1949–50 Atlético Madrid season

Atletico Madrid
1949–50 season
President	Cesáreo Galíndez
Head coach	Helenio Herrera
Stadium	Metropolitano
Primera Division	Winners; (in 1950 Latin Cup)
Copa del Generalísimo	Quarter-finals
Latin Cup	3rd place
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rafael Mujica (12); All: ; Larbi Benbarek (16)
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The 1949–50 season was Atlético Madrid's 46th season in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.

Summary

During summer the club appointed Helenio Herrera as its new head coach arriving from Real Valladolid.^[1] Aimed by superb performances of Rafael Mujica, midfielder Larbi Benbarek,^[2] Swedish Henrik Carlsson^[3]^[4] and Forward Adrian Escudero^[5] the team clinched the league title.

Squad

Source:^[6]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	FRA	Marcel Domingo
-	GK	ESP	Alberto Pérez Zabala
-	DF	ESP	Diego Lozano
-	DF	ESP	Rafael Mújica
-	DF	ESP	Rafael García Repullo
-	DF	ESP	Juan José Mencía
-	DF	ESP	Alfonso Aparicio
-	DF	ESP	José Luis Riera
-	MF	ESP	José Hernández González
-	MF	SWE	Henry Carlsson
-	MF	MAR	Larbi Ben Barek


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ESP	Julián Cuenca
-	MF	ESP	Alfonso Silva
-	MF	ESP	Salvador Estruch Mañez
-	MF	ARG	Ernesto Candia
-	MF	ESP	Juan Babot
-	FW	ESP	Adrián Escudero
-	FW	ESP	Manuel Santana Farias
-	FW	ESP	José Juncosa
-	FW	ESP	Antonio Durán
-	FW	ESP	Calsita
-	FW	ESP	Miguel González Pérez

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Henry Carlsson	AIK
FW	Miguel Gonzalez Perez	Victoria
DF	Rafael Lesmes	Real Valladolid	loan
MF	Børge Mathiesen	Stade Francais

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Børge Mathiesen	Racing Santander	loan
DF	Jose Valdivieso	Real Zaragoza

Competitions

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Madrid (C)	26	15	3	8	71	51	+20	33	Qualification for the Latin Cup
2	Deportivo La Coruña	26	12	8	6	48	38	+10	32
3	Valencia	26	12	7	7	71	43	+28	31^[a]
4	Real Madrid	26	11	9	6	60	49	+11	31^[a]
5	Barcelona	26	13	3	10	67	47	+20	29^[b]

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Valencia finished ahead of Real Madrid on overall goal difference.
^ Barcelona finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Barcelona 5–0 Atlético Bilbao, Atlético Bilbao 3–1 Barcelona.

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D
Position	6	3	5	2	4	4	5	8	9	7	8	7	11	10	8	7	4	5	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1

Source: www.lfp.es
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1950 Latin Cup; = 1950-51 Segunda Division

Matches

27 November 1949 1	Real Valladolid	0–1	Atletico Madrid	Valladolid
		Report	48' Carlsson	Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Ramón Azón Roma

11 September 1949 2	Atletico Madrid	3–2	Malaga	Madrid
	Escudero 3' Juncosa 56' Maciá 71' (aut)	Report	5' Gamonal 83' Bazán	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: José Barderi Gibert

18 September 1949 3	Celta	2–0	Atletico Madrid	Vigo
	Hermida 60' Yayo 72'	Report		Stadium: Balaídos Referee: José María Rivero Lecuona

25 September 1949 4	Atletico Madrid	5–2	Espanol	Madrid
	Ben Barek 14', 25', 65' Teruel 58' (aut) Silva 87'	Report	68' Artigas 71' (rig) R. Hernández	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: José Fombona Fernández

2 October 1949 5	Atletico Bilbao	1–0	Atletico Madrid	Bilbao
	Gaínza 21'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Ramón Azón Roma

9 October 1949 6	Atletico Madrid	5–1	Gimnastic	Madrid
	Mújica 15', 47' (rig), 86' Juncosa 31' Ben Barek 88'	Report	43' Vázquez	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: José Mazagatos Vicario

16 October 1949 7	Real Madrid	4–2	Atletico Madrid	Madrid
	Aparicio 1' (aut) Muñoz 30' (rig) Cabrera 82' Pahiño 87'	Report	20', 52' Escudero	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: José María Rivero Lecuona

23 October 1949 8	Atletico Madrid	0–1	Sevilla CF	Madrid
		Report	12' Moro	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Rafael García Fernández

30 October 1949 9	Deportivo La Coruna	3–1	Atletico Madrid	La Coruña
	Franco 70' (rig), 83' (rig), 89'	Report	28' Mújica	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Julián Arqué Martín

6 November 1949 10	Atletico Madrid	4–1	Barcelona	Madrid
	Carlsson 18', 32', 44' Cuenca 30' (rig)	Report	50' Aretio	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Francisco Bienzobas Ocariz

13 November 1949 11	Real Sociedad	4–1	Atletico Madrid	San Sebastián
	Ontoria 26' (rig) Caeiro 56' Artigas 76' Pérez 80'	Report	7' Carlsson	Stadium: Atocha Referee: Rafael García Fernández

20 November 1949 12	Atletico Madrid	4–1	Real Oviedo	Madrid
	Mújica 6', 45' Miguel 13', 89'	Report	49' Antón	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Rafael Tamarit Falaguera

4 December 1949 13	Valencia	6–0	Atletico Madrid	Valencia
	Seguí 22', 41', 67', 85' Igoa 40' Mena 82'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: José Barderi Gibert

11 December 1949 14	Atletico Madrid	2–1	Real Valladolid	Madrid
	Calsita 59', 78'	Report	43' Revuelta	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Fernando Aurre Larrea

18 December 1949 15	Malaga	3–3	Atletico Madrid	Malaga
	Teo 28' Torres 82', 88'	Report	10', 71' Durán 16' Candia	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Francisco Bienzobas Ocariz

15 January 1950 16	Atletico Madrid	4–2	Celta	Madrid
	Ben Barek 40' Calsita 42', 89' Estruch 58'	Report	39' Sobrado 57' (rig) Yayo	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Julián Arqué Martín

22 January 1950 17	Espanol	0–2	Atletico Madrid	Barcelona
		Report	54', 62' (rig) Estruch	Stadium: Sarriá Referee: Francisco Echave Michelena

29 January 1950 18	Atletico Madrid	6–6	Atletico Bilbao	Madrid
	Carlsson 3' Ben Barek 16', 84' (rig) Lozano 68' Calsita 85' Aparicio 89'	Report	1', 47' Gaínza 52', 57' (rig), 69' Iriondo 65' Zarra	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Rafael García Fernández

5 February 1950 19	Gimnastic	0–4	Atletico Madrid	Tarragona
		Report	47', 72' Calsita 59', 70' Candia	Stadium: Avinguda de Catalunya Referee: Julián Arqué Martín

12 February 1950 20	Atletico Madrid	5–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Mújica 18', 54' (rig) Juncosa 23', 74' Escudero 39'	Report	30' Narro	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Francisco Giménez Molina

19 February 1950 21	Sevilla FC	0–1	Atletico Madrid	Sevilla
		Report	53' Mencía	Stadium: Nervión Referee: José Barderi Gibert

26 February 1950 22	Atletico Madrid	6–1	Deportivo La Coruna	Madrid
	Mújica 6', 83' Carlsson 12' Escudero 14', 85' Ben Barek 19'	Report	53' Ponce	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Julián Arqué Martín

5 March 1950 23	CF Barcelona	1–0	Atletico Madrid	Barcelona
	Giménez 31'	Report		Stadium: Les Corts Referee: Antonio Pérez Rodríguez

12 March 1950 24	Atletico Madrid	5–3	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Artigas 1' (aut) Ben Barek 34' Mújica 55' Escudero 66', 78'	Report	47' Basabe 50' Pérez-Payá 60' Caeiro	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Francisco Giménez Molina

16 April 1950 25	Real Oviedo	1–3	Atletico Madrid	Oviedo
	Antón 12'	Report	48' Silva 54' Juncosa 76' Escudero	Stadium: Buenavista Referee: Francisco Giménez Molina

23 April 1950 26	Atletico Madrid	4–4	Valencia CF	Madrid
	Ben Barek 9', 39' Carlsson 46' Mújica 49' (rig)	Report	5' (rig), 60', 78' Igoa 65' Puchades	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Julián Arqué Martín

Copa del Generalísimo

Eightfinals

30 April 1950 1	CD Malaga	4–3	Atletico Madrid	Malaga
	Torres 13', 53' Azcue 15', 86'	Report	51' Escudero 64' Ben Barek 80' Juncosa	Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Rafael Tamarit Falaguera

7 May 1950 2	Atletico Madrid	4–2	CD Malaga	Madrid
	Ben Barek 8', 61' Juncosa 34' Estruch 85'	Report	47' Chao 68' Loli	Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: José Barderi Gibert

Quarterfinals

14 May 1950 1	Real Madrid	6–3	Atletico Madrid	Madrid
	Montalvo 18' (pen.) Molowny 21', 42' Makala 30', 86' Olmedo 66'	Report	53' Aparicio 71' Juncosa 73' Escudero	Stadium: Chamartín Referee: Rafael García Fernández

18 May 1950 2	Atletico Madrid	1–0	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Escudero 84'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Referee: Ramón Azón Roma

Latin Cup

10 June 1950 semifinals	Girondins Bordeaux	4–2	Atletico Madrid	Oeiras
	Karga 16', 88' Doye 44' Babot 90' (aut.)	Report	48' Ben Barek 77' Carlsson	Stadium: Jamor Referee: Paulo de Oliveira

11 June 1950 Third place	Atletico Madrid	2–1	Lazio	Oeiras
	Ben Barek 10' Escudero 16'	Report	73' Nyers	Stadium: Jamor Referee: Gabriel Tordjmann
Note: Juventus, AC Milan, and Inter Milan declined participation in the tournament due to the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Statistics

Source:^[6]

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		Copa del Generalisimo		Latin Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	FRA	Marcel Domingo	26	-51	22	-39	3	-8	1	-4
-	DF	ESP	Rafael Mújica	21	12	21	12
-	DF	ESP	Juan José Mencía	29	1	25	1	4	0
-	DF	ESP	Diego Lozano	23	1	19	1	4	0
-	DF	ESP	José Luis Riera	20	0	16	0	3	0	1	0
-	MF	SWE	Henry Carlsson	29	9	23	8	4	0	2	1
-	MF	MAR	Larbi Ben Barek	25	16	20	11	3	3	2	2
-	MF	ESP	Alfonso Silva	22	2	19	2	3	0
-	FW	ESP	José Juncosa	27	8	23	5	4	3
-	FW	ESP	Adrián Escudero	24	13	19	9	4	3	1	1
-	FW	ESP	Manuel Santana	19	0	15	0	2	0	2	0
-	GK	ESP	Alberto Pérez Zabala	7	-10	4+3	-10
-	DF	ESP	Rafael García Repullo	14	0	10	0	3	0	1	0
-	DF	ESP	Alfonso Aparicio	10	2	9	1	1	1
-	MF	ESP	José Hernández González	12	0	9	0	2	0	1	0
-	FW	ESP	Calsita	8	6	8	6
-	FW	ESP	Miguel González Pérez	6	2	6	2
-	FW	ESP	Antonio Durán	5	3	5	3
-	MF	ESP	Julián Cuenca	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
-	MF	ESP	Salvador Estruch	9	4	4	3	3	1	2	0
-	MF	ARG	Ernesto Candia	4	3	4	3
-	MF	ESP	Juan Babot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
-	GK	ESP	Francisco Villarreal	1	-4	0	0	1	-4
-	DF	ESP	Rafael Lesmes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	FW	ESP	Pahiño	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
-	FW	ESP	Pablo Olmedo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	-
-	FW	ESP	Vicente Dauder	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	-1
-	FW	ESP	Agustín Sánchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
-	GK	ESP	Jose Ces Riveiro	1	-2	0+1	-2

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1949-507.html

References

^ "Helenio Herrera: The Innovator Who Single-Handedly Changed the Beautiful Game". Sports Illustrated. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "L'histoire du football se conjugue à tous les temps". La Nouvelle République. 16 September 2020.
^ "500 AIK:are – Henry Carlsson". www.aik.se. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "500 AIK:are – Björn Carlsson". www.aik.se. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ Fallece Escudero, máximo goleador en Liga del Atlético (Escudero, Atlético's top scorer in La Liga, dies); El Mundo, 8 March 2011 (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Atlético Madrid temporada 1949–50 su bdfutbol.com

External links

Official website

[table_hth_VAL0.24143881315432-7] Valencia finished ahead of Real Madrid on overall goal difference.

[table_hth_BAR0.24143881315432-8] Barcelona finished ahead of Atlético Bilbao on head-to-head points: Barcelona 5–0 Atlético Bilbao, Atlético Bilbao 3–1 Barcelona.

[1] "Helenio Herrera: The Innovator Who Single-Handedly Changed the Beautiful Game". Sports Illustrated. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[2] "L'histoire du football se conjugue à tous les temps". La Nouvelle République. 16 September 2020.

[:0-3] "500 AIK:are – Henry Carlsson". www.aik.se. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[4] "500 AIK:are – Björn Carlsson". www.aik.se. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[5] Fallece Escudero, máximo goleador en Liga del Atlético (Escudero, Atlético's top scorer in La Liga, dies); El Mundo, 8 March 2011 (in Spanish)

[auto-6] Atlético Madrid temporada 1949–50 su bdfutbol.com

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