1972–73 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid CF
1972–73 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Head coach	Miguel Muñoz
Stadium	Santiago Bernabeu
La Liga	4th (in UEFA Cup)
Copa del Generalísimo	Round of 16
European Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Santillana (10); All: Santillana (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 70th season in existence and the club's 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

The club finished a disappointing fourth in the league five points behind champions Atlético Madrid.^[1] Meanwhile, in the Copa del Generalísimo the team was eliminated early in the round of 16 by Sporting Gijón, losing the away game 0–1 and achieving a miserable draw 1–1 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.^[2]

During February Santiago Bernabeu visited Israel and gave a medal to Moshe Dayan,^[3] a gesture which strained relations with Francisco Franco and becoming crucial to deny further government support for a new stadium project.

The squad reached the semi-finals of the European Cup where it was defeated twice by the defending champions and future winners Ajax Amsterdam who would go on to repeat their success in the following season, making it three in a row.^[4] President Santiago Bernabéu attended the Final himself expecting to sign Ajax starplayer Johan Cruyff who instead was ultimately signed by archrivals CF Barcelona during the summer transfer window.^[5] Real Madrid's offer for the Dutchman was reported to be significantly higher, but he refused to play for the club linked to Franco and his regime.^[6]^[7]

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	Goyo Benito
—	DF	ESP	Ignacio Zoco
—	DF	ESP	José Luis
—	DF	ARG	Touriño
—	MF	ESP	Pirri
—	MF	ESP	Velazquez
—	MF	ESP	Grande
—	FW	ESP	Santillana
—	FW	ESP	Amancio Amaro
—	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel
—	DF	ESP	Verdugo
—	FW	ESP	Ramón Grosso
—	MF	ESP	González
—	DF	ESP	Andrés
—	GK	ESP	Andrés Junquera
—	FW	ARG	Anzarda
—	DF	ESP	José Macanás Pérez
—	FW	ESP	Rafael Marañón
—	FW	ESP	Fermín Gutiérrez
—	MF	ESP	Fernandez

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Andrés	Cadiz
DF	Macanás		–
FW	Fermín	Córdoba CF	–
FW	Fernández	–	–

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Pedro De Felipe	Español
FW	Ortuño	Castellón
GK	Borja	Español	–
FW	Miguel Pérez	Real Zaragoza

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

Team / 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
Team / Round
Real Madrid	3	3	4	6	9	6	8	7	5	4	6	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Barcelona	34	18	10	6	41	21	+20	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Español	34	17	11	6	48	27	+21	45
4	Real Madrid	34	17	9	8	45	29	+16	43
5	Castellón	34	13	9	12	44	38	+6	35
6	Valencia	34	12	10	12	37	33	+4	34

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

Matches

3 September 1972 1	CD Castellón	2–3	Real Madrid	Castellón de la Plana
	Tonin 11' Ortugno 60'	Report	25' Pirri 35' Perez 47' Aguilar	Stadium: Castalia Referee: Fernando Alvarez

9 September 1972 2	Real Madrid	1–0	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
	Aguilar 89' Amancio	Report	Paredes Alonso	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Ricardo Coscolin

17 September 1972 3	UD Las Palmas	1–1	Real Madrid	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
	Deborah 62' (pen)	Report	24' Velazquez 65' Peinado Grande	Stadium: Estadio Insular Referee: Pelayo Sancristobal

23 September 1972 4	Real Madrid	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	Pirri	Report	9' Ovejero 33' Ufarte Aragones Eusebio Venegas	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Jose Segreles

1 October 1972 5	CF Barcelona	1–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Barrios 52'	Report		Stadium: Estadio del CF Barcelona Referee: Jose Mendibil

7 October 1972 6	Real Madrid	2–1	Granada CF	Madrid
	Grande 29' Santillana 57'	Report	74' Dueñas	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Jose Capelastegui

22 October 1972 7	Real Zaragoza	0–0	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Ocampos	Report	Santillana	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Mariano Iglesias

29 October 1972 8	Real Madrid	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Zoco	Report		Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Pablo Ibañez

5 November 1972 9	Valencia CF	0–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
		Report	1' Anzarda	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: Pelayo Sancristobal

12 November 1972 10	Real Madrid	3–0	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Amancio 26' Amancio 41' Santillana 88'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Pablo Ibañez

19 November 1972 11	Real Betis	2–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Sosa 23' Roig 47'	Report	4' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin Referee: Fernando Alvarez

26 November 1972 12	Real Madrid	2–0	Burgos	Madrid
	Grosso 19 ' Santillana 65 '	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Jaime Fortuny

12 December 1972 13	Real Madrid	1–0	Español	Madrid
	Santillana 10'	Report	Glaria	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Jose Mendibil

10 December 1972 14	Atletico de Bilbao	2–1	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Uriarte 7' Lasa 57'	Report	39' Santillana	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Emilio Muro

17 December 1972 15	Real Madrid	6–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Aguilar 41' Aguilar 80' Pirri 44' (pen) Pirri 57' Velazquez 51' Santillana 60' Zoco	Report	20' Araquistain Cortabarilla 45' Gorriti	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Jose Antonolo

31 December 1972 16	CD Málaga	1–0	Real Madrid	Málaga
	Vilanova 44' (pen) Bois	Report	Aguilar 52' Velazquez	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Referee: Ricardo Coscolin

7 January 1973 17	Real Madrid	1–0	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
	Pirri 73'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Emilio Arkimbau

21 January 1973 18	Real Madrid	2–0	Castellón	Madrid
	Corrales 29' (o.g.) Pirri 77'	Report	Corrales	Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu Referee: Fernando Alvarez

28 January 1973 19	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Real Madrid	Gijón
	Churruka 27'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Molinón Referee: Angel Martinez

4 February 1973 20	Real Madrid	2–1	UD Las Palmas	Madrid
	Aguilar 47' Santillana 57'	Report	68' (pen) Deborah Estevez Marrero	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Vicente Bachero

11 February 1973 21	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Becerra 70' Capon	Report	57' Santillana 87' Amancio	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Pablo Ibañez

25 February 1973 22	Real Madrid	0–0	CF Barcelona	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Luis Diaz

4 March 1973 23	Granada CF	1–2	Real Madrid	Granada
	Porta 89'	Report	46' Pirri 80' Aguilar	Stadium: Los Carmenes Referee: Jose Mendibil

11 March 1973 24	Real Madrid	0–0	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Mariano Iglesias

18 March 1973 25	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Real Madrid	La Coruña
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Jose Capelastegui

25 March 1973 26	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Velazquez 25' Aguilar 37'	Report	51' Perez Liko	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Pelayo Sancristobal

1 April 1973 27	Real Oviedo	1–2	Real Madrid	Oviedo
	Galan 29' Jacquet	Report	8' Aguilar 67' Santillana	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: Fernando Alvarez

7 April 1973 28	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Betis	Madrid
	Amancio 2' (pen)	Report	85' Lopez	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Jaime Fortuny

15 April 1973 29	Burgos	2–3	Real Madrid	Burgos
	Olalde 13' Pocholo 82' (pen)	Report	38' (pen) Amancio 49' Aguilar 89' Zoco	Stadium: Estadio El Plantío Referee: Emilio Muro

21 April 1973 30	Español	1–0	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Solsona 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sarria Referee: Pelayo Sancristobal

6 May 1973 32	Real Sociedad	1–1	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Ansola 19'	Report	80' Amancio	Stadium: Atocha Referee: Fernando Tijerina

9 May 1973 31	Real Madrid	3–3	Atletico Bilbao	Madrid
	Grande 80' Pirri 83' Amancio 88' Peinado	Report	29' Lasa 34' Rojo 77' Lasa Vilar Zubiaga	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Mariano Iglesias

13 May 1973 33	Real Madrid	2–0	CD Málaga	Madrid
	Amancio 24' Pirri 62'	Report	Bustillo	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Juan Elizondo

20 May 1973 34	Celta Vigo	3–0	Real Madrid	Vigo
	Touriño 58' (o.g.) Jimenez 70' Doblas 79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Balaídos Referee: Ricardo Coscolin

Copa del Generalísimo

Round of 16

27 May 1973	Sporting Gijón	1–0	Real Madrid	Gijón
		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Molinon

2 June 1973	Real Madrid	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Sporting Gijón	Madrid
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

European Cup

Round of 32

13 September 1972	Real Madrid	3–0	Keflavík	Madrid
	Santillana 15', 30' Grande 90'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

27 September 1972	Keflavík	0–1	Real Madrid	Reykjavík
		Report	Verdugo 89'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

Round of 16

25 October 1972	Argeș Pitești	2–1	Real Madrid	Pitești
	Dobrin 22' (pen.) Prepurgel 62'	Report	Anzarda 41'	Stadium: Stadionul 1 Mai, Attendance: 15,000 Referee: David Smith

9 November 1972	Real Madrid	3–1	Argeș Pitești	Madrid
	Santillana 18', 87' Grande 46'	Report	Radu 44'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Quarter-finals

7 March 1973	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Real Madrid	, Odesa^{[note 1]}
17:00		Report		Stadium: ChMP Central Stadium Attendance: 36,239 Referee: Sergio Gonella

21 March 1973	Real Madrid	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Madrid
21:30	Santillana 2' Aguilar 36' Amancio 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 27,949 Referee: Erich Linemayr

Semi-finals

11 April 1973	Ajax	2–1	Real Madrid	Amsterdam
	Hulshoff 67' Krol 77'	Report	Pirri 84'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion

25 April 1973	Real Madrid	0–1	Ajax	Madrid
		Report	G. Mühren 50'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga^[9]		Copa del Generalisimo		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	García Remón	35	-28	27	-20	2	-2	6	-6
	DF	ESP	Goyo Benito	39	0	30	0	2	0	7	0
	DF	ESP	Zoco	39	1	30	1	1	0	8	0
	DF	ESP	José Luis	35	0	27+1	0	0	0	7	0
	DF	ARG	Touriño	33	0	26	0	2	0	5	0
	MF	ESP	Pirri	39	10	30	8	2	1	7	1
	MF	ESP	Grande	34	4	20+5	2	0+1	0	8	2
	MF	ESP	Velazquez	39	3	28+1	3	2	0	8	0
	FW	ESP	Amancio	34	9	25	8	2	0	7	1
	FW	ESP	Santillana	35	15	29	10	0	0	6	5
	FW	ESP	Ico Aguilar	37	10	24+5	9	2	0	5+1	1
	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel	10	-9	8	-9	0	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Verdugo	30	1	18+5	0	2	0	3+2	1
	FW	ESP	Grosso	19	1	15+1	1	2	0	1	0
	MF	ESP	González	18	0	8+5	0	1	0	1+3	0
	DF	ESP	Andrés	18	0	7+6	0	1	0	2+2	0
	GK	ESP	Junquera	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	FW	ARG	Anzarda	12	2	9+1	1	0	0	2	1
	DF	ESP	Macanas	10	1	7+1	1	0	0	2	0
	FW	ESP	Marañon	14	0	4+5	0	1+1	0	0+3	0
	FW	ESP	Fermín Gutiérrez	7	0	2+4	0	0+1	0
	MF	ESP	Fernandez	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1972-732.html

References

^ "La Liga 1972–73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^ "Temporada 72–73 Sporting Gijón" (in Spanish). arandaarquitectos.com.
^ "A medal from Bernabeu to Moshe Dayan" (in Spanish). as.com. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Why Ajax's European Cup triumph in 1973 was met with Fan disgruntlement as their fate loomed large". thesefootballtimes.co.
^ "Why did Cruyff not Sign for Real Madrid?". Diario Marca. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Johan Cruyff – The Dutchman who stood up for Catalonia".
^ "THE STORY OF REAL MADRID AND THE FRANCO REGIME".
^ Valerko, Artur (11 September 2015). "Семь королевских аудиенций" (in Russian). SPORTARENA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Real Madrid temporada 1972–73". bdfutbol.com.

Notes

^ Dynamo Kyiv played their home match at ChMP Central Stadium, Odesa, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to frozen pitch.^[8]

External links

BDFútbol

[1] "La Liga 1972–73". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

[2] "Temporada 72–73 Sporting Gijón" (in Spanish). arandaarquitectos.com.

[3] "A medal from Bernabeu to Moshe Dayan" (in Spanish). as.com. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[4] "Why Ajax's European Cup triumph in 1973 was met with Fan disgruntlement as their fate loomed large". thesefootballtimes.co.

[5] "Why did Cruyff not Sign for Real Madrid?". Diario Marca. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] "Johan Cruyff – The Dutchman who stood up for Catalonia".

[7] "THE STORY OF REAL MADRID AND THE FRANCO REGIME".

[8] Valerko, Artur (11 September 2015). "Семь королевских аудиенций" (in Russian). SPORTARENA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[10] "Real Madrid temporada 1972–73". bdfutbol.com.

[Odesa-9] Dynamo Kyiv played their home match at ChMP Central Stadium, Odesa, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to frozen pitch.^[8]

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