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During the summer, the club was reinforced in the midfield with Danish playmaker Michael Laudrup (in a controversial transfer from Barcelona) and Argentine Fernando Redondo; [1] [2] right back defender Sánchez Flores arrived from Valencia, [3] and changes came to the dugout too, with Argentine head coach Jorge Valdano arriving from CD Tenerife after seven years of his forced retirement as a ...
Club legend Alfredo Di Stéfano came back to the club as head coach in a high-expected movement after he was La Liga champion managing Valencia CF in 1971. [1] The arrive of Di Stefano as the team head coach was delayed by then club President Santiago Bernabeu-who died in 1977- after personal issues aroused since 1964 when the Argentine striker rejected his offer to retire with an ...
The 2016–17 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 113th season in existence and the club's 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The 2016–17 season was one of the most successful campaigns in the history of Real Madrid.
Meanwhile, in 1983–84 Copa del Rey the squad was defeated in semi-finals by, again, Athletic Bilbao after a penalty shoot-out series only three days after the basque team took the title away of Real Madrid on a tie-breaker for the second consecutive year.
The club announced a new coach Amancio Amaro on 21 May 1984. [4] A former Madrid player, Amancio trained reserve team Castilla the last two seasons. The managerial change was a sign of President Luis de Carlos beginning to accelerate the transitional stage of "La Quinta del Buitre" which Amancio managed himself.
Early in the season, Madrid was nearly sunk to the relegation zone after three straight defeats in four league matches. In March, Benito Floro was fired after a 2-1 defeat against UE Lleida, with the club hiring Vicente del Bosque as an interim manager until 30 June 1994 before former Real Madrid legend Jorge Valdano taking over in July.
Real Madrid won no trophies for the second season in a row. Real Madrid handed the league title to Barcelona on the final day of the campaign after a 3–2 defeat against Tenerife, even throwing away a 2-0 lead. Serbian coach Radomir Antić was suddenly sacked in January despite Real leading the league in the standings
After failing to win the league, Real Madrid once again settled for Copa del Rey as a consolation prize by defeating Real Zaragoza 2–0 against in late June. On the other hand, Real Madrid also went out of the UEFA Cup against Paris-Saint Germain in the quarter-finals.