The 1960–61 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 58th season in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Real Madrid won their 7th Primera División title, surpassing Athletic Bilbao for most title wins and behind only Barcelona with 8 titles.
Summary After winning the European Cup semi-finals and final last season, acting head coach "Miracle" Miguel Muñoz was promoted as full-time manager for this campaign. The team was defeated in the first round of the 1960–61 European Cup by FC Barcelona 3–4 on aggregate, now with László Kubala in the line-up, with the Catalans avenging a semi-finals defeat in the previous campaign months earlier.
With an early elimination in the European Cup, Madrid were aiming to clinch the domestic double, which was reachable. The club won its seventh league title (twelve points above runners-up Atlético Madrid and five matches before the season finale), and were then defeated in the Copa del Generalísino final for the second season in a row, again by Atlético Madrid. Puskas won the Pichichi individual award as the top goalscorer, with 28 league goals. At the start the campaign, Real Madrid clinched the first edition of the Intercontinental Cup, defeating Peñarol.
Squad
Transfers InPos.NameFromTypeGK Vicente Espanyol-FW Agne Simonsson -- MF Villa Plus Ultra- Out Pos. Name To TypeMF Didi --DF Lesmes Valladolid-DF Pantaleon Elche-MF Falin -DF Angel Atienza -GK Berasaluce Racing Santander-FW Ramon Marsal Plus Ultra-FW Laszlo Kaszas Racing Santander-
Competitions La Liga
League table
Position by round
Matches
European Cup
First round
Copa del Generalísimo
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Intercontinental Cup
Statistics Squad statistics Competition Points Total GD 1960–61 La Liga 52 30 24 4 2 89 25 +64 1961 Copa del Generalísimo – 9 6 1 2 29 9 +20 1960–61 European Cup – 2 0 1 1 3 4 −11960 Intercontinental Cup – 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 Totale 43 37 7 5 126 39 +87
Players statistics
References Real Madrid – 1960–61 BDFutbol