# 1957–58 Real Madrid CF season

The 1957–58 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 55th season in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
The season saw Real Madrid win the continental double, clinching the European Cup for the third time in a row, and get agonizingly close to clinching its first ever treble, only to be defeated by Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Generalísimo final.

## Summary

The club signed 1955–56 French league champion manager Luis Carniglia as its new head coach. New arrivals for the team were goalkeeper Rogelio Domínguez, a champion with Argentina at the 1957 Copa América, and from Nacional de Montevideo Uruguayan defender José Emilio Santamaría, who played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and brought attention due to his style of play. These two signings were crucial to boost the defense of the team with an impressive 26 goals conceded during 30 matches in the Spanish league, helping also the offensive line wherein Alfredo Di Stéfano and his 19 goals clinched another league top scorer trophy, this time tied with Manuel Badenes (Real Valladolid) and Ricardo Alós (Valencia) .
The team, with an excellent balance in defense and offense, won its sixth Spanish league title, finishing 3 points above Atlético Madrid despite a bad row of results during the winter. Also, the squad clinched its third consecutive European Cup defeating A.C. Milan 3–2 after extra time at Heysel. After clinching the two trophies, Madrid's attention turned to the Copa del Generalísimo with hopes of becoming the first team in the world to clinch the continental treble. Real Sociedad was defeated convincingly to set up the final against Bilbao at the Bernabéu. Playing at home in front of 100,000 spectators with the treble on the line, Madrid were shut down by Athletic, losing 0–2. Real Madrid continued its unlucky run of losing Copa finals. As of 2022, the club has never won a treble, with its next closest attempt coming four years later.

## 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 | TUN | Yassine Gam (footballer, born 1927) |
| — | GK | ESP | Berasaluce |
| — | DF | URU | José Emilio Santamaría |
| — | DF | ESP | Joaquin Navarro |
| — | DF | ESP | Rafael Lesmes |
| — | DF | ESP | José María Zárraga |
| — | DF | ESP | Ángel Atienza |
| — | DF | ESP | Rubio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Muñoz |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan Santisteban |
| — | MF | FRA | Raymond Kopa |
| — | MF | ESP | Ruiz |
| — | FW | ARG | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | FW | ESP | Ramón Marsal |
| — | FW | ESP | Enrique Mateos |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| GK | Rogelio Domínguez | Racing Club | - |
| DF | José Emilio Santamaría | Nacional | - |
| FW | Isidro Brunet | Tarrasa | - |
| MF | Jesus Pereda | Indauchu | - |
| FW | Carlos Cela | Real Betis | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Joaquin Oliva | Jaen | - |
| MF | Roque Olsen | Cordoba | - |
| DF | Pedro Casado | Plus Ultra | - |
| DF | Joaquin Navarro | Trah | - |
| DF | Carlos Sutter | Plus Ultra | - |
| GK | Juan Visa | Plus Ultra | - |
| MF | Wilson Jones | Zaragoza | - |
| MF | Julio Roth | Tenerife | - |
| MF | Manolin | Zaragoza | - |
| DF | Manuel Torres | Zaragoza | - |
| DF | Arturo Seoane | Celta | - |
| MF | Montejano | Plus Ultra | - |
| FW | Perez Paya | | - |
| MF | Luis Molowny | Las Palmas | - |
| FW | Marcelino Lera | Osasuna | - |
| DF | Luis Cela | Plus Ultra | - |
| FW | Heliodoro Castaño | Real Betis | - |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | +45 | 45 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 42 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Barcelona | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 38 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Valencia | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 36 | |
| 5 | Osasuna | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 35 | |
* ↑ Atlético Madrid qualified for the European Cup as Real Madrid qualified as title holders.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### First round
#### Final
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 15 September 1957 | 4 May 1958 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | +45 | 066.67 |
| Copa del Generalísimo | 18 May 1958 | 29 June 1958 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 071.43 |
| European Cup | 31 October 1957 | 28 May 1958 | First round | Winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 31 | +57 | 067.57 |
Last updated: 22 September 2019 Source: Competitions

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | European Cup | European Cup | Copa | Copa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ARG | Dominguez | 20 | -13 | 16 | -10 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Atienza | 32 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | URU | Santamaria | 41 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Lesmes | 32 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Zárraga | 41 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Santisteban | 38 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Kopa | 34 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Marsal | 25 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| | FW | ARG | Rial | 39 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | ARG | Di Stefano | 44 | 36 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| | FW | ESP | Gento | 39 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| | GK | ESP | Alonso | 25 | -23 | 15 | -14 | 4 | -4 | 6 | -5 |
| | FW | ESP | Brunet | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Pereda | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Muñoz | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Joseíto | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| | MF | ESP | Becerril | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Berasaluce | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2 |
| | DF | ESP | Marquitos | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Rubio | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Ruiz | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Mateos | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1957-582.html