| 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) | ||
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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.
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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 | – | |
Competitions
La Liga
Position by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1980-81 European Cup; = 1980-81 UEFA Cup
League table
| Pos | Team | 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 | 
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 .svg.png.webp)  | 0–1 | .svg.png.webp) Real Madrid | Sofia | 
| Report | Martínez  26' | Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee:  Horst Brummeier | 
| 3 October 1979 | Real Madrid .svg.png.webp)  | 2–0 | .svg.png.webp) Levski-Spartak | Madrid | 
| Del Bosque  20' Cunningham  32' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 40,000 Referee: .svg.png.webp) Francis Rion | 
Round of 16
| 24 October 1979 | Porto   | 2–1 | .svg.png.webp) 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 .svg.png.webp)  | 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 | .svg.png.webp) Real Madrid | Glasgow | 
| McCluskey  52' Doyle  75' | Report | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 67,000 Referee:  Riccardo Lattanzi | 
| 19 March 1980 | Real Madrid .svg.png.webp)  | 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 .svg.png.webp)  | 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 | .svg.png.webp) 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| GK | .svg.png.webp) ESP | García Remón | 44 | -41 | 33 | -32 | 2+1 | -3 | 8 | -6 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | San José | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Goyo Benito | 37 | 2 | 24+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Pirri | 36 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Camacho | 44 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| MF |  FRG | Stielike | 46 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| MF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Del Bosque | 46 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| MF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Ángel | 47 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 5+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| FW | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Juanito | 41 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| FW | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Santillana | 47 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
| FW |  ENG | Cunningham | 41 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 4+1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| GK | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Miguel Ángel | 7 | -7 | 1 | -1 | 5 | -3 | 1 | -3 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Sabido | 32 | 1 | 15+4 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | |
| MF | .svg.png.webp) 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 | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Isidro | 17 | 2 | 9+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| FW | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Rincón | 13 | 5 | 2+6 | 2 | 3+2 | 3 | |||
| MF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Portugal | 11 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Pérez García | 11 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | García Navajas | 9 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) ESP | Herrero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
See also
The Madrid of los Garcia (in Spanish)
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.






