The 1962–63 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 60th season in existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.
Real Madrid secured a record 9th Primera División title surpassing Barcelona for most league title wins. The club also became the first to win three consecutive league titles.
Summary Owing to a disappointing performance of Spain in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the Spanish Federation imposed a ban on the transfers of foreign players, with the measure lasting 11 years until 1973 with oriundo players exemptions. During the summer midfielder Luis Del Sol was sold to Juventus. The club transferred in defender Ignacio Zoco from Osasuna an arrival to reinforce the back-up line. The transitional stage in the club continued with new arrivals such as right winger Amancio Amaro Nicknamed 'The Wizard' from Deportivo La Coruña French midfielder Lucien Muller (Di Stefano saw him during a Spain-France match and asked him to play in Real Madrid) slovak Yanko Daucik and FC Barcelona Brazilian forward Evaristo de Macedo.
The club repeated defended its La Liga title from the previous season, its ninth overall, also marking Real Madrid's first ever three-peat. The team finished 12 points above runners-up Atlético Madrid. In the Copa del Generalísimo, the squad reached the semi-finals where it was defeated by Zaragoza. In the European Cup, Madrid was eliminated in the preliminary round, surprisingly losing to Belgian squad RSC Anderlecht. Additionally, 36-years-old forward Ferenc Puskás again won the individual League top-scorer trophy with 26 goals.
Players
Transfers InPos.NameFromTypeMF Lucien MullerStade de Reims --FW Amancio Amaro Deportivo La Coruña-DF Ignacio Zoco Osasuna-FW Evaristo de Macedo FC Barcelona-GK Fermin Oviedo-FW Yanko Real Betis-MF Villa Real Sociedad-GK Moncho Deportivo- Out Pos. Name To TypeMF Luis Del Sol Juventus-MF Antonio Ruiz Deportivo-FW Canario Sevilla-FW Antonio Gento Levante-MF Zarraga --GK Juan Bagur-- FW Ramon Marsal Murcia-DF Miche Deportivo-GK Betancort Deportivo-FW Jesus Herrera--DF Marcos Alonso Imaz Marquitos Hercules-FW Pepillo Mallorca-MF Vidal Malaga-MF Villa Zaragoza-
Competitions
La Liga
League table
Position by round
Matches
Copa del Generalísimo
Round of 32
Eightfinals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
European Cup
Preliminary round
Statistics Squad statistics
Players statistics
References
BDFútbol