The 1995–96 season was the 65th season for
Real Madrid CF in
La Liga.
Summary
Real Madrid finished its most tumultuous and disastrous domestic season since
1976–77 by finishing in a lowly 6th place. Contrary to the previous nine seasons under the guidance of
Leo Beenhakker,
John Toshack,
Alfredo Di Stéfano,
Radomir Antić
Radomir Antić ( sr-Cyrl, Радомир Антић, ; 22 November 1948 – 6 April 2020) was a Serbian professional football manager and player.
Following a 17-year playing career as a defender, most of which he spent playing at Partizan, wit ...
,
Benito Floro
Benito Floro Sanz (born 2 June 1952) is a Spanish football manager.
Football career
Floro was born in Gijón, Asturias. During his professional career he managed Albacete Balompié (two spells, starting off in 1989 in Segunda División B and le ...
,
Vicente del Bosque, and
Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid's offense malfunctioned as a result of systemic injuries of key players. In November,
Ramón Mendoza
Ramón Mendoza Fontela (18 April 1927 – 4 April 2001) was a Spanish lawyer and businessman who is mostly known for serving as the 13th president of Real Madrid from 24 May 1985 until 26 November 1995. He was born in Madrid, Kingdom of Spain ...
resigned as president due to economic, social, and sporting problems plaguing the club, with successful Real Madrid director
Lorenzo Sanz
Lorenzo Sanz Mancebo (9 August 1943 – 21 March 2020) was a Spanish businessman who was the 14th President of Real Madrid and a former owner of Málaga CF.
Early life
He was born in August 1943 in a humble family in Madrid, being the eldest ...
being promoted to the presidency and tasked with overseeing the club's recovery. Three months later, Jorge Valdano was sacked as a consequence of the team's bad league form and an early Copa del Rey exit, having been eliminated by
Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...
in the round of 16. Former
Deportivo La Coruña manager
Arsenio Iglesias
Arsenio Iglesias Pardo (born 24 December 1930) is a Spanish former football forward and manager.
Nicknamed ''O Bruxo de Arteixo'' ("The Wizard of Arteixo"), his professional career, which spanned more than four decades, was closely associated t ...
took over on 24 January 1996.
With Iglesias at the helm, Real Madrid managed to salvage some respectability by reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where they were eliminated by
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
2–1 on aggregate, and finishing sixth in the league. The latter technically allowed Madrid to enter the following season's
Intertoto Cup (which was staged in the summer and served as a qualifier for the
UEFA Cup), but they passed on the opportunity, meaning there would be no European football for Real next season for the first time since 1977.
Squad
Transfers
Winter
Reference:
Competitions
La Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches
Copa del Rey
Round of 16
UEFA Champions League
Group phase
Group D
Quarter-finals
Supercopa de España
Statistics
Squad statistics
References
External links
Madrid - 1995–96BDFutbol
{{DEFAULTSORT:1995-96 Real Madrid C.F. season
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
Real Madrid CF seasons