# 1970–71 Real Madrid CF season

The 1970–71 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 68th season in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

The club finished in a disappointing fourth place, two points below Champion Valencia CF coached by former Real Madrid' star Alfredo Di Stéfano.
In 1971 Copa del Generalísimo the squad as Defending Champion was early eliminated in Round of 32 by Deportivo La Coruña on away goals.
It was the club's first absence in the European Cup. The team played the 7th final in Europe, a record at the time, first a draw 1–1 after extra time, and then, lost the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup Final trophy against Chelsea F.C. 1–2 in the replay in Piraeus closing the first trophy-less season since the 1952–53 campaign. After 18 years as club player, clinching 12 league titles, 2 Copa del Generalísimo and 6 European Cups Francisco Gento is retired at the end of this 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 | Borja |
| — | DF | ESP | Ignacio Zoco |
| — | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito |
| — | DF | ESP | Manuel Sanchís |
| — | DF | ESP | José Luis |
| — | MF | ESP | Manuel Velázquez |
| — | MF | ESP | Pirri |
| — | FW | ESP | Amancio Amaro |
| — | FW | PAR | Fleitas |
| — | FW | ARG | Miguel Pérez |
| — | FW | ESP | Manuel Bueno |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Andrés Junquera |
| — | DF | ESP | Antonio Calpe |
| — | DF | ESP | Pedro de Felipe |
| — | FW | ESP | Ramón Grosso |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | GK | ESP | Antonio Betancort |
| — | DF | ESP | Fernando Zunzunegui |
| — | MF | ESP | Grande |
| — | DF | ESP | Babiloni |
| — | MF | ESP | Ortuño |
| — | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel |
| — | MF | ESP | Planelles |
| — | FW | ESP | Rafael Marañón |
| — | DF | ARG | Touriño |
| — | MF | ESP | De la Fuente |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Touriño | Quilmes |
| FW | Rafael Marañón | Real Gijón | – |
| DF | De La Fuente | Real Gijón | – |
| MF | Chato González | Real Murcia | – |
| FW | Jimenez | UD Salamanca | – |
| MF | Fermín | UD Salamanca | – |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Babiloni | Castellón | – |
| FW | Rafael de Diego | CE Sabadell CF | – |
| MF | Vidal | CE Sabadell CF | – |
| MF | Ramón Tejada | Granada CF | – |
| GK | Andrés Mendieta | Castellón | – |

## 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 43 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 42 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

#### Matches
### European Cup Winners' Cup
#### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa | Copa | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Borja | 25 | -20 | 17+1 | -14 | 2 | -1 | 5 | -5 |
| | DF | ESP | José Luis | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zoco | 36 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| | DF | ESP | Goyo Benito | 39 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sanchis | 31 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Pirri | 41 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| | MF | ESP | Grande | 32 | 4 | 18+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Velazquez | 38 | 2 | 23+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Amancio | 30 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | PAR | Fleitas | 34 | 8 | 17+8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2+5 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Pérez | 25 | 4 | 19+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel | 10 | -7 | 7 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| | DF | ESP | De Felipe | 13 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Zunzunegui | 24 | 3 | 15+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Bueno | 25 | 8 | 17+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Marañon | 14 | 1 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Grosso | 21 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Junquera | 6 | -2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Calpe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Gento | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Betancort | 4 | -2 | 2+1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Babiloni | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Ortuño | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Planelles | 11 | 3 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| | DF | ARG | Touriño | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | De la Fuente | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1970-712.html