# 1988–89 Real Madrid CF season

The 1988–89 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 87th season in existence and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Season

Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the fourth consecutive season, 5 points ahead of the runners-up this time being FC Barcelona. Real Madrid defeated RCD Espanyol 3–0 on 10 June, becoming champions with two rounds remaining in the season. This was its 24th title in history. Real Madrid also won the Copa del Rey and Supercopa, the first time the club accomplished a domestic treble.

## 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 | Agustín |
| — | GK | ESP | Santiago Cañizares |
| — | DF | ESP | Chendo |
| — | DF | ESP | Miguel Tendillo |
| — | DF | ESP | Manuel Sanchís |
| — | DF | ESP | Jesús Ángel Solana |
| — | DF | ESP | Julio Llorente |
| — | DF | ESP | Esteban Gutierrez |
| — | DF | ESP | José Antonio Camacho |
| — | MF | ESP | Adolfo Aldana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Rafael Martín Vázquez |
| — | MF | ESP | Míchel |
| — | MF | FRG | Bernd Schuster |
| — | MF | ESP | Ricardo Gallego |
| — | MF | ESP | Rafael Gordillo |
| — | MF | ESP | Paco Llorente |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan José Sánchez Maqueda |
| — | FW | MEX | Hugo Sánchez |
| — | FW | ESP | Emilio Butragueño |
| — | FW | ESP | Sebastián Losada |
| — | FW | ESP | Albert Aguilá |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Bernd Schuster | FC Barcelona |
| FW | Sebastián Losada | RCD Español |
| DF | Julio Llorente | RCD Mallorca |
| DF | Esteban | Sporting Gijón |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Milan Janković | RSC Anderlecht |
| GK | Canales | Real Madrid Castilla |
| DF | Mandiá | RCD Español |
| DF | Mino | Sevilla FC |
| GK | Ochotorena | Valencia CF |
| MF | Santiago Aragon | RCD Español |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 91 | 37 | +54 | 62 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 57 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Valencia | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Zaragoza | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Qualify for Cup Winners' Cup as holders.

#### Matches
### Supercopa
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | DR |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | DR |
| La Liga | 56 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 83 | 33 | +50 |
| Copa del Rey | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| UEFA Cup | – | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | +10 |
| Total | | 52 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 113 | 55 | +58 |

### 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 | 46 | -47 | 31 | -28 | 8 | -10 | 7 | -9 |
| | DF | ESP | Chendo | 38 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Tendillo | 41 | 3 | 25+2 | 2 | 5+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Sanchís | 49 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Vázquez | 52 | 8 | 34+2 | 7 | 7+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Míchel | 49 | 14 | 36 | 13 | 7+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Schuster | 50 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Gallego | 42 | 2 | 25+2 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Gordillo | 49 | 7 | 32+2 | 6 | 6+1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| | FW | MEX | Sanchez | 48 | 36 | 35 | 27 | 5+1 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| | FW | ESP | Butragueño | 47 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7+1 | 4 |
| | GK | ESP | Agustín | 9 | -11 | 7 | -9 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| | DF | ESP | Esteban | 40 | 1 | 25+4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Solana | 31 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | J. Llorente | 16 | 2 | 6+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Camacho | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Llorente | 38 | 1 | 10+15 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Aldana | 17 | 4 | 4+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Maqueda | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Losada | 14 | 9 | 2+7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Aguilá | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Cañizares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1988-892.html