The 1947–48 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 45th season in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Summary The season is best remembered as the worst league performance by the club in its history finishing on 11th spot avoiding relegation on the last round of the season in spite of a great campaign of midfielder Luis Molowny scoring nine goals.
Real Madrid wore squad numbers on their jerseys in the match against Atlético Madrid at the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid on 23 November 1947, becoming the first team in La Liga to do so.
After three years of construction "Nuevo Chamartín" (New Chamartín Stadium) was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 with a match between Real Madrid and the Portuguese side Os Belenenses.. Real Madrid C.F.. Retrieved 22 November 2011 The stadium had an initial capacity of 75,145 spectators.27,645 of which had seats, 7,125 covered and 47,500 for standing fans.
Meanwhile, the club fired two managers until Michael Keeping was signed for the second part of the season improving the path for the squad included a controversial 1–1 against top-league team Atlético Madrid. The squad could reach a victory on 11 April 1948 against Real Oviedo 2–0 with a superb performance of Pruden saving Real Madrid from a relegation.
The campaign was the first with numbered shirts (measure pioneered in Europe by Arsenal F.C. since 1928En qúe on DirecTV Sports, 14 June 2018) being the first match against local rivals Atlético Madrid with a 0–5 result.
After saving the category, the team was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Copa del Generalísimo by Espanyol, losing the two matches of the series.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Antonio Ortiz Santander FW Macala Hércules CF GK Calleja Santander FW Miguel Cabrera MF Manuel Rocha Bastos DF José Navarro Out Pos. Name To Type DF José María Querejeta GK Ferrús GK Sureda MF Elías
Competitions La Liga
Position by round
League table
Matches
Copa del Generalísimo
Fifth round
Sixth round
Round of 16
Copa Eva Duarte
Statistics Squad statistics competition points total GD 1947–48 La Liga 34 21 7 7 12 67 42 +25 1947–48 Copa del Generalísimo – 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 Total 42 36 6 10 113 55 +58
Players statistics
References