final last season, acting head coach "Miracle" Miguel Muñoz was promoted as full-time manager for this campaign. The team was defeated in the first round of the 1960–61 European Cup by FC Barcelona 3–4 on aggregate, now with László Kubala in the line-up, with the Catalans avenging a semi-finals defeat in the previous campaign months earlier.
With an early elimination in the European Cup, Madrid were aiming to clinch the domestic double, which was reachable. The club won its seventh league title (twelve points above runners-up Atlético Madrid and five matches before the season finale), and were then defeated in the Copa del Generalísino final for the second season in a row, again by Atlético Madrid. Puskas won the Pichichi individual award as the top goalscorer, with 28 league goals. At the start the campaign, Real Madrid clinched the first edition of the Intercontinental Cup, defeating Peñarol.

## 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 | Vicente |
| — | GK | ARG | Rogelio Domínguez |
| — | DF | URU | José Santamaría |
| — | DF | ESP | Pedro Casado |
| — | DF | ESP | Pachín |
| — | DF | ESP | Marquitos |
| — | DF | ESP | Miche |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Del Sol |
| — | MF | ESP | José María Vidal |
| — | MF | ESP | Antonio Ruiz |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan Santisteban |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | José María Zárraga |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | FW | HUN | Ferenc Puskás |
| — | FW | ARG | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| — | FW | BRA | Canário |
| — | FW | ESP | Jesús Herrera |
| — | FW | ESP | Manuel Bueno |
| — | FW | ESP | Pepillo |
| — | FW | SWE | Agne Simonsson |
| — | FW | ESP | Enrique Mateos |
| — | FW | ARG | José Héctor Rial |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| GK | Vicente | Espanyol | - |
| FW | Agne Simonsson | - | - |
| MF | Villa | Plus Ultra | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Didi | - | - |
| DF | Lesmes | Valladolid | - |
| DF | Pantaleon | Elche | - |
| MF | Falin | | - |
| DF | Angel Atienza | | - |
| GK | Berasaluce | Racing Santander | - |
| FW | Ramon Marsal | Plus Ultra | - |
| FW | Laszlo Kaszas | Racing Santander | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 25 | +64 | 52 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 40 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Zaragoza | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 33 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 32 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Valencia | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 32 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 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 |

#### Matches
### Intercontinental Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| Competition | Points | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | GD |
| Competition | Points | G | W | D | L | Gs | Ga | GD |
| 1960–61 La Liga | 52 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 25 | +64 |
| 1961 Copa del Generalísimo | – | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | +20 |
| 1960–61 European Cup | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| 1960 Intercontinental Cup | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| Totale | | 43 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 126 | 39 | +87 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa del Generalisimo | Copa del Generalisimo | European Cup | European Cup | Intercontinental Cup | Intercontinental Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Vicente | 40 | -38 | 30 | -25 | 8 | -9 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Marquitos | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | URU | Santamaria | 38 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Casado | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Pachín | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Del Sol | 42 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Vidal | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Canário | 21 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Di Stefano | 36 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | HUN | Puskas | 41 | 44 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Gento | 38 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | GK | ARG | Dominguez | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| | FW | ESP | Bueno | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | ESP | Herrera | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Mateos | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| | | ESP | Miche | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Pepillo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Rial | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | ESP | Ruiz | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Santisteban | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SWE | Simonsson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Zarraga | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Felo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1960-612.html