The Yé-yé team was the name given to the generation of all-Spanish

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players that dominated

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in the 1960s."Real Madrid History: 1961-1970"
RealMadrid.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015 The team was captained by the veteran player

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who won the

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five times with

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in the 1950s. He would lead a group of younger players that included

José Araquistáin José Araquistáin Arrieta (born 4 March 1937) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Real Sociedad Born in Azkoitia, Gipuzkoa, Araquistáin started his career with local Real Sociedad, playing five La Liga sea ...

Pachín Enrique Pérez Díaz (28 December 1938 – 10 February 2021), known as Pachín, was a Spanish football defender and manager. Club career Born in Torrelavega, Cantabria, Pachín signed with Real Madrid in 1959 from Segunda División club CA Os ...

Pedro de Felipe Pedro Eugenio de Felipe Cortés (18 July 1944 – 12 April 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Madrid, de Felipe returned to Real Madrid in 1964 at the age of 20 following a loan to Community of ...

Manuel Sanchís Manuel Sanchís Martínez (26 March 1938 – 28 October 2017) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. Like his son, Manolo Sanchís, he represented Real Madrid and Spain. They were one of only four father/son pairs to have won the ...

Pirri José Martínez Sánchez (born 11 March 1945), nicknamed Pirri, is a Spanish former footballer. A central midfielder in the early part of his career, he finished up as a sweeper. He spent the vast majority of his career with Real Madrid, appear ...

Ignacio Zoco Ignacio Zoco Esparza (31 July 1939 – 28 September 2015) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He spent 12 years of his professional career with Real Madrid, appearing in more than 400 official matches and winning ten m ...

Fernando Serena Fernando Rodríguez Serena (28 January 1941 – 15 October 2018) was a Spanish footballer who played as a right winger. He appeared in 144 La Liga matches during nine seasons, scoring a combined 23 goals for Real Madrid, Osasuna and Elche. With ...

Amancio Amaro Amancio Amaro Varela, (born 16 October 1939), commonly known simply as Amancio, is a Spanish former football player. Nicknamed ''El Brujo'' (The Magician) he played outside right for Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid, and the Spain nationa ...

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and

Manuel Velázquez Manuel Velázquez Villaverde (24 January 1943 – 15 January 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Madrid, Velázquez spent all of his 12 years in La Liga with Real Madrid. After three seasons ...

. This group of younger players sometimes were considered to be

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because they wore longer hair than the previous generation. The name "Yé-yé" came from the "Yeah, yeah, yeah" chorus in

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' song "

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" after four members of the team posed for '' Marca'' impersonating the Beatles. "Yé-yé" was also how youngsters were called in Spain in the sixties when

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was catching on around the world, as well as a musical style popular in Spain in that decade. The transformation of the team began in

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when

Miguel Muñoz Miguel Muñoz Mozún (19 January 1922 – 16 July 1990) was a Spanish football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid before going on to coach the club, where he is widely considered one of the mos ...

became the coach of

. As a player, he captained Real Madrid as they won the European Cup in

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

and

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. The team he played with was built with the best foreign talents Real Madrid could acquire. The team he built as the head coach of Real Madrid was composed of Spanish players entirely. They dominated

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, winning the competition nine times, including a five in a row sequence. They also won the European Cup in 1966 at Brussels'

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by coming from behind to beat

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...

2–1.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ye-Ye (Real Madrid) Real Madrid CF Nicknamed groups of association football players 1960–61 in Spanish football 1961–62 in Spanish football 1962–63 in Spanish football 1963–64 in Spanish football 1964–65 in Spanish football 1965–66 in Spanish football 1966–67 in Spanish football