1995–96 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid eded up its tumultuous awful domestic season since 1976-77 season by finished in 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 worst domestic season by massive injuries of key players. In November, Ramón Mendoza was resigned as president due to the economic, social, and sporting problems of 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 Real Madrid's domestic league bad form and also earliest domestic Cup exit after being eliminated by Espanyol in the round of 16 with former Deportivo La Coruña manager Arsenio Iglesias taking over.

With Iglesias at the helm, Real Madrid managed to salvage some respectability by reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, then Real Madrid suffered European exit after being eliminated by Juventus 2-1 by aggregate. But following Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final exit, Real Madrid forced to end up Europe-less for the next season due to a lowly sixth place in the league and also end up a trophy-less season.

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

No. Position Player GK Francisco Buyo GK Santiago Cañizares GK Contreras DF Manuel Sanchís DF Rafael Alkorta DF Miquel Soler DF Chendo DF Fernando Sanz DF Mikel Lasa DF Quique Sanchez Flores MF Míchel DF Fernando Hierro DF García Calvo

No. Position Player MF Luis Milla MF Alvaro MF Michael Laudrup MF Fernando Redondo MF Sandro MF Jose Emilio Amavisca FW Iván Zamorano MF Luis Enrique FW Freddy Rincon MF Guti FW Raul FW Víctor FW Juan Eduardo Esnaider

In

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

No. Position Player FW Juan Eduardo Esnaider from Real Zaragoza MF Freddy Rincon from S.S.C. Napoli MF Alvaro from Real Madrid C DF Miquel Soler from Sevilla FC MF Victor from Real Madrid C MF Dejan Petkovic 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. Position Player FW Emilio Butragueño to Club Celaya FW Alfonso Pérez to Real Betis FW Dani to Real Zaragoza MF Peter Dubovsky to Real Oviedo DF Marcos to Real Valladolid MF Rafael Martin Vazquez to Deportivo La Coruña DF Nando to RCD Espanyol (December) MF Dejan Petkovic to Sevilla FC (January)

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