1976–77 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1976–77 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Head coach	Miljan Miljanić
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	9th
Copa del Rey	Third round
European Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Santillana (12); All: Pirri (14)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 74th season in existence and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

During summer the club failed to replace ageing Gunter Netzer with Brazilian midfielder Zico from Flamengo or English Forward Kevin Keegan from Liverpool F.C. both offers rejected by their teams.^[1] The club collapsed to the 9th place in the most disastrous League campaign under Bernabeu Presidency era finishing 12 points below Champions Atlético Madrid despite the arrival of international Danish striker Henning Jensen^[2] from Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, even with the chaotic club performance, head coach Miljan Miljanić remained in his position and was ratified by President Santiago Bernabéu on 7 June 1977^[3]

Shockingly, in European Cup the squad was defeated by Belgian squad Club Brugge^[4] after a 0–0 draw in Valencia, the team lost 0–2 in Brugge being the last away trip of Santiago Bernabéu with the squad.^[5]

The club was early eliminated in 1976–77 Copa del Rey^[6] Third Round by underdogs Hércules CF.^[7]

The overall poor performance in La Liga and Copa del Rey meant that Real Madrid would not compete in any European competition for first time in the history.

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	Miguel Ángel
—	GK	ESP	García Remón
—	GK	ESP	Amador
—	DF	ESP	Juan Sol
—	DF	ESP	José Antonio Camacho
—	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito
—	DF	ESP	Uría
—	DF	FRG	Paul Breitner
—	DF	ESP	Benito Rubiñan
—	DF	ESP	José Luis Sánchez Barrios
—	DF	ESP	Jose Macanas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	San José
—	DF	ESP	Andrés
—	MF	ESP	Vicente del Bosque
—	MF	ESP	Pirri
—	MF	ESP	Manuel Velazquez
—	MF	ESP	Alberto Vitoria
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ARG	Roberto Martínez
—	FW	DEN	Henning Jensen
—	FW	ARG	Carlos Guerini
—	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Henning Jensen	Borussia Mönchengladbach
GK	Amador		–
DF	San José	Castilla
FW	Salamanca	Rayo Vallecano	–
MF	Escribano		–

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Günter Netzer	Grasshopper Club Zürich
FW	Amancio Amaro		retired
GK	Andres Junquera	Real Zaragoza
DF	José Luis		retired
MF	Grosso		retired
DF	Touriño	Independiente Medellín
GK	Pedro Corral	CD Málaga

Friendlies

26 May 1977	Atlas FC	2-2	Real Madrid	Guadalajara
	Chumpitaz 48' Araya 65'		26' Del Bosque 67' Guerini	Stadium: Jalisco Referee: Javier Galindo

29 May 1977	Pumas UNAM	2-3	Real Madrid	Mexico City
	Cabinho 39' Muñante 89'		23' Camacho 26' Juanito 33' Roberto Martínez	Stadium: Olimpico Universitario Referee: Mario Rubio

2 June 1977	CF Monterrey	1-1	Real Madrid	Monterrey
	Mirandinha 63'		75' Jensen	Stadium: Universitario Referee: Domingo de la Mora

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	31	32	33	34
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
Result	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L
Position	6	8	13	7	7	4	3	2	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	7	7	9	8	7	7	9	5	5	7	10	6	8	9

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1977–78 European Cup; = 1977–78 UEFA Cup; = 1977–78 Segunda Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Valencia	34	13	10	11	53	47	+6	36
8	Real Sociedad	34	13	8	13	54	41	+13	34
9	Real Madrid	34	12	10	12	57	53	+4	34
10	Sevilla	34	11	12	11	32	39	−7	34
11	Elche	34	11	11	12	45	47	−2	33

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored

Matches

5 September 1976 1	UD Salamanca	0–1	Real Madrid	Salamanca
		Report	71' Breitner	Stadium: Estadio Helmántico Referee: Pedro Elordi

12 September 1976 2	Real Madrid	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Pirri 52' (pen.) Santillana 58'	Report	22' Churruka 28' Dani 64' Irureta Rojo Escalza	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Carrion

19 September 1976 3	FC Barcelona	3–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Marcial 29' Cruijff 53' Heredia 86'	Report	Pirri 52'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Olavarria González

26 September 1976 4	Real Madrid	4–0	Hércules CF	Madrid
	Guerini 44' Guerini 49' Santillana 52' Rubiñan 89' Uria	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Felipe Aurre

3 October 1976 5	Sevilla CF	1–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Rubio 26' San Jose Jaen Scott	Report	55' Guerini	Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Jaime Fortuny

16 October 1976 6	Real Madrid	1–0	Burgos CF	Madrid
	Garrido 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Pablo Ibanez

24 October 1976 7	Real Zaragoza	2–4	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Castani 71' Jordao 83' Rodriguez	Report	22' Velazquez 26' Jensen 36' Velazquez 86' Uria Camacho Rubiñan Santillana	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Vicente Bachero

30 October 1976 8	Real Madrid	2–0	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Rivadeneira 16' (o.g.) Santillana 61' Camacho	Report	Rep Diarte Rivadeneira	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ernesto Nunez

7 November 1976 9	Celta Vigo	2–0	Real Madrid	Vigo
	Del Cura 35' Fenoi 87' Sanroman Castro	Report		Stadium: Estadio Balaídos Referee: Jose Carrion

14 November 1976 10	Real Madrid	2–2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Jensen 7' Martinez 81' San Jose	Report	41' Idigoras 68' Satrustegui Olaizola Murillo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Victoriano Arminio

21 November 1976 11	Español	4–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Aquino 41' (pen.) Osorio 50' Canito 70' Jeremias 75'	Report	74' Martinez Breitner	Stadium: Sarrià Referee: Jose Ron

28 November 1976 12	Real Madrid	5–2	Elche CF	Madrid
	Martinez 4' Pirri 13' (pen.) Pirri 51' Pirri 63' Santillana 82' Velazquez	Report	38' Cristo 62' Fontana Malenchon Indio	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Mariano Iglesias

5 December 1976 13	Real Betis	2–0	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Anzarda 63' Muren 72' Cobo	Report	Santillana Goyo Benito	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Jesus Sanz

12 December 1976 14	Real Madrid	3–0	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Del Bosque 25' Santillana 51' Camacho 76' Uria	Report	Verde Marrero	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Emilio Muro

19 December 1976 15	Racing Santander	3–3	Real Madrid	Santander
	Zuviria 40' Zuviria 52' (pen.) Zuviria 72' Aguirre	Report	44' Martinez 45' Pirri 53' Pirri Uria	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: Antonio Rios

2 January 1977 16	Atlético Madrid	4–0	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Cano 2' Diaz 63' Cano 66' Bermejo 81' Aguilar	Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Fernando Alvarez

9 January 1977 17	Real Madrid	4–1	CD Málaga	Madrid
	Pirri 10' Santillana 51' Martinez 65' Martinez 73'	Report	28' Wilkes Fortes Popo Miguel Vilanova Romero Alberdi	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Pedro Elordi

16 January 1977 18	Real Madrid	0–1	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Guerini	Report	62' Alves Galleguillos	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Quiroz

23 January 1977 19	Athletic Bilbao	4–1	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Dani 16' (pen.) Churruka 30' Churruka 51' Dani 89'	Report	13' Santillana 23' Uria Juan Sol Goyo Benito	Stadium: San Mames Referee: Jose Gonzalez

30 January 1977 20	Real Madrid	1–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Pirri 2' (pen.) Camacho Vicente del Bosque	Report	Cruijff 16'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Carrion

8 February 1977 21	Hércules CF	0–1	Real Madrid	Alicante
	Barrios	Report	65' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Perez Referee: Vicente Bachero

13 February 1977 22	Real Madrid	0–0	Sevilla CF	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jaime Fortuny

20 February 1977 23	Burgos CF	3–2	Real Madrid	Burgos
	Juanito 35' Juanito 62' Kresic 67'	Report	56' Jensen 64' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio El Plantío Referee: Victoriano Arminio

27 February 1977 24	Real Madrid	4–2	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Rico 1' (o.g.) Soria 48' Camacho 56' Rubiñan 74' Juan Sol	Report	77' Jordao 79' Planelles Duñabetia Arrua	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Angel Martinez

6 March 1977 25	Valencia CF	1–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Diarte 40' (pen.)	Report	41' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio Madrid Referee: Fernando Alvarez

13 March 1977 26	Real Madrid	0–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
	Del Bosque Soria Goyo Benito	Report	Viela Igartua	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio del Barrio

20 March 1977 27	Real Sociedad	1–1	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Santrustegui 61' Gaztelu	Report	80' Santillana Camacho Juan Sol	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Jaime Fortuny

3 April 1977 28	Real Madrid	4–1	Español	Madrid
	Martinez 27' Pirri 45' (pen.) Jensen 53' Martinez 82 '	Report	38' Casely Ferrer	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Ron

9 April 1977 29	Elche CF	1–1	Real Madrid	Elche
	Fontana 23 ' Benitez	Report	70' Martinez Ico Aguilar	Stadium: Campo Altabix Referee: Fernando Alvarez

24 April 1977 30	Real Madrid	0–1	Real Betis	Madrid
	Del Bosque	Report	69' Ladino Esnaola	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jaime Fortuny

1 May 1977 31	UD Las Palmas	4–2	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
	Perez 8 ' Juani 51 ' Morete 60' (pen.) Morete 67'	Report	62' Guerini 71' Pirri	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Pedro Elordi

8 May 1977 32	Real Madrid	3–1	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Jensen 18' Jensen 59 ' Ico Aguilar 88 ' Juan Sol	Report	51' Jimenez Genupi	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Felipe Aurre

15 May 1977 33	Real Madrid	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Martinez 70 ' Soria Goyo Benito	Report	41' Cano Bermejo Pereira	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Abad

22 May 1977 34	CD Málaga	2–1	Real Madrid	Málaga
	Orozco 37 ' Carlos 74 '	Report	Santillana 80 '	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Referee: Jose Carrion

Copa del Rey

Third round

23 February 1977	Hércules CF	3–0	Real Madrid	Alicante
		Report		Stadium: Estadio José Rico Perez

9 March 1977	Real Madrid	2–0	Hércules CF	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

European Cup

First round

15 September 1976	Stal Mielec	1–2	Real Madrid	Mielec
	Sekulski 74'	Report	Santillana 6' Del Bosque 52'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson

29 September 1976	Real Madrid	1–0	Stal Mielec	Valencia
	Pirri 64'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla^[8] Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

Second round

20 October 1976	Real Madrid	0–0	Club Brugge	Málaga^[9]
		Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 45,000 Referee: John Carpenter

3 November 1976	Club Brugge	2–0	Real Madrid	Bruges
	Le Fevre 18' Rubiñán 45' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Ken Burns

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division^[10]		Copa del Rey		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel	39	-58	33	-52	2	-3	4	-3
	DF	ESP	Juan Sol	34	0	28	0	2	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito	29	0	24+1	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	ESP	Uría	26	1	18+2	1	2	0	3+1	0
	DF	ESP	Camacho	38	2	32	2	2	0	4	0
	DF	FRG	Breitner	33	1	30	1	0	0	3	0
	MF	ESP	Del Bosque	29	2	25	1	1	0	2+1	1
	MF	ESP	Pirri	36	14	31	11	2	2	3	1
	MF	ESP	Velazquez	25	2	17+3	2	1	0	4	0
	FW	ESP	Santillana	36	13	28+2	12	2	0	4	1
	FW	DEN	Jensen	32	6	28	6	0	0	4	0
	GK	ESP	García Remón	1	-1	1	-1	0	0
	FW	ARG	Martínez	24	10	16+5	10	1	0	0+2	0
	DF	ESP	Rubiñan	25	2	13+9	2	1	0	2	0
	MF	ESP	Vitoria	22	1	15+5	1	2	0
	FW	ARG	Guerini	22	4	14+3	4	1	0	4	0
	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar	17	1	15+1	1	1	0
	DF	ESP	Sánchez Barrios	10	0	5+4	0	0+1	0
	DF	ESP	San José	3	0	0+3	0
	DF	ESP	Macanas	3	0	1+1	0	1	0

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1976-772.html

References

^ "Madrid renounced to transfer in Zico and Keegan" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 12 July 1976. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ "Henning Jensen Dies, First Danish Footballer to Play for Real Madrid". Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Juan José Paradinas (8 June 1977). "Miljanic and Luis remained in their Spots". El País. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Real Madrid did not Play at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium". ABC (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Santiago Bernabéu's last away trip with Real Madrid". as.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Former Copa del Generalísimo was renamed Copa del Rey after the death of Francisco Franco in November 1975."Curiosidades de la Copa del Rey" (in Spanish). copadelrey.rfef.es. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Today, 41 years ago Hercules defeated Real Madrid" (in Spanish). herculesdealicantecf. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Real Madrid had to play in Valencia due to a UEFA two matches ban."The Crazyman of Bernabeu". El País. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Played at La Rosaleda due to a UEFA ban against Real Madrid."The Only Previous Match Madrid v Brugge was played in Málaga". mundodeportivo.com. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1976–77". bdfutbol.com.

External links

BDFútbol

[1] "Madrid renounced to transfer in Zico and Keegan" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 12 July 1976. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[2] "Henning Jensen Dies, First Danish Footballer to Play for Real Madrid". Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] Juan José Paradinas (8 June 1977). "Miljanic and Luis remained in their Spots". El País. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[4] "Real Madrid did not Play at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium". ABC (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[5] "Santiago Bernabéu's last away trip with Real Madrid". as.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] Former Copa del Generalísimo was renamed Copa del Rey after the death of Francisco Franco in November 1975."Curiosidades de la Copa del Rey" (in Spanish). copadelrey.rfef.es. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[7] "Today, 41 years ago Hercules defeated Real Madrid" (in Spanish). herculesdealicantecf. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[8] Real Madrid had to play in Valencia due to a UEFA two matches ban."The Crazyman of Bernabeu". El País. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[9] Played at La Rosaleda due to a UEFA ban against Real Madrid."The Only Previous Match Madrid v Brugge was played in Málaga". mundodeportivo.com. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[10] "Real Madrid temporada 1976–77". bdfutbol.com.

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