1995–96 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid ended up its most tumultuous and awful domestic season since 1976–77 by finishing in a lowly 6th place. Contrary to the previous nine seasons under the guidance of Leo Beenhakker, John Toshack, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Radomir Antić, Benito Floro, Vicente del Bosque and Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid's offense malfunctioned as a root cause of the worst domestic season by massive injuries of key players. In November, Ramón Mendoza resigned as president due to the economic, social and sporting problems at the club, with successful Real Madrid director Lorenzo Sanz promoted to presidency as a task of Real Madrid's recovery. Three months later, Jorge Valdano was sacked as a consequence of the club's bad league form and an early Copa del Rey exit after being eliminated by Espanyol in the round of 16. Former Deportivo La Coruña manager Arsenio Iglesias took over on 24 January 1996.

With Iglesias at the helm, Real Madrid managed to salvage some respectability by reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where they were eliminated by Juventus 2–1 on aggregate, and finishing sixth in the league. Still, the club failed to qualify for European competitions for the first time since 1977.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Francisco Buyo 2 DF  ESP Chendo 3 DF  ESP Quique Sánchez Flores 4 DF  ESP Fernando Hierro 5 DF  ESP Manolo Sanchís 6 MF  ARG Fernando Redondo 7 FW  ARG Juan Eduardo Esnáider 8 MF  ESP Míchel 9 FW  CHI Iván Zamorano 10 MF  DEN Michael Laudrup 11 MF  ESP José Amavisca 12 GK  ESP Contreras 13 GK  ESP Santiago Cañizares

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ESP Luis Milla 17 FW  ESP Raul 18 DF  ESP Rafael Alkorta 19 DF  ESP Mikel Lasa 20 FW  COL Freddy Rincón 21 MF  ESP Luis Enrique 22 DF  ESP Miquel Soler 23 MF  ESP Sandro 24 MF  ESP Álvaro 25 MF  ESP Antonio Gómez 26 MF  ESP Guti 28 DF  ESP García Calvo 29 DF  ESP Fernando Sanz 31 MF  ESP Víctor

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In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ARG Juan Eduardo Esnáider from Real Zaragoza — MF  COL Freddy Rincón from S.S.C. Napoli — MF  ESP Alvaro from Real Madrid C — DF  ESP Miquel Soler from Sevilla FC — MF  ESP Victor from Real Madrid C — MF  SRB Dejan Petković from Crvena Zvezda (October)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Emilio Butragueño to Club Celaya — FW  ESP Alfonso Pérez to Real Betis — FW  ESP Dani to Real Zaragoza — MF  SVK Peter Dubovský to Real Oviedo — DF  ESP Marcos to Real Valladolid — MF  ESP Rafael Martín Vázquez to Deportivo La Coruña 15 DF  ESP Nando to RCD Espanyol (December) 16 MF  SRB Dejan Petković to Sevilla FC (January)

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