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Real Madrid Saison 2014-2015 |
The 2014–15 season is 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 covers a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.
Season overview[edit]
Preseason[edit]
On 25 June, Zinedine Zidane was named as the coach of Real Madrid Castilla and will manage the B team.,[1] while Real Madrid confirmed the appointment of Fernando Hierro as an assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti, replacing Zidane.[2]
Real Madrid's pre-season began on 14 July. Ancelotti had 22 players at his disposal, including 12 from Castilla. The players who were involved in the 2014 FIFA World Cup were still on vacation.[3]
On 17 July, Madrid signed World Cup winner Toni Kroos on a six year deal for a fee around €25M–€30M. Kroos became Madrid's first summer signing of the season.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Álvaro Morata was sold to Juventus for a fee of €20M, while Madrid has the option of resigning him for a fee of €30M after the first year and €36M after the second.,[10][11] while Denis Cheryshev andCasemiro were loaned to Villareal and Porto respectively, for the upcoming season.[12][13]
On 21 July, Madrid set off on their pre-season tour of the United States. 19 players were among the travelling party, with Ancelotti opting to take nine from Real Madrid Castilla to compensate for the absences of Madrid’s World Cup players, who remained on holiday. However, Xabi Alonso, Pepe and Fábio Coentrão did fly to the US and cut their summer breaks short and joined the rest of the team. Jesé stayed in Madrid to go on with his treatment at Valdebebas.[14][15]
Madrid reached an agreement with Monaco on 22 July for World Cup Golden Boot winner James Rodríguez, who signed a six-year contract for a fee of €75M, becoming the fourth most expensive player in world football, behind Cristiano Ronaldo,Gareth Bale, and Luis Suárez.[16][17]
August[edit]
Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas was signed from Levante for €10M following his exuberant performances in the 2014 World Cup.[18]
A day later, Jesús Fernández switched sides and joined Levante for a reported fee of €500,000.[19]
In their first competitive match of the season, Madrid played Sevilla in the 2014 edition of the UEFA Super Cup. The game served as the debuts for World Cup stars James
Rodríguez and Toni Kroos as Madrid defeated the Europa League winners. On the half hour mark, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock and helped Madrid to lead 1–0 at half time. In the second half, it was again Ronaldo again who scored and the game ended 2–0 which helped Madrid to capture their second title.[20][21]
The following day, Madrid had reached an agreement with Milan for the transfer of Diego López to the Italian club.[22]
In the 2014 Supercopa de España against Atlético Madrid, Real finished their home leg with 1–1 after goals from James Rodríguez and Raúl García going into the Estadio Vicente Calderón.[23] Mario Mandžukić shocked Real early on after just two minutes in the second leg with the only goal of the match, which meant that Atlético won the title.[24][25]
After months of speculation, Ángel Di María completed his move to Manchester United for a British record fee of €75m (£59.7m) on 26 August. The deal also includes a possible of €5.5m (£4.3m) in adds on.[26][27][28]
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