| Club: | Real Madrid Club de Futbol |
| Season: | 1940–41 |
| League: | Primera Division |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Copa del Generalísimo |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Chairman: | Adolfo Melendez (until 27 November 1940) Antonio Santos Peralba |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Francisco Bru |
| Stadium: | Chamartín |
| League Topscorer: | Alday (14) |
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| Prevseason: | 1939–40 |
| Nextseason: | 1941–42 |
The 1940–41 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 38th season in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
The club changed its president on 27 November 1940 with the arrival of Antonio Santos.[1] Also, on 1 January 1941 the club changed its name from Madrid Football Club back to Real Madrid Club de Futbol, recovering its honorific title that had been stripped by the Second Spanish Republic in 1931. In spite of the transfers in of Alday[2] and Chus Alonso, the team collapsed to the 6th spot during the final rounds under the management of Paco Bru,[3] nine points below Champions Atletico Aviación.[4]
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| width=3% | Pos. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | from | width=35% | Type |
| GK | Marzá | ||||||
| DF | Arzanegui | Baracaldo Oriamendi | |||||
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| FW | Botella | Levante | |||||
| DF | Nazario Belmar | ||||||
| DF | Moleiro | Ferroviaria | |||||
| MF | Rovira | Español | |||||
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| width=3% | Pos. | width=32% | Name | width=30% | To | width=35% | Type |
| GK | Espinosa | ||||||
| FW | Marin | Granada | |||||
| FW | Prat | ||||||
See main article: 1940–41 La Liga.
See main article: 1941 Copa del Generalísimo.
See main article: Copa Federación Centro.
| competition | points | total | GD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 30 | +16 | ||
| 1941 Copa del Generalísimo | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | |
| Total | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 50 | 35 | +15 | ||