1947–48 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid Club de Futbol
1947–48 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Manager	Jacinto Quincoces ; (until 1 January 1948); Baltasar Albeniz ; (until 25 January 1948); Michael Keeping
Stadium	Metropolitano; (until 18 December 1947); Nuevo Chamartín
Primera Division	11th
Copa del Generalísimo	Round of 16
Copa Eva Duarte	Winners
Top goalscorer	Luis Molowny (9)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 45th season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

The season is best remembered as the worst league performance by the club in its history^[1] finishing on 11th spot avoiding relegation on the last round of the season^[2] in spite of a great campaign of midfielder Luis Molowny scoring nine goals.^[3]

After three years of construction "Nuevo Chamartín" (New Chamartín Stadium) was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 with a match between Real Madrid and the Portuguese side Os Belenenses.^[4] The stadium had an initial capacity of 75,145 spectators.^[5]

Meanwhile, the club fired two managers until Michael Keeping was signed for the second part of the season improving the path for the squad included a controversial 1–1 against top-league team Atlético Madrid.^[6] The squad could reach a victory on 11 April 1948 against Real Oviedo 2–0 with a superb performance of Pruden saving Real Madrid from a relegation.^[7]

The campaign was the first with numbered shirts (measure pioneered in Europe by Arsenal F.C. since 1928^[8]) being the first match against local rivals Atlético Madrid with a 0–5 result.^[9]

After saving the category, the team was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Copa del Generalísimo by Espanyol, losing the two matches of the series.

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	José Bañón
—	DF	ESP	Pepe Corona
—	DF	ESP	Clemente Fernández
—	MF	ESP	Ortiz
—	MF	ESP	Ipiña
—	MF	ESP	Luis Molowny
—	MF	ESP	Félix Huete
—	FW	ESP	Sabino Barinaga
—	FW	CUB	Chus Alonso
—	FW	ESP	Vidal
—	FW	ESP	Macala


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Calleja
—	MF	ESP	Antonio Alsúa
—	DF	ESP	Guillermo Pont
—	DF	ESP	Azcarate
—	FW	ESP	Pruden
—	GK	ESP	Marín
—	MF	ESP	Gallardo
—	MF	ESP	Moleiro
—	MF	ESP	Rafa
—	FW	ESP	Cabrera
—	FW	ESP	Arsuaga
—	MF	ARG	Rocha
—	FW	ARG	Navarro

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Antonio Ortiz	Santander
FW	Macala	Hércules CF
GK	Calleja	Santander
FW	Miguel Cabrera
MF	Manuel Rocha Bastos
DF	José Navarro

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	José María Querejeta
GK	Ferrús
GK	Sureda
MF	Elías

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W
Position	4	6	6	7	9	7	7	7	8	8	9	7	9	11	11	10	11	12	12	13	11	11	10	11	11	11

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	Relegation
9	Oviedo	26	9	5	12	49	57	−8	23
10	Alcoyano	26	9	4	13	40	52	−12	22
11	Real Madrid	26	7	7	12	41	56	−15	21^[a]
12	Sabadell	26	9	3	14	41	62	−21	21^[a]
13	Real Sociedad (R)	26	8	3	15	38	56	−18	19	Relegated to the Segunda División

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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Real Madrid finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Sabadell–Real Madrid 1–1, Real Madrid–Sabadell 4–0.

Matches

21 September 1947 1	Real Madrid	2–2	Alcoyano	Madrid
	Rafa 20' Pruden 58' (pen)	Report	Soria 30' Soria 34'	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Arqué Martín

28 September 1947 2	Gimnástico de Tarragona	3–3	Real Madrid
		Report

5 October 1947 3	Sabadell	1–1	Real Madrid
		Report

12 October 1947 4	Real Madrid	1–1	FC Barcelona	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano

26 October 1947 5	Celta de Vigo	4–1	Real Madrid	Vigo
		Report

2 November 1947 6	Real Madrid	3–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano

9 November 1947 7	Real Gijón	2–0	Real Madrid
		Report

16 November 1947 8	Real Madrid	2–1	Sevilla CF	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano

23 November 1947 9	Atlético Madrid	5–0	Real Madrid	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid

7 December 1947 10	Valencia CF	4–2	Real Madrid	Valencia
		Report

18 December 1947 11	Real Madrid	3–1	Español	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano

21 December 1947 12	Real Oviedo	7–1	Real Madrid	Oviedo
		Report

28 December 1947 13	Real Madrid	5–1	Atletico de Bilbao	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín

4 January 1948 14	Alcoyano	2–1	Real Madrid
		Report

11 January 1948 15	Real Madrid	1–3	Gimnastico de Tarragona	Madrid
				Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín

18 January 1948 16	Real Madrid	4–0	Sabadell	Madrid
				Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín

25 January 1948 17	FC Barcelona	4–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp de Les Corts

1 February 1948 18	Real Madrid	1–4	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
				Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín

8 February 1948 19

Real Sociedad

1–1

Real Madrid

15 February 1948 20	Real Madrid	0–1	Real Gijón	Madrid
				Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín

22 February 1948 21

Sevilla CF

2–3

Real Madrid

29 February 1948 22	Real Madrid	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
				Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín Attendance: 72 125

7 March 1948 23

Español

2–0

Real Madrid

28 March 1948 24	Real Madrid	1–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
				Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín

4 April 1948 25

Atletico de Bilbao

3–0

Real Madrid

11 April 1948 26	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Oviedo	Madrid
				Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín

Copa del Generalísimo

Fifth round

18 April 1948	Real Madrid	1–0	RCD Córdoba	Madrid
				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano

Sixth round

25 April 1948	Real Madrid	4–2	CD Málaga	Madrid
				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano

Round of 16

2 May 1948

Español

2–1

Real Madrid

Barcelona

9 May 1948	Real Madrid	0–1	Español	Madrid
				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano

Copa Eva Duarte

6 June 1948	Real Madrid	3–1 aet	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Macala 50' Montalvo 93' Alonso 99'		Seguí 36'	Stadium: Nuevo Chamartín Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Azón

Statistics

Squad statistics

competition	points	total						GD
competition	points	G	V	N	P	Gf	Gs	GD
1947–48 La Liga	34	21	7	7	12	67	42	+25
1947–48 Copa del Generalísimo	–	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2
Total		42	36	6	10	113	55	+58

Players statistics

^[10]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1947–48 La Liga		1947–48 Copa del Generalísimo
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	José Bañón	17	-34	17	-34
	DF	ESP	Pepe Corona	21	0	21	0
	DF	ESP	Clemente Fernández	17	0	17	0
	MF	ESP	Ortiz	20	0	20	0
	MF	ESP	Ipiña	19	0	19	0
	MF	ESP	Luis Molowny	19	9	19	9
	MF	ESP	Félix Huete	18	0	18	0
	FW	ESP	Sabino Barinaga	21	7	21	7
	FW	CUB	Chus Alonso	16	6	16	6
	FW	ESP	Vidal	15	3	15	3
	FW	ESP	Macala	11	0	11	0
	GK	ESP	Calleja	6	-16	6	-16
	MF	ESP	Antonio Alsúa	15	2	15	2
	DF	ESP	Guillermo Pont	14	0	14	0
	DF	ESP	Azcarate	12	0	12	0
	FW	ESP	Pruden	11	3	11	3
	GK	ESP	Marín	3	-6	3	-6
	MF	ESP	Gallardo	9	8	9	8
	MF	ESP	Moleiro	6	0	6	0
	MF	ESP	Rafa	6	2	6	2
	FW	ESP	Cabrera	4	0	4	0
	FW	ESP	Arsuaga	4	0	4	0
	MF	ARG	Rocha	1	0	1	0
	FW	ARG	Navarro	1	0	1	0

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1948-492.html

References

^ Jordi Subiran (11 January 2019). "The worst league of Real Madrid" (in Spanish). mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "Llorente el 12th who painted red on his shirt". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Miguel Muñoz, more than a Flower" (in Spanish). trescuatrtres.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Real Madrid to play 1,500th official clash at the Santiago Bernabéu". Real Madrid C.F.. Retrieved 22 November 2011
^ 27,645 of which had seats, 7,125 covered and 47,500 for standing fans.
^ Fernando M. Carreño (28 September 2018). "Alsua goal with the hand in 1948:first controversial action in a Derbi". Marca. Spain. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ José Andrés Díaz Lopez (11 April 2020). "Real Madrid passed relegation away 72 years ago" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ En qúe on DirecTV Sports, 14 June 2018
^ Alfredo Relaño (24 November 2016). "We Won by a 'Ortiz' −0 score" (in Spanish). as.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1947–48". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[table_hth_SAB0.85457282087513-10] Real Madrid finished ahead of Sabadell on head-to-head points: Sabadell–Real Madrid 1–1, Real Madrid–Sabadell 4–0.

[1] Jordi Subiran (11 January 2019). "The worst league of Real Madrid" (in Spanish). mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[2] "Llorente el 12th who painted red on his shirt". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[3] "Miguel Muñoz, more than a Flower" (in Spanish). trescuatrtres.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[4] "Real Madrid to play 1,500th official clash at the Santiago Bernabéu". Real Madrid C.F.. Retrieved 22 November 2011

[5] 27,645 of which had seats, 7,125 covered and 47,500 for standing fans.

[6] Fernando M. Carreño (28 September 2018). "Alsua goal with the hand in 1948:first controversial action in a Derbi". Marca. Spain. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[7] José Andrés Díaz Lopez (11 April 2020). "Real Madrid passed relegation away 72 years ago" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[8] En qúe on DirecTV Sports, 14 June 2018

[9] Alfredo Relaño (24 November 2016). "We Won by a 'Ortiz' −0 score" (in Spanish). as.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[11] "Real Madrid temporada 1947–48". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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