The 1958–59 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 56th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

During the summer Hungarian player

Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás (, ; né Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward and an attacking ...

arrived to the club after a two-year FIFA ban on him due to his defection from communist Hungary. The move was controversial due to the player's age (31 years old) and him allegedly being overweight, the reasons why he had been already turned down by Juventus, Milan, and Manchester United. However, Puskas and Di Stefano completed a lethal duo with an astonishing campaign collecting the club's fourth consecutive

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, defeating

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. However, Puskas missed the final match due to a technical decision by head coach

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, who was fired after that by club chairman Santiago Bernabéu. Additionally, Di Stefano clinched another top scorer individual trophy in the Spanish league with 23 goals. Puskas was second with 21 goals. The squad finished in a decent second spot in the league standings, four points behind champions

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, despite scoring a club record 89 goals (to Barcelona's 96). In June, Real Madrid reached the semi-finals of

Copa del Generalísimo 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 ...

, where they were defeated by Barcelona.

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Position by round

Matches

Copa del Generalísimo

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

European Cup

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Squad statistics

Players statistics

Notes

References

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Real Madrid CF Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

UEFA Champions League–winning seasons