The 1965–66 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 63rd season in existence and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Summary The club remained at first place almost the entire campaign before was defeated 1–2 by CF Barcelona and lost the title against local rivals Atlético Madrid one round before season finale by just one single point. UD Levante defender Antonio Calpe arrived to enforce the back-up, also, CD Málaga midfielder Manuel Velázquez returned from a two years loan replacing French playmaker Lucien Muller,Transferred out to FC Barcelona also, transferred in was defender Pedro de FelipeBustillo, tres meses de inactividad (Bustillo, three months out); Mundo Deportivo, 17 September 1969 from Rayo Vallecano benching José Santamaría both arrivals featured a superb season.
Meanwhile, in European Cup the squad clinched its sixth trophy after defeated Inter in Semi-finals and on 11 May 1966 won 2–1 the Final against Abdulah Gegic' Partizan Belgrade which, previously, in semi-finals eliminated heavily favourites Manchester United without star George Best. Three days after the Final, the Yé-yé team was introduced to the world after 4 players posed for Diario Marca as then popular English rock band The Beatles resulting in the nickname from their theme song <<She Loves You>> chorus hit "Yeah-yeah".
In the Copa del Generalísimo, Madrid was eliminated by Real Betis in the quarter-finals 5–4 on aggregate. After seven seasons, 5 League titles and 3 European Cup trophies,Puskas did not play the 1959 and 1966 Finals Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskás left the club during the summer.
Squad
Transfers InPos.NameFromTypeMF Manuel Velázquez CD Malaga-GK Mendieta Indauchu-FW José Luis Veloso Deportivo-DF Antonio Calpe Levante-MF Ramón Tejada Cordoba-FW Juan Aguero Sevilla-FW Fernand Goyvaerts FC Barcelona-FW Jaime Blanco Deportivo-FW Garcia Ramos -- Out Pos. Name To TypeMF Lucien Muller FC Barcelona-GK Beltran Rayo Vallecano-MF Felo Sevilla-MF Santos Deportivo-FW Evaristo --MF Yanko Melilla CF-DF Isidro Sabadell-FW Morollon Sabadell-MF Pipi Suarez Sevilla-
Competitions La Liga
League table
Position by round
Matches
Copa del Generalísimo
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
European Cup
Preliminary round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Players statistics
See also Yé-yé (Real Madrid)
References
External links BDFútbol