1926–27 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid
1926–27 season
President	Luis de Urquijo
Manager	Pedro Llorente (interim); Santiago Bernabéu
Stadium	Estadio Chamartín
Campeonato Regional Centro	1st
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Luis Uribe (17); All: Luis Uribe (28)
Biggest win	CE Europa 1–8 Real Madrid
Biggest defeat	CE Europa 4–1 Real Madrid
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 25th season in existence. The club played some friendly matches. They also played in the Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) and the Copa del Rey.

Players

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	Cándido Martínez
—	GK	ESP	Antonio Castro
—	DF	ESP	Félix Quesada
—	DF	ESP	Juan Urquizu
—	DF	ESP	Patricio Escobal
—	DF	ESP	Luis de Uribe
—	DF	ESP	Lope Peña
—	DF	ESP	Ramón de Uribe
—	DF	ESP	José María de Benguria
—	MF	ESP	Manuel Prats
—	MF	ESP	Ricardo Zarauz Ugalde
—	MF	ESP	José María Peña


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	Ernesto Mejía
—	MF	ESP	Rafael Lozano
—	MF	PUR	Eduardo Ordóñez
—	MF	ESP	Miguel Álvarez García
—	FW	ESP	Gerónimo del Campo
—	FW	ESP	Félix Pérez
—	FW	ESP	Francisco Moraleda
—	FW	ESP	José María Muñagorri
—	FW	ESP	José Menéndez
—	FW	ESP	Juan Monjardín

Source:^[1]^[2]

Friendlies

25 July 1926 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	7–3	Real Madrid	A Coruña
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: De Paz

26 July 1926 Friendly	Celta de Vigo	6–1	Real Madrid	Santiago de Compostela
		Report		Stadium: Santa Isabel

29 July 1926 Friendly	Deportivo de La Coruña	5–1	Real Madrid	A Coruña
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor

1 August 1926 Friendly	Celta de Vigo	8–2	Real Madrid	Vigo
		Report		Stadium: Coya

3 August 1926 Friendly	Selección de Vigo	4–3	Real Madrid	Vigo
		Report		Stadium: Coya
Note: Selección de Vigo was a team made up of players from Celta de Vigo and other clubs based in Vigo.

5 September 1926 Friendly	Real Madrid	4–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Madrid, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Campo de Ciudad Lineal

13 September 1926 Friendly	Unión SC	1–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Pardiñas

19 September 1926 Friendly	CD Alavés	5–2	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
		Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium

23 September 1926 Friendly	Real Madrid	4–0	Sevilla FC	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

25 September 1926 Friendly	Real Madrid	1–4	Sevilla FC	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

27 September 1926 Friendly	Iberia SC	2–3	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
		Report		Stadium: Torrero

1 November 1926 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
		Report		Stadium: Estadio San Mamés

12 December 1926 Friendly	Real Madrid	4–3	CD Nacional	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

25 December 1926 Friendly	Elche CF	2–1	Real Madrid	Elche
		Report		Stadium: Campo de Altabix

2 February 1927 Friendly	FC Barcelona	0–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
		Report		Stadium: Les Corts

19 March 1927 Friendly	Real Madrid	1–5	FC Barcelona	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

20 March 1927 Friendly	Real Madrid	1–4	FC Barcelona	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

31 March 1927 Friendly	Athletic Madrid	2–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano

17 May 1927 Friendly^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]	Real Madrid	1–3	Motherwell F.C.	Madrid, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Campeonato Regional Centro	2 October 1926	27 February 1927	Matchday 1	Winners	16	12	1	3	38	12	+26	075.00
Copa del Rey	6 March 1927	8 May 1927	Group stage	Semi-finals	9	6	0	3	34	17	+17	066.67
Total					25	18	1	6	72	29	+43	072.00

Source: Competitions

Campeonato Regional Centro

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid (C, Q)	16	12	1	3	38	12	+26	25	Qualification for the Copa del Rey.
2	Athletic Madrid (Q)	16	8	2	6	31	25	+6	18	Qualification for the Copa del Rey.
3	Racing Madrid	16	8	1	7	33	25	+8	17
4	RS Gimnástica	16	4	2	10	15	41	−26	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
5	Unión	16	4	2	10	18	32	−14	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Matches

2 October 1926 1	Real Madrid	6–0	RS Gimnástica	Madrid
	L. Uribe Quesada Monjardín L. Uribe 56'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Espinosa

10 October 1926 2	Real Madrid	3–2	Unión SC	Madrid
	Quesada 25' L. Uribe 30' Monjardín 44'	Report	Lozano ?' Carrasco 75'	Stadium: Union Referee: Montero

17 October 1926 3	Real Madrid	0–1	Athletic Madrid	Madrid
		Report	Triana 85'	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Triana

24 October 1926 4	Real Madrid	6–1	Racing de Madrid	Madrid
	L. Uribe Quesada L. Uribe Monjardín L. Uribe	Report	Ateca 85'	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Adrados

6 November 1926 5	RS Gimnástica	1–5	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Ibáñez	Report	L. Uribe 20', 30', ?' Monjardín 46' F. Serrano (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Referee: Melcón

14 November 1926 6	Unión SC	0–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report	Felix Pérez 20' Pepín Menéndez 35'	Stadium: Unión Referee: Vilalta

28 November 1926 7	Athletic Madrid	1–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Ortiz 35'	Report	Monjardín 10' L. Uribe 25', 78'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Referee: Vilalta

8 December 1926 8	Racing de Madrid	0–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report	Monjardín 4'	Stadium: Racing Referee: Pelayo Serrano

25 December 1926 9	Real Madrid	1–0	RS Gimnástica	Madrid
	Moraleda 15'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Aracho

2 January 1927 10	Real Madrid	1–0	Unión SC	Madrid
	Moraleda 65'	Report		Stadium: Union Referee: Saracho

9 January 1927 11	Real Madrid	1–1	Athletic Madrid	Madrid
	S. Bernabéu 20'	Report	Tuduri 85'	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Vallana

22 January 1927 12	Real Madrid	2–0	Racing de Madrid	Madrid
	L. Uribe 16', 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Vilalta

30 January 1927 13	RS Gimnástica	1–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Azurza 46'	Report	L. Uribe 8' JM Peña 44' Félix Pérez 65'	Stadium: Gimnástica Referee: Vilalta

13 February 1927 14	Unión SC	0–3	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report	Ordóñez Lope Peña Del Campo	Stadium: Unión Referee: Benito Alonso

19 February 1927 15	Athletic Madrid	2–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Palacios 5', 7'	Report	L. Uribe 32'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Referee: Vallana

27 February 1927 16	Racing de Madrid	2–0	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Racing Referee: Pelayo Serrano

Copa del Rey

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid (Q)	4	3	1	20	9	+11	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sevilla FC	4	3	1	21	6	+15	6
3	CD Extremeño	4	0	4	7	33	−26	0

Source: Leyenda Blanca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker match
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

6 March 1927 1	Real Madrid	9–4	CD Extremeño	Madrid
	L. Uribe 7', 44' Benguría 40', 43', 49', 65', 73' Mejía 41' Félix Pérez 89'	Report	Murube 48' Capdevila 54' Cabezas 70', 83'	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Menchaca

13 March 1927 2	Sevilla FC	2–1	Real Madrid	Seville
	Brand 28', 69' (p)	Report	L. Uribe 23'	Stadium: Campo de la Reina Victoria Referee: Quintana

27 March 1927 3	CD Extremeño	1–7	Real Madrid	Badajoz
	Virel 23'	Report	Félix Pérez 4' JM Peña 40' Félix Pérez L. Uribe 52' Lope Peña L. Uribe Muñagorri 89'	Stadium: Santa Marina Referee: Melcón

3 April 1927 4	Real Madrid	3–2	Sevilla FC	Madrid
	Quesada 19' (p) Benguría 60' Quesada 75' (p)	Report	Leoncito 7' León 35'	Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Saracho

10 April 1927 1st place tiebreaker	Real Madrid	3–1	Sevilla FC	Badajoz
	Quesada 51' (p) Benguría 66' Ocaña 73' (o.g.)	Report	Carreño 63'	Stadium: Santa Marina Referee: Latorre

Quarter-finals

17 April 1927 First leg	Real Madrid	2–0	CE Europa	Madrid
	Luis Uribe 26', 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Chamartín Referee: Menchaca

24 April 1927 Second leg	CE Europa	4–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Bestit 26', 83' Pelao 49' (p) Alcázar 52' (p)	Report	Luis Uribe 58'	Referee: Fausto Martín

1 May 1927 Tiebreaker	Real Madrid	8–1	CE Europa	Zaragoza
	Moraleda 30', 60', 89' Luis Uribe 40', 63', 87' Félix Pérez 43', 75'	Report	Corbella 50'	Stadium: Torrero Referee: Saracho

Semi-finals

8 May 1927 Semifinal	Real Unión	2–0	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
		Report

Notes

^ The Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) was a regional league used as a qualifier for the Copa del Rey.

References

^ "Squad of Real Madrid 1926-27 King's Cup | BDFutbol". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "RESUMEN TEMPORADA 1926-27". leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
^ When Motherwell Were The Kings Of Spain, Motherwell FC, 25 May 2020
^ Fútbol | La semana inglesa del Real Madrid [Football | Real Madrid's English week], ABC, 13 May 1927 (in Spanish)
^ When the Scots Ruled Spain, Eduard Holdis, Breaking The Lines, 16 February 2023
^ The Knowledge | When Motherwell won a Copa del Rey and other foreign cup triumphs, The Guardian, 14 June 2023

[1] The Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) was a regional league used as a qualifier for the Copa del Rey.

[2] "Squad of Real Madrid 1926-27 King's Cup | BDFutbol". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[3] "RESUMEN TEMPORADA 1926-27". leyendablanca.galeon.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.

[4] When Motherwell Were The Kings Of Spain, Motherwell FC, 25 May 2020

[5] Fútbol | La semana inglesa del Real Madrid [Football | Real Madrid's English week], ABC, 13 May 1927 (in Spanish)

[6] When the Scots Ruled Spain, Eduard Holdis, Breaking The Lines, 16 February 2023

[7] The Knowledge | When Motherwell won a Copa del Rey and other foreign cup triumphs, The Guardian, 14 June 2023

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