1958–59 Real Madrid CF season
# 1958–59 Real Madrid CF season

The 1958–59 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 56th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

During the summer Hungarian player Ferenc Puskás arrived to the club after a two-year FIFA ban on him due to his defection from communist Hungary. The move was controversial due to the player's age (31 years old) and him allegedly being overweight, the reasons why he had been already turned down by Juventus, Milan, and Manchester United.

However, Puskas and Di Stefano completed a lethal duo with an astonishing campaign collecting the club's fourth consecutive European Cup, defeating Just Fontaine's Stade de Reims. However, Puskas missed the final match due to a technical decision by head coach Luis Carniglia, who was fired after that by club chairman Santiago Bernabéu. Additionally, Di Stefano clinched another top scorer individual trophy in the Spanish league with 23 goals. Puskas was second with 21 goals.

The squad finished in a decent second spot in the league standings, four points behind champions Barcelona, despite scoring a club record 89 goals (to Barcelona's 96). In June, Real Madrid reached the semi-finals of Copa del Generalísimo, where they were defeated by Barcelona.

## 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 | Juan Alonso |
| — | GK | ARG | Rogelio Domínguez |
| — | FW | ESP | Ramón Marsal |
| — | MF | URU | Hector Ramos |
| — | DF | ESP | Herrera |
| — | DF | ESP | Lesmes |
| — | MF | ESP | Zárraga |
| — | DF | URU | José Emilio Santamaría |
| — | DF | ESP | Miche |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Juan Santisteban Troyano |
| — | MF | FRA | Raymond Kopa |
| — | FW | ARG | Rial |
| — | FW | ESP | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| — | FW | ESP | Joseíto |
| — | FW | ESP | Francisco Gento |
| — | DF | ESP | Ángel Atienza |
| — | FW | HUN | Ferenc Puskás |
| — | MF | ESP | Ruiz |
| — | GK | ESP | Berasaluce |
| — | DF | ESP | Marquitos |
| — | FW | ESP | Mateos |

### Transfers

In :

| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Ferenc Puskas | - | - |
| FW | Jesus Herrera | Oviedo | - |
| DF | Miche | Atletico Ceuta | - |
| DF | Ramos URU | - | - |
| MF | Falin | Real Oviedo | - |
| MF | Segurola | Real Sociedad | - |
| MF | Villa | | - |
| FW | Joaquin Garcia | | - |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Miguel Muñoz | - | - |
| MF | Rubio | Zaragoza | - |
| FW | Brunet | Cordoba | - |
| MF | Pereda | Valladolid | - |
| FW | Becerril | Granada | - |
| FW | Heliodoro Castaño | Real Betis | - |
| FW | Carlos Cela | - | - |

## Competitions

### La Liga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 96 | 26 | +70 | 51 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 89 | 29 | +60 | 47 | Qualification for the European Cup round of 16 |
| 3 | Atlético Bilbao | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 36 | |
| 4 | Valencia | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 33 | |
| 5 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 32 | |

* ↑ Real Madrid qualified directly to the round of 16 as title holders.

**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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Statistics

### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | GD |
| 1958–59 La Liga | 47 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 89 | 29 | +60 |
| 1958–59 Copa del Generalísimo | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| 1958–59 European Cup | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| Total | | 52 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 113 | 55 | +58 |

### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Primera Division | Primera Division | Copa del Generalisimo | Copa del Generalisimo | European Cup | European Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Alonso | 29 | -24 | 25 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 |
| | DF | ESP | Marquitos | 34 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | URU | Santamaria | 40 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Lesmes | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Santisteban | 39 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| | MF | ESP | Zárraga | 34 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Kopa | 37 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Di Stefano | 43 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| | FW | HUN | Puskas | 34 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | ARG | Rial | 31 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | ESP | Gento | 33 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| | GK | ARG | Dominguez | 17 | -20 | 5 | -7 | 8 | -10 | 4 | -3 |
| | DF | ESP | Miche | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Marsal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | URU | Ramos | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Herrera | 25 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Joseíto | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Atienza | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Ruiz | 22 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | GK | ESP | Berasaluce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Mateos | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |

* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1958-592.html
