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 arrived to the club after a two-year FIFA ban on him due to his defection from communist Hungary.Puskas did not return to Budapest after the Soviet repression of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. 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 European Cup, defeating Just Fontaine's Stade de Reims. However, Puskas missed the final match due to a technical decision by head coach Luis Carniglia, 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 Barcelona, despite scoring a club record 89 goals (to Barcelona's 96). In June, Real Madrid reached the semi-finals of Copa del Generalísimo, where they were defeated by Barcelona.
Squad
Transfers InPos.NameFromTypeFW Ferenc Puskas --FW Jesus Herrera Oviedo-DF Miche Atletico Ceuta-DF Ramos URU - -MF Falin Real Oviedo-MF Segurola Real Sociedad-MF Villa -FW Joaquin Garcia - Out Pos. Name To TypeMF Miguel Muñoz --MF Rubio Zaragoza-FW Brunet Cordoba-MF Pereda Valladolid-FW Becerril Granada-FW Heliodoro Castaño Real Betis-FW Carlos Cela --
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 competition points total GD 1958–59 La Liga 47 30 21 5 4 89 29 +60 1958–59 Copa del Generalísimo – 8 4 0 3 14 6 +8 1958–59 European Cup – 6 4 2 1 14 6 +8 Total 44 29 6 10 113 55 +58
Players statistics
Notes
References