1941–42 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid Club de Futbol
1941–42 season
President	Antonio Santos Peralba
Manager	Juan Armet
Stadium	Chamartín
Primera Division	2nd
Copa del Generalísimo	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Alday (23); All: Alday (24)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1940–41 1942–43 →

The 1941–42 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 39th season in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

With superb performances of forward Manuel Alday,^[1] the club finished the league season as runners-up, seven points below champions Valencia CF.^[2]^[3] Surprisingly, the squad lost at home against Celta, which shattered its options of clinching the league title.^[4] In the Copa del Generalísimo, Madrid reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to Club Atlético de Bilbao in a playoff match after a 3–3 aggregate tie.

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	Marzá
—	DF	ESP	Mardones
—	DF	ESP	Arzanegui
—	MF	ESP	Antonio Alsúa
—	MF	ESP	Ipiña
—	MF	ESP	Félix Huete
—	MF	ESP	Simón Lecue
—	MF	ESP	Nazario Belmar
—	FW	CUB	Chus Alonso
—	FW	ESP	Botella
—	FW	ESP	Manuel Alday


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Pacheco
—	DF	ESP	Olivares
—	FW	ESP	Arbiza
—	DF	ESP	Jacinto Quincoces
—	MF	MEX	Sauto
—	GK	ESP	Esquiva
—	MF	ESP	Leoncito
—	MF	ESP	Tellado
—	FW	ESP	Sabino Barinaga
—	FW	ESP	Emilio
—	MF	ESP	Moleiro
—	MF	ESP	Rovira
—	FW	ESP	Sanz
—	DF	ESP	Clemente

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Marzá
DF	Arzanegui	Baracaldo Oriamendi
FW	Félix Huete	Real Murcia
FW	Botella	Levante
DF	Nazario Belmar	Hércules CF
DF	Moleiro	Ferroviaria
MF	Rovira	Español

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Espinosa	Real Valladolid
FW	Marin	Granada
FW	Prat

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L
Position	5	3	5	4	6	8	8	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Valencia (C)	26	18	4	4	85	39	+46	40
2	Real Madrid	26	14	5	7	65	43	+22	33^[a]
3	Atlético Aviación	26	14	5	7	50	44	+6	33^[a]
4	Deportivo La Coruña	26	12	4	10	36	37	−1	28^[b]
5	Celta	26	11	6	9	53	58	−5	28^[b]

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Real Madrid finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head goal difference: Real Madrid–Atlético Aviación 4–1, Atlético Aviación–Real Madrid 2–0.
^ ^a ^b Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of Celta on head-to-head goal difference: Deportivo–Celta 4–0, Celta–Deportivo 2–1.

Matches

28 September 1941 1

Real Sociedad

2–3

Real Madrid

San Sebastián

5 October 1941 2	Real Madrid	5–2	Granada CF	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

12 October 1941 3

Atletico Bilbao

1–0

Real Madrid

Bilbao

19 October 1941 4	Real Madrid	4–3	FC Barcelona	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

26 October 1941 5

Deportivo La Coruña

1–0

Real Madrid

La Coruña

2 November 1941 6	Real Madrid	0–2	Sevilla CF	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

9 November 1941 7

Real Oviedo

2–2

Real Madrid

Oviedo

16 November 1941 8	Real Madrid	9–1	CD Castellón	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

23 November 1941 9

Alicante CD

1–2

Real Madrid

Alicante

30 November 1941 10	Real Madrid	1–1	Español	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

7 December 1941 11

Celta

2–4

Real Madrid

Vigo

14 December 1941 12

Atlético Aviación

2–0

Real Madrid

Madrid

21 December 1941 13	Real Madrid	5–3	Valencia CF	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

4 January 1942 14	Real Madrid	6–4	Real Sociedad	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

11 January 1942 15

Granada CF

3–1

Real Madrid

Granada

18 January 1942 16	Real Madrid	3–2	Atletico Bilbao	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

25 January 1942 17

FC Barcelona

0–2

Real Madrid

Barcelona

1 February 1942 18	Real Madrid	3–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

8 February 1942 19

Sevilla CF

2–2

Real Madrid

Sevilla

15 February 1942 20	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Oviedo	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

24 February 1942 21

CD Castellón

0–3

Real Madrid

Castellón de la Plana

1 March 1942 22	Real Madrid	2–1	Alicante CD	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

8 March 1942 23

Español

0–0

Real Madrid

Barcelona

22 March 1942 24	Real Madrid	2–3	Celta	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

29 March 1942 25	Real Madrid	4–1	Atlético Aviación	Chamartín de la Rosa
				Stadium: Chamartín

5 April 1942 26

Valencia CF

3–1

Real Madrid

Valencia

Copa del Generalísimo

Statistics

Squad statistics

competition	points	total						GD
competition	points	G	V	N	P	Gf	Gs	GD
1941–42 La Liga	33	26	11	9	6	46	30	+16
1942 Copa del Generalísimo	–	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2
Total		42	36	6	10	113	55	+58

Players statistics

^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1941–42 La Liga		1942 Copa del Generalísimo
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Marzá	24	-31	16	-22	8	-9
	DF	ESP	Mardones	29	1	23	1	6	0
	DF	ESP	Arzanegui	17	0	12	0	5	0
	MF	ESP	Antonio Alsúa	34	7	26	6	8	1
	MF	ESP	Ipiña	34	0	26	0	8	0
	MF	ESP	Félix Huete	23	0	21	0	2	0
	MF	ESP	Simón Lecue	25	0	21	0	4	0
	MF	ESP	Nazario Belmar	21	8	19	8	2	0
	FW	CUB	Chus Alonso	31	11	26	11	5	0
	FW	ESP	Botella	31	6	25	5	6	1
	FW	ESP	Manuel Alday	22	24	19	23	3	1
	GK	ESP	Pacheco	5	-9	5	-9
	DF	ESP	Olivares	16	0	12	0	4	0
	FW	ESP	Arbiza	17	18	11	9	6	9
	DF	ESP	Jacinto Quincoces	5	0	5	0
	MF	MEX	Sauto	11	0	5	0	6	0
	GK	ESP	Esquiva	5	-12	5	-12
	MF	ESP	Leoncito	4	0	4	0
	MF	ESP	Tellado	2	0	2	0
	FW	ESP	Sabino Barinaga	2	0	2	0
	FW	ESP	Emilio	1	0	1	0
	MF	ESP	Moleiro	6	2	0	0	6	2
	MF	ESP	Rovira	6	0	0	0	6	0
	FW	ESP	Sanz	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Clemente	1	0	0	0	1	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Manuel Alday the 40s goalscorer who scored 23 League goals". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Chronic of Valencia against Real Madrid 1942". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "The 11 players who clinched the title 75 years ago" (in Spanish). as.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Celta Defeated Real Madrid at Chamartín". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1941–42". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[table_hth_RMA0.70927530979238-5] Real Madrid finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head goal difference: Real Madrid–Atlético Aviación 4–1, Atlético Aviación–Real Madrid 2–0.

[table_hth_DEP0.70927530979238-6] Deportivo La Coruña finished ahead of Celta on head-to-head goal difference: Deportivo–Celta 4–0, Celta–Deportivo 2–1.

[1] "Manuel Alday the 40s goalscorer who scored 23 League goals". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[2] "Chronic of Valencia against Real Madrid 1942". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

[3] "The 11 players who clinched the title 75 years ago" (in Spanish). as.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[4] "Celta Defeated Real Madrid at Chamartín". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

[7] "Real Madrid temporada 1941–42". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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