The 1935–36 season was
Madrid Football Club's
34th season in existence, and their
8th consecutive season in the
Primera División. The club also played in the
Campeonato Regional Mancomunado (Joint Regional Championship) and the
Copa del Presidente de la República (President of the Republic's Cup).
Summary
During the summer, the Spanish Football Federation authorized teams to line-up two foreign players in La Liga matches. The club proceeded to finish second behind champions Athletic Bilbao, despite an excellent offensive performance led by forward
Fernando Sañudo.
Meanwhile, in the
Spanish Cup
The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanish f ...
Real Madrid defeated Barcelona in the final on 21 June 1936 to win its seventh title, with captain Ricardo Zamora producing a superb performance.
During the autumn of 1936, the
Siege of Madrid
The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Second Spanish Republic, Republican-controlled Spain, Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, ...
started a three-year chapter of the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
with attacks between the
Republican forces and
Nationalist forces. The Chamartín Stadium was occupied by the Republicans, and the club suspended activities, which would be resumed in 1939 after the Nationalist victory in the war.
Squad
Transfers
Competitions
La Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches
Campeonato Regional Mancomunado Centro-Sur
Copa del Presidente de la República
Final
Statistics
Player statistics
Notes
References
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Real Madrid CF seasons
1930s in Madrid
Spanish football clubs 1935–36 season