1942–43 Real Madrid CF season
# 1942–43 Real Madrid CF season

The 1942–43 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 40th season in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

## Summary

The club had the third worst campaign ever, finishing 10th and avoiding relegation by just one single point. Head coach Juan Armet "Kinké" was fired on round 12 after a bad streak of results, then after one match with Pablo Hernandez Coronado managing another lost game, the executive board appointed Ramon Encinas with the main goal of avoiding relegation, which he successfully accomplished.

After having remained in the first category aimed by the goals of Manuel Alday, which included an emphatic 7–0 victory over Español, the squad advanced rounds in the 1943 Copa del Generalísimo, where it fared far better, reaching the semi-finals and meeting archrivals FC Barcelona there. In the first leg of the series the club lost 0–3 but then, on 13 June 1943, the squad defeated Barcelona with a colossal 11–1 scoreline, being in fact the most landslide result in El Clásico. In the final, the squad was defeated 1–0 by Atletico Bilbao with a Telmo Zarra extra time goal.

## 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 | Ipiña |
| — | MF | ESP | Antonio Alsúa |
| — | MF | ESP | Nazario Belmar |
| — | MF | ESP | Moleiro |
| — | MF | MEX | Sauto |
| — | FW | CUB | Chus Alonso |
| — | FW | ESP | Botella |
| — | FW | ESP | Manuel Alday |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Esquiva |
| — | MF | ESP | Félix Huete |
| — | MF | ESP | Rovira |
| — | FW | ESP | Arbiza |
| — | DF | ESP | Olivares |
| — | MF | ESP | Sepúlveda |
| — | DF | ESP | Querejeta |
| — | DF | ESP | Clemente |
| — | FW | ESP | Sanz |
| — | FW | ESP | Cuca |
| — | DF | ESP | Pruden |
| — | DF | ESP | Pepe Corona |
| — | DF | ESP | Ramon Maciá |
| — | DF | ESP | Sabino Barinaga |

### Transfers

In :

| Pos. | Name | from |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Maximo Sepulveda | Ferroviaria CF |
| DF | Querejeta | Real Sociedad |
| FW | Pruden | UD Salamanca |
| FW | Cuca | Ferroviaría |
| DF | Pepe Corona | Alicante CD |
| DF | Maciá | |

Out :

| Pos. | Name | To |
| - | - | - |
| MF | Simón Lecue | Valencia CF |
| DF | Jacinto Quincoces | |
| MF | Leoncito | Real Valladolid |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Atlético Aviación | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 27 | |
| 9 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 26 | |
| 10 | Real Madrid | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 25 | |
| 11 | Español (O) | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Granada (O) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

* ↑ Valencia finished ahead of Atlético Aviación on head-to-head points: Valencia–Atlético Aviación 3–0, Atlético Aviación–Valencia 1–1.

## Statistics

### Squad statistics

| competition | points | total | total | total | total | total | total | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| competition | points | G | V | N | P | Gf | Gs | GD |
| 1942–43 La Liga | 31 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 30 | +16 |
| 1943 Copa del Generalísimo | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| Total | | 42 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 113 | 55 | +58 |

### Players statistics

Source:

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1942–43 La Liga | 1942–43 La Liga | 1943 Copa del Generalísimo | 1943 Copa del Generalísimo |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ESP | Marzá | 33 | -56 | 23 | -42 | 10 | -14 |
| | DF | ESP | Mardones | 22 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| | DF | ESP | Arzanegui | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Ipiña | 36 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | MF | ESP | Antonio Alsúa | 32 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| | MF | ESP | Nazario Belmar | 23 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| | MF | ESP | Moleiro | 26 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | MEX | Sauto | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | FW | CUB | Chus Alonso | 36 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| | FW | ESP | Botella | 34 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| | FW | ESP | Manuel Alday | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| | GK | ESP | Esquiva | 3 | -8 | 3 | -8 |
| | MF | ESP | Félix Huete | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Rovira | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Arbiza | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| | DF | ESP | Olivares | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Sepúlveda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Querejeta | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Clemente | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Sanz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Cuca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Pruden | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| | DF | ESP | Pepe Corona | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Ramon Maciá | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Sabino Barinaga | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |

* Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1942-432.html
