| 1977–78 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Santiago Bernabéu Raimundo Saporta (acting President) | ||
| Head coach | Miljan Miljanić (until 7 September 1977) Luis Molowny | ||
| Stadium | Santiago Bernabéu | ||
| La Liga | 1st (in1978–79 European Cup) | ||
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Santillana (24) All: Santillana (28) | ||
The1977–78 season wasReal Madrid Club de Fútbol's75th season in existence and the club's46th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
The club did not compete in UEFA competitions for the first time since the1954–55 season. During the summer, the team was reinforced with the arrivals of: Argentine defenderEnrique Wolff,[1] and high-expected ForwardJuanito[2] fromBurgos CF.[3] Bernabeu traveled to West Germany seeking to replacePaul Breitner by signingBorussia Mönchengladbach's starHerbert Wimmer, but once he saw midfielderUli Stielike play, he changed his mind and transferred the latter into the club.[4]
President Santiago Bernabéu suffered abowel obstruction on 29 August 1977 and was transferred to a hospital for emergency treatment being diagnosed with cancer days later.[5] After three seasons,Miljan Miljanić left the club on 8 September 1977 signing an agreement withSantiago Bernabéu at the hospital in a bizarre event.[6] Then,Luis Molowny was appointed by Raimundo Saporta as the new head coach. Also, Saporta was appointed as Acting President on 3 September 1977 due to Bernabeu health issues.[7]
In spite of the turmoil, the club clinched its 18th League title ever closing the season on 7 May 1978 six points above runners-upFC Barcelona. Chairman Santiago Bernabéu died on 2 June 1978 ending Real Madrid's most successful era, with the club clinching 6 European Cups and 16 League titles under his presidency.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Enrique Wolff | UD Las Palmas | |
| MF | Uli Stielike | Borussia Mönchengladbach | – |
| FW | Juanito | Burgos CF | |
| FW | Isidro | – | |
| DF | Andrés | CD Castellón | – |
| GK | Agustín | – | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Paul Breitner | Eintracht Braunschweig | |
| MF | Manuel Velázquez | Toronto Blizzard | [note 1] |
| DF | Benito Rubiñan | Burgos CF | |
| MF | José Luis Sanchez Barrios | Sevilla CF | |
| DF | Andrés González Ponce | ||
| FW | Eliseo Salamanca | Deportivo Alavés | |
| 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid(C) | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 47 | Qualification for theEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Barcelona | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 41 | Qualification for theCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 3 | Athletic Bilbao | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 40 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Valencia | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 39 | |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 39 |
| 4 September 19771 | UD Salamanca | 2–1 | Real Madrid | Villares de la Reina |
| Tome Alves Juanito Enrique | Report | Stadium:Estadio El Helmantico Referee: Jose Capelastegui |
| 10 September 19772 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | Sevilla CF | Madrid |
| Pirri Santillana Santillana Camacho | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Felipe Aurre |
| 18 September 19773 | Español | 1–4 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Marañon Caseli Solsona Verdugo Amado Longhi Aquino Fernandez | Stadium:Estadio Sarriá Referee: Manuel Fernandez |
| 25 September 19774 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Athletic Bilbao | Madrid |
| Pirri | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Ron |
| 2 October 19775 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | Burgos CF | Madrid |
| Juanito Santillana Guerini | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Gonzalez |
| 9 October 19776 | Sporting Gijón | 0–2 | Real Madrid | Gijón |
| Report | Stadium:Estadio El Molinon Referee: Jose Abad |
| 16 October 19777 | Real Madrid | 5–1 | Elche CF | Madrid |
| Juanito Juanito Del Bosque Santillana Santillana Garcia Remon | Report | Insaurralde | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Luis Gonzalez |
| 30 October 19778 | Rayo Vallecano | 3–2 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
| Francisco Tanko Landaburu Salazar Alvarito | Report | Stadium:Vallecas Referee: Jose Perez |
| 6 November 19779 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Valencia CF | Madrid |
| Juanito Santillana | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jesus Sanz |
| 13 November 197710 | Real Sociedad | 2–3 | Real Madrid | San Sebastián |
| Ydigoras José Ufarte Kortabarriya Olaizola | Report | Stadium:Atotxa Referee: Victoriano Arminio |
| 20 November 197711 | Real Madrid | 4–0 | Real Betis | Madrid |
| San Jose Wolff Stielike Santillana Goyo Benito | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Fernandez |
| 4 December 197712 | FC Barcelona | 2–3 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Rexach Rexach Migueli Zuviría | Report | Jensen Santillana Stielike Goyo Benito Isidoro San José | Stadium:Camp Nou Referee: De Burgos Nuñez |
| 11 December 197713 | Real Madrid | 4–2 | Atlético Madrid | Madrid |
| Jensen Santillana Santillana Del Bosque | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Victoriano Arminio |
| 18 December 197714 | Cádiz CF | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Cádiz |
| Baena Ortega | Report | Stadium:Estadio Ramón Carranza |
| 31 December 197715 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Racing Santander | Madrid |
| Santillana Guerini Uli Stielike | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Fernandez |
| 8 January 197816 | Hércules CF | 2–3 | Real Madrid | Alicante |
| Castronovo Charles Arasil | Report | Stadium:Estadio José Rico Pérez Referee: Ernesto Nunez |
| 15 January 197817 | Real Madrid | 1–1 | UD Las Palmas | Madrid |
| Santillana Stielike Juan Sol | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ildefonso Azpitare |
| 22 January 197818 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | UD Salamanca | Madrid |
| Juanito Stielike | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Emilio Muro |
| 29 January 197819 | Sevilla CF | 1–1 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
| Scott Barrios Rubio | Report | Stadium:Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan Referee: Fernando Alvarez |
| 5 February 197820 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Español | Madrid |
| Stielike Pirri Juanito | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Elizondo |
| 12 February 197821 | Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 | Real Madrid | Bilbao |
| Ruiz Dani Hisasola | Report | Stadium:San Mamés Referee: Victoriano Arminio |
| 19 February 197822 | Burgos CF | 3–2 | Real Madrid | Burgos |
| Tarres Gonzalez Viteri Teka Quini | Report | Referee: Jose Capelastegui |
| 26 February 197823 | Real Madrid | 3–2 | Sporting Gijón | Madrid |
| Santillana Stielike Pirri Guerini Rubio | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio del Barrio |
| 5 March 197824 | Elche CF | 3–1 | Real Madrid | Elche |
| Anton Volino Palomares Esteban | Report | Stadium:Campo de Altabix Referee: Jose Carrion |
| 12 March 197825 | Real Madrid | 5–2 | Rayo Vallecano | Madrid |
| Pirri Santillana Guerini Stielike Wolff | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Perzon |
| 19 March 197826 | Valencia CF | 2–0 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| Valdes Kempes Carrete Rivadeneira | Report | Stadium:Estadio Mestalla Referee: Jose Perez |
| 26 March 197827 | Real Madrid | 5–0 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
| Santillana Santillana Zamora Jensen Jensen Stielike Aguilar Juan Sol | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Elizondo |
| 2 April 197828 | Real Betis | 4–2 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
| Lopez Anzarda Gonzalez Soriano | Report | Stadium:Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Manuel Hernandez |
| 5 April 197829 | Real Madrid | 4–0 | FC Barcelona | Madrid |
| Jensen Jensen Juanito Santillana Goyo San José | Report | Migueli Bio | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Garcia Carreon |
| 9 April 197830 | Atlético Madrid | 1–3 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
| Pina Pereira Benegas | Report | Stadium:Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Emilio Muro |
| 16 April 197831 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Cádiz CF | Madrid |
| Wolff Santillana | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Capelastegui |
| 23 April 197832 | Racing Santander | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Santander |
| Jimenez Carlos Arteche | Report | Stadium:El Sardinero Referee: Antonio Sanchez |
| 30 April 197833 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | Hércules CF | Madrid |
| Stielike Stielike Stielike | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Quiroz |
| 6 May 197834 | UD Las Palmas | 1–2 | Real Madrid | Las Palmas |
| Morete | Report | Stadium:Estadio Insular Referee: Jose Fernandez |
| 14 September 1977 | CD Valdepeñas | 0–7 | Real Madrid | |
| Gonzalez Gonzalez Aguilar Santillana Wolff Perez Del Bosque | Referee: Santiago Cuadrado |
| 28 September 1977 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | CD Valdepeñas | Madrid |
| Martinez Martinez Gonzalez | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Quiroz |
| 1 November 1977 | Algeciras CF | 0–6 | Real Madrid | Algeciras |
| Pirri Juanito Juanito Gonzalez Santillana Martinez | Stadium:Nuevo Mirador Referee: Antonio Sanchez |
| 16 November 1977 | Real Madrid | 4–2 | Algeciras CF | Madrid |
| Jensen Stielike Aguilar Martinez | Meraio Quindejo | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Sanchez |
| 14 December 1977 | Racing Santander | 0–0 | Real Madrid | Santander |
| Stadium:El Sardinero Referee: Juan Elizondo |
| 22 December 1977 | Real Madrid | 5–1 | Racing Santander | Madrid |
| Juanito Juanito Santillana Santillana Stielike | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Abad |
Bye[8]
| 18 January 1978 | Real Sociedad | 2–0 | Real Madrid | San Sebastián |
| Ufarte Ufarte | Stadium:Atotxa Referee: Manuel Hernandez |
| 8 February 1978 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
| Pirri Pirri | Satrustegui Murillo Olaizola Garate Alonso | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Ron |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga[9] | Copa del Rey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | Miguel Ángel | 34 | -38 | 25+2 | -34 | 7 | -4 | ||
| DF | Juan Sol | 41 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| DF | Wolff | 41 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 6+1 | 1 | ||
| DF | Goyo Benito | 23 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | San José | 40 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 | ||
| MF | Stielike | 31 | 15 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | ||
| MF | Pirri | 28 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||
| MF | Del Bosque | 22 | 4 | 15+3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| FW | Juanito | 36 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||
| FW | Santillana | 40 | 28 | 33+1 | 24 | 6 | 4 | ||
| FW | Jensen | 32 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 5+1 | 1 | ||
| GK | García Remón | 8 | -6 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FW | Guerini | 26 | 3 | 19+2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| FW | Martínez | 30 | 5 | 9+15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| FW | Isidro | 26 | 4 | 14+4 | 0 | 6+2 | 4 | ||
| DF | Camacho | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| GK | Amador | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | ||
| MF | Vitoria | 16 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Ico Aguilar | 11 | 3 | 2+4 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | ||
| DF | Uría | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DF | Sabido | 11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | ||
| GK | Agustín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| FW | Macanas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | ||