| 1990–91 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Ramón Mendoza | ||
| Head coach | John Toshack (until 17 November 1990) Alfredo Di Stéfano (until 21 March 1991) Ramón Grosso (until 24 March 1991)[1] Radomir Antić | ||
| Stadium | Santiago Bernabéu | ||
| La Liga | 3rd (inUEFA Cup) | ||
| Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | ||
| Supercopa de España | Winners | ||
| European Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Butragueño (19) All: Butragueño (23) | ||
The1990–91 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 89th season in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
In the summertime, Welsh head coachJohn Toshack asked for several changes, including the transfers ofBernd Schuster to local rivalsAtlético Madrid and defenderOscar Ruggeri, together with midfielderMartín Vázquez, toTorino FC.[2][3][4] Meanwhile, President Ramon Mendoza, after a failed bid for Liverpool'sJohn Barnes,[5] reinforced the club withGheorghe Hagi,Predrag Spasić (afterGheorghe Popescu rejected an offer from Mendoza)[6] and Villaroya. Following a losing streak sinking the team down to the 6th place in the league, Mendoza fired Toshack on 25 November 1990 and appointed club legendAlfredo Di Stéfano as a new head coach. The team clinched the Supercopa de España, defeatingFC Barcelona but the situation in the league was worsened with lost matches againstAthletic Bilbao,Osasuna, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona.
During February, forwardHugo Sánchez suffered his first injury,[7] and the squad was eliminated in the Copa del Rey round of 16 by Atlético Madrid. Then in March, with a high risk of failing to qualify for next year's European competitions, the team was defeated by Russian sideSpartak Moscow at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the European Cup quarter-finals, shattering the chances of Alfredo Di Stéfano to stay as a coach and he resigned after the elimination. After one game withRamón Grosso as an interim manager, the club appointedRadomir Antić as a new permanent head coach.
Surprisingly, despite the chaotic situation and Hugo Sánchez out for the rest of season since 25 April,[8] Antic managed the squad to reach the third spot in the league standings and the right to play in the1991–92 UEFA Cup. His notable successes included matches won against Atlético Madrid and Barcelona in the final rounds of the season.
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 |
| MF | Gheorghe Hagi | Steaua București | |
| MF | Luis Milla | FC Barcelona | €2,1 million |
| DF | Predrag Spasić | Partizan | |
| GK | Pedro Luis Jaro | Málaga CF | |
| DF | Maqueda | CD Logroñés | |
| MF | Santiago Aragon | CD Logroñés | |
| MF | Francisco Villarroya | Real Zaragoza | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Bernd Schuster | Atlético Madrid | |
| MF | Martín Vázquez | Torino FC | |
| DF | Oscar Ruggeri | Velez Sarsfield | |
| FW | Aguilá | CD Logroñés | |
| GK | Agustin | CD Tenerife | |
| DF | Esteban | Real Zaragoza | |
| DF | Llorente | CD Tenerife | |
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Juan Eduardo Esnáider | Ferrocarril Oeste | |
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona(C) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for theEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for theCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 46 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Osasuna | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 45 | |
| 5 | Sporting Gijón | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 44 |
| 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 September 19901 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | C.D. Castellón | Madrid |
Sanchís 45' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Rubio Valdivieso |
| 7 September 19902 | Sevilla FC | 2–0 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
| Zamorano 30' Carvajal 73' | Report | Stadium:Sanchez Pizjuan |
| 14 September 19903 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | RCD Mallorca | Madrid |
| Sánchez 59' (77) Butragueno 67' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 21 September 19904 | Real Zaragoza | 1–3 | Real Madrid | Zaragoza |
| Pardeza 71' | Report | Sánchez 26' Tendillo 70'Hagi 85' | Stadium:La Romareda |
| 29 September 19905 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Cádiz CF | Madrid |
| Sánchez 9' (57) | Report | Husillos 55' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 7 October 19906 | Real Sociedad | 1–1 | Real Madrid | San Sebastián |
| Atkinson 23' | Report | Sánchez 16' | Stadium:Atotxa |
| 14 October 19907 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | CD Logroñés | Madrid |
| Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 14 October 19908 | Real Oviedo | 0–0 | Real Madrid | Oviedo |
| Report | Stadium:Carlos Tartiere |
| 28 October 19909 | Real Burgos | 2–1 | Real Madrid | Burgos |
| Jurić 68' (89) | Report | Sánchez 51' | Stadium:El Plantío |
| 3 November 199010 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | RCD Español | Madrid |
| Butragueno 8' (72) | Report | Gay 59' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 16 November 199011 | Valencia CF | 2–1 | Real Madrid | Valencia |
| Penev 27' Roberto 41' | Report | Sánchez 71pen.' | Stadium:Mestalla |
| 24 November 199012 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | Real Betis | Madrid |
| Butragueno 52' Míchel 62pen'Bilbao 77og.' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 30 November 199013 | Real Valladolid | 0–1 | Real Madrid | Valladolid |
| Report | Sánchez 7' | Stadium:Jose Zorrilla |
| 8 December 199014 | Real Madrid | 3–0 | CD Tenerife | Madrid |
| Butragueno 41' Sánchez 46'Losada 74' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 14 December 199015 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Bilbao |
| Valverde 78' | Report | Stadium:San Mamés |
| 29 December 199016 | Real Madrid | 0–4 | CA Osasuna | Madrid |
| Report | Urban 17' (37),52' Larrainzer 56' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 5 January 199117 | Sporting Gijón | 0–2 | Real Madrid | Gijón |
| Report | Míchel 31' Butragueno 80' | Stadium:El Molinon |
| 11 January 199118 | Real Madrid | 0–3 | Atlético Madrid | Madrid |
| Report | Manolo 5' Juanito 30'Rodax 86' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 18 January 199119 | FC Barcelona | 2–1 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Laudrup 18' Spasić 62og.' | Report | Butragueno 28' | Stadium:Camp Nou |
| 26 January 199120 | CD Castellón | 0–3 | Real Madrid | Castellón de la Plana |
| Report | Sánchez 1pen.' Butragueno 40'Hagi 69pen.' | Stadium:Nou Estadi Castàlia |
| 2 February 199121 | Real Madrid | 7–0 | Sevilla FC | Madrid |
| Tendillo 18' Butragueno 30'Míchel 54' (69)Gordillo 58'Hierro 60'Aragon 72pen.' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Jose Socorro Gonzalez |
| 9 February 199122 | RCD Mallorca | 1–1 | Real Madrid | Palma |
| Nadal 19' | Report | Sánchez 75' | Stadium:Lluís Sitjar Referee: Joaquin Urio Velazquez |
| 23 February 199123 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Real Zaragoza | Madrid |
| Sanchís 15' Losada 27' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu Referee: José Pajarez Paz |
| 1 March 199124 | Cádiz CF | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Cádiz |
| González 1pen.' | Report | Stadium:Ramón de Carranza Referee: Jose Miguel Perez |
| 9 March 199125 | Real Madrid | 2–3 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
| Gordillo 40' Míchel 89' | Report | Martinez 17' Aldridge 25'Uria 89' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 15 March 199126 | CD Logroñés | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Logroño |
| Aguila 17' | Report | Stadium:Las Gaunas |
| 23 March 199127 | Real Madrid | 1–1 | Real Oviedo | Madrid |
| Butragueno 51' | Report | Carlos 46' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 30 March 199128 | Real Madrid | 0–1 | Real Burgos | Madrid |
| Report | Edu 54' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 6 April 199129 | RCD Espanyol | 3–1 | Real Madrid | Barcelona |
| Wuttke 34pen' (89) Gay 86' | Report | Hagi 65' | Stadium:Sarrià |
| 13 April 199130 | Real Madrid | 4–0 | Valencia CF | Madrid |
| Hagi 17' Hierro 50' (89)Maqueda 86' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 19 April 199131 | Real Betis | 1–3 | Real Madrid | Seville |
| Pepe Mel 89pen.' | Report | Butragueno 4' Hierro 60' (73) | Stadium:Benito Villamarin |
| 27 April 199132 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Real Valladolid | Madrid |
| Butragueno 70' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 4 May 199133 | CD Tenerife | 0–1 | Real Madrid | Santa Cruz |
| Report | Míchel 31pen.' | Stadium:Heliodoro Rodriguez |
| 10 May 199134 | Real Madrid | 4–1 | Athletic Bilbao | Madrid |
| Hierro 31' Míchel 35'Butragueno 60' (82) | Report | Garitano 38' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 18 May 199135 | CA Osasuna | 3–3 | Real Madrid | Pamplona |
| Larrainzer 16' Ziganda 41'Cholo 53' | Report | Butragueno 11' Dominguez 62og.'Hierro 89' | Stadium:El Sadar |
| 24 May 199136 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Sporting Gijón | Madrid |
| Butragueno 27' (37) | Report | Luhovy 57' | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 1 June 199137 | Atlético Madrid | 0–3 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
| Report | Míchel 78' Butragueno 85' (89) | Stadium:Vicente Calderon |
| 7 June 199138 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | FC Barcelona | Madrid |
| Aldana 47' | Report | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu |
| 7 February 1991 | Real Madrid | 1–1 | Atlético Madrid | Madrid |
| Hugo Sánchez 55' | 36' Rodax | Stadium:Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Ramos Marco |
| 20 February 1991 | Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Madrid |
| Donato 56' | Stadium:Vicente Calderon Referee: Ansuategui Roca |
| 5 December 19901 | FC Barcelona | 0–1 | Real Madrid | Camp Nou |
| Report | 54'Míchel | Referee: Urizar Azpitarte |
| 12 December 19902 | Real Madrid | 4–1 | FC Barcelona | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
| Butragueño 21', 44' Hugo Sánchez 56'Aragón 70' | Report | 20' Goicoechea | Referee: Urio Velázquez |
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Real Madrid| 17 September 19901 | OB | 1–4 | Real Madrid | Odense |
| Pedersen 22' | Report | Aldana 18' Sánchez 26'Villarroya 83'Maqueda 87' | Stadium:Odense Atletikstadion |
vOB| 2 October 19902 | Real Madrid | 6–0 (10–1agg.) | OB | Madrid |
| Losada 16' (55),74' Míchel 35pen.'Aldana 46' (81) | Report | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
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Swarovski Tirol| 24 October 19901 | Real Madrid | 9–1 | Swarovski Tirol | Madrid |
| Butragueno 4' (31),48' Sánchez 7' (13),73' (85)Hierro 37'Tendillo 80' | Report | Pacult 16' | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
vReal Madrid| 6 November 19902 | Swarovski Tirol | 2–2 (3–11agg.) | Real Madrid | Innsbruck |
| Hortnagl 13' Linzmaier 90' | Report | Losada 33' (44) | Stadium:Tivoli |
vReal Madrid| 5 March 19911 | Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | Real Madrid | Moscow |
| Report | Stadium:Central Lenin Stadium |
vSpartak Moscow| 19 March 19912 | Real Madrid | 1–3 (1–3agg.) | Spartak Moscow | Madrid |
| Butragueno 9' | Radchenko 19' (38) Shmarov 63' | Stadium:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
During the 1990–91 season, Real Madrid used 26 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | La Liga | Copa del Rey | European Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | ESP | Buyo | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | ESP | Chendo | 43 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DF | ESP | Tendillo | 31 | 3 | 20+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| DF | ESP | Sanchis | 34 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF |  YUG | Predrag Spasić | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| MF |  ROU | Gheorghe Hagi | 33 | 4 | 25+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | ESP | Míchel | 44 | 9 | 35+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| MF | ESP | Fernando Hierro | 41 | 8 | 33+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| MF | ESP | Aldana | 38 | 4 | 13+18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| MF | ESP | Villarroya | 44 | 1 | 32+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| FW | ESP | Butragueño | 41 | 23 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| GK | ESP | Pedro Jaro | 14 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | ESP | Solana | 33 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | ESP | Maqueda | 27 | 2 | 19+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| FW |  MEX | Hugo Sánchez | 23 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| MF | ESP | Santi Aragon | 24 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| MF | ESP | Rafael Gordillo | 16 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | ESP | Losada | 16 | 7 | 6+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| FW | ESP | Paco Llorente | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FW | ESP | Alfonso Pérez | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | ESP | Luis Milla | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW |  ARG | Juan Esnáider | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | ESP | Joaquin Parra | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DF | ESP | Torres-Mestre | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FW | ESP | Ismael Urzaiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| GK | ESP | Lopetegui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
