The club won its 14th League title and second Three-peat,.[1] The team set a record for the best start to a La Liga season with nine straight wins rounds[2] the team clinched the trophy nine points above runners-up UD Las Palmas.[3] The squad was defeated only once in 38 rounds by Elche CF.[4] Also, Amancio won the Pichichi Trophy with 14 goals scored tied along José Eulogio Gárate from Atlético Madrid.
Shockingly, the team was early eliminated in the Round of 16 of the European Cup by Austrian side Rapid Wien which won 1:0 in the first leg in Wien and advanced to Quarter-finals due to away goals after losing 1:2 in Madrid in.[5] In the Copa del Generalísimo, the club was eliminated in the Round of 16 by Atlético Madrid.[6]
The "Ye-yé" era started to collapse for this campaign as three members Araquistáin, Serena and Pachín were transferred out.
Squad
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