The 1979–80 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 78th season in existence and the club's 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Summary During summer changes came to the bench, Real Zaragoza's Yugoslavian head coach Vujadin Boškov signed in to replace Luis Molowny as new trainer. After the departure of Danish Forward Henning Jensen to Ajax Amsterdam, the club seek to reinforce the left side, rumours included several players such as René van de Kerkhof from PSV Eindhoven and Rüdiger Abramczik from Schalke 04, however the manager favoured the arrival of Laurie Cunningham who became the first British player to play for the club, the forward was transferred in from West Bromwich Albion. Defender Goyo Benito received La Laureada (The Laureate) from President Luis de Carlos due to his outstanding compromise and playing for the club being only one of two players with that distinction. Other two players reinforced "The Madrid of Los García" such as Perez García from Real Madrid Castilla and Antonio García Navajas from Burgos CF.
In the European Cup, the team reached the semi-finals where it was eliminated by Western German side Hamburg SV. Despite winning 2–0 in Madrid, the squad plummeted in the second leg of the series to lose 1–5. Meanwhile, in the 1979–80 Copa del Rey the squad advanced to the final and won the trophy against its reserve team Real Madrid Castilla 6–1 in front of 65,000 spectators at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
The club clinched its 20th League title which became its third three-peat everAfter winning 1961–63 and 1967–69. by just one single point above runners-up emerging Real SociedadReal Sociedad won head-to-head matches 4–0, 2–2. after the then-undefeated in last 32 league matches basque side lost its game on round 33 against Sevilla thanks to 2 goals of Daniel Bertoni. Added to its Copa del Rey trophy, the team won its third "Double" ever and their fifth league title in the last six seasons.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Laurie Cunningham West Bromwich Albion £950,000 MF Ángel UD Salamanca MF Miguel Ángel Portugal Burgos CF DF Ángel Pérez García Real Madrid Castilla –DF Antonio García Navajas Burgos CF –DF Herrero – Out Pos. Name To Type DF Juan Sol Valencia CF DF Enrique Wolff Argentinos Juniors FW Henning Jensen AFC Ajax FW Ico Aguilar García Sporting Gijón FW Carlos Guerini Talleres de Córdoba GK Maté Burgos CF MF Vitoria Soria Burgos CF DF Rafael García Cortés Burgos CF
Competitions La Liga
Position by round
League table
Matches
Copa del Rey
Final
European Cup
First round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Statistics Players statistics
See also The Madrid of los Garcia (in Spanish)
References
External links BDFútbol