2017–18 Real Madrid CF season
The 2017–18 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 114th season in existence and the club's 87th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Despite finishing a distant third in the league that season, Real Madrid won four trophies out of six possible, including an unprecedented third consecutive Champions League title, which made them the first team to achieve the feat since Bayern Munich in 1976 and the first club across europe's top 5 leagues to do it twice. This was also Madrid's fourth European Cup in five years, and their 13th overall. The three-peat winning manager Zinedine Zidane resigned shortly after the season concluded; he would return by the end of next season. Additionally, it was notably considered being Cristiano Ronaldo's final time staying with Los Merengues after 9 years spent winning 15 trophies altogether. Ronaldo had been the second Portuguese striker by the club's history since Luís Figo. This season was the first since 2006–07 without Pepe, who departed to Besiktas. Summary Pre-season Théo Hernandez and Dani Ceballos joined Madrid on 5 and 14 July 2017. Pepe went to Beşiktaş after his contract was