The 1985–86 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 84th season in existence and the club's 55th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Season During summer new president Ramon Mendoza appointed Luis Molowny as the club manager for the season after a failed bid on Athletic Bilbao coach Javier Clemente who clinched the league trophies in the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons and rejected the offer due to his contract expires in June 1986. Surprisingly, Clemente left the Lions midway through the 1985–86 season, after a run-in with star player Manuel Sarabia, but, by that time, club president Mendoza signed an agreement for the upcoming season with Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker. After six years without winning La Liga, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol finally won the title in the 1985–86 season. The team also triumphed in the UEFA Cup, making it a European Double. Following a change in the chairman office (from Luis de Carlos to Ramón Mendoza), Real Madrid signed new top players (such as Hugo Sánchez, Rafael Gordillo and Antonio Maceda) under manager Luis Molowny, and produced an emphatic season. This was the club's 21st league title in history and its second consecutive UEFA Cup. Real Madrid defeated 1. FC Köln in the final to win the 1985–86 UEFA Cup. The club were eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Real Zaragoza in the semi-finals.

Squad

Transfers

In Pos. Name from Type FW Hugo Sánchez Atlético Madrid MF Rafael Gordillo Real Betis DF Antonio Maceda Sporting Gijón FW Cholo Real Zaragoza DF Francis Rodriguez Real Valladolid loan ended Out Pos. Name To TypeMFUli StielikeNeuchâtel Xamax FCSFWMiguel PardezaReal Zaragoza (loan)DFAlfonso FraileReal ZaragozaDFIsidroRacing SantanderDFJuan JoséCádiz CFMFLozanoRSC AnderlechtFWMarquezCartagena FCFWFrancisco PinedaReal ZaragozaFWLeonardoCastilla CFDFPaco BonetCastilla CFDFClementeCastilla CF

Friendlies Teresa Herrera Trophy

Santiago Bernabeu Trophy

Competitions La Liga

Position by round

League table

Matches

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Copa de la Liga

UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics Squad statistics competition points total GD La Liga 56 34 26 4 4 83 33 +50 Copa del Rey – 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 Copa de la liga – 2 0 1 1 2 6 –4 UEFA Cup – 12 6 1 5 26 16 +10 Total 54 36 7 11 115 61 +54

Players statistics Real Madrid temporada 1985–86 su bdfutbol.com

See also La Quinta del Buitre

References