# 1987–88 Real Madrid CF season

The 1987–88 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 86th season in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Overview

Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the third season running, claiming the club's 23rd league title overall. Los Blancos finished 11 points ahead of the runners-up, that this time were Real Sociedad. However, Madrid lost to the Basque side in the Copa del Rey semi-finals 0–5 on aggregate and were knocked out at the same stage of the European Cup by PSV Eindhoven.

## 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 | Francisco Buyo |
| — | GK | ESP | Otxotorena |
| — | GK | ESP | Agustín |
| — | DF | ESP | Chendo |
| — | DF | ESP | Miguel Tendillo |
| — | DF | ESP | Manuel Sanchís |
| — | DF | ESP | José Antonio Camacho |
| — | DF | ESP | Jesús Ángel Solana |
| — | DF | ESP | Mino |
| — | DF | ESP | Francis Perez |
| — | DF | ESP | Mandía |
| — | DF | ESP | Antonio Maceda |
| — | MF | ESP | Rafael Martín Vázquez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Míchel |
| — | MF | YUG | Milan Janković |
| — | MF | ESP | Rafael Gordillo |
| — | MF | ESP | Ricardo Gallego |
| — | MF | ESP | Paco Llorente |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan José Maqueda |
| — | MF | ESP | Adolfo Aldana |
| — | MF | ESP | Santiago Aragon |
| — | FW | MEX | Hugo Sánchez |
| — | FW | ESP | Emilio Butragueño |
| — | FW | ESP | Santillana |
| — | FW | ARG | Jorge Valdano |
| — | FW | ESP | Aguilá |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Paco Llorente | Atlético Madrid |
| DF | Francisco Muñoz Pérez | Valencia CF |
| DF | Miguel Tendillo | Real Murcia |
| MF | Adolfo Aldana | Castilla |
| MF | Santiago Aragon | Castilla |
| MF | Maqueda | Castilla |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Juanito | Málaga CF |
| FW | Miguel Pardeza | Real Zaragoza |
| DF | José Antonio Salguero | Sevilla FC |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### Results 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 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 | 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) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 95 | 26 | +69 | 62 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 51 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Osasuna | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 40 | |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### First round
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | DR |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | DR |
| La Liga | 62 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 95 | 26 | +69 |
| Copa del Rey | – | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 |
| European Cup | – | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
| Total | | 54 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 119 | 44 | +75 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Buyo | 51 | -41 | 35 | -23 | 8 | -11 | 8 | -7 |
| | DF | ESP | Chendo | 46 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Tendillo | 51 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Sanchís | 49 | 10 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Camacho | 42 | 0 | 26+4 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Vázquez | 50 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Míchel | 50 | 19 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| | MF | YUG | Janković | 43 | 4 | 22+7 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Gordillo | 46 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | MEX | Sanchez | 50 | 35 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Butragueño | 43 | 14 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| | GK | ESP | Otxotorena | 2 | -2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Solana | 32 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Gallego | 23 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Llorente | 35 | 4 | 7+15 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0+5 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Santillana | 23 | 8 | 3+9 | 4 | 1+6 | 4 | 1+3 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Mino | 11 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Maqueda | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Aldana | 4 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 |
| | GK | ESP | Agustín | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| | DF | ESP | Perez | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Aragon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Mandía | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Maceda | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Aguilá | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Valdano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1987-882.html