Real Madrid kicked off the 2025–26 season with the highest of expectations and failed to meet a single one in what was truly a disastrous campaign.
After Los Blancos ended 2024–25 without a major trophy, the biggest stars at the Bernabéu promised to correct course this season, emboldened by summer signings and a new face in the dugout. Except the 15-time European champions went trophyless, cycled through two managers and succumbed to a dressing room civil war.