1950–51 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid Club de Futbol

1950–51 season
President	Santiago Bernabéu
Manager	Michael Keeping (until 23 October 1950) Baltasar Albeniz (until 10 March 1951) Hector Scarone
Stadium	Nuevo Chamartín
Primera Division	9th
Copa del Generalísimo	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Pahiño (21)
Home colours Away colours
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The 1950–51 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 48th season in existence and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

During the summer Santiago Bernabéu signed two French footballers, Jean Luciano and Louis Hon, from OGC Nice.^[1] Michael Keeping was sacked^[2] on 23 October by Bernabéu after three massive losses against Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruña. The club appointed Baltasar Albeniz who could not improve the situation and was sacked on 5 March after a 0–4 defeat to Sevilla.^[3] Then, Bernabeu brought Uruguayan head coach Hector Scarone who managed the team to ninth, avoiding relegation to the Second Division.^[4]

Real reached the 1951 Copa del Generalísimo semi-finals and were defeated by Real Sociedad 0–3 on aggregate.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ESP Juan Alonso — DF  ESP Navarro — DF  FRA Hon — DF  ESP Guillermo Pont — MF  ESP Miguel Muñoz — MF  ESP Montalvo — MF  ESP Luis Molowny — MF  ESP Narro — MF  FRA Luciano — MF  ESP Olmedo — FW  ESP Pahiño

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ESP Garcia Martin — DF  ESP Clemente — FW  ESP Macala — DF  ESP Cabrera — FW  ESP Arsuaga — DF  ESP Oliva — FW  ARG Antonio Imbelloni — MF  ARG Roque Olsen — FW  ESP Navarro — DF  ESP Azcarate — DF  ESP García — DF  HUN Nemes

Transfers

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Position by round

Matches

Copa del Generalísimo

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Statistics

Players statistics

^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		1951 Copa del Generalísimo
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Juan Alonso	29	-67	29	-67
	DF	ESP	Navarro	26	0	26	0
	DF	FRA	Hon	23	0	23	0
	DF	ESP	Guillermo Pont	17	0	17	0
	MF	ESP	Miguel Muñoz	28	9	28	9
	MF	ESP	Montalvo	23	2	23	2
	MF	ESP	Luis Molowny	21	11	21	11
	MF	ESP	Narro	21	11	21	11
	MF	FRA	Luciano	17	1	17	1
	MF	ESP	Olmedo	17	2	17	2
	FW	ESP	Pahiño	24	21	24	21
	GK	ESP	Garcia Martin	1	-4	1	-4
	DF	ESP	Clemente	16	0	16	0
	FW	ESP	Macala	13	5	13	5
	DF	ESP	Cabrera	13	3	13	3
	FW	ESP	Arsuaga	23	6	23	6
	DF	ESP	Oliva	9	0	9	0
	FW	ARG	Antonio Imbelloni	5	1	5	1
	MF	ARG	Roque Olsen	5	4	5	4
	FW	ESP	Navarro	5	2	5	2
	DF	ESP	Azcarate	2	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	García
	DF	HUN	Nemes

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