1972–73 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1972–73 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Head coach	Miguel Muñoz
Stadium	Chamartín
La Liga	4th (in UEFA Cup)
Copa del Generalísimo	Eightfinals
European Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Santillana (10)
Home colours	Away colours

The 1972–73 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 70th season in existence and the club's 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

The club finished a disappointing fourth in the league five points behind champions Atletico Madrid.[1] Meanwhile, in the Copa del Generalísimo the team was eliminated early in the eightfinals by Sporting Gijon, losing the away game 0–1 and achieving a miserable draw 1–1 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.[2]

The squad reached the semifinals of the European Cup where it was defeated twice by the defending champions and future winners Ajax Amsterdam who would go on to repeat their success in the following season, making it three in a row.[3] President Santiago Bernabeu attended the Final himself expecting to sign Ajax starplayer Johan Cruyff who instead was ultimately signed by archrivals CF Barcelona during the summer transfer window.[4]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	García Remón
—	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito
—	DF	ESP	Ignacio Zoco
—	DF	ESP	José Luis
—	DF	ARG	Touriño
—	MF	ESP	Pirri
—	MF	ESP	Velazquez
—	MF	ESP	Grande
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ESP	Amancio Amaro
—	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel
—	DF	ESP	Verdugo
—	FW	ESP	Ramón Grosso
—	MF	ESP	González
—	DF	ESP	Andrés
—	GK	ESP	Andrés Junquera
—	FW	ARG	Anzarda
—	DF	ESP	José Macanás Pérez
—	FW	ESP	Rafael Marañón
—	FW	ESP	Fermín
—	MF	ESP	Fernandez

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Andrés	Cadiz
DF	Macanás		-
FW	Fermín	Cordoba CF	-
FW	Fernández	-	-

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Pedro De Felipe	Español
FW	Ortuño	Castellón
GK	Borja	Español	-
FW	Miguel Pérez	Real Zaragoza

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

Team / 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
Team / Round
Real Madrid	3	3	4	6	9	6	8	7	5	4	6	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Barcelona	34	18	10	6	41	21	+20	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Español	34	17	11	6	48	27	+21	45
4	Real Madrid	34	17	9	8	45	29	+16	43
5	Castellón	34	13	9	12	44	38	+6	35
6	Valencia	34	12	10	12	37	33	+4	34

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

Matches

3 September 1972 1	CD Castellon	2-3	Real Madrid	Castellon de la Plana
		Report

9 September 1972 2	Real Madrid	1-0	Sporting Gijon	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

17 September 1972 3	UD Las Palmas	1-1	Real Madrid	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Insular

23 September 1972 4	Real Madrid	0-1	Atletico Madrid	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

1 October 1972 5	CF Barcelona	1-0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
		Report		Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona

7 October 1972 6	Real Madrid	2-1	Granada CF	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

22 October 1972 7	Real Zaragoza	0-0	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
		Report		Stadium: La Romareda

29 October 1972 8	Real Madrid	0-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

5 November 1972 9	Valencia CF	0-1	Real Madrid	Valencia
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

12 November 1972 10	Real Madrid	3-0	Real Oviedo	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

19 November 1972 11	Real Betis	2-1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin

26 November 1972 12	Real Madrid	2-0	Burgos	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

12 December 1972 13	Real Madrid	1-0	Español	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

10 December 1972 14	Atletico de Bilbao	2-1	Real Madrid	Bilbao
		Report		Stadium: San Mamés

17 December 1972 15	Real Madrid	6-1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

31 December 1972 16	CD Málaga	1-0	Real Madrid	Málaga
		Report		Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda

7 January 1973 17	Real Madrid	1-0	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

21 January 1973 18	Real Madrid	2-0	Castellón	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

28 January 1973 19	Sporting Gijon	1-0	Real Madrid	Gijon
		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Molinón

4 February 1973 20	Real Madrid	2-1	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Chamartín

11 February 1973 21	Atletico Madrid	1-2	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderon

25 February 1973 22	Real Madrid	0-0	CF Barcelona	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

4 March 1973 23	Granada CF	1-2	Real Madrid	Granada
		Report		Stadium: Los Carmenes

11 March 1973 24	Real Madrid	0-0	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

18 March 1973 25	Deportivo La Coruña	0-0	Real Madrid	La Coruña
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

25 March 1973 26	Real Madrid	2-1	Valencia CF	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

1 April 1973 27	Real Oviedo	1-2	Real Madrid	Oviedo
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere

7 April 1973 28	Real Madrid	1-1	Real Betis	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

15 April 1973 29	Burgos	2-3	Real Madrid	Burgos
		Report

21 April 1973 30	Español	1-0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Sarria

6 May 1973 32	Real Sociedad	1-1	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
		Report		Stadium: Atotxa

9 May 1973 31	Real Madrid	3-3	Atletico Bilbao	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

13 May 1973 33	Real Madrid	2-0	CD Málaga	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

20 May 1973 34	Celta Vigo	3-0	Real Madrid	Vigo
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Balaidos

Eightfinals

27 May 1973	Sporting Gijon	1-0	Real Madrid	Gijon
		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

2 June 1973	Real Madrid	1-1 (1-2 agg.)	Sporting Gijon	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

Round of 32

13 September 1972	Real Madrid	3–0	Keflavík	Madrid
	Santillana 15', 30' Grande 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

27 September 1972	Keflavík	0–1	Real Madrid	Reykjavik
		Report	Verdugo 89'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

Eightfinals

25 October 1972	Argeș Pitești	2–1	Real Madrid	Pitești
	Dobrin 22' (pen.) Prepurgel 62'	Report	Anzarda 41'	Stadium: Stadionul 1 Mai, Attendance: 15,000 Referee: David Smith

9 November 1972	Real Madrid	3–1	Argeș Pitești	Madrid
	Santillana 18', 87' Grande 46'	Report	Radu 44'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Quarterfinals

7 March 1973	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Real Madrid	, Odesa[note 1]
17:00		Report		Stadium: ChMP Central Stadium Attendance: 36,239 Referee: Sergio Gonella

21 March 1973	Real Madrid	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Madrid
21:30	Santillana 2' Aguilar 36' Amancio 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 27,949 Referee: Erich Linemayr

Semifinals

11 April 1973	Ajax	2–1	Real Madrid	Amsterdam
	Hulshoff 67' Krol 77'	Report	Pirri 84'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion

25 April 1973	Real Madrid	0–1	Ajax	Madrid
		Report	G. Mühren 50'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1972-73 La Liga[6]		1972-73 Copa del Generalísimo		1972-73 European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		García Remón	27	-20	27	-20
	DF		Goyo Benito	30	0	30	0
	DF		Ignacio Zoco	30	1	30	1
	DF		José Luis	28	0	28	0
	DF		Touriño	26	0	26	0
	MF		Pirri	30	8	30	8
	MF		Velazquez	29	3	29	3
	MF		Grande	25	2	25	2
	FW		Santillana	29	10	29	10
	FW		Amancio Amaro	25	8	25	8
	FW		Ico Aguilar	29	9	29	9
	GK		Miguel Ángel	8	-9	8	-9
	DF		Verdugo	23	0	23	0
	FW		Ramón Grosso	16	1	16	1
	MF		González	13	0	13	0
	DF		Andrés	13	0	13	0
	GK		Andrés Junquera	1	0	1	0
	FW		Anzarda	10	1	10	1
	DF		José Macanás Pérez	8	1	8	1
	FW		Rafael Marañón	9	0	9	0
	FW		Fermín	6	0	6	0
	MF		Fernandez	2	0	2	0

Source:

References

"La Liga 1972-73". rsssf.com.
"Temporada 72-73 Sporting Gijon" (in Spanish). arandaarquitectos.com.
"Why Ajax's European Cup triumph in 1973 was met with Fan disgruntlement as their fate loomed large". thesefootballtimes.co.
"Why did Cruyff not Sign for Real Madrid?". Diario Marca. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
Valerko, Artur (11 September 2015). "Семь королевских аудиенций" (in Russian). SPORTARENA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
"Real Madrid temporada 1972-73". bdfutbol.com.

Notes

Dynamo Kyiv played their home match at ChMP Central Stadium, Odesa, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to frozen pitch.[5]

External links

BDFútbol

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[1] "La Liga 1972-73". rsssf.com.

[2] "Temporada 72-73 Sporting Gijon" (in Spanish). arandaarquitectos.com.

[3] "Why Ajax's European Cup triumph in 1973 was met with Fan disgruntlement as their fate loomed large". thesefootballtimes.co.

[4] "Why did Cruyff not Sign for Real Madrid?". Diario Marca. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[5] Valerko, Artur (11 September 2015). "Семь королевских аудиенций" (in Russian). SPORTARENA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[7] "Real Madrid temporada 1972-73". bdfutbol.com.

[Odesa-6] Dynamo Kyiv played their home match at ChMP Central Stadium, Odesa, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to frozen pitch.[5]