# 1951–52 Real Madrid CF season

The 1951–52 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 49th season in existence and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

During summer, President Santiago Bernabéu closed the arrivals of Zarraga forwards Joseíto reinforcing the offensive line and Uruguayan head coach Hector Scarone. On 30 March 1952, the team played a friendly match against Colombian side Millonarios, marking the debut of Argentine striker Alfredo Di Stéfano in front of Madrid fans, and President Santiago Bernabéu started negotiations for his transfer to the club. The squad reached a decent third place, five points below Champions CF Barcelona.
During June, the squad reached the 1952 Copa del Generalísimo semi-finals, being defeated after two matches by Valencia CF with a global score of 2–3. Pahiño clinched the first spot on the top scorers of La Liga with 28 goals.

## 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 | Juan Alonso |
| — | DF | ESP | Gabriel Alonso |
| — | DF | FRA | Louis Hon |
| — | DF | ESP | Joaquín Navarro |
| — | DF | ESP | Joaquín Oliva |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Muñoz |
| — | MF | ARG | Roque Olsen |
| — | MF | ESP | Luis Molowny |
| — | DF | ESP | José María Zárraga |
| — | FW | ESP | Pahiño |
| — | FW | ESP | Miguel Cabrera |
| — | FW | ESP | Joseíto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Adauto Iglesias |
| — | MF | ESP | José Montalvo |
| — | FW | ESP | Pedro María Arsuaga |
| — | MF | ESP | Jesús Narro |
| — | DF | ESP | Guillermo Pont |
| — | DF | ESP | Clemente Fernández |
| — | MF | ESP | Eduardo Sobrado |
| — | FW | ESP | Antoni Gausí |
| — | DF | ESP | González |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Zárraga | |
| FW | Joseíto | Real Santander |
| GK | Adauto | |
| DF | González | CD Málaga |
| FW | Gausí | Lérida |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| FW | Macala | Real Santander |
| DF | Azcarate | Real Gijón |
| DF | Barinaga | Real Sociedad |
| MF | Jean Luciano | UD Las Palmas |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 92 | 43 | +49 | 43 | Qualification for the Latin Cup |
| 2 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 40 | |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 79 | 50 | +29 | 38 | |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 80 | 57 | +23 | 37 | |
| 5 | Valencia | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 35 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Generalísimo
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | GD |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | GD |
| 1951–52 La Liga | 40 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 72 | 41 | +31 |
| Copa del Generalísimo | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| Total | | 42 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 113 | 55 | +58 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | 1952 Copa del Generalísimo | 1952 Copa del Generalísimo |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Juan Alonso | 29 | -48 | 29 | -48 |
| | DF | ESP | Alonso | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Navarro | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| | DF | ESP | Oliva | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Miguel Muñoz | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| | MF | ARG | Roque Olsen | 30 | 17 | 30 | 17 |
| | MF | ESP | Luis Molowny | 29 | 15 | 29 | 15 |
| | DF | ESP | Zárraga | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Pahiño | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
| | FW | ESP | Miguel Cabrera | 20 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| | FW | ESP | Joseíto | 19 | 5 | 19 | 5 |
| | GK | ESP | Adauto | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2 |
| | MF | ESP | Montalvo | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Arsuaga | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| | MF | ESP | Narro | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | FRA | Hon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Guillermo Pont | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Clemente | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Sobrado | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Gausí | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | González | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1951-522.html