The 1976–77 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 74th season in existence and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Summary During summer the club failed to replace ageing Gunter Netzer with Brazilian midfielder Zico from Flamengo or English Forward Kevin Keegan from Liverpool F.C. both offers rejected by their teams. The club collapsed to the 9th place in the most disastrous League campaign under Bernabeu Presidency era finishing 12 points below Champions Atlético Madrid despite the arrival of international Danish striker Henning Jensen from Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, even with the chaotic club performance, head coach Miljan Miljanić remained in his position and was ratified by President Santiago Bernabéu on 7 June 1977
Shockingly, in European Cup the squad was defeated by Belgian squad Club Brugge after a 0–0 draw in Valencia, the team lost 0–2 in Brugge being the last away trip of Santiago Bernabéu with the squad.
The club was early eliminated in 1976–77 Copa del ReyFormer Copa del Generalísimo was renamed Copa del Rey after the death of Francisco Franco in November 1975. Third Round by underdogs Hércules CF.
The overall poor performance in La Liga and Copa del Rey meant that Real Madrid would not compete in any European competition for first time in the history.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Henning Jensen Borussia Mönchengladbach GK Amador –DF San José Castilla FW Salamanca Rayo Vallecano –MF Escribano – Out Pos. Name To Type FW Günter Netzer Grasshopper Club Zürich FW Amancio Amaro retired GK Andres Junquera Real Zaragoza DF José Luis retired MF Grosso retired DF Touriño Independiente Medellín GK Pedro Corral CD Málaga
Friendlies
Competitions
La Liga
Position by round
League table
Matches
Copa del Rey
Third round
European Cup
First round
Second round
Statistics Players statistics
References
External links BDFútbol