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Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (1902) is Spain´s and the World's most successful football club, according to FIFA´s club ranking of the 20th century. Formed on March 6 1902, it contests in the Spanish first division or Primera División, from which it has never been relegated since the formation of Spain's national league in 1928. The club was originally named Madrid Club de Fútbol, but were allowed to use the title 'Real' after Alfonso XIII of Spain gave the club an official blessing in June 1920.

The team play in all-white, from which derives the nickname Los merengues. Home stadium is the Santiago Bernabéu, founded the 14th of December of 1947 and its located in Chamartín, Madrid. It has a capacity of 85,000 spectators and its fields dimensions are: 106x70 meters.

Since the middle of the twentieth century, Real Madrid has consistently been ranked as one of the top football clubs in Europe. It has won the European Cup more times than any other club, winning the first five European Cups. The rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona is legendary, and draws as much from Spanish politics as it does from footballing matters.

Table of contents

1 Madrid´s Hall of Fame 2 Awards 3 Other Trophies 4 External link

Madrid´s Hall of Fame

• Luis Regueiro
• Jacinto Quincoces
• Luis Molowny
• José Martínez Pirri
• Amancio Amaro
• Juan Gómez Juanito
• Gento
• Ferenc Puskas
• Alfredo di Stéfano
• Butragueño
• Míchel
• Hugo Sánchez
• Fernando Hierro
• Raúl
• Zinedine Zidane
• Luis Figo
• Ronaldo
• Roberto Carlos
• David Beckham
• Iker Casillas
• Manuel Redondo
• Clarence Seedorf

Awards

• European Cup/Champions League: 9 (scoreline and finalists)
  • 1955/56 4-3 vs. Stade Reims
  • 1956/57 2-0 vs. A.C. Fiorentina
  • 1957/58 3-2 vs. AC Milan
  • 1958/59 2-0 vs. Stade Reims
  • 1959/60 7-3 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 1965/66 2-1 vs. Partizan Belgrade
  • 1997/98 1-0 vs. Juventus
  • 1999/00 3-0 vs. Valencia
  • 2001/02 2-1 vs. Bayer Leverkusen

• European Super Cup: 1
  • 2002

• Intercontinental Cup: 3
  • 1960; 1998; 2002

• UEFA Cup: 2
  • 1984/85; 1985/86

• Spanish First Division titles - La Liga: 29
  • 1931/32; 1932/33; 1953/54; 1954/55; 1956/57; 1957/58; 1960/61; 1961/62; 1962/63; 1963/64; 1964/65; 1966/67; 1967/68; 1968/69; 1971/72; 1974/75; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79; 1979/80; 1985/86; 1986/87; 1987/88; 1988/89; 1989/90; 1994/95; 1996/97; 2000/01; 2002/03

• Spanish King's Cup - Copa del Rey: 17
  • 1904/05; 1905/06; 1906/07; 1907/08; 1916/17; 1933/34; 1935/36; 1945/46; 1946/47; 1961/62; 1969/70; 1973/74; 1974/75; 1979/80; 1981/82; 1988/89; 1992/93

• Spanish Super Cup: 7
  • 1988; 1989; 1990; 1993; 1997; 2001; 2003

• Regional Championship: 18
  • 1903/04; 1904/05; 1905/06; 1906/07; 1907/08; 1912/13; 1915/16; 1916/17; 1917/18; 1919/20; 1921/22; 1922/23; 1923/24; 1925/26; 1926/27; 1928/29; 1929/30; 1930/31

• Spanish League Cup: 1
  • 1984/85

Other Trophies

• Santiago Bernabéu Trophy: 15
  • 1981; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1987; 1989; 1991; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2003

• Latin Cup: 2
  • 1955; 1957

• AC Milan Centennial Cup: 1
  • 2000

• Little World Cup: 2
  • 1952; 1956

• Teresa Herrera Trophy: 8
  • 1949; 1953; 1966; 1976; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1994

• Ciudad de Barcelona Trophy: 3
  • 1983; 1985; 1988

• Ramón de Carranza Trophy: 6
  • 1958; 1959; 1960; 1966; 1970; 1982

• Benito Villamarín Trophy: 1
  • 1960

• Ciudad de La Línea Trophy: 5
  • 1978; 1981; 1982; 1986; 2000

• Ciutat de Palma Trophy: 4
  • 1975; 1980; 1983; 1990

• Euskadi Asegarce Trophy: 3
  • 1994; 1995; 1996

• Colombino Trophy: 3
  • 1970; 1984; 1989

• Ciudad de Vigo Trophy: 2
  • 1951; 1982

• Orange Trophy: 2
  • 1990; 2003

• Mohamed V Trophy: 1
  • 1966

• Ciudad de Caracas Trophy: 1
  • 1980

• Iberia Cup: 1
  • 1994

• Mancomunado Trophy: 5
  • 1931/32; 1932/33; 1933/34; 1934/35; 1935/36

• Año Santo Compostelano Trophy: 1
  • 1970

The other two main clubs from Madrid are Atlético de Madrid and (less famously) Rayo Vallecano.

Club Address: Avenida de Concha Espina 1, 28036 - Madrid

External link

• Official Real Madrid website

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