| Club: | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol |
| Season: | 1958–59 |
| League: | Primera Division |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1: | Copa del Generalísimo |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | European Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Winners (in European Cup) |
| Chairman: | Santiago Bernabéu |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
| League Topscorer: | Di Stéfano (23) |
| Season Topscorer: | Di Stéfano (34) |
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| Prevseason: | 1957–58 |
| Nextseason: | 1959–60 |
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.
During the summer Hungarian player Ferenc Puskás arrived to the club[1] after a two-year FIFA ban on him due to his defection from communist Hungary.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| FW | - | - | |
| 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 | Type |
| MF | - | - | |
| MF | Rubio | Zaragoza | - |
| FW | Brunet | Cordoba | - |
| MF | Pereda | Valladolid | - |
| FW | Becerril | Granada | - |
| FW | Heliodoro Castaño | Real Betis | - |
| FW | Carlos Cela | - | - |
See main article: 1958–59 La Liga.
See main article: 1959 Copa del Generalísimo.
See main article: 1958–59 European Cup.
See main article: 1959 European Cup Final.
| competition | points | total | GD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||