The 1952–53 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 50th season in existence and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Summary During Summer Juan Antonio Ipiña took the job as new coach. The squad reached a decent third place on League table three points below Champions FC Barcelona. Striker Pahiño chose to not renew his contract and left the club towards Deportivo La Coruña on 1 August 1953. under pressure President Santiago Bernabéu reached and agreement with Joseíto and the forward chose to remain another season.
In June, the squad reached 1953 Copa del Generalísimo semi-finals being defeated after two matches by Atletico Bilbao with a 3–4 aggregate score.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type GK Cosme Hércules CF DF Lesmes Real Valladolid MF Juan Cedrés Cabrera UD Las Palmas Out Pos. Name To Type MF Greus MF Guillermo Pont CD Málaga DF José Manuel González López Granada CF FW Nemes MF Luciano UD Las Palmas
Competitions La Liga
League table
Position by round
Matches
Copa del Generalísimo
Eightfinals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Statistics Squad statistics competition points total GD 1952–53 La Liga 40 30 17 6 7 72 41 +31 Copa del Generalísimo – 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 Total 42 36 6 10 113 55 +58
Players statistics
References