1990–91 Real Madrid CF season


The 1990–91 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 89th season in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

During summer Welsh head coach John Benjamin Toshack asked for several changes included the transfers out of Bernd Schuster to local rivals Atletico Madrid, defender Oscar Ruggeri and midfielder Martin Vazquez to Torino FC. Meanwhile, President Ramon Mendoza reinforced the club with Gheorghe Hagi, Predrag Spasic instead of Gheorghe Popescu and Villaroya. Following a bad streak of results sinking the team through the 6th place in League, Mendoza fired Toshack on 25 November 1990 and appointing Alfredo Di Stefano as head coach. The team clinched the 1990 Supercopa de España defeating FC Barcelona but in League the situation was worsened with lost matches against Athletic Bilbao, Osasuna, Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona.
During February, forward Hugo Sanchez suffered his first injury the squad was early eliminated in 1990-91 Copa del Rey Eightfinals by Atletico Madrid, and in March, with a high risk to not play in Europe next year, the team was defeated by Russian side Spartak Moscow at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in European Cup Quarterfinals shattered the chances of Alfredo Di Stefano as coach who resigned after the elimination. After a one game with Ramon Grosso as manager, the club appointed Radomir Antic as new head coach.
Surprisingly, despite the chaotic situation and Hugo Sanchez out for the rest of the season since 25 April Antic managed the squad to reach the 3rd spot in League table and the right to play in 1991-92 UEFA Cup including matches won against Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona in the final rounds of the season.

Squad

Transfers

In

from Steaua București
from Malaga CF
from CD Logroñes
from FC Barcelona
from CD Logroñes
from Partizan
from Real Zaragoza
from Ferrocarril Oeste

Out

to CD Logroñes
to CD Tenerife
to Real Zaragoza
to CD Tenerife
to Torino FC
to Velez Sarsfield
to Atletico Madrid

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Matches

Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

Supercopa de España

European Cup

First round

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

During the 1990–91 season, Real Madrid used 26 different players comprising five nationalities. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.