The 1982–83 season is

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's 81st season in existence and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

Club legend

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came back to the club as head coach in a high-expected movement after he was

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champion managing

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

. The arrive of Di Stefano as the team head coach was delayed by then club President Santiago Bernabeu -who died in 1978- after personal issues aroused since 1964 when the Argentine striker rejected his offer to retire with an administrative spot in the club and chose to play two more seasons with

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. Finally, after a long turmoil lasting almost a year Incumbent Luis de Carlos won the reelection as President of the club on 9 October 1982 defeating the electoral campaign of challenger Ramon Mendoza by more than 3,000 votes. Mendoza was linked by Cambio 16 magazine with Soviet Spy agency KGB, prompting to quit his position as vice-president on board of directors during Autumn. After a failed bid on

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, De Carlos reinforced the club with low-profile players such as Dutch defender

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from

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English striker

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suffered injury issues during almost the entire campaign and was loaned out by the club to

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in April. The campaign is best remembered by the bizarre fact of five trophies closely lost, four of them in four closely contested finals (Supercopa, European Cup Winners' Cup, Copa del Rey and Copa de La Liga). Besides that, in

the squad finished in 2nd place a single point behind champions basque-side

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after losing 0–1 against former Di Stefano club

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in the ultimate match at Mestalla Stadium. Madrid were leading most of the rounds before the game and only needed a draw to clinch the title.

Squad

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

Position by round

League table

Matches

Copa del Rey

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

European Cup Winners' Cup

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Copa de la Liga

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Supercopa de España

Statistics

Players statistics

References

External links

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