2014–15 Real Madrid CF season
111th season in existence of Real Madrid CF / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2014–15 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 111th season in existence and the club's 84th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. This was also legendary goalkeeper Iker Casillas's 16th and last season at Real Madrid and in La Liga.
2014–15 season | ||||
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President | Florentino Pérez | |||
Head coach | Carlo Ancelotti | |||
Stadium | Santiago Bernabéu | |||
La Liga | 2nd | |||
Copa del Rey | Round of 16 | |||
Supercopa de España | Runners-up | |||
UEFA Champions League | Semi-finals | |||
UEFA Super Cup | Winners | |||
FIFA Club World Cup | Winners | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Cristiano Ronaldo (48) All: Cristiano Ronaldo (61) | |||
Highest home attendance | 85,450 (vs Barcelona, 25 October 2014) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 46,200 (vs Cornellà, 2 December 2014) | |||
Average home league attendance | 72,536 | |||
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After a slow start to the season, Real Madrid went on a record-breaking 22-match winning streak, which included wins against Barcelona and Liverpool, surpassing the previous Spanish record of 18 successive wins set by Frank Rijkaard's Barça in the 2005–06 season.[1] In late December, Real Madrid won their first Club World Cup, defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the final.[2] The winning streak came to an end in their opening match of 2015 with a loss to Valencia, leaving the club two short of equalling the world record of 24 consecutive wins.[3] Madrid was in contention for both the La Liga title and the UEFA Champions League until the very end but ultimately came up short, finishing with 92 points in the league, two behind treble-winning Barcelona and losing their Champions League crown to Juventus 2–3 on aggregate in the Champions League semi-finals. Cristiano Ronaldo finished the season scoring 48 league goals, winning his fourth European Golden Shoe, and 61 goals in all competitions, breaking his record from 2011–12.[4] Overall, despite playing an attractive attacking football and being the highest scoring team in Europe with 118 league goals,[5] several heartbreaking defeats meant that Real finished the season with two trophies out of six possible, which contributed to the dismissal of Carlo Ancelotti.[6][7] Ancelotti would return to coach the team in 2021.
This season was the first since 2008–09 without Xabi Alonso who departed to join Bayern Munich, and first season since 2009–10 without the argentinian Ángel Di María who departed to join Manchester United.