The 1956–57 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 54th season in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Real Madrid won their 5th Primera División title.
Summary The Spanish Federation lifted the ban on foreign player transfers allowing chairman Santiago Bernabéu to buy French playmaker Raymond Kopa from Stade de Reims to boost the midfield as a winger, in fact the trade was released days before the 1956 European Cup Final against the same French squad. Due to the rule of limited foreigners Kopa could not feature until October, when Di Stefano became a Spanish citizen. The team finished the League campaign 5 points above Sevilla and FC Barcelona, clinching its fifth League title ever. Also, Alfredo Di Stéfano won the top scorer trophy with 31 goals.
Initially, due to the rule of not being a current league champion, the club would not compete in the continental tournament. However, chairman Santiago Bernabéu, also an organizer of the competition, allowed their entry as holders; the squad won its second consecutive European Cup in a close final against Italian team Fiorentina. In May, the club reached the quarter-finals of the Copa del Generalísimo where they were defeated 6–1 (8–3 on aggregate) by Barcelona. It would be the only trophy not conquered by the squad in the campaign. The team closed a superb season clinching its second Latin Cup, winning the final against Portuguese side Benfica.
Squad
Transfers InPos.NameFromTypeMF Raymond Kopa Stade Reims -MF Juan Santisteban Troyano -DF Pedro Casado -DF Antonio Ruiz -DF Carlos Sutter -MF Julio Roth España de Tanger-DF Manuel Torres Zaragoza -MF Montejano Badajoz - Out Pos. Name To TypeGK Juan García Murcia-DF Antonio González Tarrasa-FW Carlos Cela Real Betis-DF Carlos Sutter Cordoba-MF Wilson Jones Zaragoza-FW Heliodoro Castaño Jaen-MF Julio Roth Hercules-MF Manolin Zaragoza-FW Seoane Celta-MF Montejano Cadiz-FW Lera Murcia-
Competitions La Liga
League table
Position by round
Matches
Copa del Generalísimo
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
European Cup
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Latin Cup
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Squad statistics competition points total GD La Liga 44 30 20 4 6 72 41 +31 Copa del Generalísimo – 4 4 1 1 14 6 +8 European Cup – 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 Latin Cup – 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 Total 54 38 6 10 119 56 +63
Players statistics
References