The 1976–77 season is

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's 74th season in existence and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

During summer the club failed to replace ageing

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with Brazilian midfielder Zico from

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or English Forward

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from

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both offers rejected by their teams. The club collapsed to the 9th place in the most disastrous League campaign under Bernabeu Presidency era finishing 12 points below Champions

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despite the arrival of international Danish striker

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. However, even with the chaotic club performance, head coach

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remained in his position and was ratified by President Santiago Bernabéu on 7 June 1977 Shockingly, in

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the squad was defeated by Belgian squad

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after a 0–0 draw in Valencia, the team lost 0–2 in Brugge being the last away trip of Santiago Bernabéu with the squad. The club was early eliminated in

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Third Round by underdogs

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. The overall poor performance in La Liga and Copa del Rey meant that Real Madrid would not compete in any European competition for first time in the history.

Squad

Transfers

Friendlies

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

League table

Matches

Copa del Rey

Third round

European Cup

First round

Second round

Statistics

Players statistics

References

External links

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