1979–80 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1979–80 season
President	Luis de Carlos
Head coach	Vujadin Boskov
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	1st (in European Cup)
Copa del Rey	Winners
European Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Santillana (23); All: Santillana (29)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 78th season in existence and the club's 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

During summer changes came to the bench, Real Zaragoza's Yugoslavian head coach Vujadin Boskov signed in to replace Luis Molowny as new trainer.^[1] After the departure of Danish Forward Henning Jensen to Ajax Amsterdam, the club seek to reinforce the left side, rumours included several players such as René van de Kerkhof from PSV Eindhoven and Rüdiger Abramczik from Schalke 04,^[2] however the manager favoured the arrival of Laurie Cunningham who became the first British player to play for the club, the forward was transferred in from West Bromwich Albion.^[3] Defender Goyo Benito received La Laureada (The Laureate) from President Luis de Carlos due to his outstanding compromise and playing for the club being only one of two players with that distinction.^[4] Other two players reinforced "The Madrid of Los García"^[5] such as Perez García from Real Madrid Castilla and Antonio García Navajas from Burgos CF.^[6]

In the European Cup, the team reached the semi-finals where it was eliminated by Western German side Hamburg SV. Despite winning 2–0 in Madrid, the squad plummeted in the second leg of the series to lose 1–5.^[7] Meanwhile, in the 1979–80 Copa del Rey the squad advanced to the final and won the trophy against its reserve team Real Madrid Castilla^[8] 6–1 in front of 65,000 spectators at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.^[9]

The club clinched its 20th League title which became its third three-peat ever^[10] by just one single point above runners-up emerging Real Sociedad^[11] after the then-undefeated in last 38 league matches basque side lost its game on round 32 against Sevilla thanks to 2 goals of Daniel Bertoni.^[12] Added to its Copa del Rey trophy, the team won its third "Double" ever.

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	García Remón
—	DF	ESP	San José
—	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito
—	DF	ESP	Pirri
—	DF	ESP	José Antonio Camacho
—	MF	FRG	Uli Stielike
—	MF	ESP	Vicente del Bosque
—	MF	ESP	Angel
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ESP	Juanito
—	FW	ENG	Laurie Cunningham


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel
—	DF	ESP	Andrés Sabido
—	MF	ESP	García Hernández
—	FW	ARG	Roberto Martínez
—	FW	ESP	Isidro
—	FW	ESP	Rincón
—	MF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Portugal
—	DF	ESP	Pérez García
—	DF	ESP	García Navajas
—	DF	ESP	Herrero

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Laurie Cunningham	West Bromwich Albion	£950,000^[13]
MF	Ángel	UD Salamanca
MF	Miguel Ángel Portugal	Burgos CF
DF	Ángel Pérez García	Real Madrid Castilla	–
DF	Antonio García Navajas	Burgos CF	–
DF	Herrero		–

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Juan Sol	Valencia CF
DF	Enrique Wolff	Argentinos Juniors
FW	Henning Jensen	AFC Ajax
FW	Ico Aguilar García	Sporting Gijón
FW	Carlos Guerini	Talleres de Córdoba
GK	Maté	Burgos CF
MF	Vitoria Soria	Burgos CF
DF	Rafael García Cortés	Burgos CF

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	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	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1980-81 European Cup; = 1980-81 UEFA Cup

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	34	22	9	3	70	33	+37	53	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Real Sociedad	34	19	14	1	54	20	+34	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Sporting Gijón	34	16	7	11	47	34	+13	39
4	Barcelona	34	13	12	9	42	33	+9	38
5	Real Betis	34	12	12	10	42	40	+2	36

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

9 September 1979 1	Real Madrid	3–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Cunningham 39' Cunnigham 63 ' Santillana 72 ' Angel	Report	Sura 28 ' Tendillo Aryas	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ernesto Nunez

16 September 1979 2	Rayo Vallecano	1–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Robles 40 ' Ukeda	Report	Santillana 51 ' Stielike 62 ' Juanito	Stadium: Campo Vallecas Referee: Antonio Palanquez

23 September 1979 3	Real Madrid	3–2	FC Barcelona	Madrid
	Santillana 6' Juanito 8' Cunningham 32' Stielike 45' Pirri	Report	Landaburu 23' Krankl 36'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: García Carrión

30 September 1979 4	AD Almería	1–1	Real Madrid	Almería
	Arias 35 ' Garay Piñero	Report	31 ' Santillana Angel	Stadium: Juan Rojas Referee: Benito Uris

14 October 1979 5	Real Madrid	3–2	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
	Stielike 24 ' Rincon 63 ' Rincon 83 ' Pirri	Report	35 ' Valdano 62 ' Valdano Muñoz Lasa India	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Perez

21 October 1979 6	Real Betis	2–3	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Vilalba 78 ' Benitez 89 '	Report	Martinez 36 ' Stielike 44 ' Santillana 75 '	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Emilio Muro

28 October 1979 7	Español	0–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Fortes Amarillo	Report	Juanito	Stadium: Estadio Sarriá Referee: Jose Gonzalez

30 October 1979 8	Real Madrid	2–0	UD Salamanca	Madrid
	Santillana 72 ' Martinez 76 ' Sabido	Report	Tome Bustillo Juanito 75 '	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Victoriano Arminio

11 November 1979 9	Real Sociedad	4–0	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Ufarte 14' (pen) Satrustegui 36 ' Zamora 61 ' Burgos 75 '	Report	49 ' Del Bosque	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Manuel Hernandez

18 November 1979 10	Real Madrid	5–0	Hércules CF	Madrid
	Santillana 1 ' Santillana 22 ' Hernandez 19 ' Pirri 69 ' Cunningham 81 '	Report	Giuliano	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Marquenda

25 November 1979 11	Sporting Gijón	1–1	Real Madrid	Gijón
	Ferrero 7' Joaquin 50' Uriah Abel	Report	31' (o.g.) Quini Juanito Benito	Stadium: Estadio El Molinero Referee: Jesus Sanz

4 December 1979 12	Real Madrid	2–1	Burgos CF	Madrid
	Juanito 6 ' Santillana 37 ' Stielike	Report	Pascal 65 ' Gomez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Negreira

16 December 1979 13	CD Málaga	1–4	Real Madrid	Málaga
	Portela 11 ' Carlos Macias Megido	Report	Santillana 22 ' Cunningham 74 ' Angel 79 ' Stielike 89'	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Referee: Juan Pezon

30 December 1979 14	Real Madrid	2–0	Sevilla CF	Madrid
	Martinez 40 ' Stielike 69 '	Report	Bertoni Biri Juanito 53 '	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Luis Gonzalez

6 January 1980 15	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Cano 74' (pen) Guzman Pereira	Report	Juanito 71 ' Camacho	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Antonio Palanquez

13 January 1980 16	Real Madrid	3–1	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Juanito 33' Juanito 40' Juanito 56 ' Sabido Santillana	Report	Noli 89' Huani	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Ildefonso Azpitarte

20 January 1980 17	Athletic Bilbao	3–0	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Dani 43 ' Ruiz 59 ' Sarabia 86 '	Report	Camacho	Stadium: San Mames Referee: Jose Carrion

27 January 1980 18	Valencia CF	2–0	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Kempes 17 ' Villarroda 82 '	Report	Del Bosque Angel	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Jose Gonzalez

3 February 1980 19	Real Madrid	7–0	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid
	Santillana 8' Santillana 75' Juanito 9 ' Cunningham 19 ' Hernandez 28 ' Martinez 52 ' Portugal 58 '	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Fernando Alvarez

10 February 1980 20	FC Barcelona	0–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Zuviría	Report	Francisco García Hernández 61' Santillana 63' Goyo Benito Pirri	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Fandos Hernández

17 February 1980 21	Real Madrid	4–1	AD Almería	Madrid
	Juanito 6' Hernandez 37 ' Angel 59' Cunningham 89'	Report	Lopez 75' Aryas Lobato	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Joaquin Marcos

24 February 1980 22	Real Zaragoza	0–1	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Gerry Oñadera	Report	Santillana 87 ' Del Bosque Stielike	Stadium: Estadio La Romareda Referee: Jose Negreira

26 February 1980 23	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Betis	Madrid
	Hernandez 65 '	Report	28' (o.g.) Sabido Moran Perena	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Emilio Muro

9 March 1980 24	Real Madrid	2–0	Español	Madrid
	Santillana 33 ' Cunningham 47 '	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Victoriano Arminio

16 March 1980 25	UD Salamanca	1–1	Real Madrid	Salamanca
	Juanito 35' Enrique	Report	Benito 79' Stielike	Stadium: Estadio Helmántico Referee: Benito Uris

23 March 1980 26	Real Madrid	2–2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Hernandez 85 ' Juanito 89' 89' Benito Remon	Report	Zamora 40 ' Alonso 45 ' Satrustegui Garate Arconada Gorritz 89'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Carrion

30 March 1980 27	Hércules CF	0–0	Real Madrid	Alicante
	Hervas Arasil Charles 89 '	Report	Camacho 76 ' Rincon Santillana Remon Hernandez 89'	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Perez Referee: Jose Perez

5 April 1980 28	Real Madrid	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
	Santillana 80' Perez	Report	Uriah Doria	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Negreira

13 April 1980 29	Burgos CF	1–2	Real Madrid	Burgos
	Careño 21 ' Blush	Report	60 ' Santillana 86' Santillana Camacho	Stadium: El Plantío Referee: Jose Perez

19 April 1980 30	Real Madrid	2–1	CD Málaga	Madrid
	Santillana 28 ' Santillana 35 ' Sabido	Report	Megido 59 ' Perez Miguel Megido	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Felipe Aurre

27 April 1980 31	Sevilla CF	1–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Alvarez 55' Yuyu 60 ' Alvarez Scott	Report	10 ' Gonzalez Hernandez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Antonio Palanquez

4 May 1980 32	Real Madrid	4–0	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Santillana 51' Arteche 64' (o.g.) Martinez 65 ' Sierra 89' (o.g.) Stielike	Report	Guzman Bermejo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jose Gonzalez

11 May 1980 33	UD Las Palmas	1–2	Real Madrid	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
	Morete 43 '	Report	50 ' Santillana 67 ' Santillana Sabido	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Joaquin Marcos

18 May 1980 34	Real Madrid	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Angel 23 ' Juanito 51' Pirri 72' (pen) Benito	Report	Dani 64 ' (pen) Goykochea	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Benito Uris

Copa del Rey

Final

4 June 1980	Real Madrid	6–1	Castilla	Madrid
20:30 CET	Juanito 20', 89' Santillana 42' Sabido 59' Del Bosque 62' García Hernández 82'	Report (in Spanish)	Álvarez 80'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez

European Cup

First round

19 September 1979	Levski-Spartak	0–1	Real Madrid	Sofia
		Report	Martínez 26'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Horst Brummeier

3 October 1979	Real Madrid	2–0	Levski-Spartak	Madrid
	Del Bosque 20' Cunningham 32' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Francis Rion

Round of 16

24 October 1979	Porto	2–1	Real Madrid	Porto
	Gomes 35', 40' (pen.)	Report	Cunningham 52'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas, Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot

7 November 1979	Real Madrid	1–0	Porto	Madrid
	Benito 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Attendance: 115,000 Referee: Nicolae Rainea

Quarter-finals

5 March 1980	Celtic	2–0	Real Madrid	Glasgow
	McCluskey 52' Doyle 75'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi

19 March 1980	Real Madrid	3–0	Celtic	Madrid
	Santillana 45' Stielike 56' Juanito 86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Károly Palotai

Semi-finals

9 April 1980	Real Madrid	2–0	Hamburger SV	Madrid
	Santillana 67' Santillana 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 121,106 Referee: Vojtěch Christov

23 April 1980	Hamburger SV	5–1	Real Madrid	Hamburg
	Kaltz 10' (pen.), 40' Hrubesch 17', 45' Memering 90'	Report	Cunningham 31'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 61,980 Referee: Alberto Michelotti

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division^[14]		Copa del Rey		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	García Remón	44	-41	33	-32	2+1	-3	8	-6
	DF	ESP	San José	23	0	19	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito	37	2	24+3	1	3	0	7	1
	DF	ESP	Pirri	36	2	27	2	4	0	5	0
	DF	ESP	Camacho	44	0	33	0	3	0	8	0
	MF	FRG	Stielike	46	6	31	5	7	0	8	1
	MF	ESP	Del Bosque	46	2	32	0	6	1	8	1
	MF	ESP	Ángel	47	3	32	3	5+2	0	8	0
	FW	ESP	Juanito	41	15	31	10	6	4	4	1
	FW	ESP	Santillana	47	29	33	23	6	3	8	3
	FW	ENG	Cunningham	41	12	29	8	4+1	1	7	3
	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel	7	-7	1	-1	5	-3	1	-3
	DF	ESP	Sabido	32	1	15+4	0	6+1	1	4+2	0
	MF	ESP	García Hernández	30	8	10+12	7	2+2	1	1+3	0
	FW	ARG	Martínez	35	6	6+16	5	4+2	0	3+4	1
	FW	ESP	Isidro	17	2	9+1	1	6	1	0+1	0
	FW	ESP	Rincón	13	5	2+6	2	3+2	3
	MF	ESP	Portugal	11	1	1+7	1	2	0	0+1	0
	DF	ESP	Pérez García	11	0	3+2	0	3+1	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	García Navajas	9	0	3+2	0	0	0	3+1	0
	DF	ESP	Herrero	0	0	0	0

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1979-802.html

References

^ José Damián González (4 June 1979). "Boskov will Replace Molowny as Real Madrid Coach". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Alfredo Relaño (27 August 1979). "Boskov pleaded not to compare him to Miljanic" (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Adrian Chiles (17 November 2016). "The match that pitted white players against black players". BBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ "Benito and Pirri The Only Two Players with La Laureada". as.com. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Real Madrid: The Madrid of Los García". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Former Real Madrid defender Angel Passed Away". Marca. Spain. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ Alfredo Relaño (23 April 1980). "Madrid played a disgraceful Match". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "An Unrepeatable Final" (in Spanish). europapress.es. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ McTear, Euan (19 May 2016). "When Real Madrid Castilla reached the Copa del Rey final and played in Europe". These Football Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ After winning 1961–63 and 1967–69.
^ Real Sociedad won head-to-head matches 4–0, 2–2.
^ "Bertoni the man who took La Liga away from Real Sociedad". mundodeportivo.com. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ "Laurie Cunningham Tragic Tale of the Former Manchester United Player". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1979–80". bdfutbol.com.

External links

BDFútbol

[1] José Damián González (4 June 1979). "Boskov will Replace Molowny as Real Madrid Coach". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[2] Alfredo Relaño (27 August 1979). "Boskov pleaded not to compare him to Miljanic" (in Spanish). elpais.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[3] Adrian Chiles (17 November 2016). "The match that pitted white players against black players". BBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[4] "Benito and Pirri The Only Two Players with La Laureada". as.com. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[5] "Real Madrid: The Madrid of Los García". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] "Former Real Madrid defender Angel Passed Away". Marca. Spain. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[7] Alfredo Relaño (23 April 1980). "Madrid played a disgraceful Match". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[8] "An Unrepeatable Final" (in Spanish). europapress.es. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[9] McTear, Euan (19 May 2016). "When Real Madrid Castilla reached the Copa del Rey final and played in Europe". These Football Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[10] After winning 1961–63 and 1967–69.

[11] Real Sociedad won head-to-head matches 4–0, 2–2.

[12] "Bertoni the man who took La Liga away from Real Sociedad". mundodeportivo.com. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[13] "Laurie Cunningham Tragic Tale of the Former Manchester United Player". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[14] "Real Madrid temporada 1979–80". bdfutbol.com.

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