1961–62 Real Madrid CF season
The 1961–62 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 59th season in existence and the club's 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
| 1961–62 season | |||
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| President | Santiago Bernabéu | ||
| Head coach | Miguel Muñoz | ||
| Stadium | Santiago Bernabéu Stadium | ||
| La Liga | 1st (in European Cup) | ||
| Copa del Generalísimo | Winners | ||
| European Cup | Runner-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | Ferenc Puskas (20) | ||
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Summary
The club won its eight title ever, second in a row. Head coach Miguel Muñoz started the renewal of the squad with Araquistáin as goalkeeper, Pachín reinforcing the defensive line playing along Santamaría,[1] Miera and Isidro, also Pedro Casado competing . The midfield was covered by Luis Del Sol and Felix Ruiz. Meanwhile, ageing forwards Di Stefano and Puskas were aimed with passes by Gento and Justo Tejada.[2]
Also, the club won the 1962 Copa del Generalísimo Final [3] defeating 2-1 Sevilla clinching "The Double" being the only Copa del Generalísimo that Alfredo Di Stefano won in 11 campaigns.[4] The squad reached the 1962 European Cup Final being defeated by portuguese side and european incumbents Benfica 3-5 thanks to a superb second half with star forward Eusebio scoring 2 goals. [5]
Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| La Liga | 2 September 1961 | 1 April 1962 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 63.33 |
| Copa del Rey | 14 February 1962 | 8 July 1962 | Round of 32 | Winners | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 88.89 |
| European Cup | 6 September 1961 | 2 May 1962 | Preliminary round | Runners-up | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Total | 39 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 86 | 33 | +53 | 69.23 | ||||
Last updated: 22 September 2019
La Liga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 43 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 40 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 | Zaragoza | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 35 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- Atlético Madrid qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as title holders.
Matches
| 2 September 1961 1 | Real Madrid | 3-1 | Elche CF | Madrid |
| Tejada Di Stéfano Puskás |
Report | Romero |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gomez Arribas |
| 10 September 1961 2 | Racing Santander | 0-2 | Real Madrid | Santander |
| Report | Puskás Puskás |
Referee: Birigay Nieva |
| 16 September 1961 3 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Sevilla CF | Madrid |
| Puskás Puskás |
Report | Mateos |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Simó Fiol |
| 24 September 1961 4 | Real Sociedad | 0-1 | Real Madrid | San Sebastián |
| Report | Puskás |
Referee: Gardeazabal Garay |
| 30 September 1961 5 | Real Madrid | 2-0 | CF Barcelona | Madrid |
| Puskás Del Sol |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Garay |
| 8 October 1961 6 | Atletico Bilbao | 0-2 | Real Madrid | Bilbao |
| Report | Di Stéfano Tejada |
Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Gomez Contreras |
| 12 October 1961 | CD Tenerife | 0-3 | Real Madrid | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Report | Di Stefano Puskás Di Stéfano |
Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Referee: Lopez Zaballa |
| 15 October 1961 8 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Real Zaragoza | Madrid |
| Di Stefano Di Stefano |
Report | Duca |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Zariquiegui Izco |
| 22 October 1961 9 | Real Oviedo | 1-0 | Real Madrid | Oviedo |
| Sánchez Lage |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: Simó Fiol |
| 29 October 1961 | Real Madrid | 2-0 | Real Betis | Madrid |
| León Lasa Gento |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil |
| 1 November 1961 11 | Osasuna | 1-3 | Real Madrid | Pamplona |
| Fusté |
Report | Gento Tejada Del Sol |
Stadium: San Juan |
| 5 November 1961 12 | Real Madrid | 3-1 | Español | Madrid |
| Puskás Tejada Tejada |
Report | Castaños |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Castiñeiras |
| 19 November 1961 | Mallorca | 0-2 | Real Madrid | Palma de Mallorca |
| Report | Puskas Tejada |
Stadium: Estadio Luis Sitjar Referee: Gonzalez Echeverria |
| 26 November 1961 14 | Real Madrid | 2-1 | Atletico Madrid | Madrid |
| Gento Gento |
Report | Rodriguez Jones |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Lacambra Canela |
| 3 December 1961 15 | Valencia CF | 3-2 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| Guillot Guillot Ficha |
Report | Félix Ruiz Tejada |
Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Lopez Zaballa |
| 31 December 1961 17 | Real Madrid | 6-0 | Racing Santander | Madrid |
| Puskás Puskás Di Stéfano Tejada Del Sol Puskás |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Saz Olmedo |
| 7 January 1962 18 | Sevilla CF | 1-1 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
| Areta |
Report | Puskás |
Stadium: Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Gomez Arribas |
| 14 January 1962 19 | Real Madrid | 1-0 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
| Pachín |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gonzalbez |
| 21 January 1962 20 | CF Barcelona | 3-1 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Evaristo Kocsis Evaristo |
Report | Félix Ruiz |
Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona Referee: Birigay Nieva |
| 28 January 1962 21 | Real Madrid | 3-0 | Athletic Bilbao | Madrid |
| Puskas Puskas Di Stefano |
Report | Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Ruiz Casasola |
| 4 February 1962 22 | Real Madrid | 0-0 | CD Tenerife | Madrid |
| Report | Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Gonzalez Echeverria |
| 11 February 1962 23 | Real Zaragoza | 2-1 | Real Madrid | Zaragoza |
| Seminario Murillo |
Report | Pepillo |
Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Saz Olmedo |
| 18 February 1962 24 | Real Madrid | 4-1 | Real Oviedo | Madrid |
| Puskás Gento Gento Pachin Luis Del Sol Di Stefano |
Report | Sánchez Lage |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Birigay Nieva |
| 25 February 1962 25 | Real Betis | 2-1 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
| Bosch Luis Aragonés |
Report | Félix Ruiz |
Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Lopez Zaballa |
| 4 March 1962 26 | Real Madrid | 2-2 | Osasuna | Madrid |
| Di Stefano Puskas |
Report | Chechu Silvestre |
Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Ruiz Casasola |
| 11 March 1962 27 | Español | 1-1 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Indio |
Report | Bueno |
Referee: Cozar Sanchez |
| 18 March 1962 28 | Real Madrid | 2-0 | Mallorca | Madrid |
| Di Stefano Luis Del Sol |
Report | Arqué |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Birigay Nieva |
| 25 March 1962 29 | Atletico Madrid | 1-0 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
| Gasca |
Report | Referee: Cozar Sanchez |
| 1 April 1962 30 | Real Madrid | 4-1 | Valencia CF | Madrid |
| Del Sol Puskás Puskás Tejada |
Report | Ribelles |
Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Cozar Sanchez |
Copa del Rey
Round of 32
| 14 February 1962 First leg | San Sebastián CF | 1–3 | Real Madrid | San Sebastián |
| 28 February 1962 Second leg | Real Madrid | 5–0 (8–1 agg.) | San Sebastián CF | Madrid |
| Stadium: Estadio Chamartín |
Round of 16
| 5 April 1962 First leg | Elche CF | 3–4 | Real Madrid | Elche |
| Stadium: Campo de Altabix |
| 8 April 1962 Second leg | Real Madrid | 5–1 (9–4 agg.) | Elche CF | Madrid |
| Stadium: Estadio Chamartín |
Quarter finals
| 15 April 1962 First leg | Real Madrid | 0–1 | FC Barcelona | Madrid |
| Stadium: Estadio Chamartín |
| 22 April 1962 Second leg | FC Barcelona | 1–3 (2–3 agg.) | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Stadium: Camp Nou |
Semi finals
| 24 June 1962 First leg | Real Zaragoza | 1–2 | Real Madrid | Zaragoza |
| Stadium: La Romareda |
| 1 July 1962 Second leg | Real Madrid | 4–1 (6–2 agg.) | Real Zaragoza | Madrid |
| Stadium: Estadio Chamartín |
Final
| 8 July 1962 Final | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Sevilla FC | Madrid |
| 20:30 (UTC +2) | Puskás |
Report (in Spanish) | Diéguez |
Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Attendance: 90,000 Referee: José Castiñeira |
European Cup
Preliminary round
| 6 September 1961 First leg | Vasas | 0–2 | | Budapest, Hungary |
| Report | Tejada |
Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Marcel Bois (France) |
| 20 September 1961 Second leg | Real Madrid | 3–1 (5–1 agg.) | | Madrid, Spain |
| Di Stéfano Tejada |
Report | Pál I |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
First round
| 18 October 1961 First leg | Boldklubben 1913 | 0–3 | | Odense, Denmark |
| Report | Puskás Tejada |
Stadium: Odense Stadion, Attendance: 27,587 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium) |
| 25 October 1961 Second leg | Real Madrid | 9–0 (12–0 agg.) | | Madrid, Spain |
| Puskás Del Sol Di Stéfano Gento Isidro Sánchez |
Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium) |
Quarter finals
| 14 February 1962 First leg | Juventus | 0–1 | | Turin, Italy |
| Report | Di Stéfano |
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 66,403 Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany) |
| 21 February 1962 Second leg | Real Madrid | 0–1 (1–1 agg.) | | Madrid, Spain |
| Report | Sívori |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 130,000 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
Semi-finals
| 22 March 1962 First leg | Real Madrid | 4–0 | | Madrid, Spain |
| Di Stéfano Tejada Casado |
Report | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France) |
| 12 April 1962 Second leg | Standard Liège | 0–2 (6–0 agg.) | | Liège, Belgium |
| Report | Puskás Del Sol |
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany) |
Finals
| 2 May 1962 Final | Benfica | 5–3 | | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 19:30 CEST | Águas Cavém Coluna Eusébio |
Report | Puskás |
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 61,257 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands) |
Statistics
Players statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 1961-62 La Liga[6] | 1962 Copa del Generalísimo | 1961-62 European Cup | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Araquistain | 25 | -19 | 25 | -19 | ||||||
| DF | Isidro | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| DF | José Santamaría | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| DF | Miera | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| DF | Pachín | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ||||||
| MF | Luis Del Sol | 26 | 5 | 26 | 5 | ||||||
| MF | Félix Ruiz | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
| FW | Francisco Gento | 25 | 6 | 25 | 6 | ||||||
| FW | Ferenc Puskás | 23 | 20 | 23 | 20 | ||||||
| FW | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 23 | 11 | 23 | 11 | ||||||
| FW | Tejada | 24 | 9 | 24 | 9 | ||||||
| GK | Vicente | 3 | -4 | 3 | -4 | ||||||
| GK | Rogelio Domínguez | 2 | -1 | 2 | -1 | ||||||
| DF | Pedro Casado | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| DF | Marquitos | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| MF | José María Vidal | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| MF | Antonio Ruiz | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| MF | José María Zárraga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| FW | Canário | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| FW | Manuel Bueno | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| FW | Pepillo | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| MF | Felo | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| DF | Gento III | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
- Source:
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